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Re:How far behind is each major Chromium browser? by Retr0id on Sunday May 03, 2026 @04:37PM (#48001204)
How does comet update itself?

Edit: approximately like so:

    curl -sS -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"request":{"protocol":"4.0","updater":"CometUpdater","updaterversion":"0","os":{"platform":"win","version":"10","arch":"x64"},"apps":[{"appid":"{42e10078-e377-4166-965f-c14ad958a146}","version":"0.0.0.0","updatechecks":[{}]}]}}' https://www.perplexity.ai/rest/browser/update2 | sed "s/^)]}'//" | jq -r '.response.apps[0].updatecheck.nextversion'
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Re:How far behind is each major Chromium browser? by dirkragnarok on Sunday May 03, 2026 @08:01PM (#48002962)
Ah great idea! Looks like Comet does use Omaha v4. I'll update to that, thanks a lot.
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Re:How far behind is each major Chromium browser? by dirkragnarok on Sunday May 03, 2026 @08:12PM (#48003036)
Done, thanks again for the suggestion.
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Re:How far behind is each major Chromium browser? by Retr0id on Sunday May 03, 2026 @04:47PM (#48001312)
fwiw this should work the same for just about all chromium forks - protocol is documented here: https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/6eb6252d5671bca378...
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