Updates

Kairavo keeps itself up to date. It downloads new versions in the background and installs them when you quit the app. You can turn this off for yourself, or your organisation can turn it off with a policy and deploy versions through Intune instead.

How automatic updates workCopy Anchor Link

• Source. Kairavo reads the public Kairavo releases feed on GitHub. An update check is a plain HTTPS request to GitHub. It contains no tenant data, license data or product data.
• Schedule. The first check runs 15 seconds after the app starts. After that, Kairavo checks every 6 hours while it runs, including while it runs in the tray.
• Download. When a new version is available, it downloads in the background. Preferences shows the progress.
• Install. The downloaded version installs when you quit Kairavo. You can also install it right away with Restart and update.
• Stable releases only. Kairavo never installs preview releases and never moves to an older version.
• Signature check on Windows. Right before the downloaded setup program runs, Kairavo checks its digital signature again. If the check fails, or does not finish within 30 seconds, the update is not installed and your current version keeps running.
• License required. Kairavo checks for updates only while at least one tenant holds a valid license. When no tenant has one, updates pause. They resume on their own once a tenant is licensed again.

Check the update statusCopy Anchor Link

The Updates section shows one of these messages:

Turn off automatic updatesCopy Anchor Link

The change applies at once. Kairavo stops checking, and a version that is already downloaded is not installed. To update by hand, turn the setting back on, or install the new version yourself.

Disable updates with a policyCopy Anchor Link

On managed devices, you can disable automatic updates with a policy. Use this when your organisation deploys Kairavo versions through Intune and wants every device on the version it approved.

When the policy is set, the Automatic updates toggle is turned off and greyed out, with the hint "Turned off by your organisation's policy." Kairavo makes no update checks and no downloads.

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Kairavo" /v DisableAutoUpdate /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Kairavo'
$current = Get-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DisableAutoUpdate' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($current -and $current.DisableAutoUpdate -eq 1) {
    Write-Output 'Kairavo automatic updates are disabled.'
    exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Kairavo automatic updates are not disabled.'
exit 1

$path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Kairavo'
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $path)) {
    New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
}
New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DisableAutoUpdate' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null

Network requirementsCopy Anchor Link

Update checks and downloads use the operating system network settings, including the proxy, PAC file and trusted certificates. Allow HTTPS to github.com and the GitHub hosts it serves release downloads from. If you disable updates with a policy, Kairavo makes no requests to GitHub for updates.