Citizen Launcher 1.1.1 – Verification Report

Date: 2026-09-01

Release scope

Citizen Launcher 1.1.1 keeps the confirmed playable 1.1.x multi-distribution gaming core and migrates CI/CD and release publishing to Gitea Actions.

Automated release gate

The 1.1.1 tree passes the local release gate with:

shell syntax checks for installers, packaging, Gitea release helper and tests
gofmt cleanliness
go test ./...
go vet ./...
static Linux amd64 build and version check
go test -race ./...
Omarchy updater integration test against disposable local Git repositories
Debian package build and metadata/payload verification
generic Linux amd64 tarball build and execution check
Gitea workflow YAML parsing
assertion that legacy .github/workflows/ does not shadow .gitea/workflows/
assertion that the release workflow does not use gh release or cross-job artifact actions
mocked Gitea REST API test covering release creation, release update on rerun, asset upload, same-name asset replacement and asset download
Gitea release-source parsing and SHA256SUMS.txt parser regression tests
static validation of RPM spec and Arch PKGBUILD/package hooks
multi-distro platform-family and immutable-host regression tests
native package self-update parser/asset-selection tests for DEB, RPM and pacman formats

Gitea CI/CD design verified

Workflows live in:

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
.gitea/workflows/release.yml

The release workflow uses Gitea-native contexts (gitea.api_url, gitea.repository, gitea.ref_name, gitea.sha, gitea.token) and the built-in job token with code: read / releases: write permissions.

Release packages are uploaded directly to the Gitea Release rather than moved between jobs with actions/upload-artifact. The final job downloads the native release packages and publishes one deterministic SHA256SUMS.txt.

The release helper is rerun-safe: an existing release is refreshed and same-named attachments are replaced instead of duplicated.

Gitea-aware launcher self-update

A Gitea workflow build injects this form as the launcher's trusted update source:

gitea:<gitea.api_url>/repos/<owner>/<repo>

The launcher resolves Gitea's latest release API and maps the release SHA256SUMS.txt back onto the package assets before a privileged update is allowed. Privileged Gitea sources require HTTPS. Existing GitHub release-source syntax remains supported for migration/backward compatibility.

A separate build check confirmed that a gitea:https://.../api/v1/repos/owner/repo source is successfully embedded into the static binary and reported by self-update status.

Native package build coverage

The current local build environment contains Debian packaging tools, therefore these artifacts can be built and inspected locally:

dist/citizen-launcher_1.1.1_amd64.deb
dist/citizen-launcher-1.1.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz

The local environment does not provide native rpmbuild / Arch makepkg; the Gitea workflows build those in Fedora and Arch job containers:

citizen-launcher-1.1.1-1.linux.x86_64.rpm
citizen-launcher-1.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Gaming-core acceptance

The Star Citizen install/play path is unchanged from the already accepted 1.0.1/1.1.0 line. The CI migration changes release and update plumbing, not Wine/DXVK/RSI launch behavior.

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