chore: bump version to 0.0.19

- Add deepParseJsonStrings utility to recursively unwrap JSON-encoded
  string values inside tool-call args before display
- Apply to McpDetail, CustomToolDetail, and HookDetail renderers
- Add lightweight regex-based JSON syntax highlighting (keys, strings,
  numbers, booleans, punctuation) in CollapsibleCode when content is JSON
- Remove unused Terminal import

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

assets/installer.nsh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ManifestDPIAware true

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "aryx",
-  "version": "0.0.17",
-  "description": "Electron orchestrator for Copilot-powered agent workflows across multiple projects.",
+  "version": "0.0.19",
+  "description": "Orchestrator for Copilot-powered agent workflows across multiple projects.",
   "private": true,
   "main": "dist-electron/main/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
       "oneClick": false,
       "perMachine": false,
       "allowToChangeInstallationDirectory": true,
+      "include": "assets/installer.nsh",
       "installerIcon": "assets/icons/windows/icon.ico",
       "uninstallerIcon": "assets/icons/windows/icon.ico"
     },

sidecar/src/Aryx.AgentHost/Services/CopilotApprovalCoordinator.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
     {
         string? toolName = ResolveApprovalToolName(request, toolNamesByCallId);
         string? autoApprovedToolName = ResolveAutoApprovedToolName(request);
-        string? mcpServerApprovalKey = ResolveMcpServerApprovalKey(request);
+        string? mcpServerApprovalKey = ResolveMcpServerApprovalKey(request, command.Tooling?.McpServers);
         string? approvalCacheKey = ResolveApprovalCacheKey(toolName, autoApprovedToolName);
 
         AgentActivityEventDto? fileChangeActivity = BuildToolCallFileChangeActivity(command, agent, request, toolName);
@@ -155,18 +155,7 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
         string approvalId,
         string? toolName)
     {
-        string permissionKind = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Kind)
-            ? "tool access"
-            : request.Kind.Trim();
-
-        if (request is PermissionRequestHook hook)
-        {
-            string? resolvedCategory = ResolveHookToolCategory(hook.ToolName);
-            if (resolvedCategory is not null)
-            {
-                permissionKind = resolvedCategory;
-            }
-        }
+        string permissionKind = ResolvePermissionKind(request, command.Tooling?.McpServers);
 
         string agentName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(agent.Name) ? agent.Id : agent.Name;
         string? sessionId = NormalizeOptionalString(invocation.SessionId);
@@ -208,7 +197,7 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
             PermissionKind = permissionKind,
             Title = title,
             Detail = detail,
-            PermissionDetail = BuildPermissionDetail(request),
+            PermissionDetail = BuildPermissionDetail(request, command.Tooling?.McpServers),
         };
     }
 
@@ -252,7 +241,9 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
         };
     }
 
-    internal static PermissionDetailDto BuildPermissionDetail(PermissionRequest request)
+    internal static PermissionDetailDto BuildPermissionDetail(
+        PermissionRequest request,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers = null)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(request);
 
@@ -309,12 +300,7 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
                 ToolDescription = NormalizeOptionalString(customTool.ToolDescription),
                 Args = customTool.Args,
             },
-            PermissionRequestHook hook => new PermissionDetailDto
-            {
-                Kind = HookPermissionKind,
-                Args = hook.ToolArgs,
-                HookMessage = NormalizeOptionalString(hook.HookMessage),
-            },
+            PermissionRequestHook hook => BuildHookPermissionDetail(hook, configuredMcpServers),
             _ => new PermissionDetailDto
             {
                 Kind = NormalizeOptionalString(request.Kind) ?? "unknown",
@@ -430,15 +416,45 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
 
     private const string McpServerApprovalPrefix = "mcp_server:";
 
-    private static string? ResolveMcpServerApprovalKey(PermissionRequest request)
+    private static string? ResolveMcpServerApprovalKey(
+        PermissionRequest request,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers)
     {
-        if (request is not PermissionRequestMcp mcp)
+        return request switch
+        {
+            PermissionRequestMcp mcp => BuildMcpServerApprovalKey(mcp.ServerName),
+            PermissionRequestHook hook => ResolveHookMcpServerApprovalKey(hook.ToolName, configuredMcpServers),
+            _ => null,
+        };
+    }
+
+    internal static string? BuildMcpServerApprovalKey(string? serverName)
+    {
+        string? normalizedServerName = NormalizeOptionalString(serverName);
+        return normalizedServerName is not null ? $"{McpServerApprovalPrefix}{normalizedServerName}" : null;
+    }
+
+    internal static string? ResolveHookMcpServerApprovalKey(
+        string? toolName,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers)
+        => BuildMcpServerApprovalKey(ResolveHookMcpServerName(toolName, configuredMcpServers));
+
+    internal static string? ResolveHookMcpServerName(
+        string? toolName,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers)
+    {
+        string? normalizedToolName = NormalizeOptionalString(toolName);
+        if (normalizedToolName is null || configuredMcpServers is null || configuredMcpServers.Count == 0)
         {
             return null;
         }
 
-        string? serverName = NormalizeOptionalString(mcp.ServerName);
-        return serverName is not null ? $"{McpServerApprovalPrefix}{serverName}" : null;
+        return configuredMcpServers
+            .Select(ResolveConfiguredMcpServerName)
+            .OfType<string>()
+            .Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            .OrderByDescending(static serverName => serverName.Length)
+            .FirstOrDefault(serverName => MatchesHookMcpServerToolName(normalizedToolName, serverName));
     }
 
     private static string? ResolveApprovalCacheKey(
@@ -520,6 +536,87 @@ internal sealed class CopilotApprovalCoordinator
         return HookToolCategories.TryGetValue(normalized, out string? category) ? category : null;
     }
 
