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  "schema": 1,
  "generated": "2026-09-29T07:53:43.226Z",
  "note": "Informational. Update trust, channels and rollout live in the registry and the image signature, never here.",
  "latest": "2026.09.28.4",
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      "id": "2026.09.28.4",
      "product": "rime",
      "name": "Rime 2026.09.28.4",
      "title": "APEX-OS is now Rime",
      "date": "2026-09-28T13:45:01.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-rime",
        "rime"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.28.3",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.4",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.4.json",
      "summary": "The first release under the Rime name: APEX-OS becomes Rime OS and APEX Shell becomes Rime Shell. The first boot and first login move your system and desktop settings to the new names, the old names keep working as aliases, and a rollback to APEX keeps working. The core layer was rebuilt, so this is a full download.",
      "highlights": [
        "APEX-OS is now Rime OS, and APEX Shell is now Rime Shell",
        "The first boot moves system state to the new names",
        "Your first login moves your desktop settings to the new names",
        "Images are signed by the renamed repository"
      ],
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        {
          "id": "rename-rime-os",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "APEX-OS is now Rime OS, and APEX Shell is now Rime Shell"
        },
        {
          "id": "system-migration",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "The first boot moves system state to the new names"
        },
        {
          "id": "session-migration",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Your first login moves your desktop settings to the new names"
        },
        {
          "id": "packages-carry-over",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Packages you installed keep working"
        },
        {
          "id": "rime-signer",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "security",
          "title": "Images are signed by the renamed repository"
        },
        {
          "id": "rime-image-name",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "The image moves to ghcr.io/andrenijman/rime-os"
        },
        {
          "id": "rollback-safe",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Rolling back to APEX keeps working"
        }
      ],
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        "shellRevision": "6289d1f89916d3432ca3bd1f4ca68db7141559d9",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:86180f68e80525052929ca1f40e67dbf9570dd7cdbe43e31e058c62028cb2f3b"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.28.3",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.28.3",
      "title": "Preparing machines for the Rime OS name",
      "date": "2026-09-28T03:37:42.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.28.2",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.3",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.3.json",
      "summary": "The last APEX-OS release before the rename. It teaches machines to trust images from the renamed repository and to follow the image to its new name, so updates keep arriving after the rename. Nothing is renamed yet.",
      "highlights": [
        "The update check accepts both the old and the new build identity",
        "Updates move a machine to the new image name"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "accept-both-signers",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "security",
          "title": "The update check accepts both the old and the new build identity"
        },
        {
          "id": "follow-renamed-image",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Updates move a machine to the new image name"
        },
        {
          "id": "publish-both-names",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Every image is published under both names"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "cb7add747f22ed06617533fec3a7a20f8635768b",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:be973425dc97caccacd25a14f2aa32aac5f36f89331c5ff436a2e3a630974804"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.28.2",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.28.2",
      "title": "Signed SBOM on every image, and updated documentation",
      "date": "2026-09-28T01:09:09.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.28",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.2",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.2.json",
      "summary": "From this build on, every image carries a signed software bill of materials that the update check verifies alongside the signature. The documentation in both repositories was brought up to date with the shipped system.",
      "highlights": [
        "Every image carries a signed SBOM"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "sbom-attestation",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "security",
          "title": "Every image carries a signed SBOM"
        },
        {
          "id": "docs-refresh",
          "area": "developer",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Documentation matches the shipped system"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "cb7add747f22ed06617533fec3a7a20f8635768b",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:005c718385267acb7ac691931cd4e3ebeed74fda14aa7ec701505a66ab52aece"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.28",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.28",
      "title": "Games on the discrete GPU, a Gaming Mode freeze fix, and a faster offline first boot",
      "date": "2026-09-27T17:44:44.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.27.3",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.28.json",
      "summary": "Steam and its games start on the discrete GPU, Gaming Mode no longer stalls for half a minute at a time, an offline first boot no longer waits minutes on Flathub, and the login screen types in the lock screen's shapes. This update rebuilds the image's core layer, so it is a larger download than usual.",
      "highlights": [
        "Steam and its games run on the discrete GPU",
        "Gaming Mode no longer freezes for half a minute",
        "An offline first boot no longer waits 9+ minutes"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "steam-discrete-gpu",
          "area": "gaming",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Steam and its games run on the discrete GPU"
        },
        {
          "id": "scx-lavd-stall-fix",
          "area": "gaming",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Gaming Mode no longer freezes for half a minute"
        },
