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# Check for a newer desktop app release



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.interfere.com/openapi.json get /v3/updates/{target}/{arch}/{version}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Interfere API
  termsOfService: https://interfere.com/legal/terms-of-service
  contact:
    email: support@interfere.com
    name: Interfere Support
    url: https://interfere.com/~/*/settings/support
  license:
    name: All Rights Reserved
  description: >-
    Interfere empowers engineers, product managers and designers with real-time
    understanding of previously unseen bugs and issues.
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.interfere.com
    description: This environment
security: []
tags:
  - name: Drain
    description: Drain API
  - name: Releases
    description: Build-time release API
  - name: Replay
    description: Session replay chunk ingest API
  - name: Sessions
    description: Session and end-user identity API
  - name: Updates
    description: Desktop app update API
  - name: Traces
    description: Trace waterfall read API
externalDocs:
  url: https://interfere.com/docs
  description: Interfere Documentation
paths:
  /v3/updates/{target}/{arch}/{version}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Updates
      summary: Check for a newer desktop app release
      operationId: updatesCheck
      parameters:
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - darwin
              - windows
            description: Desktop platform
            example: darwin
          required: true
          description: Desktop platform
          name: target
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - aarch64
              - x86_64
            description: CPU architecture
            example: aarch64
          required: true
          description: CPU architecture
          name: arch
          in: path
        - schema:
            type: string
            description: The requesting app's current version
            example: 0.2.3
          required: true
          description: The requesting app's current version
          name: version
          in: path
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A newer release is available
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AvailableUpdate'
        '204':
          description: No newer release for this platform and version
        '503':
          description: >-
            A dependency failed while serving updates; retry with backoff after
            the Retry-After delay
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Seconds to wait before retrying
              required: true
              description: Seconds to wait before retrying
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdatesUnavailableProblem'
components:
  schemas:
    AvailableUpdate:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
          example: 0.2.4
        url:
          type: string
          example: >-
            https://api.interfere.com/v3/updates/download/releases/stable/0.2.4/darwin-aarch64/Interfere.app.tar.gz
        signature:
          type: string
          example: dW50cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IHNpZ25hdHVyZSBmcm9tIHRhdXJp...
        pub_date:
          type: string
          example: '2026-08-13T17:00:00Z'
        notes:
          type: string
          example: Faster replay scrubbing and fixes for update checks.
      required:
        - version
        - url
        - signature
    UpdatesUnavailableProblem:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - UPDATES_INFRA_UNAVAILABLE
        message:
          type: string
        service:
          type: string
          enum:
            - collector
            - gateway
            - operation
            - intelligence
      required:
        - code

````