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Use runinfra update --check to check for a newer stable release without installing. Run runinfra update to review and approve installation, or add --yes for a script. Use --version X.Y.Z to select a newer stable release. A pinned check confirms the exact release is public and final. pipx installations do not support version pins. npm installations use npm install -g @runinfra/cli@<target>. Python installations use <python> -m pip install --upgrade runinfra-cli==<target> with the launching interpreter, or pipx upgrade runinfra-cli for pipx. Package-manager output goes to stderr with --json or redirected stdout. Standalone updates verify the release signature and the checksums of both the executable and notices. Staging does not execute downloaded bytes. Before replacement, the updater verifies and probes a temporary copy beside the installed executable, then attempts rollback if replacement fails.

Automatic updates in 0.3.1

Linux and macOS standalone installations stage verified updates in the background, at most once per 24 hours after learning of a newer stable release, and apply them on the next start. Windows standalone installations do not automatically stage or apply updates. Windows standalone, npm and Python installations show Run: runinfra update. Set RUNINFRA_NO_UPDATE=1 to disable automatic updates and notices. They also stay off in CI, with redirected input or output, with --json, during update, login or logout, and while another update holds the lock. Explicit updates remain available.

Recover a Windows standalone update

Explicit Windows updates retain a transaction marker and matching backups. A later start of a recovery-capable runinfra.exe or runinfra.exe.old can recover an interrupted swap. The two executable renames are not atomic: the normal executable path can remain missing until recovery runs. To recover by hand, rename runinfra.exe.old back to runinfra.exe, or rerun the installer.