Upgrading Hydrate
Hydrate is on a fast release cadence during beta. We commit to SemVer (patch / minor / major), no breaking changes within a major, and a release-notes file for every tagged version. To upgrade, re-run your install command.
Upgrade in one command
# macOS / Linux
brew upgrade hydrate
# Windows
# Download the latest Hydrate.msi from the public releases page
# and run it. It replaces the previous install in place.Release notes
| Version | Date | Summary | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.4.3 | 2026-05-17 | Windows MSI hotfix: bundles hydrate-mcp, fixes PATH, ships real ProductVersion in installer metadata. | Release notes → |
| v0.4.2 | 2026-05-17 | Release pipeline fix: all 20 binaries on every release, Linux blocks in the Brew formula, Apache-2.0 licence on every artefact. | Release notes → |
| v0.4.1 | 2026-05-17 | Licensing endpoint fix: register / activate now talk to license.gethydrate.dev (was licensing.gethydrate.dev, a hostname that never existed). | Release notes → |
| v0.3.1 | 2026-05-08 | Enterprise auth headers: every outbound call now sends X-API-Key + X-App-Reference for self-hosted policy enforcement. | Release notes → |
Full per-release detail lives in docs/release/v*.md in
the hydrate-public repo.
This page is a static snapshot; it ships with every site deploy.
Verify after upgrade
Three commands. Each must pass before you keep using the new version.
hydrate --version # must match the new tag
hydrate doctor # all checks green
brew list hydrate # bin/* should list 20 binaries (Mac / Linux)
If hydrate doctor reports a regression, downgrade
immediately with brew install getHydrate/hydrate/hydrate@<previous-tag>
and file an issue at
github.com/getHydrate/hydrate-public/issues
with the doctor output attached. See /docs/troubleshooting
for known symptoms.