Keep Windows releases on their existing beta channel

.gitea/workflows/release-windows.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release Windows
+name: Release Windows Beta
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ on:
         description: 'Version, e.g. 0.0.1-beta.64'
         required: true
         type: string
-      channel:
-        description: Release channel
-        required: true
-        default: windows-beta
-        type: choice
-        options: [windows-beta, windows-stable]
 jobs:
   release:
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: powershell
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
-      CHANNEL: ${{ inputs.channel }}
+      CHANNEL: windows-beta
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build Windows installer

README.md

@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ Gitea **Build** validates every push to `main` on two shared account-scoped host
 `mac-mini` (label `claudechecker-macos-arm64`, Xcode) and `jamespc` (label `claudechecker-windows-x64`)
 (Windows host, .NET 8, Inno Setup). Each run uploads its app/installer artifact.
 
-Use **Release macOS** or **Release Windows**, select `main`, and supply a version
+Use **Release macOS** or **Release Windows Beta**, select `main`, and supply a version
-and channel. Stable versions use `X.Y.Z`; beta versions use `X.Y.Z-beta.N`.
+(and macOS channel). Stable versions use `X.Y.Z`; beta versions use `X.Y.Z-beta.N`.
 The workflow builds that main revision, creates the release and uploads the asset
 before advancing the corresponding `version*.json` feed on main. Releases are
 never overwritten. macOS builds retain the existing ad-hoc signing model; this
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ project does not currently perform Developer ID signing or notarization.
 Existing installs still check the old GitHub `version*.json` URLs. Those files
 are kept as a migration bridge advertising the first Gitea-hosted update. Keep
 the GitHub repository accessible for those clients; subsequent updates use Gitea.
-GitHub workflows are disabled after the Gitea builds are verified.
+GitHub workflows are disabled after the Gitea builds are verified. The Homebrew
+cask downloads the latest stable macOS release from Gitea and enables app-managed
+updates. Windows releases remain prereleases and do not replace that stable URL.
 
 Local build commands are `bash scripts/build-macos.sh` and, on Windows,
 `./scripts/build-windows.ps1` with `INNO_SETUP_COMPILER` pointing to `ISCC.exe`.

scripts/publish-release.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class NoRedirect(urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
 def main():
     version = os.environ['VERSION']
     channel = os.environ['CHANNEL']
-    if channel not in ('stable', 'beta', 'windows-beta', 'windows-stable'):
+    if channel not in ('stable', 'beta', 'windows-beta'):
         raise ValueError('Unknown release channel')
     if not re.fullmatch(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-beta\.\d+)?', version):
         raise ValueError('Invalid release version')
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def main():
     artifact = Path('ClaudeChecker-Installer.exe' if windows else 'ClaudeChecker.zip')
     notes = Path('windows/RELEASE_NOTES.md' if windows else 'RELEASE_NOTES.md').read_text()
     feed = {'stable': 'version.json', 'beta': 'version-beta.json',
-            'windows-beta': 'version-windows-beta.json', 'windows-stable': 'version-windows.json'}[channel]
+            'windows-beta': 'version-windows-beta.json'}[channel]
     server = os.environ['GITHUB_SERVER_URL'].rstrip('/')
     repo = os.environ['GITHUB_REPOSITORY']
     opener = urllib.request.build_opener(NoRedirect)