From ffe991bbe42f69cbfa8023851c894b68012eab2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:07:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): simplify dev version format

Switch dev builds to use -dev-YYYYMMDD-sha8 suffix and update version parsing + dev detection accordingly.
---
 .github/workflows/dev-release.yml               | 4 ++--
 packages/server/src/index.ts                    | 2 +-
 packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts | 4 +++-
 packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts              | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
index 520a806b..b7bb5d18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-release.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           SHA8="${GITHUB_SHA::8}"
-          TS=$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-          echo "version_suffix=-dev.${TS}.${SHA8}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          DATE=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
+          echo "version_suffix=-dev-${DATE}-${SHA8}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   prerelease:
     needs: prepare
diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index 3f4461e3..e1450244 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const updateChannel = (process.env.CODENOMAD_UPDATE_CHANNEL ?? "").trim().toLowerCase()
   const githubRepo = (process.env.CODENOMAD_GITHUB_REPO ?? "NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad").trim()
-  const isDevVersion = packageJson.version.includes("-dev.")
+  const isDevVersion = packageJson.version.includes("-dev.") || packageJson.version.includes("-dev-")
   const enableDevUpdateChecks = updateChannel === "dev" || (updateChannel === "" && isDevVersion)
   const devReleaseMonitor = enableDevUpdateChecks
     ? startDevReleaseMonitor({
diff --git a/packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts b/packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts
index d84e6959..11f97d5c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ export function stripTagPrefix(tag: string | undefined): string | null {
 
 function parseVersion(value: string): NormalizedVersion {
   const normalized = stripTagPrefix(value) ?? "0.0.0"
-  const [core, prerelease = null] = normalized.split("-", 2)
+  const dashIndex = normalized.indexOf("-")
+  const core = dashIndex >= 0 ? normalized.slice(0, dashIndex) : normalized
+  const prerelease = dashIndex >= 0 ? normalized.slice(dashIndex + 1) : null
   const [major = 0, minor = 0, patch = 0] = core.split(".").map((segment) => {
     const parsed = Number.parseInt(segment, 10)
     return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : 0
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts b/packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts
index e864513d..39c199d2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function ensureMetaRefresh(meta: ServerMeta) {
   if (metaRefreshInterval) return
 
   const version = meta.serverVersion?.trim() ?? ""
-  const looksLikeDev = version.includes("-dev.")
+  const looksLikeDev = version.includes("-dev.") || version.includes("-dev-")
   const hasDevUpdateChannel = Boolean(meta.update)
 
   if (!looksLikeDev && !hasDevUpdateChannel) {