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Releases and applicability

Product availability baseline: 27 September 2026. This page distinguishes shipped behavior from planned or bounded capabilities. OpalSpan is the new customer-facing name; existing signed Forge release names, forge commands and service identities remain unchanged in this first phase.

Current versions

Component Released baseline
Forge Agent CLI and workstation setup 0.17.8 Windows x64/Linux x64; 0.18.2 portable macOS Apple silicon/Intel pre-release
Forge Daemon and Portable Rescue 0.16.3 Windows x64/Linux x64; 0.17.0 macOS Apple silicon/Intel pre-release
Diagnostics and technician transport helpers 0.16.0 Windows/Linux; 0.18.2 macOS diagnostic pre-release
Bridge website/API Current service includes contextual history, directory/cases/drafts, the work map, OpalSpan Mech, metered usage and hosted subscription purchases.

These are independent version lines. Installing CLI 0.17.8 does not mean a device runs Daemon 0.16.3. A Bridge update need not publish new native packages, and a documentation update is not a software release.

Use OpalSpan downloads for currently selected verified artifacts. Your local agent can run forge --version to check its CLI. Device details report their own host_version; offline devices receive eligible updates when they reconnect.

Available now

  • Browser login, independent workspace profiles and authorized Windows/Linux device access over native outbound HTTPS relay.
  • Persistent elevated Daemon access and attended temporary Rescue with explicit, health-confirmed promotion.
  • One-device Windows/Linux enrollment links for recipients without an OpalSpan account.
  • Explicit one-shot diagnostics: Windows schema 1.0, Linux running-OS schema 2.0, and Mac running-OS schema 3.0 pre-release.
  • Contextual access periods and metadata history, with separate temporary Rescue history and provenance.
  • Companies, contacts and descriptive device links.
  • Workspace-shared cases, attributed notes with correction history, and customer drafts requiring explicit website review before reviewed plain-text copy/download.
  • A read-only Fleet Overview map and accessible list using actual authorized relationships and live access observations.
  • Bounded service fault diagnostics to support investigation, without making raw stacks or customer content part of public error guidance.
  • Hosted subscription purchases, published agreement records and Stripe-hosted billing management for eligible workspaces. Shop and Business selections now survive sign-up/sign-in, and new customers can create their workspace inside the purchase journey without first configuring a device.
  • OpalSpan Mech with metered usage under normal workspace authorization.

The public service uses workspace-humans-v2. Human Admins and Technicians have ordinary workspace-wide device/history and customer/case rights. Settings, accounts, roles and invitations remain Admin-only. Machines retain explicit test scope; case collaborators are not access grants.

Platform boundary

Forge Agent CLI and Daemon are released for Windows x64 and Linux x64. The Linux Forge Agent CLI baseline covers Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 26.04 and Debian 13 on x64/glibc. Linux ARM64, Alpine/musl and formal WSL support are not claimed. Separate Mac Apple-silicon and Intel packages are available as pre-releases for testing, not supported general releases. They are not Apple Developer ID signed or notarized and have not yet run on Mac hardware. macOS may show a security warning or block first launch. Do not disable Gatekeeper or strip quarantine to bypass that decision. Mac CLI distribution is portable; Mac Host updates are manual-only. Mac CLI setup and manual signed update are available from the portable archive; background update is not. Mac diagnostic snapshots cover bounded OS metadata and uptime, not logs or SMART. See the Mac pre-release guide before using either package.

Windows and Linux use different native installation and signature-verification paths. Follow the matching Windows or Linux guide, or the distinct Mac pre-release guide.

Not implied by this release

Whisper uses direct Forge tools and durable chat under normal workspace authorization. General admission does not imply a guaranteed complete repair, recovery or concurrent-workload service. Ordinary Forge Work/Cases, downloads and local-agent access remain available; no new public CLI/device release is implied.

Forge does not currently provide:

  • a guaranteed concurrent-repair service or broad automatic workflow guarantee;
  • automatic customer email sending or customer-facing delivery receipts;
  • a full CRM/PSA, custom top-ups, native paid-plan changes or active capacity enforcement;
  • a general guarantee of Windows or hardware recovery;
  • a publicly distributed modified repair ISO or general Secure Boot support.

The repair Live USB capability is bounded local SystemRescue assembly with verified Linux Rescue, separate from ordinary installed-OS access. It does not expand diagnostics to offline operating systems or certify every repair scenario.

Keeping clients current

Your local agent may use forge update on Windows, Linux or Mac for its CLI. The Mac command checks the architecture-matched Forge-signed catalog and installs an immutable per-user generation; it is not a background updater. Daemon updates are managed separately: eligible verified packages are staged, health checked and rolled back if activation is unhealthy. Mac Host previews are excluded from automatic selection. Do not infer update failure from an offline device's old reported version.

For installation or compatibility errors, follow troubleshooting rather than mixing companion binaries or disabling trust checks.