Anki updater bug

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My anki is on 25.05b1, the “check for updates” recognizes that 25.05 is newer but, and the whole install process seems to go well, but when I open anki it’s still on the beta version and when I re-check for updates it still reports 25.05 to me to update to.

I know I can completely remove it and re-install so I don’t need any help updating, just wanted to make a report for future beta-versions as the updater seems to break somewhere somehow.

On another note, there isn’t an option to check for beta-versions anywhere in settings like there was in the CMD-based updater, seems like an oversight that should be added.

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The “launcher” will no longer be used with any future releases and can’t be used to install 26.05.

To install the 26.05 released version (or later), you need to download it from the main site – Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards . See also: An important note about updating to 26.05 .

For now, you can assume that the beta-release process will go back to what it was before – an announcement in Anki > Beta Testing and a separate download.