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Problem

Nightly desktop installs could not find new nightlies. They stayed on 0.1.10-nightly.20261112.4580 from 16:33 UTC on 2026-11-12.

The updater finds the newest nightly in releases.atom. That feed lists the 10 newest git tags in the repository, of any kind, and same-day preview tags sort above nightly tags. A branch published 10 preview releases in one day, and they took all 10 slots.

Builds from 4603 on have #35470, which scans the GitHub API when the feed has no nightly. That API allows 60 requests per hour per IP without auth, so it is a backup only.

Fix

1. Previews never get a tag. The "Publish prerelease" step skips the preview channel, so a preview stays a draft. A draft has no git tag and never enters the feed. Preview runs also stop publishing the t3 npm launcher, because it cannot download a draft's files.
2. A fixed pointer to the newest nightly. The release workflow writes {tag_name, name, body} of the newest nightly to releases/download/update-feed/nightly.json. The updater reads the feed, then the pointer, and takes the newer of the two. Tag order no longer decides what new builds see. When the feed has no nightly and the pointer offers nothing newer than the installed build, the fix(desktop): Nightly update checks find the newest nightly past newer preview builds #35470 API scan still runs, so a stale pointer cannot hide an update. With no pointer (a fork, for example) the updater works as before.
3. A feed guard. A new Check the update feed job runs on every scheduled tick, unless PAUSE_NIGHTLY is set, and after every nightly. It rewrites a missing, malformed, or outdated pointer, and keeps the update-feed release published, a prerelease, and never "latest". It fails when it read releases.atom and the first nightly there is not the newest one. A feed it could not read is only a warning. Older installs read only that feed and take its first nightly, so this check is their only protection.

The updater change is in patches/electron-updater@6.8.9.patch, next to the #35470 fallback.

Costs and limits

• New previews are reachable only by hand: the draft release, or the run's Actions artifacts. T3CODE_CHANNEL=preview and t3 update --channel preview see only older published previews.
• npm's preview dist-tag still names 0.1.10-preview.20261112.4593, which is now a draft, so npx t3@preview fails. Removing the tag needs npm dist-tag rm t3 preview.
• Preview drafts pile up. Nothing deletes them.
• A preview dispatched from a branch uses that branch's release.yml. A branch that has not rebased onto this change still publishes tagged previews. The guard then fails, but it does not remove the tags. A tag rule that blocks v*-preview.* tags would close this gap; it is a repository setting and is not part of this PR.
• Re-running a failed older nightly after a newer one shipped publishes the older one last. The guard then points at the older one and fails. Installs still take the newer of the pointer and the feed, so nothing downgrades.
• Other tag families also take feed slots: mobile-android-build/*, mobile-android-preview-build/*, android-beta-*. The guard reports them if they hide a nightly. This PR does not change them.
• The guard alerts through a failed Release run. There is no Discord or issue alert. It waits in the same queue as releases and previews.
• While the feed has no nightly, an up-to-date install still calls the GitHub API on each poll, as builds on main do today.
• The updater still needs releases.atom to answer. This PR removes the dependence on tag order, not on the feed being up.
• Mobile's environment update check also reads releases.atom. It is not changed here.

Verification

• apps/desktop/src/updates/githubUpdateFeed.test.ts runs the patched provider against a feed of 10 preview tags, a feed whose first nightly is older, a stale pointer, and a failing API scan. With the patch on main the crowded-feed case fails with ERR_UPDATER_NO_PUBLISHED_VERSIONS.
• check-nightly-release.test.cjs covers the feed and pointer reader. The reader was also run against the live repository, read-only: it found 4606 as the feed's first nightly and reported the pointer as missing.
• vp run check:changed passes.
• Not run yet: the Check the update feed job itself. It runs only from main. Its first run creates the update-feed prerelease and its tag.

Done by hand on the live repo

1. Converted the 10 previews (v0.1.10-preview.20261112.4550 to .4593) to drafts. This did not fix the feed, because their tags stayed.
2. Deleted those 10 git tags. The feed then listed nightlies again. The drafts and their files are intact.
3. Dispatched nightly 0.1.10-nightly.20261112.4606. It is the first entry in releases.atom.

Council review

Rounds: 5

Delegate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
Claude Opus 5.5	7/10	8.5/10	8/10	9/10	9/10
Codex GPT-6.1 Sol	6/10	8/10	9/10	9.5/10	9/10

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 0aba844

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Nightly updates gain a fixed release pointer so discovery no longer depends on tag order, while maintainer previews stay private drafts. Changes are limited to release discovery and preview distribution, with channel checks and existing fallbacks retained.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.5 KiB	21.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.9 KiB	21.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	24.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Other scenarios

All 64 scenario measurements match main.

