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Studio updates

In brief: Certified builds use a signed public feed; npm installs update via npx @testchimp/studio@latest.

Certified installer (DMG / EXE / AppImage)​

TestChimp Studio checks a signed public update feed on startup and every few hours.

In-app updates​

When a newer certified release is available you will see an Update available banner:

  1. Choose Install to download in the background (progress shown on the banner and in Settings → Diagnostics).
  2. When download finishes, choose Restart to apply the update.
  3. Choose Later to dismiss until the next check (or next launch for that version).

Updates are only offered in packaged installer builds (not npm run dev or the npx path).

Channels​

The public feed uses the latest channel only. Pre-release / beta channels are not offered yet.

Distribution​

Binaries and latest*.yml metadata are published to the public TestChimp/studio-releases GitHub Releases repository. macOS builds are Developer ID signed and notarized; Windows builds are Authenticode-signed.

npm / npx​

Stable (@testchimp/studio) and dogfood (@testchimp/studio-beta) have no in-app auto-update. Launch a newer build with:

npx @testchimp/studio@latest
# or dogfood:
npx @testchimp/studio-beta@latest

Or upgrade a global install: npm install -g @testchimp/studio@latest (or @testchimp/studio-beta@latest).

FAQ

Why don’t I see updates in development?

Auto-update only runs in packaged installed builds, not npm run dev.

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