+    private static string ResolvePermissionKind(
+        PermissionRequest request,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers)
+    {
+        string permissionKind = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.Kind)
+            ? "tool access"
+            : request.Kind.Trim();
+
+        if (request is not PermissionRequestHook hook)
+        {
+            return permissionKind;
+        }
+
+        string? resolvedCategory = ResolveHookToolCategory(hook.ToolName);
+        if (resolvedCategory is not null)
+        {
+            return resolvedCategory;
+        }
+
+        return ResolveHookMcpServerName(hook.ToolName, configuredMcpServers) is not null
+            ? McpPermissionKind
+            : permissionKind;
+    }
+
+    private static PermissionDetailDto BuildHookPermissionDetail(
+        PermissionRequestHook hook,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? configuredMcpServers)
+    {
+        string? serverName = ResolveHookMcpServerName(hook.ToolName, configuredMcpServers);
+        if (serverName is null)
+        {
+            return new PermissionDetailDto
+            {
+                Kind = HookPermissionKind,
+                Args = hook.ToolArgs,
+                HookMessage = NormalizeOptionalString(hook.HookMessage),
+            };
+        }
+
+        return new PermissionDetailDto
+        {
+            Kind = McpPermissionKind,
+            ServerName = serverName,
+            ToolTitle = ResolveHookMcpToolTitle(hook.ToolName, serverName),
+            Args = hook.ToolArgs,
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static string? ResolveConfiguredMcpServerName(RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto configuredServer)
+        => NormalizeOptionalString(configuredServer.Name) ?? NormalizeOptionalString(configuredServer.Id);
+
+    private static bool MatchesHookMcpServerToolName(string toolName, string serverName)
+    {
+        if (string.Equals(toolName, serverName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return toolName.StartsWith($"{serverName}-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    private static string? ResolveHookMcpToolTitle(string? toolName, string serverName)
+    {
+        string? normalizedToolName = NormalizeOptionalString(toolName);
+        if (normalizedToolName is null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        string prefix = $"{serverName}-";
+        if (!normalizedToolName.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            return normalizedToolName;
+        }
+
+        string strippedToolName = normalizedToolName[prefix.Length..];
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(strippedToolName)
+            ? normalizedToolName
+            : strippedToolName;
+    }
+
     private static bool MatchesAutoApprovedTool(
         IReadOnlyList<string> autoApprovedToolNames,
         string? toolName,

sidecar/src/Aryx.AgentHost/Services/CopilotSessionHooks.cs

@@ -249,12 +249,16 @@ internal static class CopilotSessionHooks
         }
 
         string? autoApprovedToolName = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.ResolveHookToolCategory(toolName) ?? toolName;
+        string? mcpServerApprovalKey = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.ResolveHookMcpServerApprovalKey(
+            toolName,
+            command.Tooling?.McpServers);
 
         bool requiresApproval = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.RequiresToolCallApproval(
             command.Pattern.ApprovalPolicy,
             agentDefinition.Id,
             toolName,
-            autoApprovedToolName);
+            autoApprovedToolName,
+            mcpServerApprovalKey);
 
         return new PreToolUseHookOutput
         {

sidecar/tests/Aryx.AgentHost.Tests/CopilotSessionHooksTests.cs

@@ -171,6 +171,40 @@ public sealed class CopilotSessionHooksTests
         Assert.Equal("allow", decision?.PermissionDecision);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Create_PreToolUseAutoAllowsWhenMcpServerIsApproved()
+    {
+        RunTurnCommandDto command = CreateCommandWithConfiguredMcpServers(
+            ["icm-mcp"],
+            ["mcp_server:icm-mcp"]);
+        SessionHooks hooks = CopilotSessionHooks.Create(command, command.Pattern.Agents[0], ResolvedHookSet.Empty, new RecordingHookCommandRunner());
+
+        PreToolUseHookOutput? decision = await hooks.OnPreToolUse!(
+            new PreToolUseHookInput
+            {
+                ToolName = "icm-mcp-get_incident_details_by_id",
+            },
+            null!);
+
+        Assert.Equal("allow", decision?.PermissionDecision);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Create_PreToolUseRequiresApprovalWhenMcpServerIsNotApproved()
+    {
+        RunTurnCommandDto command = CreateCommandWithConfiguredMcpServers(["icm-mcp"]);
+        SessionHooks hooks = CopilotSessionHooks.Create(command, command.Pattern.Agents[0], ResolvedHookSet.Empty, new RecordingHookCommandRunner());
+
+        PreToolUseHookOutput? decision = await hooks.OnPreToolUse!(
+            new PreToolUseHookInput
+            {
+                ToolName = "icm-mcp-get_incident_details_by_id",
+            },
+            null!);
+
+        Assert.Equal("ask", decision?.PermissionDecision);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Create_RunsConfiguredNonPreToolHooks()
     {
@@ -368,6 +402,43 @@ public sealed class CopilotSessionHooksTests
         };
     }
 
