diff --git a/releases-manifest.json b/releases-manifest.json
index f2943e1..008f5e2 100644
--- a/releases-manifest.json
+++ b/releases-manifest.json
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
     {
       "id": "theseus-navigator",
       "product": "Theseus Navigator",
-      "version": "0.2.3",
+      "version": "0.2.4",
       "date": "2026-08-31",
       "platform": "win-x64",
       "signed": false,
       "signingAuthority": null,
-      "changes": "New Theseus brand — the red-north compass from theseus.x is now the taskbar / installer / File Explorer icon everywhere. Sidebar gains a panel picker strip at the top when 2+ extensions register panels, so you can switch between (say) Notepad and a private VPS relay without touching Settings. Startpage is the new default search engine (was DuckDuckGo). All 0.2.2 fixes ride along.",
+      "changes": "Home page refreshed with the .x sibling grid (hello.bch, siatest.bch, silentmode.x, theseus.x, sirius.x, hephaestus.x, prometheus.x, helios.x, hermes.x). Search-engine picker in the toolbar and Settings ▸ Search now stay in sync — the persisted default is coerced back into the enabled set on load, so a stale searchEngine setting can't disagree with what's actually available. New extension proxy capability: pass credentials as `{ proxyRules, auth: { username, password } }` and the framework installs a session#login handler for HTTP proxies (Chromium's SOCKS5 client still doesn't do password auth — SOCKS extensions need to gate by IP allowlist at their server instead).",
       "files": {
-        "TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.3.exe": "3abaeff73afcecc9e4f05f749765e168a97a377890211dbae4345654c84ce2f1",
-        "TheseusNavigator-0.2.3-portable.exe": "71017563d6ba107cb25e24be240abcb78e34491d8f7aa42e095421edbc482a85"
+        "TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.4.exe": "7fd323a87bd32b780e147de18e16ecd82f89960bbd8e9a619c5d25d374597cd2",
+        "TheseusNavigator-0.2.4-portable.exe": "3166e64cf56badd7b26c4c793dc79bbed6f9d6c48fbd467d97f845385b91b1dd"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/releases/index.html b/releases/index.html
index 6caec0e..82225d4 100644
--- a/releases/index.html
+++ b/releases/index.html
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@
      mirror cannot change what you check against here.</p>
 
   <div class="rel">
-    <h2>Theseus Navigator <span style="color:var(--acid)">0.2.3</span></h2>
+    <h2>Theseus Navigator <span style="color:var(--acid)">0.2.4</span></h2>
     <div class="meta">Windows 64-bit · unsigned · 2026-08-31 · <b>Add-on framework + branded error pages</b> — Settings > Add-ons lists modules under &lt;userData&gt;/addons/; drop a folder in, restart, it's live. Notepad reference add-on ships in the box. Load failures now show a name-not-registered / unreachable / TLS / generic error page with Retry + Search + Register-on-Sirius actions; the address bar keeps the failed URL. Carries the Ariadne bundle and Startpage POST fix from 0.1.2.</div>
 
     <div class="file">
-      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.3.exe">TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.3.exe</a> — installer</div>
-      <code>3abaeff73afcecc9e4f05f749765e168a97a377890211dbae4345654c84ce2f1</code>
+      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.4.exe">TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.4.exe</a> — installer</div>
+      <code>7fd323a87bd32b780e147de18e16ecd82f89960bbd8e9a619c5d25d374597cd2</code>
     </div>
     <div class="file">
-      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.2.3-portable.exe">TheseusNavigator-0.2.3-portable.exe</a> — portable</div>
-      <code>71017563d6ba107cb25e24be240abcb78e34491d8f7aa42e095421edbc482a85</code>
+      <div class="n"><a href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.2.4-portable.exe">TheseusNavigator-0.2.4-portable.exe</a> — portable</div>
+      <code>3166e64cf56badd7b26c4c793dc79bbed6f9d6c48fbd467d97f845385b91b1dd</code>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/tools/index.html b/tools/index.html
index c283e54..a6a1d02 100644
--- a/tools/index.html
+++ b/tools/index.html
@@ -110,15 +110,15 @@
         <h3>for Windows</h3>
         <p class="desc">Full-window desktop browser with Tor toggle and search bar.
            macOS and Linux not yet packaged.</p>
-        <div class="meta">v0.2.3 · installer ~118 MB (with Ariadne's Thread) · portable ~116 MB · unsigned</div>
+        <div class="meta">v0.2.4 · installer ~118 MB (with Ariadne's Thread) · portable ~116 MB · unsigned</div>
         <div class="buttons">
-          <a class="btn acid" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.3.exe">Installer</a>
-          <a class="btn ghost" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.2.3-portable.exe">Portable .exe</a>
+          <a class="btn acid" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.2.4.exe">Installer</a>
+          <a class="btn ghost" href="https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.2.4-portable.exe">Portable .exe</a>
         </div>
         <div class="verifybox">
           <div class="lbl">SHA-256 — verify before running</div>
-          <div class="h"><b>Installer</b><code>3abaeff73afcecc9e4f05f749765e168a97a377890211dbae4345654c84ce2f1</code></div>
-          <div class="h"><b>Portable</b><code>71017563d6ba107cb25e24be240abcb78e34491d8f7aa42e095421edbc482a85</code></div>
+          <div class="h"><b>Installer</b><code>7fd323a87bd32b780e147de18e16ecd82f89960bbd8e9a619c5d25d374597cd2</code></div>
+          <div class="h"><b>Portable</b><code>3166e64cf56badd7b26c4c793dc79bbed6f9d6c48fbd467d97f845385b91b1dd</code></div>
         </div>
       </div>