Re-read Release Notes Later via Help Menu

The What's New — AetherSDR dialog opens automatically after an upgrade, but you can reopen it at any time from the Help menu to review release notes for the current version.

Before you start

• AetherSDR must be running. No radio connection is required.

Steps

1. Click Help > What's New... in the menu bar.
2. Scroll through the release notes browser to read the changes.
3. Click Got it — 73! to dismiss the dialog.

What each control does

Control	Kind	Behavior
AETHERSDR V eyebrow	indicator	Branded header showing the current AetherSDR version and either 'Welcome!' or 'What's New' heading. Rendered as styled HTML in a QLabel with padding.
Status label	indicator	Under the header shows the GitHub release title and published date after fetch, or a loading message while fetching. Multi-line status via insertion.
Release notes browser	text_field	Scrollable QTextBrowser rendering release notes as GitHub-flavored Markdown. Issue/PR numbers and @mentions are hyperlinked to GitHub. Clicking links opens the default browser. Shows 'Loading...' state, error state with suggestions, or the rendered release body.
Find	push_button	Opens a QInputDialog to enter search text; highlights matches in the release notes and wraps around.
Upgrade	push_button	Shown only when an upgrade is available. Opens the latest release page on GitHub and closes the dialog. Styled as secondary button.
Skip this version	push_button	Shown only when an upgrade is available. Persists current version as seen so the dialog is not shown on next launch. Styled as secondary button.
Close	push_button	Primary action button that dismisses the dialog. Styled as primary blue button. Always visible.

Tips

• Opening the dialog via Help > What's New... always shows the full notes for the current version, regardless of what LastSeenVersion is set to. The automatic on-launch version shows only entries newer than the last seen version, capped at five releases.
• The dialog fetches release notes from the GitHub API. If you see an error about rate limiting, try again in a few minutes, or visit github.com/aethersdr/AetherSDR/releases directly in your browser.
• The Upgrade button uses the kReleasesPageUrl constant from the UpdateChecker to open the releases page. This ensures consistent URL usage across the application.

Related

• Read what changed in the new version
• Skip the current version's release notes
• Open the upgrade flow for a newer build