Windows Companion

Companion changelog

Release-by-release notes for the optional PSW Hunt for the Rares Companion.

Current · 2026-09-06

A single Core action downloads, verifies and installs Core plus the current expansion selected by the server.
Both addon folders are updated as one transaction and restored together if installation cannot finish safely.
Existing bundled Core packages remain supported during the CurseForge migration.
A future current-expansion change can be made in the Web admin catalog without rebuilding Companion.
A deactivated community message now disappears after Companion confirms that the server has no active message.
The no-active-message notice now uses Companion's own visual style instead of a standard Windows dialog.
Companion-owned confirmations, errors and download summaries now use the same dark/gold HFTR style.
Manage Expansions can remove individual expansion packs or all HFTR addon folders while preserving SavedVariables by default.
Companion uninstall now offers separate optional cleanup choices for HFTR addon folders and SavedVariables/settings.
CurseForge and WowUp can adopt Companion-installed addons after their full addon-folder scan.

Previous · 2026-08-26

Fixed clean main-package installations so installing Core correctly installs both Core and the bundled Midnight expansion module.
Strengthened main-package folder detection for CurseForge release archives.
Legacy expansion packages continue to install only their own expansion module without replacing or reinstalling Core.

Previous · 2026-08-25

Improved Rare Research sync reporting with sent, accepted, duplicate, rejected, pruned and still-pending counts.
Local Rare Research observations are removed only after the server acknowledges their exact IDs as accepted or duplicate.
Rejected or unacknowledged Rare Research observations remain queued locally, and empty queues are reported clearly.

Previous · 2026-08-25

Fixed Rare Research sync failing when integer values from WoW SavedVariables were represented as 64-bit integers.
Added safe integer conversion for Rare Research and enhanced diagnostics SavedVariables fields.
Existing pending Rare Research observations remain local and can upload normally after updating Companion.

Previous · 2026-08-25

Adds targeted Rare Research sync for encounters explicitly marked by HFTR as needing more evidence.
Server-acknowledged research observations are removed from local SavedVariables after World of Warcraft closes.
Shows pending Rare Research separately in the Companion dashboard while preserving the v0.6.8 diagnostics and expansion-management features.

Previous · 2026-08-24

Adds a guided Diagnostic Package workflow and direct Issue Tracker submission.
Prepares enhanced diagnostics support that activates automatically when a future HFTR Core publishes diagnostic schema v2.
Makes Manage Expansions server-driven with the full expansion catalog, CurseForge approval states and sequential Download All.
Adds SHA-1 package verification for server-managed CurseForge expansion releases.

Previous · 2026-08-24

Added an anonymous Companion installation ID and lightweight heartbeat for aggregate active-client counts.
Companion updates can show the new version changelog before the user approves the download.
Added a one-time What's New window on first launch after a Companion update.
Heartbeat data is limited to an anonymous installation identifier, Companion version and last-seen time.

Previous · 2026-08-23

Previous · 2026-08-23

Added Integrity Details and Repair for modified, missing and extra addon files.
Made clean repair safe when World of Warcraft and temporary files are on different drives.

Previous · 2026-08-23

Added progress UI for Companion self-update and addon update or repair downloads.

Previous · 2026-08-23

Added per-file SHA-256 addon integrity verification with Modified, Missing and Extra states.

Previous · 2026-08-23

Added secure Companion self-update with HTTPS, SHA-256 and download-size verification.

Previous · 2026-08-23

Fixed semantic version comparison so development builds sort below the matching stable release.