fix(web): make the update surfaces read real data

apps/web/src/analytics/app-version.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// The app version's placeholder identity, split out of ./provider so surfaces
+// that must not RENDER a placeholder can test for it without importing the
+// analytics client.
+//
+// `useAppVersion()` reads the daemon-pinned version from /api/version at
+// runtime, so it necessarily starts on a placeholder and resolves one round-trip
+// later. Analytics tolerates that by awaiting the shared fetch before capture
+// (see `resolveAppVersionForCapture`); UI cannot await, so any surface that
+// prints the version must ask whether it has resolved yet.
+
+export const APP_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER = '0.0.0';
+
+/**
+ * Whether an app version is safe to show a user as fact.
+ *
+ * False for the pre-resolution placeholder and for anything blank, so a caller
+ * can pick another real source (or wait) instead of stating a version nobody
+ * reported.
+ */
+export function isResolvedAppVersion(version: string | null | undefined): boolean {
+  if (version == null) return false;
+  const trimmed = version.trim();
+  return trimmed.length > 0 && trimmed !== APP_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER;
+}

apps/web/src/analytics/provider.tsx

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   setAnalyticsUserId,
   setConfigureGlobals,
 } from './client';
+import { APP_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER } from './app-version';
 import { patchExceptionTrackingAppVersion } from './error-tracking';
 import type { AnalyticsConfigureGlobals } from '@open-design/contracts/analytics';
 import {
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ function isSameOriginApiCall(url: unknown): boolean {
   }
 }
 
-const APP_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER = '0.0.0';
 let runtimeAppVersion: string | null = null;
 let runtimeAppVersionPromise: Promise<string | null> | null = null;
 

apps/web/src/components/EntryNavRail.tsx

@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ interface Props {
   footerExtra?: ReactNode;
   /** Optional notice shown above the footer controls. */
   footerNotice?: ReactNode;
-  /** Optional compact notice pinned directly above the account row (e.g. the
-   *  collapsed update-reminder strip). */
-  accountNotice?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 interface NavButtonProps {
@@ -440,7 +437,6 @@ export function EntryNavRail({
   onOpenSettings,
   footerExtra,
   footerNotice,
-  accountNotice,
 }: Props) {
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const brandLabel = t('app.brand');
@@ -705,7 +701,6 @@ export function EntryNavRail({
             onMouseEnter={cancelAccountClose}
             onMouseLeave={scheduleAccountClose}
           >
-            {accountNotice}
             <button
               type="button"
               className="entry-nav-rail__account-trigger"

apps/web/src/components/EntryShell.tsx

@@ -130,13 +130,6 @@ import { Icon } from './Icon';
 import { defaultAgentModelId, effectiveAgentModelChoice } from './agentModelSelection';
 import { AgentIcon } from './AgentIcon';
 import { CommunityView } from './CommunityView';
-import { UpdateReminderDialog, UpdateReminderStrip } from './UpdateReminderDialog';
-import {
-  markUpdateReminderSeen,
-  markUpdateReminderUpdated,
-  readSeenUpdateReminderVersion,
-  readUpdatedUpdateReminderVersion,
-} from '../lib/update-reminder';
 import { TeamSlotPlaceholder } from './TeamSlotPlaceholder';
 import {
   notifyTeamProjectsChanged,
@@ -522,21 +515,6 @@ function inactiveViewProps(active: boolean) {
   };
 }
 
-// Placeholder release payload for the update reminder. Real wiring should
-// derive version/notes from the updater release feed (see ../lib/updater);
-// until then this drives the dialog on the Community view and the collapsed
-// strip above the nav rail's account row.
-const UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO = {
-  version: '1.4.6',
-  coverSrc: '/update-reminder-cover.jpg',
-  notes: [
-    'Faster canvas rendering with smoother pan and zoom',
-    'New community template filters and search',
-    'Fixes for project import and dark mode contrast',
-  ],
-};
-
-
 export function EntryShell({
   skills,
   designTemplates,
@@ -906,50 +884,6 @@ export function EntryShell({
   const [railOpen, setRailOpen] = useState<boolean>(readStoredRailOpen);
   const [projectSearchOpen, setProjectSearchOpen] = useState(false);
 