+    private static RunTurnCommandDto CreateCommandWithConfiguredMcpServers(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> serverNames,
+        IReadOnlyList<string>? autoApprovedToolNames = null)
+    {
+        RunTurnCommandDto command = CreateCommandWithToolApproval();
+        return new RunTurnCommandDto
+        {
+            RequestId = command.RequestId,
+            SessionId = command.SessionId,
+            ProjectPath = command.ProjectPath,
+            Tooling = new RunTurnToolingConfigDto
+            {
+                McpServers = [.. serverNames.Select(CreateMcpServerConfig)],
+            },
+            Pattern = new PatternDefinitionDto
+            {
+                Id = command.Pattern.Id,
+                Name = command.Pattern.Name,
+                Mode = command.Pattern.Mode,
+                Availability = command.Pattern.Availability,
+                ApprovalPolicy = new ApprovalPolicyDto
+                {
+                    Rules = command.Pattern.ApprovalPolicy?.Rules ?? [],
+                    AutoApprovedToolNames = autoApprovedToolNames ?? [],
+                },
+                Agents = command.Pattern.Agents,
+            },
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto CreateMcpServerConfig(string serverName)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Id = serverName,
+            Name = serverName,
+        };
+
     private static HookCommandDefinition CreateHookCommand(string name)
         => new()
         {

sidecar/tests/Aryx.AgentHost.Tests/CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests.cs

@@ -1325,6 +1325,29 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
         Assert.Equal("https://example.com", args["url"]);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildPermissionDetail_MapsConfiguredMcpHookToMcpDetail()
+    {
+        PermissionDetailDto detail = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.BuildPermissionDetail(
+            new PermissionRequestHook
+            {
+                Kind = "hook",
+                ToolName = "icm-mcp-get_incident_details_by_id",
+                ToolArgs = new Dictionary<string, object?>
+                {
+                    ["incidentId"] = 769904783,
+                },
+            },
+            [CreateMcpServerConfig("icm-mcp")]);
+
+        Assert.Equal("mcp", detail.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("icm-mcp", detail.ServerName);
+        Assert.Equal("get_incident_details_by_id", detail.ToolTitle);
+
+        Dictionary<string, object?> args = Assert.IsType<Dictionary<string, object?>>(detail.Args);
+        Assert.Equal(769904783, args["incidentId"]);
+    }
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData("view", "read")]
     [InlineData("glob", "read")]
@@ -1362,6 +1385,16 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
         Assert.Null(CopilotApprovalCoordinator.ResolveHookToolCategory("  "));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ResolveHookMcpServerApprovalKey_PrefersLongestConfiguredServerName()
+    {
+        string? approvalKey = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.ResolveHookMcpServerApprovalKey(
+            "icm-mcp-get_on_call_schedule",
+            [CreateMcpServerConfig("icm"), CreateMcpServerConfig("icm-mcp")]);
+
+        Assert.Equal("mcp_server:icm-mcp", approvalKey);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void TryGetApprovalToolName_ResolvesHookToolToCategory()
     {
@@ -1448,6 +1481,41 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
         Assert.Contains("read permission", approvalEvent.Detail);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildPermissionApprovalEvent_UsesMcpKindForConfiguredMcpHookTools()
+    {
+        ApprovalRequestedEventDto approvalEvent = CopilotApprovalCoordinator.BuildPermissionApprovalEvent(
+            new RunTurnCommandDto
+            {
+                RequestId = "turn-1",
+                SessionId = "session-1",
+                Tooling = new RunTurnToolingConfigDto
+                {
+                    McpServers = [CreateMcpServerConfig("icm-mcp")],
+                },
+            },
+            CreateAgent("agent-1", "Primary"),
+            new PermissionRequestHook
+            {
+                Kind = "hook",
+                ToolName = "icm-mcp-get_schedule",
+                ToolArgs = """{"teamIds":[91982]}""",
+            },
+            new PermissionInvocation
+            {
+                SessionId = "copilot-session-1",
+            },
+            "approval-1",
+            "icm-mcp-get_schedule");
+
+        Assert.Equal("mcp", approvalEvent.PermissionKind);
+        Assert.Contains("mcp permission", approvalEvent.Detail);
+        Assert.NotNull(approvalEvent.PermissionDetail);
+        Assert.Equal("mcp", approvalEvent.PermissionDetail!.Kind);
+        Assert.Equal("icm-mcp", approvalEvent.PermissionDetail.ServerName);
+        Assert.Equal("get_schedule", approvalEvent.PermissionDetail.ToolTitle);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void BuildPermissionApprovalEvent_KeepsHookKindForUnknownHookTools()
     {
@@ -1613,6 +1681,43 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
         Assert.Equal(PermissionRequestResultKind.Approved, result.Kind);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RequestApprovalAsync_AutoApprovesHookRequestsForApprovedMcpServer()
+    {
+        CopilotApprovalCoordinator coordinator = new();
+        bool sawApproval = false;
+        RunTurnCommandDto command = CreateApprovalCommand(
+            autoApprovedToolNames: ["mcp_server:icm-mcp"],
+            mcpServers: [CreateMcpServerConfig("icm-mcp")]);
+
+        PermissionRequestResult result = await coordinator.RequestApprovalAsync(
+            command,
+            command.Pattern.Agents[0],
+            new PermissionRequestHook
+            {
+                Kind = "hook",
+                ToolName = "icm-mcp-get_incident_details_by_id",
+                ToolArgs = new Dictionary<string, object?>
+                {
+                    ["incidentId"] = 769904783,
+                },
+            },
+            new PermissionInvocation
+            {
+                SessionId = "copilot-session-1",
+            },
+            new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.Ordinal),
+            approval =>
+            {
+                sawApproval = true;
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            },
+            CancellationToken.None);
+
+        Assert.False(sawApproval);
+        Assert.Equal(PermissionRequestResultKind.Approved, result.Kind);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task RequestApprovalAsync_AlwaysApproveCachesRuntimeApprovalForCurrentTurn()
     {
@@ -1853,12 +1958,21 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
             null!);
     }
 
