--- title: "v2026.6.6" summary: "Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling." description: "Dictate v2026.6.6 release notes: what changed, and who contributed." keywords: - Dictate - v2026.6.6 - release notes --- # v2026.6.6 AI agents and tools can read these release notes as [plain Markdown](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/master/CHANGELOG/2026.6.6.md). This release covers **0 pull requests.** ## Highlights - Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling. - Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging for the reserved Partner Center product identity `ArcForgeLabs.ArcForgeDictate`. - Moved public install messaging toward Microsoft Store as the primary Windows distribution path, with website/GitHub download artifacts treated as a signed secondary path. - Fixed the Linux Settings launcher flow so reopening Dictate focuses the existing hidden Settings window instead of starting a disconnected shell. - Added a Linux update action for the Settings About screen: source checkouts can run `update.sh`, while packaged installs open the GitHub release flow. - Fixed the Linux Tauri shell startup path so stale `ui-server.json` handshakes are ignored and removed instead of preventing the shell from spawning a live engine. ## Changes - Switched the local Linux workstation config from `faster-whisper/turbo` to `faster-whisper/base` on CPU to reduce release-to-text latency when CUDA is unavailable. - Added Windows desktop packaging support for Dictate, including Tauri MSI/NSIS bundle targets and a Windows build script that stages the Python engine before bundling. - Added an opt-in Windows Authenticode signing script and release workflow step for direct-download `.msi` and `.exe` artifacts. Public release upload still requires signature validation, and unsigned artifacts remain internal. - Added Microsoft Store MSIX packaging for the reserved Partner Center product identity `ArcForgeLabs.ArcForgeDictate`. - Added Microsoft Store API smoke automation with repository variables for non-secret IDs and `MSSTORE_CLIENT_SECRET` stored as a GitHub Actions secret. - Added a guarded manual Microsoft Store MSIX publish workflow. It can check status, upload a generated MSIX as an uncommitted draft, or explicitly commit a draft after the first manual submission is accepted. - Added Dictate as a first-class Arc Forge ClawSweeper target with a Dictate dispatcher workflow for issue, pull request, and command-comment events. - Added ClawSweeper default-branch fallback handling so dispatches that omit `target_branch` resolve the target repository default branch instead of assuming `main`. - Moved public install messaging toward Microsoft Store as the primary Windows distribution path, with website/GitHub download artifacts treated as a signed secondary path. - Updated Microsoft Store readiness docs to use the dedicated Dictate privacy policy URL, `https://arcforge.au/privacy/dictate`, after Partner Center rejected the prior general privacy URL. - Reclassified hosted PowerShell bootstrap instructions as developer/source install guidance rather than the normal public Windows install path. - Preserved the deprecated personal npm package path only as a compatibility landing point; new package and install paths use `@arcforgelabs/dictate`. - Kept Dictate ClawSweeper automation conservative: review/comment only, with scheduled/background runs and auto-close policy disabled while the integration is being proven. - Updated pinned official GitHub Actions to Node 24-compatible majors while preserving SHA pinning: `actions/checkout` v6, `actions/setup-python` v6, and `actions/setup-node` v5, and `actions/upload-artifact` v5. - Opted workflows into GitHub's Node 24 JavaScript action runtime ahead of the June 2026 runner default change. - Updated the UI development toolchain to remediate public Dependabot alerts: `vite` v8, `vitest` v4, and `@vitejs/plugin-react` v6. ## Fixes - Fixed the Linux Settings launcher flow so reopening Dictate focuses the existing hidden Settings window instead of starting a disconnected shell. - Added a Linux update action for the Settings About screen: source checkouts can run `update.sh`, while packaged installs open the GitHub release flow. - Hardened the Tauri shell bridge refresh path so stale UI handshakes are recovered after the engine restarts. - Fixed the Linux Tauri shell startup path so stale `ui-server.json` handshakes are ignored and removed instead of preventing the shell from spawning a live engine. - Updated side-specific shortcut labels to use Linux-style names such as `Ctrl (R)` while preserving the existing `ctrl_r` engine token. ## Contribution record [CHANGELOG/records/2026.6.6.md](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/blob/master/CHANGELOG/records/2026.6.6.md) lists every pull request in this release once, with its related issues and thanks.