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@Geenz Geenz commented Mar 12, 2026

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2026.1.1

Hey everyone!

We're excited to release Viewer 26.1.1!

With this release we've dramatically simplified the Second Life install and update experiences.

What's new

  • Viewers on Windows now use a new "one click" installer that installs the viewer to a local user directory.
    • Viewers on macOS still use the disk image method for drag and drop install.
  • All viewers will now use a new updater that makes updates more transparent.
    • Viewers will no longer prompt the user to install an update. It will now download updates in the background and prompt the user for installation.
  • Installing to custom locations is supported by the --installto command line parameter
  • Portable installations can be found on our GitHub.
  • You will be prompted to uninstall older viewers should you wish to do so.
  • The Windows viewer is now installed in a user directory. You can find it under %LocalAppData% in Windows Explorer. It will be listed as SecondLifeViewer.

Geenz and others added 21 commits December 19, 2025 12:50
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Integrate Velopack installer and update framework
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Note: Updates don't quite work yet.
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Try to get CI/CD working with velopack.
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Update build.yaml
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Add Velopack update support for macOS and VVM integration
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#5346 Uninstall older non-velopack viewer (#5363)
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* #5335 Fix silent uninstall asking about registry

* #5346 Uninstall older non-velopack viewer

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Merge branch 'release/2026.01' into project/one-click
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Use runtime viewer exe name, handle Velopack URL
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Velopack download failure diagnostic (#5520)
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* Velopack download failure diagnostic

* Fix up velopack downloading updates.  Handle updates internally then hand them off to velopack. (#5524)

* Update llvelopack.cpp

* More velopack changes.  Should download updates properly now.

* Update llvvmquery.cpp

* Don't include NSI files

* Restore optional updates, refine viewer restart behavior. (#5527)

* Add support for optional updates.

* Don't restart the viewer after the update unless it was optional.

* Setup UpdaterServiceSetting with velopack properly.

* Refine the restart behavior a bit - readd the old "the viewer must update" UX.

* If the update is still downloading, close should just reopen the downloading dialog.

Also add a login guard - probably unnecessary, but you never know with how creative our residents get.

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Co-authored-by: Jonathan "Geenz" Goodman <geenz@lindenlab.com>
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Remove SLVersionChecker from the viewer with velopack. (#5528)
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* Remove SLVersionChecker updater integration

* Ensure that the portable install has the correct version number.
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Merge pull request #5529 from secondlife/release/2026.01
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Merge  2026.1 into one click
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Geenz commented Mar 12, 2026

Notes for QA:

  • Required update dialog still exists.
  • A new dialog informing the user that the viewer is downloading an update that cannot be dismissed pops up after clicking OK. This is intended behavior.
  • The viewer will quit upon successfully downloading an update and install the viewer. You will see a progress dialog for the install. No user intervention is required.
  • Optional updates should work - test accordingly. This is handled by VVM (for now).

@Dan-Linden Dan-Linden added this to the 2026.1.1 milestone Mar 12, 2026
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