termbeam 1.23.3 → 1.23.4

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.23.4] - 2026-05-01
+
+- fix(version): mark dev builds dirty for untracked files; freeze /api/version at startup (@dorlugasigal)
+
 ## [1.23.3] - 2026-05-01
 
 - feat(ui): polished wordmark animation + touchbar shadow fix (@dorlugasigal)

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "termbeam",
-  "version": "1.23.3",
+  "version": "1.23.4",
   "description": "Beam your terminal to any device — mobile-optimized web terminal with multi-session support",
   "main": "src/server/index.js",
   "bin": {

package/src/server/routes.js

@@ -163,11 +163,12 @@ function setupRoutes(
     }
   });
 
-  // Version API
+  // Version API — uses the version captured at server startup so dev/prod
+  // builds stay stable for the lifetime of the process. Restart the service
+  // to pick up a new git tag or dirty-state change.
   app.get('/api/version', (_req, res) => {
     log.debug('Version requested');
-    const { getVersion } = require('../utils/version');
-    res.json({ version: getVersion() });
+    res.json({ version: config.version });
   });
 
   // Changelog — served from repo CHANGELOG.md (bundled with the npm package).

package/src/utils/version.js

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ function getVersion() {
 
   // Running from source — git tags are the version source of truth.
   // This avoids drift between package.json and tagged releases.
+  const repoRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..');
   try {
     const gitDesc = execSync('git describe --tags --always --dirty', {
-      cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', '..'),
+      cwd: repoRoot,
       encoding: 'utf-8',
       stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
       windowsHide: true,
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ function getVersion() {
       const gitVersion = tagMatch[1];
       const commits = tagMatch[2];
       const hash = tagMatch[3];
-      const dirty = tagMatch[4];
+      // `git describe --dirty` only flags tracked-file modifications. Treat any
+      // untracked files (e.g. a fresh `hi.txt`) as dirty too so dev builds are
+      // always visibly distinct from the tagged release.
+      const dirty = tagMatch[4] || (hasUntrackedChanges(repoRoot) ? '-dirty' : '');
 
       // Exactly on a clean tag — return the tag version
       if (!commits && !dirty) {
@@ -69,4 +73,18 @@ function isInstalledGlobally() {
   return __dirname.includes('node_modules');
 }
 
+function hasUntrackedChanges(cwd) {
+  try {
+    const status = execSync('git status --porcelain', {
+      cwd,
+      encoding: 'utf-8',
+      stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+      windowsHide: true,
+    });
+    return status.trim().length > 0;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = { getVersion };