diff --git a/releases-manifest.json b/releases-manifest.json
index 8e49435..c042342 100644
--- a/releases-manifest.json
+++ b/releases-manifest.json
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
     "https://dl.silentmode.st/"
   ],
   "releases": [
+    {
+      "id": "theseus-navigator",
+      "product": "Theseus Navigator",
+      "version": "0.3.73",
+      "date": "2026-10-03",
+      "platform": "win-x64",
+      "signed": false,
+      "signingAuthority": null,
+      "changes": "Updates description in Settings is honest about the startup retry: 0.3.72 said \"at boot and every 6h\", which skipped the back-off (8s / 30s / 2min / 10min / 30min) that fires when the first attempt is offline. On a slow or captive-portal connection the user would see several checks in the first 43 minutes; the new wording owns the retry so the behaviour reads as intended, not as a bug. Content-only change from 0.3.72.",
+      "files": {
+        "TheseusNavigator-0.3.73-portable.exe": "7d56d75ea9d92ab226bab8bec43820e98a3067146541b64839c4a5f663f4affd",
+        "TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.73.exe": "fbda988a14fdc30f6f206e4997c7fa459da600c6818d7ce61ca139969ea7d50a"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "id": "theseus-navigator",
       "product": "Theseus Navigator",
@@ -15,8 +29,8 @@
       "signingAuthority": null,
       "changes": "Pithos is now built in: a control panel for s3d, the Sia Foundation's S3 gateway. Open it from the extensions dock to run your own S3 storage on Sia: connect it to a Sia indexer, create access keys for your apps, browse, upload and share files, and watch uploads reach the network. Settings has a new Language page that gathers the website language, the offer to translate and the translation servers in one place. The translator now uses Silent Mode's own translation server at silentmode.st/libre, with libre.x and lingua.x as fallbacks. With Ariadne's Thread installed, Theseus reads Bitcoin Cash names from Ariadne's index instead of building a second copy of its own.",
       "files": {
-        "TheseusNavigator-0.3.72-portable.exe": "41b3af135d63cd11d287e280245fbd3a99c6f7f2f0865f2a2740cc941e200a99",
-        "TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.72.exe": "8e7f0f121fdf5d549108cdd561f6295e0d461b559ae3adef14f335f055c34fb4"
+        "TheseusNavigator-0.3.72-portable.exe": "81fa2907765184fca481dfba22204ac28a30fa23edc05cfb52915014cc5bfab3",
+        "TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.72.exe": "09cabeb6870ecf7d75485bd3651a728b3db933e298f7d47fddbc8d7129b04ced"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/releases/index.html b/releases/index.html
index dd92482..18d8877 100644
--- a/releases/index.html
+++ b/releases/index.html
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@
      mirror cannot change what you check against here.</p>
 
   <div class="rel">
-    <h2>Theseus Navigator <span style="color:var(--acid)">0.3.72</span></h2>
-    <div class="meta">Windows 64-bit · unsigned · 2026-10-03 · <b>0.3.72 — Pithos built in</b> — Pithos is now built in: a control panel for s3d, the Sia Foundation's S3 gateway. Open it from the extensions dock to run your own S3 storage on Sia: connect it to a Sia indexer, create access keys for your apps, browse, upload and share files, and watch uploads reach the network. Settings has a new Language page that gathers the website language, the offer to translate and the translation servers in one place. The translator now uses Silent Mode's own translation server at silentmode.st/libre, with libre.x and lingua.x as fallbacks. With Ariadne's Thread installed, Theseus reads Bitcoin Cash names from Ariadne's index instead of building a second copy of its own.</div>
+    <h2>Theseus Navigator <span style="color:var(--acid)">0.3.73</span></h2>
+    <div class="meta">Windows 64-bit · unsigned · 2026-10-03 · <b>0.3.73 — updates description, honest about the startup retry</b> — Settings › General › Updates no longer says "at boot and every 6h" and leaves out the back-off (8s, 30s, 2min, 10min, 30min) that fires when the first attempt is offline — on a slow or captive-portal connection the user would see several checks in the first 43 minutes and the copy made that look like a bug. Content-only change from 0.3.72, which brought Pithos (an s3d control panel) as a bundled add-on, the new Language settings page, Silent Mode's own translation server at silentmode.st/libre with libre.x / lingua.x fallbacks, and Ariadne's Thread as the BNS index source when installed.</div>
 
     <div class="file">
-      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.72.exe">TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.72.exe</a> — installer</div>
-      <code>8e7f0f121fdf5d549108cdd561f6295e0d461b559ae3adef14f335f055c34fb4</code>
+      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.73.exe">TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.73.exe</a> — installer</div>
+      <code>fbda988a14fdc30f6f206e4997c7fa459da600c6818d7ce61ca139969ea7d50a</code>
     </div>
     <div class="file">
-      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.3.72-portable.exe">TheseusNavigator-0.3.72-portable.exe</a> — portable</div>
-      <code>41b3af135d63cd11d287e280245fbd3a99c6f7f2f0865f2a2740cc941e200a99</code>
+      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.3.73-portable.exe">TheseusNavigator-0.3.73-portable.exe</a> — portable</div>
+      <code>7d56d75ea9d92ab226bab8bec43820e98a3067146541b64839c4a5f663f4affd</code>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/theseus/index.html b/theseus/index.html
index ac09ffe..89d1d64 100644
--- a/theseus/index.html
+++ b/theseus/index.html
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <h3>Theseus for Windows</h3>
         <p class="desc">Full-window desktop browser with Tor toggle, search bar, password
            vault and add-ons. macOS and Linux not yet packaged.</p>
-        <div class="meta">v0.3.72 · installer ~137 MB · portable ~137 MB · unsigned</div>
+        <div class="meta">v0.3.73 · installer ~137 MB · portable ~137 MB · unsigned</div>
         <div class="buttons">
           <a class="btn acid" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/latest/TheseusNavigator-Setup.exe">Installer</a>
           <a class="btn ghost" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/latest/TheseusNavigator-portable.exe">Portable .exe</a>