From c61fef08dc678a5d5a122df8249c04eb0accd8d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Silent Mode <hephaestus@silentmode.st>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 19:09:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Theseus:=20Updates=20description=20=E2=80=94=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?honest=20about=20the=20startup=20retry?=
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 settings.html | 2 +-
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diff --git a/settings.html b/settings.html
index 2328e46e..5b8d8bb8 100644
--- a/settings.html
+++ b/settings.html
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
       <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">