-  // Update reminder lifecycle: 'dialog' (unseen version, shown on the
-  // Community view) → 'strip' (dismissed; collapses to the icon button above
-  // the nav rail's account row) → 'updating' (progress shown above the
-  // button) → 'hidden' (update finished). Transitions are persisted per
-  // version (see ../lib/update-reminder).
-  const [updateReminderStage, setUpdateReminderStage] =
-    useState<'hidden' | 'dialog' | 'strip' | 'updating'>('hidden');
-  const [updateReminderProgress, setUpdateReminderProgress] = useState(0);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (readUpdatedUpdateReminderVersion() === UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO.version) return;
-    setUpdateReminderStage(
-      readSeenUpdateReminderVersion() === UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO.version ? 'strip' : 'dialog',
-    );
-  }, []);
-  const collapseUpdateReminder = useCallback(() => {
-    markUpdateReminderSeen(UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO.version);
-    setUpdateReminderStage('strip');
-  }, []);
-  const confirmUpdateReminder = useCallback(() => {
-    markUpdateReminderSeen(UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO.version);
-    setUpdateReminderProgress(0);
-    setUpdateReminderStage('updating');
-  }, []);
-  // Simulated download progress until the reminder is wired to the real
-  // updater feed (see ../lib/updater): ease toward 100% in uneven steps so the
-  // bar reads like a live download rather than a linear animation.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (updateReminderStage !== 'updating') return;
-    const timer = window.setInterval(() => {
-      setUpdateReminderProgress((prev) =>
-        prev >= 100 ? 100 : Math.min(100, prev + Math.max(1, Math.round((100 - prev) * 0.14))),
-      );
-    }, 200);
-    return () => window.clearInterval(timer);
-  }, [updateReminderStage]);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (updateReminderStage !== 'updating' || updateReminderProgress < 100) return;
-    const done = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      markUpdateReminderUpdated(UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO.version);
-      setUpdateReminderStage('hidden');
-    }, 600);
-    return () => window.clearTimeout(done);
-  }, [updateReminderStage, updateReminderProgress]);
-
   // ⌘K / Ctrl+K opens the project search palette — same as clicking the rail
   // search box.
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -1313,9 +1247,10 @@ export function EntryShell({
   // #5517: the GitHub/Discord/X/mail badges and the settings chip leave the
   // rail footer. Socials live in the account menu, while settings stays
   // reachable through either the account menu or the signed-out rail item.
-  // The updater popup host also lives here (the entry topbar is gone — the
-  // rail toggle is the pinned Home tab in the workspace tabs bar); it renders
-  // nothing until an update is in flight.
+  // The updater host also lives here (the entry topbar is gone — the rail
+  // toggle is the pinned Home tab in the workspace tabs bar), which puts the
+  // bottom-left rocket indicator in this slot; it renders nothing until the
+  // real updater reports a downloaded, unopened installer.
   const railFooterActions = (
     <UpdaterPopup
       allowSilentUpdates={config.allowSilentUpdates}
@@ -1464,23 +1399,7 @@ export function EntryShell({
               workspaceLoading ? <RailAccountSyncTip /> : <CloudSignInTip />
             ) : null
           }
-          accountNotice={
-            updateReminderStage === 'strip' || updateReminderStage === 'updating' ? (
-              <UpdateReminderStrip
-                onConfirm={confirmUpdateReminder}
-                updating={updateReminderStage === 'updating'}
-                progress={updateReminderProgress}
-              />
-            ) : null
-          }
         />
-        {updateReminderStage === 'dialog' && view === 'community' ? (
-          <UpdateReminderDialog
-            content={UPDATE_REMINDER_DEMO}
-            onCancel={collapseUpdateReminder}
-            onConfirm={confirmUpdateReminder}
-          />
-        ) : null}
         {projectSearchOpen ? (
           <ProjectSearchModal
             // The same merged catalog as the All Projects grid (own + team-