        {
          "id": "offline-first-boot",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "An offline first boot no longer waits 9+ minutes"
        },
        {
          "id": "login-password-shapes",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "The login screen types in the lock screen's shapes"
        },
        {
          "id": "login-error-outline",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "A refused login's red outline stays visible"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "f7472250f8cae6d5234b885451fba06ef0d0ac42",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:8601baab5f0b330108359445a517e91ca277cac88501f9668f60b4b8b90ac0b3"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.27.3",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.27.3",
      "title": "Windows open, move and switch workspaces on springs",
      "date": "2026-09-27T15:08:06.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.27.2",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27.3",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27.3.json",
      "summary": "Hyprland's window and workspace motion now uses the same springs as the shell, so windows grow in rather than mostly fading.",
      "highlights": [
        "Windows open, move and switch workspaces on springs"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "hyprland-springs",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Windows open, move and switch workspaces on springs"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "cfea262b9077a033fe6a867dfe15293a666a644f",
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      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.27.2",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.27.2",
      "title": "A redesigned shell with fluid motion, and a new boot splash",
      "date": "2026-09-27T14:35:07.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "2026.09.27",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27.2",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27.2.json",
      "summary": "APEX Shell's redesign ships: panels grow out of the bar on springs, settings have one home, the lock screen has an arrival and departure, and volume and brightness show in the top notch. The boot splash is redrawn as a calm focus pull on black.",
      "highlights": [
        "Panels grow out of the bar instead of fading in",
        "Settings have one home",
        "The lock screen pours down from the notch",
        "Volume and brightness show in the top notch",
        "A new boot splash on plain black"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "boot-splash-focus",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "A new boot splash on plain black"
        },
        {
          "id": "shell-fluid-surfaces",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Panels grow out of the bar instead of fading in"
        },
        {
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          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Settings have one home"
        },
        {
          "id": "lock-screen-transition",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "The lock screen pours down from the notch"
        },
        {
          "id": "lock-password-shapes",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Password shapes on the lock screen"
        },
        {
          "id": "notch-osd",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Volume and brightness show in the top notch"
        },
        {
          "id": "workspace-dots",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Workspace dots show only what is there"
        },
        {
          "id": "screenshot-freeze",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Area screenshots freeze the screen"
        },
        {
          "id": "new-settings",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "New settings for the bar, clock, recordings and avatar"
        },
        {
          "id": "light-mode",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Light mode is available"
        },
        {
          "id": "keyboard-accessibility",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "The shell works from the keyboard"
        },
        {
          "id": "motion-settings-apply-to-windows",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Motion speed and Reduce Motion apply to windows too"
        },
        {
          "id": "notification-cards",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Notifications show when they arrived, and can be flung away"
        },
        {
          "id": "notification-stale-fixes",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Closed notifications no longer linger"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "cfea262b9077a033fe6a867dfe15293a666a644f",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:fa35192118632e34848f4407d5dfe51845aa482e7ec8e9487e49be32bb0d507a"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "2026.09.27",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS 2026.09.27",
      "title": "SUPER+drag moves and resizes windows again",
      "date": "2026-09-27T10:32:40.000Z",
      "channels": [
        "apex",
        "daily",
        "edge",
        "gaming-mesa",
        "gaming-nvidia",
        "platform-apex",
        "platform-daily",
        "platform-gaming-mesa",
        "platform-gaming-nvidia"
      ],
      "predecessor": "apex-v2.1.0",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/2026.09.27.json",
      "summary": "A single fix: holding SUPER and dragging a window moves or resizes it again.",
      "highlights": [
        "SUPER+drag moves and resizes windows again"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "super-drag-fixed",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "SUPER+drag moves and resizes windows again"
        }
      ],
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        "shellRevision": "99c5ab7a309b49e07d1c54928a4b8ba1970435f4",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:8da559896b50b2772d805f82b57d583d2afee8ae404270e54b67bce397128015"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "apex-v2.1.0",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS v2.1.0",
      "title": "A visible unlock prompt, and an installer that survives its screen",
      "date": "2026-09-26T02:47:43.000Z",
      "channels": [],
      "predecessor": "apex-v2.0.0",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v2.1.0",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v2.1.0.json",
      "summary": "Fixes the two known issues v2.0.0 shipped with. The ISO was installed and booted end to end in a VM, including killing the installer's display partway through an install, before it was published. Machines already running APEX-OS get the boot-screen fix through `sudo apex update`.",
