From 54bd4e6fdc8ca573d4f1f512a8a7d9ec668ee2e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennan Benson <79079362+brennanb2025@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:40:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(mobile): version-agnostic update links so release URLs
 never go stale

---
 mobile/src/components/UpdateNudgeBanner.tsx     |  2 +-
 .../components/mobile-app-update-link.test.ts   | 11 +++++------
 mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.ts | 17 +++++++----------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mobile/src/components/UpdateNudgeBanner.tsx b/mobile/src/components/UpdateNudgeBanner.tsx
index bb989ba2fbe..551c6561f5f 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/UpdateNudgeBanner.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/UpdateNudgeBanner.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function UpdateNudgeBanner({
     return null
   }
 
-  const storeUrl = getMobileAppUpdateUrl(Platform.OS, recommendedVersion)
+  const storeUrl = getMobileAppUpdateUrl(Platform.OS)
   return (
     <View style={styles.banner}>
       <Text style={styles.text}>Update the Orca app for the best experience</Text>
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.test.ts b/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.test.ts
index 8c7e5a52769..d11f21c6a73 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.test.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,18 @@ import { getMobileAppUpdateUrl } from './mobile-app-update-link'
 
 describe('getMobileAppUpdateUrl', () => {
   it('uses the native App Store listing on iOS', () => {
-    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('ios', '0.0.31')).toBe(
+    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('ios')).toBe(
       'itms-apps://apps.apple.com/app/orca-ide/id6766130217'
     )
   })
 
-  it('links Android to the exact advertised GitHub release', () => {
-    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('android', '0.0.31')).toBe(
-      'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/tag/mobile-android-v0.0.31'
+  it('links Android to the mobile-filtered GitHub releases list', () => {
+    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('android')).toBe(
+      'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases?q=mobile-android'
     )
-    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('android')).toBe('https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases')
   })
 
   it('fails open without a supported distribution', () => {
-    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('web', '0.0.31')).toBeNull()
+    expect(getMobileAppUpdateUrl('web')).toBeNull()
   })
 })
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.ts b/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.ts
index a5532e9a89c..a564c5c867d 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/components/mobile-app-update-link.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 const IOS_APP_STORE_URL = 'itms-apps://apps.apple.com/app/orca-ide/id6766130217'
-const ANDROID_RELEASES_URL = 'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases'
+// Why: filter to mobile release tags so daily desktop releases don't bury the
+// newest APK; deliberately version-agnostic so the link never goes stale.
+const ANDROID_RELEASES_URL = 'https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases?q=mobile-android'
 
-// Why: Android ships from versioned GitHub releases while iOS ships through
-// the App Store; keep both update surfaces aligned with the actual distribution.
-export function getMobileAppUpdateUrl(
-  platform: string,
-  recommendedVersion?: string
-): string | null {
+// Why: Android ships from GitHub releases while iOS ships through the App
+// Store; both surfaces always show the newest build without naming a version.
+export function getMobileAppUpdateUrl(platform: string): string | null {
   if (platform === 'ios') {
     return IOS_APP_STORE_URL
   }
   if (platform === 'android') {
-    return recommendedVersion
-      ? `${ANDROID_RELEASES_URL}/tag/mobile-android-v${encodeURIComponent(recommendedVersion)}`
-      : ANDROID_RELEASES_URL
+    return ANDROID_RELEASES_URL
   }
   return null
 }