# Release history and availability

Canonical: https://synthcrew.io/releases

## Website updates — 2 November 2026 [#website-updates--2-november-2026]

- Pricing now uses one shared prepaid AI dollar balance, with no software subscription or seat fee. Optional monthly refills add only the shortfall to a chosen target. Public funding and Client access remain closed pending qualification.
- Public product and onboarding guides connect the engineering workflow to review, Apply and independent validation.
- Shared navigation, provider identity marks and responsive documentation layouts have been repaired.
- Public Markdown, `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt` and a generated sitemap make published information accessible without running the website interface.

These are website changes, not a claim that every desktop platform or commercial service is released.

## Desktop release records [#desktop-release-records]

The [Client availability page](/download) reads the release registry for each platform and architecture. A downloadable record must identify its edition, source revision, installer hash and qualified artifact. A Git commit, screenshot or passing source test is not a qualified installer.

If no public artifact is listed, do not substitute a private Owner build or an older installer from another source. Private Owner Codex accounts must not be included in a customer installation.

## Before updating [#before-updating]

1. Preserve your projects and any unsaved work.
2. Check platform, architecture and Client edition.
3. Compare the published source revision and SHA-256 with the downloaded artifact.
4. Keep the previous known-good installation until the replacement launches and your project opens correctly.
5. Follow the [update and uninstall guide](/docs/updates-uninstall) rather than deleting your profile to solve an installation problem.

## Service availability is separate [#service-availability-is-separate]

Website sign-in, public engineering AI, purchases, support and downloads have different dependencies and qualification. The [availability page](/status) reports current public gates. No historical uptime percentage, incident-free claim, release date or response-time guarantee is inferred from that snapshot.