Updates

How updates arrive

JSpark checks for a new version when it starts, and every few hours after. What happens next is your choice, in Settings → About:

• Install updates: Automatically (the default). The update downloads in the background and is installed the next time you quit JSpark.
• Install updates: Manually. JSpark shows the new version and its notes, with Download & Restart.

If you skipped some versions, you see the notes of each one, newest first. After an update, the first launch shows what changed. JSpark reads that from the app itself, so it needs no connection.

Updates only go forward: JSpark never offers a version older than the one you have. A newer version may save your tabs and settings in a form an older one can't read.

The free edition and JSpark+ get the same updates, fixes included. An update never changes your Edition. When a Yearly key lapses, JSpark keeps updating as the free edition.

Offline

JSpark never needs a connection to start or to run. When a check fails, because you are offline or the server can't be reached, JSpark says nothing and tries again later. It never delays the launch and never stops anything else.

To stop the checks, turn off Check for updates in Settings → About. JSpark then never looks for updates by itself. Check Now still works, and only a check you asked for shows an error when it fails.

Which version you have

Open Settings → About. The top of the page shows your Edition and the version number, then the Node, Chromium and V8 that your Snippets run on.

What changed in each version is in the release notes.