-    private static RunTurnCommandDto CreateApprovalCommand(string requestId = "turn-1")
+    private static RunTurnCommandDto CreateApprovalCommand(
+        string requestId = "turn-1",
+        IReadOnlyList<string>? autoApprovedToolNames = null,
+        IReadOnlyList<RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto>? mcpServers = null)
     {
         return new RunTurnCommandDto
         {
             RequestId = requestId,
             SessionId = "session-1",
+            Tooling = mcpServers is null
+                ? null
+                : new RunTurnToolingConfigDto
+                {
+                    McpServers = [.. mcpServers],
+                },
             Pattern = new PatternDefinitionDto
             {
                 Id = "pattern-1",
@@ -1875,7 +1989,9 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
                             AgentIds = ["agent-1"],
                         },
                     ],
-                    AutoApprovedToolNames = ["web_fetch"],
+                    AutoApprovedToolNames = autoApprovedToolNames is null
+                        ? ["web_fetch"]
+                        : [.. autoApprovedToolNames],
                 },
                 Agents =
                 [
@@ -1885,6 +2001,13 @@ public sealed class CopilotWorkflowRunnerTests
         };
     }
 
+    private static RunTurnMcpServerConfigDto CreateMcpServerConfig(string serverName)
+        => new()
+        {
+            Id = serverName,
+            Name = serverName,
+        };
+
     private sealed class StubChatClient : IChatClient
     {
         public Task<ChatResponse> GetResponseAsync(

src/main/services/autoUpdater.ts

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class AutoUpdateService {
   }
 
   start(): void {
-    if (this.started || !this.options.isPackaged) {
+    if (this.started) {
       return;
     }
 

src/renderer/App.tsx

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { NewSessionModal } from '@renderer/components/NewSessionModal';
 import { ProjectSettingsPanel } from '@renderer/components/ProjectSettingsPanel';
 import { BookmarksPanel } from '@renderer/components/BookmarksPanel';
 import { SessionSearchPanel } from '@renderer/components/SessionSearchPanel';
-import { SettingsPanel } from '@renderer/components/SettingsPanel';
+import { SettingsPanel, type SettingsSection } from '@renderer/components/SettingsPanel';
 import { Sidebar } from '@renderer/components/Sidebar';
 import { TerminalPanel, DEFAULT_HEIGHT as DEFAULT_TERMINAL_HEIGHT, MIN_HEIGHT as MIN_TERMINAL_HEIGHT } from '@renderer/components/TerminalPanel';
 import { resolveChatToolingSettings } from '@renderer/lib/chatTooling';
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { isScratchpadProject, SCRATCHPAD_PROJECT_ID } from '@shared/domain/proje
 import { applySessionModelConfig } from '@shared/domain/session';
 import type { AppearanceTheme, LspProfileDefinition, McpServerDefinition } from '@shared/domain/tooling';
 import type { WorkspaceState } from '@shared/domain/workspace';
+import type { UpdateStatus } from '@shared/contracts/ipc';
 import { createId, nowIso } from '@shared/utils/ids';
 
 function createDraftPattern(defaultModelId: string, defaultReasoningEffort: PatternDefinition['agents'][0]['reasoningEffort']): PatternDefinition {
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ export default function App() {
   const [activeSubagents, setActiveSubagents] = useState<ActiveSubagentMap>({});
 
   const [showSettings, setShowSettings] = useState(false);
+  const [settingsSection, setSettingsSection] = useState<SettingsSection>();
+  const [updateStatus, setUpdateStatus] = useState<UpdateStatus>({ state: 'idle' });
   const [projectSettingsId, setProjectSettingsId] = useState<string>();
   const [newSessionProjectId, setNewSessionProjectId] = useState<string>();
   const [showDiscoveryModal, setShowDiscoveryModal] = useState(false);
@@ -188,6 +191,12 @@ export default function App() {
     };
   }, [api]);
 
+  // Subscribe to auto-update status pushes from the main process
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const off = api.onUpdateStatus((status) => setUpdateStatus(status));
+    return off;
+  }, [api]);
+
   // Apply theme to the document root
   const themeSetting: AppearanceTheme = workspace?.settings.theme ?? 'dark';
   useTheme(themeSetting);
@@ -494,6 +503,15 @@ export default function App() {
     }
   }, [api, workspace]);
 
