Error trying to check for update #494

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1. znakebyte

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   on Nov 10, 2025
2. johnste commented on Nov 10, 2025

   

   johnste

   on Nov 10, 2025

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   Oh, hm, every day? That sounds annoying. TBH I'm not sure why the domain wouldn't resolve.

   I would suggest either disabling update checks, or if you want to try and troubleshoot, it sounds like there's a DNS issue.

   You could try running nslookup finicky.johnste.se in your terminal to check if the domain resolves there, for example.
3. znakebyte commented on Mar 2, 2026

   

   znakebyte

   on Mar 2, 2026

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   When I click the link, I get sent to: https://finicky.johnste.se/update-check?version=4.2.2%22:, so it seems to be some formatting error. I'm on MacOS using Safari as default browser.
4. jjstickel commented on Apr 27, 2026

   

   jjstickel

   on Apr 27, 2026

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   I get the same error every time Finicky 4.2.2 starts, so after every boot/login since I have Finicky set to start at login. Here is what I get when I run the suggest nslookup command:

   $ nslookup finicky.johnste.se
   Server:		208.67.222.222
   Address:	208.67.222.222#53
   
   Non-authoritative answer:
   Name:	finicky.johnste.se
   Address: 65.21.250.196
   

   How would you go about disabling update checks?
5. jjstickel commented on Apr 27, 2026

   

   jjstickel

   on Apr 27, 2026

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   Quick followup: when I close and restart Finicky directly, I do not get the error. So it seems like the error is tied to autostart at login. Very strange.
6. emrikol commented on Jul 6, 2026

   

   emrikol

   on Jul 6, 2026

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   I just wanted to add on to this old issue that I've been running into the same:

   12:47:49 PM
   Error making request
   Error: Get "[https://finicky.johnste.se/update-check?version=4.2.2":](https://finicky.johnste.se/update-check?version=4.2.2%22:) dial tcp: lookup finicky.johnste.se: no such host
   

   macOS 26.5.2 (25F84)
   Finicy 4.2.2 (53414af, built 2025-10-03 10:16:57 UTC)

   $ nslookup finicky.johnste.se
   Server:		100.100.100.100
   Address:	100.100.100.100#53
   
   Non-authoritative answer:
   Name:	finicky.johnste.se
   Address: 65.21.250.196
   
   $ dig finicky.johnste.se
   
   ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> finicky.johnste.se
   ;; global options: +cmd
   ;; Got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9050
   ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
   
   ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
   ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232
   ;; QUESTION SECTION:
   ;finicky.johnste.se.		IN	A
   
   ;; ANSWER SECTION:
   finicky.johnste.se.	2683	IN	A	65.21.250.196
   
   ;; Query time: 17 msec
   ;; SERVER: 100.100.100.100#53(100.100.100.100)
   ;; WHEN: Mon Jul 06 13:03:52 EDT 2026
   ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 63