Publish compatible updater archives

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
           Compress-Archive -LiteralPath $env:NSIS_PATH `
-            -DestinationPath $archive -CompressionLevel Optimal
+            -DestinationPath $archive -CompressionLevel NoCompression
           if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $archive -PathType Leaf)) {
             throw "Updater archive was not created: $archive"
           }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ AudioBud is a detached fork of [Handy](https://github.com/cjpais/Handy) by CJ Pa
 restate Handy's own history. AudioBud versions independently of Handy, starting at
 `0.1.0`. Windows releases are code-signed beginning with `0.4.0`.
 
+## 0.4.4 - 2026-08-01
+
+A signed updater packaging fix. The v0.4.3 feed validation downloaded and
+verified its updater archive but correctly blocked promotion when Tauri could
+not extract the archive.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Package the NSIS updater with stored ZIP entries, matching the compression
+  methods enabled in AudioBud's Tauri updater build (#159).
+
 ## 0.4.3 - 2026-08-01
 
 An updater-validation release. Publishing a version newer than v0.4.2 lets the

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "audiobud",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",

scripts/updater-release-workflow.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe("signed updater release artifacts", () => {
 
     const archive = stepBlock("Create updater archive");
     expect(archive).toContain("Compress-Archive");
+    expect(archive).toContain("-CompressionLevel NoCompression");
     expect(archive).not.toContain("TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY");
 
     const signer = stepBlock("Sign updater archive");

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "audiobud"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 description = "AudioBud - local voice dictation"
 authors = ["Joe Amditis"]
 edition = "2021"

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "AudioBud",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "identifier": "tech.amditis.audiobud",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "bun run dev",