# Choose when to install a desktop update

Desktop update controls made installation explicit, while quitting gained a best\-effort step to finish an active local recording\.

- Schema version: 1
- ID: meetso\-2026\-06\-20
- Slug: 2026\-06\-20\-choose\-when\-to\-install\-an\-update\-finalize\-an\-active\-recording\-on\-exit
- Period: 2026-06-20 to 2026-06-20
- Published: 2026-06-20
- Updated: None
- History: Development history

Dates describe development history and do not verify when changes became available.

- Banner asset: desktop\-update
- Banner alt: A desktop update notice beside a clock

![A desktop update notice beside a clock](/_next/static/media/desktop-update.0meffii-zzcnf.svg)

## Install an available update when ready

- ID: choose\-when\-to\-install\-an\-update
- Type: added
- Area: desktop
- Availability: unverified

Added a banner for available updates with Restart & install and Later actions, plus download\-progress and installing states\.

## Try to finish an active recording before quitting

- ID: finalize\-an\-active\-recording\-on\-exit
- Type: improved
- Area: desktop
- Availability: unverified

Added a quit\-time step that asks the recorder to stop, then attempts to finish its local files and add the recording to the recent list\.

An unresponsive recorder could still leave an unfinished recording\. This change covered quitting the app; it did not guarantee recovery after a crash or a successful upload\.