+  const handleOpenSettingsAt = useCallback((section?: SettingsSection) => {
+    setSettingsSection(section);
+    setShowSettings(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleInstallUpdate = useCallback(() => {
+    void api.installUpdate();
+  }, [api]);
+
   // Listen for tray "Quick Scratchpad" action
   const scratchpadRef = useRef(handleCreateScratchpad);
   scratchpadRef.current = handleCreateScratchpad;
@@ -637,8 +655,9 @@ export default function App() {
   const overlay = showSettings ? (
       <SettingsPanel
         availableModels={availableModels}
+        initialSection={settingsSection}
         isRefreshingCapabilities={isRefreshingCapabilities}
-        onClose={() => setShowSettings(false)}
+        onClose={() => { setShowSettings(false); setSettingsSection(undefined); }}
         onDeleteLspProfile={async (id) => {
           await api.deleteLspProfile(id);
         }}
@@ -741,6 +760,9 @@ export default function App() {
             onRefreshGitContext={(projectId) => {
               void api.refreshProjectGitContext(projectId);
             }}
+            updateStatus={updateStatus}
+            onViewUpdateDetails={() => handleOpenSettingsAt('troubleshooting')}
+            onInstallUpdate={handleInstallUpdate}
             workspace={workspace}
           />
         }

src/renderer/components/SettingsPanel.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface SettingsPanelProps {
   toolingSettings: WorkspaceToolingSettings;
   discoveredUserTooling: DiscoveredToolingState;
   isRefreshingCapabilities: boolean;
+  initialSection?: SettingsSection;
   onRefreshCapabilities: () => void;
   onClose: () => void;
   onSavePattern: (pattern: PatternDefinition) => Promise<void>;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ interface SettingsPanelProps {
   onGetQuota?: () => Promise<Record<string, QuotaSnapshot>>;
 }
 
-type SettingsSection = 'appearance' | 'connection' | 'patterns' | 'mcp-servers' | 'lsp-profiles' | 'troubleshooting';
+export type SettingsSection = 'appearance' | 'connection' | 'patterns' | 'mcp-servers' | 'lsp-profiles' | 'troubleshooting';
 
 interface NavItem {
   id: SettingsSection;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
   toolingSettings,
   discoveredUserTooling,
   isRefreshingCapabilities,
+  initialSection,
   onRefreshCapabilities,
   onClose,
   onSavePattern,
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
   onResolveUserDiscoveredTooling,
   onGetQuota,
 }: SettingsPanelProps) {
-  const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState<SettingsSection>('appearance');
+  const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState<SettingsSection>(initialSection ?? 'appearance');
   const [editingPattern, setEditingPattern] = useState<PatternDefinition | null>(null);
   const [editingMcpServer, setEditingMcpServer] = useState<McpServerDefinition | null>(null);
   const [editingLspProfile, setEditingLspProfile] = useState<LspProfileDefinition | null>(null);

src/renderer/components/Sidebar.tsx

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ import { isScratchpadProject, type ProjectRecord, type ProjectGitContext } from
 import { listPendingDiscoveredMcpServers } from '@shared/domain/discoveredTooling';
 import type { SessionRecord } from '@shared/domain/session';
 import { querySessions } from '@shared/domain/sessionLibrary';
+import type { UpdateStatus } from '@shared/contracts/ipc';
 import type { WorkspaceState } from '@shared/domain/workspace';
+import { UpdateBanner } from '@renderer/components/ui';
 
 interface SidebarProps {
   workspace: WorkspaceState;
@@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ interface SidebarProps {
   onSetSessionArchived: (sessionId: string, isArchived: boolean) => void;
   onDeleteSession: (sessionId: string) => void;
   onRefreshGitContext: (projectId: string) => void;
+  updateStatus?: UpdateStatus;
+  onViewUpdateDetails?: () => void;
+  onInstallUpdate?: () => void;
 }
 
 /* ── Mode icon + accent colour mapping ─────────────────────── */
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ function GitContextBadge({ git }: { git: ProjectGitContext }) {
   return (
     <span className="flex items-center gap-1 text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" title={parts.join(' · ') || branchLabel}>
       <GitBranch className="size-2.5 shrink-0" />
-      <span className="max-w-[80px] truncate">{branchLabel}</span>
+      <span className="max-w-[140px] truncate font-mono">{branchLabel}</span>
       {git.isDirty && <Circle className="size-1.5 shrink-0 fill-amber-500 text-amber-500" />}
     </span>
   );
@@ -396,76 +401,93 @@ function ProjectGroup({
   return (
     <div>
       <button
-        className="group flex w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-lg px-2 py-2 text-left text-[13px] font-semibold text-[var(--color-text-secondary)] transition-all duration-150 hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-2)]/40 hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)]"
+        className="group flex w-full flex-col gap-0.5 rounded-lg px-2 py-2 text-left transition-all duration-150 hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-2)]/40"
         onClick={() => setExpanded(!expanded)}
         type="button"
+        title={`${project.name}\n${project.path}`}
       >
-        {expanded ? (
-          <ChevronDown className="size-3 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
-        ) : (
-          <ChevronRight className="size-3 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
-        )}
-        {isScratchpad ? (
-          <MessageSquare className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)] transition group-hover:text-[var(--color-accent)]" />
-        ) : (
-          <FolderOpen className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)] transition group-hover:text-[var(--color-accent)]" />
-        )}
-        <span className="truncate">{project.name}</span>
+        {/* Row 1 — project identity + hover actions */}
+        <div className="flex w-full items-center gap-2 text-[13px] font-semibold text-[var(--color-text-secondary)] group-hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)]">
+          {expanded ? (
+            <ChevronDown className="size-3 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
+          ) : (
+            <ChevronRight className="size-3 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)]" />
+          )}
+          {isScratchpad ? (
+            <MessageSquare className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)] transition group-hover:text-[var(--color-accent)]" />
+          ) : (
+            <FolderOpen className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-[var(--color-text-muted)] transition group-hover:text-[var(--color-accent)]" />
+          )}
+          <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate">{project.name}</span>
 
