Updates
- Windows: updates download and install automatically in the background. When one's ready, you'll see an Apply banner. Click it to restart into the new version whenever it's convenient; it isn't forced on you mid-flight. Applying closes CAVacars 2 and reopens it on its own, which can take a minute.
- macOS / Linux: you'll get a banner with a Download update button when a new version is available. Install it the same way you installed the current one.
You can also check for a new version at any time with Check for updates in the pilot menu (your name, top right).
Try not to apply an update in the middle of a tracked flight. Tracking resumes after the restart, but there'll be a gap in your track and the flight may go to staff review. See Flight tracking.
What's new
To see what changed in each version, open the pilot menu and choose What's new. It lists recent releases, newest first, with each change marked New, Fix or Faster. A red dot on your avatar means there's a release you haven't looked at yet; it clears when you open What's new.
The full history is on the Changelog page. New versions are also announced in the CAVacars 2 channel on the CAV Discord.