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.
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.
Are you installing Anki as an administrator? There’s a bug making the installer not recognize existing installations in that case. Will be fixed in the next release.
I made it only check for beta releases when you’re on a beta build for simplicity. We can add a preference option if there’s enough demand.
Oh yup mb! I don’t think I went out of my way to install it as an admin no, maybe windows did it automatically or I don’t remember. It’s good that it checks for beta versions when you are on a beta version, but when you aren’t you have to actively check GitHub and download from there which is a bit of a unnecessary hassle imo