-        {!isScratchpad && project.git && (
-          <GitContextBadge git={project.git} />
-        )}
+          {isScratchpad && (
+            <span className="shrink-0 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-surface-2)] px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
+              {visibleSessions.length}
+            </span>
+          )}
 
-        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1.5">
-          {!isScratchpad && onOpenProjectSettings && (
-            <span
-              className="flex size-5 items-center justify-center rounded text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-0 transition hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)] group-hover:opacity-100"
-              onClick={(e) => {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                onOpenProjectSettings(project.id);
-              }}
-              role="button"
-              title="Project settings"
-            >
-              <Settings className="size-3" />
-            </span>
+          {!isScratchpad && (onOpenProjectSettings || onRefreshGitContext) && (
+            <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-0.5">
+              {onOpenProjectSettings && (
+                <span
+                  className="flex size-5 items-center justify-center rounded text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-0 transition hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)] group-hover:opacity-100"
+                  onClick={(e) => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    onOpenProjectSettings(project.id);
+                  }}
+                  role="button"
+                  title="Project settings"
+                >
+                  <Settings className="size-3" />
+                </span>
+              )}
+              {onRefreshGitContext && (
+                <span
+                  className="flex size-5 items-center justify-center rounded text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-0 transition hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)] group-hover:opacity-100"
+                  onClick={(e) => {
+                    e.stopPropagation();
+                    onRefreshGitContext(project.id);
+                  }}
+                  role="button"
+                  title="Refresh git status"
+                >
+                  <RefreshCw className="size-3" />
+                </span>
+              )}
+            </div>
           )}
-          {!isScratchpad && onRefreshGitContext && (
-            <span
-              className="flex size-5 items-center justify-center rounded text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-0 transition hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)] group-hover:opacity-100"
-              onClick={(e) => {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                onRefreshGitContext(project.id);
-              }}
-              role="button"
-              title="Refresh git status"
-            >
-              <RefreshCw className="size-3" />
-            </span>
-          )}
-          {runningCount > 0 && (
-            <span className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-accent-sky)]/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-[var(--color-accent-sky)]">
-              <span className="size-1.5 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-accent-sky)] sidebar-pulse" />
-              {runningCount}
-            </span>
-          )}
-          {pendingDiscoveryCount > 0 && (
-            <span
-              className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 rounded-full bg-amber-500/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-amber-400 transition hover:bg-amber-500/20"
-              onClick={(e) => {
-                e.stopPropagation();
-                onOpenProjectSettings?.(project.id);
-              }}
-              role="button"
-              title={`${pendingDiscoveryCount} MCP server${pendingDiscoveryCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} discovered — click to review`}
-            >
-              {pendingDiscoveryCount} new
-            </span>
-          )}
-          <span className="rounded-full bg-[var(--color-surface-2)] px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
-            {visibleSessions.length}
-          </span>
         </div>
+
+        {/* Row 2 — metadata strip: branch, status badges, session count */}
+        {!isScratchpad && (project.git || runningCount > 0 || pendingDiscoveryCount > 0 || visibleSessions.length > 0) && (
+          <div className="ml-[26px] flex items-center gap-2">
+            {project.git && <GitContextBadge git={project.git} />}
+
+            {runningCount > 0 && (
+              <span className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-accent-sky)]/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-[var(--color-accent-sky)]">
+                <span className="size-1.5 rounded-full bg-[var(--color-accent-sky)] sidebar-pulse" />
+                {runningCount}
+              </span>
+            )}
+            {pendingDiscoveryCount > 0 && (
+              <span
+                className="flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 rounded-full bg-amber-500/10 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-amber-400 transition hover:bg-amber-500/20"
+                onClick={(e) => {
+                  e.stopPropagation();
+                  onOpenProjectSettings?.(project.id);
+                }}
+                role="button"
+                title={`${pendingDiscoveryCount} MCP server${pendingDiscoveryCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} discovered — click to review`}
+              >
+                {pendingDiscoveryCount} new
+              </span>
+            )}
+            <span className="ml-auto rounded-full bg-[var(--color-surface-2)] px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
+              {visibleSessions.length}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
       </button>
 
       {expanded && (
@@ -523,6 +545,9 @@ export function Sidebar({
   onSetSessionArchived,
   onDeleteSession,
   onRefreshGitContext,
+  updateStatus,
+  onViewUpdateDetails,
+  onInstallUpdate,
 }: SidebarProps) {
   const scratchpadProject = workspace.projects.find((project) => isScratchpadProject(project));
   const userProjects = workspace.projects.filter((project) => !isScratchpadProject(project));
@@ -735,6 +760,15 @@ export function Sidebar({
         )}
       </div>
 
+      {/* Update notification banner */}
+      {updateStatus && onViewUpdateDetails && onInstallUpdate && (
+        <UpdateBanner
+          status={updateStatus}
+          onViewDetails={onViewUpdateDetails}
+          onInstallUpdate={onInstallUpdate}
+        />
+      )}
+
       {/* Footer */}
       {userProjects.length > 0 && (
         <div className="border-t border-[var(--color-border-subtle)] px-3 py-2">

src/renderer/components/chat/PermissionDetailView.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   FileText,
   Globe,
   Server,
-  Terminal,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 
 import type { PermissionDetail } from '@shared/contracts/sidecar';
@@ -61,6 +60,37 @@ export function permissionDetailSummary(detail: PermissionDetail): string | unde
   }
 }
 