      "highlights": [
        "The disk passphrase prompt is visible again",
        "Switching to a text console can no longer wreck an install"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "passphrase-prompt-visible",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "The disk passphrase prompt is visible again"
        },
        {
          "id": "console-switch-safe",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Switching to a text console can no longer wreck an install"
        },
        {
          "id": "iso-image-kept",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Published ISOs keep working"
        }
      ],
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        "shellRevision": "99c5ab7a309b49e07d1c54928a4b8ba1970435f4",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:148f57de20e1db04ee672037791d10d6d6d02a188784b6f213255c7d50153a92"
      }
    },
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      "id": "apex-v2.0.0",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS v2.0.0",
      "title": "One image, encrypted by default",
      "date": "2026-09-25T23:38:00.000Z",
      "channels": [],
      "predecessor": "apex-v1.0.0",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v2.0.0",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v2.0.0.json",
      "summary": "The installer for APEX-OS as it is today: one image for every machine, disk encryption on by default, and an installer that was installed and booted end to end from this exact ISO before it was published. Machines already running APEX-OS do not need it; `sudo apex update` keeps them current.",
      "highlights": [
        "One image for every machine",
        "Whole-disk encryption is on by default",
        "ERASE means this disk",
        "The ISO installs the exact build it was tested with"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "one-image",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "One image for every machine"
        },
        {
          "id": "pinned-tested-image",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "security",
          "title": "The ISO installs the exact build it was tested with"
        },
        {
          "id": "disk-encryption-default",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "new",
          "title": "Whole-disk encryption is on by default"
        },
        {
          "id": "keyboard-timezone-first",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Keyboard and time zone come first"
        },
        {
          "id": "erase-binds-to-device",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "security",
          "title": "ERASE means this disk"
        },
        {
          "id": "single-disk-laptops",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Single-disk laptops can be installed"
        },
        {
          "id": "secure-boot-enrolment",
          "area": "security",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "Secure Boot key enrolment is offered again"
        },
        {
          "id": "installer-scratch-space",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Network installs no longer fail at 'Preparing the installer runtime'"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": "17eec38acd4823785329060b98f51ee605da2c2d",
        "imageDigest": "sha256:a754443eb15460c58e81de9198e952490c7ca55242e129b5b5952bdd05f5bcdd"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "apex-v1.0.0",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS v1.0.0",
      "title": "First stable release",
      "date": "2026-07-29T18:28:54.000Z",
      "channels": [],
      "predecessor": "apex-v0.1.0",
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v1.0.0",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v1.0.0.json",
      "summary": "The first release where a clean install boots straight to a working desktop with nothing to fix by hand. The shell now ships inside the OS image, so one update moves the OS and the desktop together, and updates never install or reboot on their own.",
      "highlights": [
        "The shell ships inside the OS image",
        "The bar, launcher and idle lock start on the first boot",
        "Updates and reboots only happen when you run apex update",
        "Locale, keymap and time zone are set on install"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
          "id": "one-update-channel",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "improved",
          "title": "The shell ships inside the OS image"
        },
        {
          "id": "no-unattended-updates",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Updates and reboots only happen when you run apex update"
        },
        {
          "id": "desktop-starts-first-boot",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "The bar, launcher and idle lock start on the first boot"
        },
        {
          "id": "keyboard-layout-unset",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Your keyboard layout is used instead of a US fallback"
        },
        {
          "id": "keybind-collisions",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "SUPER+Q only closes a window"
        },
        {
          "id": "default-wallpaper",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "The APEX wallpaper and theme are selected on first login"
        },
        {
          "id": "first-boot-config-error",
          "area": "shell",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "No config error on first boot"
        },
        {
          "id": "locale-keymap-timezone",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Locale, keymap and time zone are set on install"
        },
        {
          "id": "zram-swap",
          "area": "system",
          "kind": "fixed",
          "title": "Compressed swap in memory"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
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        "shellRevision": null,
        "imageDigest": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "apex-v0.1.0",
      "product": "apex",
      "name": "APEX-OS v0.1.0",
      "title": "First public release",
      "date": "2026-07-28T07:46:48.000Z",
      "channels": [],
      "predecessor": null,
      "notes": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v0.1.0",
      "json": "https://rimeos.com/updates/apex-v0.1.0.json",
      "summary": "The first public APEX-OS installer: a graphical netinstall ISO in two editions, Daily and Gaming (NVIDIA). It was verified in QEMU but had not yet been installed on real hardware.",
      "highlights": [
        "Two installer ISOs, Daily and Gaming (NVIDIA)",
        "A six-screen graphical installer",
        "Nothing is erased until you type ERASE"
      ],
      "changes": [
        {
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