Open the Upgrade Flow for a Newer Build

When a newer build of AetherSDR is available, the What's New dialog shows an "Upgrade" button that opens the download page in your browser. This page explains how to reach that button.

Before you start

• The "Upgrade" button appears only when AetherSDR has detected that a newer build is available. If no upgrade is available, the button is not shown.
• No radio connection is required.

Steps

1. Open Help > What's New....
2. Review the release notes in the scrollable browser at the top of the dialog.
3. Click Upgrade.

AetherSDR opens the AetherSDR releases page in your default web browser and closes the dialog. The download page URL is obtained from the application's internal release page reference.

What each control does

Control	Kind	Behavior
Release notes browser	Scrollable QTextBrowser rendering release notes as GitHub-flavored Markdown. Issue/PR numbers and @mentions are hyperlinked to GitHub. Clicking links opens the default browser.	Refactored in v26.5.3 (#2979) to fetch live notes from api.github.com. Shows 'Loading...' state, error state with suggestions, or the rendered release body.
Got it — 73!	Push button	Dismisses the dialog and marks the version as seen.
Upgrade	Push button	Visible only when an upgrade is available. Opens the download page.
Skip this version	Push button	Skips release nag for this version.
AETHERSDR V eyebrow	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	Under the header shows the GitHub release title and published date after fetch, or a loading message while fetching.	Multi-line status via insertion.
Find	Opens a QInputDialog to enter search text; highlights matches in the release notes and wraps around.	New in v26.5.3 (#2979).
Close	Primary action button that dismisses the dialog.	Styled as primary blue button. Always visible.

Tips

• If you close the dialog with Got it — 73! instead of Upgrade, AetherSDR records the current version in LastSeenVersion and will not prompt you again for this release. You can still return to the dialog via Help > What's New....
• If you click Skip this version, LastSeenVersion is set to the current version and the nag for this release is suppressed, but the download page is not opened.

Related

• Re-read release notes later via Help menu
• Read what changed in the new version
• Skip the current version's release notes