+/* ── Display helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/** Recursively parse string values that contain JSON objects or arrays (display-time only). */
+function deepParseJsonStrings(value: unknown): unknown {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    const trimmed = value.trim();
+    if (
+      (trimmed.startsWith('{') && trimmed.endsWith('}')) ||
+      (trimmed.startsWith('[') && trimmed.endsWith(']'))
+    ) {
+      try {
+        return deepParseJsonStrings(JSON.parse(trimmed));
+      } catch {
+        return value;
+      }
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return value.map(deepParseJsonStrings);
+  }
+  if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object') {
+    const result: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(value as Record<string, unknown>)) {
+      result[k] = deepParseJsonStrings(v);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 /* ── Kind-specific renderers ────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function ShellDetail({ detail }: { detail: PermissionDetail }) {
@@ -134,7 +164,7 @@ function McpDetail({ detail }: { detail: PermissionDetail }) {
         )}
       </div>
       {detail.args && Object.keys(detail.args).length > 0 && (
-        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(detail.args, null, 2)} />
+        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(deepParseJsonStrings(detail.args), null, 2)} />
       )}
     </div>
   );
@@ -185,7 +215,7 @@ function CustomToolDetail({ detail }: { detail: PermissionDetail }) {
         <p className="text-[11px] text-[var(--color-text-secondary)]">{detail.toolDescription}</p>
       )}
       {detail.args && Object.keys(detail.args).length > 0 && (
-        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(detail.args, null, 2)} />
+        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(deepParseJsonStrings(detail.args), null, 2)} />
       )}
     </div>
   );
@@ -201,13 +231,13 @@ function HookDetail({ detail }: { detail: PermissionDetail }) {
         </div>
       )}
       {detail.args && Object.keys(detail.args).length > 0 && (
-        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(detail.args, null, 2)} />
+        <CollapsibleCode label="Arguments" text={JSON.stringify(deepParseJsonStrings(detail.args), null, 2)} />
       )}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
-/* ── Shared primitives ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* ── Shared primitives──────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function IntentionLine({ text }: { text: string }) {
   return <p className="text-[11px] italic text-[var(--color-text-secondary)]">{text}</p>;
@@ -242,6 +272,47 @@ function DiffBlock({ text }: { text: string }) {
   );
 }
 
+/* ── JSON syntax highlighting ───────────────────────────────── */
+
+const jsonTokenPattern =
+  /("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|(-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)|([{}\[\],])/g;
+
+function JsonHighlighted({ json }: { json: string }) {
+  const elements: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+  let lastIndex = 0;
+  let key = 0;
+
+  for (const match of json.matchAll(jsonTokenPattern)) {
+    const idx = match.index ?? 0;
+    if (idx > lastIndex) elements.push(json.slice(lastIndex, idx));
+
+    if (match[1] && match[2]) {
+      // Object key + colon
+      elements.push(
+        <span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-text-accent)]">{match[1]}</span>,
+        <span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">{match[2]}</span>,
+      );
+    } else if (match[1]) {
+      // String value
+      elements.push(<span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-status-success)]">{match[1]}</span>);
+    } else if (match[3]) {
+      // true / false / null
+      elements.push(<span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-accent-sky)]">{match[3]}</span>);
+    } else if (match[4]) {
+      // Number
+      elements.push(<span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-accent-sky)]">{match[4]}</span>);
+    } else if (match[5]) {
+      // Structural punctuation
+      elements.push(<span key={key++} className="text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">{match[5]}</span>);
+    }
+
+    lastIndex = idx + match[0].length;
+  }
+
+  if (lastIndex < json.length) elements.push(json.slice(lastIndex));
+  return <>{elements}</>;
+}
+
 function CollapsibleCode({
   label,
   text,
@@ -254,6 +325,7 @@ function CollapsibleCode({
   defaultExpanded?: boolean;
 }) {
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(defaultExpanded);
+  const isJson = text.trimStart().startsWith('{') || text.trimStart().startsWith('[');
 
   return (
     <div className="rounded-md border border-[var(--color-border-subtle)] bg-[var(--color-surface-1)]">
@@ -272,7 +344,7 @@ function CollapsibleCode({
         <div className="border-t border-[var(--color-border-subtle)] px-2.5 py-1.5">
           {children ?? (
             <pre className="max-h-48 overflow-auto font-mono text-[10px] leading-relaxed text-[var(--color-text-primary)]">
-              {text}
+              {isJson ? <JsonHighlighted json={text} /> : text}
             </pre>
           )}
         </div>

