
Waukesha, Wisconsin · what’s new
Living log of what shipped. Launch is the deadline and the gates — charge the walk Friday, September 25, 2026. This page is the diary. Harborline is the demo plant, not a customer.
Monday, September 21, 2026
this ship
A free company admin can download the Lantern PC agent from Computers. Copy says Free edition — 5 computers max. Check-ins stay on that org. Shop LAN-scan stays off.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
this deploy
The 15-minute HTTPS-out inventory now includes reallocated sectors, last Windows Update install date, missing critical KBs, Defender state, and uptime. Host Health and the Computers chip already knew how to show those fields; they were Unknown until this package. Harborline demo rows stay compiled — no invented SMART.
Friday, September 18, 2026
this deploy
The optional LAN scan helper (the Others-page download that inventories a shop LAN over ARP/ping) ran its background scan by launching powershell.exe directly, so a black console could flash and steal focus. Package 2026.09.18.2 runs the scan through a windowless host, the same way the PC Agent already does.
this deploy
The 15-minute task and Startup shortcut still launched powershell.exe, so a black console with red WMI lines could pop even after 18.7’s hidden wscript wrapper. Package 2026.09.18.9 runs inventory through LanternPcHidden.exe (CREATE_NO_WINDOW). Re-download the EXE and run it once.
this deploy
the operator test PC’s Ryzen 3700X had no ACPI thermal zone, so CPU stayed Unknown / no ACPI even when LibreHardwareMonitor or extra CIM sensors exist. Package 2026.09.18.8 asks those user-mode sources. No invented numbers.
this deploy
The 15-minute inventory, tray Push, auto-update, UniFi LAN pull, and install PowerShell were flashing a window and stealing focus. Package 2026.09.18.7 runs those jobs fully hidden.
this deploy
Install still POSTs inventory, but sorting installed KBs used DateTime.TryParse the wrong way and painted red Sort-Object lines. Package 2026.09.18.6 parses those dates safely. Push still works.
this deploy
Right-click Push inventory showed a WinForms box: the system cannot find the file specified. The tray’s powershell.exe path used a JavaScript \v escape (vertical tab), so Start-Process never launched the script. Package 2026.09.18.5 finds powershell.exe and still POSTs inventory if nvidia-smi is missing.
this deploy
the operator test PC was Online on 2026.09.18.3 but CPU/GPU temp stayed Unknown. Live store had the string Unknown from the last POST — ingest was fine. Package 2026.09.18.4 copies temps before the CPU name, finds nvidia-smi in Sysnative DriverStore, and tries AMD ADL. A Ryzen 3700X with no ACPI posts Unknown · no ACPI, not a blank Unknown.
this deploy
Downloading the EXE had revoked every other PC token, so the operator test PC and the Win10 box posted 401 and went Offline. Those hashes are live again. Temps need package 2026.09.18.3 (Sysnative nvidia-smi, ACPI WMI, tray Fast push). Unknown only when Windows has no sensor.
this deploy
Download agent used to revoke every other PC token, so Push inventory showed a .NET 401 and never stored CPU temp. Multiple tokens stay live. Inventory POST is separate from UniFi. Temps stick on a good check-in.
this deploy
Two Lantern PC Agent icons in the Windows tray was two Startup shortcuts, not two UniFi. Install keeps the all-users StartUp shortcut and deletes the current-user Startup link. The tray takes a Global mutex and exits if one is already running.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
this deploy
The Lantern PC Agent now asks Windows WMI/CIM for CPU temp, GPU temp, SMART, and NVMe wear on the HTTPS-out push. Host information stays Unknown only when those classes have no value. Re-download the EXE from Computers.
this deploy
The PC agent reads SSD/NVMe wear from WMI and stores percent life remaining next to disk usage and SMART on Host information. Unknown when Wear is empty — not a guessed number.
this deploy
Hostname on Computers opens host detail: current settings, CPU, RAM, SMART, last check-in, and recently installed Windows KBs. A shop PC pulls a new Lantern agent HTTPS-out — no visit.
this deploy
The PC agent POSTs Win32_LogicalDisk Size and FreeSpace on the same HTTPS-out push as SMART. Host information lists C: used, C: free, and C: total next to SMART. CSV stays Unknown until the EXE checks in.
this deploy
Open a PC from Locations → Computers. The host page lists CPU usage, memory usage, ethernet link, IP, MAC, gateway, and DNS from the last HTTPS-out push. If the agent has not sent a field, it says Unknown. There is no live graph.
this deploy
The Lantern PC Agent push now includes disk SMART and Windows Update. Those values land in the Disk and Updates columns already on Computers. CSV import still shows Not this card until the EXE checks in.
Waukesha
Mike Cobus · Enlighten Studios. First day in this book is Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Every later ship adds a row here in the same commit.