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       <div class="row" style="flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:8px">
         <div class="txt">
           <div class="t">Updates</div>
-          <div class="d">Theseus already checks the release manifest at boot and every 6h. Click below to check right now.</div>
+          <div class="d">Theseus checks the release manifest shortly after launch — and retries with backoff if that first attempt is offline — then every 6 hours while it is running. Click below to check right now.</div>
         </div>
         <div id="updStatus" class="pmuted" style="font-size:12.5px">Loading…</div>
         <div style="display:flex;gap:8px;flex-wrap:wrap">