src/renderer/components/ui/UpdateBanner.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { ArrowDownToLine, Download, RefreshCw, Sparkles, X } from 'lucide-react';
+
+import type { UpdateStatus } from '@shared/contracts/ipc';
+
+export interface UpdateBannerProps {
+  status: UpdateStatus;
+  onViewDetails: () => void;
+  onInstallUpdate: () => void;
+}
+
+export function UpdateBanner({ status, onViewDetails, onInstallUpdate }: UpdateBannerProps) {
+  const [dismissed, setDismissed] = useState(false);
+
+  const isActionable =
+    status.state === 'available' ||
+    status.state === 'downloading' ||
+    status.state === 'downloaded';
+
+  // Nothing to show
+  if (!isActionable) return null;
+
+  // Allow dismissal for transient states, never for downloaded
+  if (dismissed && status.state !== 'downloaded') return null;
+
+  const version = status.version ? `v${status.version}` : '';
+
+  if (status.state === 'downloaded') {
+    return (
+      <div className="update-banner-enter px-3 pb-2" role="alert">
+        <button
+          className="group relative flex w-full items-center gap-2.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-[var(--color-status-success)]/25 bg-[var(--color-status-success)]/[0.07] px-3 py-2.5 text-left transition-all duration-200 hover:border-[var(--color-status-success)]/40 hover:bg-[var(--color-status-success)]/[0.12]"
+          onClick={onInstallUpdate}
+          type="button"
+        >
+          {/* Subtle glow effect */}
+          <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:opacity-100" style={{ background: 'radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgba(52, 211, 153, 0.08), transparent 70%)' }} />
+
+          <span className="flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg bg-[var(--color-status-success)]/15">
+            <Sparkles className="size-3.5 text-[var(--color-status-success)]" />
+          </span>
+          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+            <span className="block text-[12px] font-semibold text-[var(--color-status-success)]">
+              Update ready {version}
+            </span>
+            <span className="block text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-muted)]">
+              Restart to apply
+            </span>
+          </div>
+          <span className="shrink-0 rounded-lg bg-[var(--color-status-success)]/15 px-2 py-1 text-[10px] font-semibold text-[var(--color-status-success)] transition-all duration-200 group-hover:bg-[var(--color-status-success)]/25">
+            <RefreshCw className="inline-block size-3 mr-1 align-[-2px]" />
+            Restart
+          </span>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // available / downloading
+  const isDownloading = status.state === 'downloading';
+  const percent = status.downloadProgress ? Math.round(status.downloadProgress.percent) : 0;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="update-banner-enter px-3 pb-2" role="status">
+      <div className="relative overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-[var(--color-border)] bg-[var(--color-surface-2)]/60">
+        <button
+          className="group flex w-full items-center gap-2.5 px-3 py-2 text-left transition-all duration-200 hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-2)]"
+          onClick={onViewDetails}
+          type="button"
+        >
+          <span className="flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-[var(--color-accent)]/10">
+            {isDownloading
+              ? <Download className="size-3 text-[var(--color-accent)] animate-pulse" />
+              : <ArrowDownToLine className="size-3 text-[var(--color-accent)]" />}
+          </span>
+          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+            <span className="block text-[11px] font-medium text-[var(--color-text-primary)]">
+              {isDownloading
+                ? `Downloading ${version}${percent > 0 ? ` · ${percent}%` : '…'}`
+                : `Update available ${version}`}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+          <button
+            className="flex size-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[var(--color-text-muted)] opacity-0 transition hover:bg-[var(--color-surface-3)] hover:text-[var(--color-text-primary)] group-hover:opacity-100"
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+              setDismissed(true);
+            }}
+            type="button"
+            aria-label="Dismiss"
+          >
+            <X className="size-3" />
+          </button>
+        </button>
+
+        {/* Download progress bar */}
+        {isDownloading && percent > 0 && (
+          <div className="h-[2px] w-full bg-[var(--color-surface-3)]">
+            <div
+              className="h-full bg-[var(--color-accent)] transition-[width] duration-500 ease-out"
+              style={{ width: `${percent}%` }}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

src/renderer/components/ui/index.ts

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ export { TextInput } from './TextInput';
 export { TextareaInput } from './TextareaInput';
 export { SelectInput } from './SelectInput';
 export { InfoCallout } from './InfoCallout';
+export type { UpdateBannerProps } from './UpdateBanner';
+export { UpdateBanner } from './UpdateBanner';

src/renderer/styles.css

@@ -626,6 +626,19 @@ body {
   animation: banner-slide-in 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
 }
 
+/* ── Update banner slide-up ──────────────────────────────────── */
+
+@keyframes update-banner-in {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(100%);
+  }
+}
+
+.update-banner-enter {
+  animation: update-banner-in 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
+}
+
 /* ── Thinking process section ────────────────────────────────── */
 
 @keyframes thinking-process-in {
@@ -651,6 +664,7 @@ body {
   .msg-actions-enter,
   .session-item-enter,
   .banner-slide-enter,
+  .update-banner-enter,
   .thinking-process-enter {
     animation: none;
   }

tests/main/autoUpdater.test.ts

@@ -64,18 +64,20 @@ class FakeScheduler implements AutoUpdateScheduler {
 }
 
 describe('AutoUpdateService', () => {
-  test('does not schedule checks for unpackaged apps but manual checks still work', async () => {
+  test('schedules checks for unpackaged apps using dev update config', async () => {
     const updater = new FakeUpdater();
     const scheduler = new FakeScheduler();
     const service = new AutoUpdateService({ isPackaged: false, scheduler, updater });
 
     service.start();
 
-    expect(scheduler.timeouts).toHaveLength(0);
-    expect(scheduler.intervals).toHaveLength(0);
     expect(updater.forceDevUpdateConfig).toBe(true);
+    expect(scheduler.timeouts).toEqual([{ callback: expect.any(Function), delayMs: 10_000 }]);
+    expect(scheduler.intervals).toEqual([{ callback: expect.any(Function), delayMs: 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000 }]);
+
+    await scheduler.runTimeout();
+    await Promise.resolve();
 
-    await service.checkForUpdates();
     expect(updater.checkForUpdatesCalls).toBe(1);
   });