> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tuturuuu.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Desktop Release Versioning > Allocate desktop versions, recover failed drafts, and generate release notes. ## Versions and release notes Desktop and mobile use one scheme without manual version bumps. Release Please owns `major.minor` (and a patch floor) in `apps/mobile/pubspec.yaml`; CI publishes the next unused patch from each channel's own history through the shared `nextBuildName` rule. Mobile reads App Store Connect TestFlight versions; desktop reads `desktop-v*` GitHub releases, including drafts. The version derivation job has `contents: write`, the minimum GitHub token permission that allows draft listing. * The `release-status` job runs `scripts/desktop-deployment/release-version.mjs` and every platform builds with `--build-name=`, so the installed app, the Windows installer and the Linux package report the published version. * The tag is `desktop-v` with no run ID. Legacy `desktop-v-` tags still count as used, so the first release after them takes the next patch (for example `0.26.0-` -> `0.26.1`). * `publish.mjs` recomputes the version with draft visibility and refuses to publish when the build version is no longer next. A draft left by a failed run reserves its version and the next derivation skips it. * The run ID, source commit and previous beta appear in the release body's Build details table and in a `tuturuuu-desktop-release` HTML comment. The Debian package revision also keeps the run ID. `scripts/desktop-deployment/release-notes.mjs` renders the body: Highlights (`feat`) and Fixes (other product changes) from `apps/mobile` commits since the previous desktop beta, using the mobile store-notes normalizer; Known issues derived from package verification; a Downloads table (platform, file, size, SHA-256) computed from the verified packages, with the platform names, size unit and rounding used by `tuturuuu.com/download`; and checksum plus provenance verification commands. Release Please uses the same Highlights/Fixes headings for the mobile changelog. Desktop builds published before run-free tags only recognize `desktop-v-`, so they cannot see newer betas in the in-app updater. The first run-free release notes say so; affected users reinstall once from `/download`. The download page and Infrastructure status accept both forms. On startup and every six hours, the app checks the public GitHub release list and automatically downloads a newer desktop beta for its platform. Downloads use no account session or repository token. Exact repository URLs, prerelease tags, every present platform asset, byte counts, and GitHub SHA-256 digests are required. Redirects are limited to GitHub's HTTPS asset hosts. Incomplete downloads never become installable, and cached packages are rehashed before use. After verification, older updater-owned release cache directories are pruned; unrelated files are preserved. When ready, a compact banner offers **Install and restart** or **Install on next launch**. Next-launch consent applies only to that exact release and can be cancelled. A failed installation clears the saved choice so startup cannot get stuck retrying it. Offline checks and download failures leave the current app usable and retry on the next check. * Windows verifies Authenticode on both the running executable and installer, requires matching certificate subjects, waits for the old process to exit, and runs the per-user Inno installer. A successful installation relaunches the app. The helper rechecks the digest and signatures immediately before running. * macOS verifies the signed/notarized disk image, validates the replacement app's signature and matching Apple team, and stages it on the destination volume before exiting. The helper swaps bundles after exit and keeps the previous app in one updater-owned recovery directory. An unwritable installation directory or running directly from a mounted disk image blocks installation while keeping the app open. * Linux asks the operating system's Polkit agent to authorize a packaged, root-owned helper. It stages and verifies the archive in a root-owned directory, then uses `apt-get install` to resolve dependencies. An unprivileged detached helper waits for the previous process to exit before relaunching `/opt/tuturuuu/tuturuuu`. The Flutter process never runs as root. A cancelled elevation prompt leaves the current app open. Linux beta installations require Ubuntu 24.04+ amd64, `pkexec`, and a desktop Polkit agent. Before enabling publication, exercise installation and at least one subsequent update on each actual supported OS, including cancelled elevation, damaged packages, next-launch consent, and relaunch. Unit tests for the metadata and transport boundary do not establish native installer success. ### Current provisioning prerequisites The existing Infrastructure mobile vault supports Android/iOS bundles and binds its OIDC audience to the mobile store workflow. Its App Store distribution P12 is **not** a macOS Developer ID certificate, and the desktop workflow cannot use that bundle endpoint under the mobile workflow's identity. Provision the desktop [desktop credentials](https://docs.tuturuuu.com/build/devops/desktop-beta-distribution.md#protected-desktop-signing-bundle) through the separate desktop vault and protected environment-secret or explicit vault workflow path; do not copy a mobile CI token into desktop jobs or weaken that OIDC policy. A Microsoft Store developer account alone does not supply the Authenticode certificate used by this workflow. ## Failed-draft recovery After successful draft creation, the publisher records its exact tag as a step output. An `if: failure()` cleanup step resolves that tag and deletes by database ID only while it is still a draft with matching tag, source SHA, and this run's release-notes metadata. It never deletes a published release or another run's draft. If creation fails before recording the output, or cleanup cannot verify ownership, the draft remains reserved and the next run skips its version. Workflow concurrency queues runs per ref without cancellation. The publish-time version recheck remains mandatory: a stale build refuses publication before any release creation. Coverage: `release-version.test.mjs`, `publish.test.mjs`, `cleanup-draft.test.mjs`, and `desktop-beta-workflow.test.mjs`. See [Desktop Beta Distribution](https://docs.tuturuuu.com/build/devops/desktop-beta-distribution.md) for package verification and signing requirements. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.