All 64 scenario measurements

Provider	Scenario	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	short turn resume	WebSocket decoded	10.5 KiB	10.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Codex	short turn resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	long turn running, cold open	HTTP decoded	281.7 KiB	281.7 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn running, cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	long turn running, history page	HTTP decoded	92.4 KiB	92.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn running, history page	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	long turn finished, cold open	HTTP decoded	381.5 KiB	381.5 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket decoded	381.6 KiB	381.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	long turn finished, socket cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Codex	long turn finished, work page	HTTP decoded	186.2 KiB	186.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Codex	long turn finished, work page	rows	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Codex	idle thread resume	WebSocket decoded	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	idle thread resume	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	fleet shell snapshot	HTTP decoded	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	fleet shell snapshot	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket decoded	65 B	65 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Codex	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Codex	fleet shell resume check	HTTP decoded	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Codex	fleet shell resume check	rows	0	0	0	0	✅
Codex	stale shell reload	HTTP decoded	42.4 KiB	42.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Codex	stale shell reload	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Codex	stale shell resume	WebSocket decoded	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Codex	stale shell resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	HTTP decoded	72.4 KiB	72.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	nodes	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	subagents	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	plans	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	providerTurns	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Codex	stale todo list cold open	checkpoints	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	short turn resume	WebSocket decoded	10.6 KiB	10.6 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	12.7 KiB	✅
Claude	short turn resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	long turn running, cold open	HTTP decoded	283.3 KiB	283.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	302.7 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn running, cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	long turn running, history page	HTTP decoded	93.4 KiB	93.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	107.4 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn running, history page	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	long turn finished, cold open	HTTP decoded	384.2 KiB	384.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket decoded	384.3 KiB	384.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	410.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	long turn finished, socket cold open	rows	151	151	0 (0.0%)	151	✅
Claude	long turn finished, work page	HTTP decoded	188.1 KiB	188.1 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	200.2 KiB	✅
Claude	long turn finished, work page	rows	150	150	0 (0.0%)	150	✅
Claude	idle thread resume	WebSocket decoded	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	idle thread resume	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	fleet shell snapshot	HTTP decoded	42.9 KiB	42.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	fleet shell snapshot	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket decoded	66 B	66 B	0 B (0.0%)	200 B	✅
Claude	fleet shell subscribe	WebSocket messages	1	1	0 (0.0%)	1	✅
Claude	fleet shell resume check	HTTP decoded	18 B	18 B	0 B (0.0%)	100 B	✅
Claude	fleet shell resume check	rows	0	0	0	0	✅
Claude	stale shell reload	HTTP decoded	42.9 KiB	42.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	53.7 KiB	✅
Claude	stale shell reload	rows	27	27	0 (0.0%)	27	✅
Claude	stale shell resume	WebSocket decoded	140 B	140 B	0 B (0.0%)	400 B	✅
Claude	stale shell resume	WebSocket messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	HTTP decoded	73.4 KiB	73.4 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	83.0 KiB	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	rows	75	75	0 (0.0%)	75	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	nodes	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	subagents	2	2	0 (0.0%)	4	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	plans	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	providerTurns	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅
Claude	stale todo list cold open	checkpoints	1	1	0 (0.0%)	2	✅

Baseline: bd731da · PR result: 6db622a · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

The release workflow keeps preview releases as drafts and excludes them from npm and launcher publication. A new job checks and repairs the nightly update feed. The updater compares channel pointers and release data when selecting prereleases. Documentation describes preview publication rules and nightly feed checks.

Changes: Release and update flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preview release policy .github/workflows/release.yml, docs/operations/release.md	The workflow keeps preview releases as drafts and excludes them from npm and launcher publication. The guide describes preview access and publication limits.
Nightly feed maintenance .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.cjs, .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.test.cjs, .github/workflows/release.yml, docs/operations/release.md	The feed reader reports the latest nightly, pointer tag, and feed tags. The workflow updates a stale pointer and fails when feed checks do not identify the latest nightly. Tests cover pointer and feed responses. The guide describes discovery and recovery steps.
Updater channel lookup patches/electron-updater@6.8.9.patch, apps/desktop/src/updates/githubUpdateFeed.test.ts	The updater compares feed and pointer tags, then scans GitHub releases when needed. Tests cover pointer and feed selection, fallback behavior, and API errors.
Electron request idle timeout patches/electron-updater@6.8.9.patch	The Electron HTTP executor resets an idle timer for response data and aborts the request if the timer expires.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubProvider
  participant ReleasesAtom
  participant ChannelPointer
  participant GitHubReleasesAPI
  GitHubProvider->>ReleasesAtom: Read prerelease tags
  GitHubProvider->>ChannelPointer: Fetch the channel pointer
  GitHubProvider->>GitHubReleasesAPI: Scan releases when no newer candidate is available
  GitHubProvider->>GitHubProvider: Select the newer matching channel release

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Possibly related issues

• pingdotgg/t3code#35595: The PR changes which release entries the updater can return, but the supplied context does not confirm whether it changes the notes shown with a stable update.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#26917: Both PRs modify the prerelease publication step in release.yml.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 42194

Preview releases now stay drafts, and nightly update discovery no longer depends on feed ordering. The docs correctly describe the preview launcher failure. No blocking issue remains.

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Description check		The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, Verification, and a closing agent-model line. Problem explains the stalled nightly updates and the cause: previe…	Complete the Scope section. Link the issue that shows the nightly-update bug, or say why no issue is needed for this fix. State whether a maintainer requested the PR. Confirm that the closing model and harness line matches the template requ…

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Title check		The title names the main change: nightly desktop updates no longer rely on GitHub's tag order. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific to the fix. The changeset adds a pointer file, …
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The title names the main change: nightly desktop updates no longer rely on GitHub's tag order. It follows the conventional commit format and is specific to the fix. The changeset adds a pointer file, a feed guard job, and an updater patch that match this claim.

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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope, Verification, and a closing agent-model line. Problem explains the stalled nightly updates and the cause: preview tags fill the 10-entry releases.atom feed. Change lists three concrete fixes: preview drafts without tags, a nightly.json pointer read by the updater, and an update-feed guard job. Verification lists the focused tests, a read-only run against the live repo, and the one job not yet run. Scope is weaker. It describes a bug and links no issue, and it does not say why no issue is needed. It also does not say whether a maintainer requested the PR. The Verification section lists vp run check:changed as passing, and the live-repo steps are clear. The template's closing line asks for the model and harness that did the work. The Council review table and the 'Made by' line name models and a harness, which partly satisfies that line. The description is long and includes operational detail, but the required information is present and specific.

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