prolog-notebook 0.4.1 → 0.4.2

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.2] — 2026-08-30
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **The update check asked the registry for a media type it is entitled to refuse**, so on some
+  of npm's edges every check answered `Could not reach the npm registry to check for updates.`
+  `application/vnd.npm.install-v1+json` is defined for the packument; `/{name}/latest` may
+  answer 406 to it, and does. Measured both ways from one machine minutes apart, which is what
+  made it look transient. It now asks for plain JSON, which that endpoint has always served.
+
 ## [0.4.1] — 2026-08-30
 
 ### Changed

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "prolog-notebook",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "description": "Jupyter-style notebooks for Prolog. Runs in the browser, installs nothing.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./src/node.js",

package/src/build-info.json

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "commit": "9de0531",
-  "built": "2026-08-30 15:28:09 UTC"
+  "commit": "a4ae8f0",
+  "built": "2026-08-30 15:34:45 UTC"
 }

package/src/update.js

@@ -69,9 +69,16 @@ export function fileStore(path = cachePath()) {
 /**
  * Ask the registry which version is `latest`.
  *
- * The abbreviated document rather than the full packument: the full one carries
- * every version ever published and can be megabytes, for a question with a
- * one-line answer.
+ * `/{name}/latest` rather than the packument: the packument carries every version
+ * ever published and can be megabytes, for a question with a one-line answer.
+ * This endpoint answers in about 2 kB.
+ *
+ * PLAIN JSON, AND NOT THE ABBREVIATED TYPE. `application/vnd.npm.install-v1+json`
+ * is defined for the packument, and this endpoint is entitled to refuse it — some
+ * of npm's edges serve it anyway and others answer 406, which is why the first
+ * version of this shipped a notifier that reported "could not reach the registry"
+ * to some people and worked for others. Measured both ways, from one machine,
+ * minutes apart.
  *
  * @returns {Promise<string|null>} null for anything that goes wrong
  */
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ export async function latestFromRegistry({
   try {
     const base = String(registry).replace(/\/+$/, '');
     const response = await fetchImpl(`${base}/${name}/latest`, {
-      headers: { accept: 'application/vnd.npm.install-v1+json' },
+      headers: { accept: 'application/json' },
       signal: AbortSignal.timeout(timeout),
     });
     if (!response.ok) return null;

package/src/version.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 export const NAME = 'Prolog Notebook';
 
 /** Must equal package.json's `version` — test/run.test.mjs enforces it. */
-export const VERSION = '0.4.1';
+export const VERSION = '0.4.2';
 
 /** The two facts a licence notice is actually made of. */
 export const YEAR = '2026';