enricobuehlerandClaude Fable 5
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Notify-only (U0): polls /update/status (which keeps the host's manifest cache warm), Check-now with the 30s limit surfaced, release-notes link, stale-feed and check-disabled states, copyable per-install-kind command. en+de strings; docs-site 'Updating the Host' page wired into the install section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title, description
| title | description |
|---|---|
| Updating the Host | How to see when a newer punktfunk host is available — the web console's update card — and the update command for every install method. |
The web console tells you when a newer host is out. The Host page has an Updates card
showing the version you run, the channel you follow (stable or canary), how this host was
installed, and — once a newer release exists — the exact command that updates it. The
"update available" state also fires an update.available event on the host
event stream, so hooks and scripts can react to it too.
The check is a small signed manifest the host fetches from the punktfunk release feed and verifies against keys built into the host itself — a tampered or replayed feed is rejected, and the console will tell you when a check failed rather than silently showing stale facts.
Updating, per install method
The console shows the right one of these automatically; for reference:
| How you installed | How to update |
|---|---|
| Windows installer / winget | winget upgrade unom.PunktfunkHost, or run the newer punktfunk-host-setup.exe |
| Ubuntu / Debian (apt) | sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade punktfunk-host |
| Fedora (dnf) | sudo dnf upgrade punktfunk |
| Bazzite sysext (recommended) | sudo punktfunk-sysext update |
| Bazzite rpm-ostree layer | sudo /usr/share/punktfunk/update-punktfunk.sh (staged — reboot to finish) |
| Arch / CachyOS (pacman) | sudo pacman -Syu (a normal full system upgrade) |
| Steam Deck (on-device build) | bash ~/punktfunk/scripts/steamdeck/update.sh --pull |
| NixOS | update the flake input and rebuild |
After a Linux package update, restart the host to pick up the new binary:
systemctl --user restart punktfunk-host
(The Windows installer restarts the service itself; punktfunk-sysext update prints the same
restart hint when it's needed.)
One-click updating from the console is on the way, per install method — the card will grow an Apply button where the platform supports it.
Turning the check off
The check contacts git.unom.io (the punktfunk forge) and nothing else, and sends nothing but a
normal download request. If you'd rather the host never checks, set:
PUNKTFUNK_UPDATE_CHECK=0
in the host's environment (host.env on Windows, the systemd user unit environment on Linux).
The card then shows checks as disabled; everything else keeps working.
If the card says the feed is stale
"Feed hasn't changed in over 45 days" means checks succeed but nothing new arrives. Usually
that just means no release happened for a while; if the releases page
shows something newer than the card does, something between this host and the feed is pinning old
data — worth a look at proxies or DNS on the way to git.unom.io.