client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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Currently ( October 1, 2022 ) https://foldingathome.org/alternative-downloads/ links to fah-installer_7.6.13.

Should I downgrade a client from V7.6.21 to 7.6.13 for some reason?
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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No, it does explicitly say "alternative-downloads". That is the link for getting past versions of the folding client. It is there for the person who doesn't want to run the current version for some reason. If you got there from the regular download page, that is an error with the link which is supposed to go to a page with the downloads for all OSs instead of the one detected by the OS you are connecting from.
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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The start folding link https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/ also still shows V7.6.13 and not latest V7.6.21 for Windows?
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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Not having a Windows system at the moment to test that, can't say what is up. I did notify the developer about the 7.6.13 version showing up on the alternate downloads page. So it should get fixed sometime in the near future.
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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I confirm the issue on Windows too ...
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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atir, foley and toTow are correct; all download links currently point to 7.6.13, not 7.6.21. I noticed this when I recently downloaded the Linux and Mac software. I remembered downloading .21 previously and was surprised that all the links were for .13. I had to manually dig through the download server to get .21.

https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/?lng=en
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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At least on the Mac download the change was within the last week. I downloaded 7.6.21 from the Start Folding page just last week.
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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That's good info; it sounds like this may have been an accident, maybe someone unintentionally pushed out an old page/configuration. If that's the case, can they fix it?

On the other hand, if there was a reason for the change, what was it?
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I am assuming it was inadvertent. If it was done for a reason there would have been an announcement of some sort, and I have seen nothing like that publicly or elsewhere.

As I mentioned above, the developer has been notified and it should get fixed. How fast may depend on exactly what got changed and that iit is the weekend now.
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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Looked right over that when I was reading this; sorry about that. Thank you for letting us know.
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Re: client V7.6.13 or V7.6.21 ?

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The download pages should be fixed now and get you to version 7.6.21 files. You may need to clear your browser cache.
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