From 77f7983995bcf52debe03ed9209dc56ba3153c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ulises=20Mill=C3=A1n?= <ulises.millanguerrero@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:25:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): resolve latest CLI release when GitHub latest
 points to non-CLI tag (#12148)

* fix(cli): resolve latest CLI release when install script hits non-CLI tag

The GitHub releases/latest endpoint can point to non-CLI releases
(e.g., jetbrains/v7.0.4), whose tag prefix doesn't match the existing
version regex. Query the paginated releases endpoint, pick the first
tag starting with 'v', and use that version for both display and the
download URL instead of trusting releases/latest.

Closes #12125

* fix(cli): select stable installer release

---------

Co-authored-by: marius-kilocode <marius@kilocode.ai>
---
 .changeset/fix-install-jetbrains-tag.md |  5 +++++
 install                                 | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fix-install-jetbrains-tag.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fix-install-jetbrains-tag.md b/.changeset/fix-install-jetbrains-tag.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e70f1f4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-install-jetbrains-tag.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@kilocode/cli": patch
+---
+
+Install the latest stable CLI release when newer non-CLI or prerelease releases exist.
diff --git a/install b/install
index f78cbc8d1b..a12dfea549 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -183,13 +183,17 @@ else
     fi
 
     if [ -z "$requested_version" ]; then
-        url="https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/releases/latest/download/$filename"
-        specific_version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Kilo-Org/kilocode/releases/latest | sed -n 's/.*"tag_name": *"v\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
-
-        if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$specific_version" ]]; then
+        # The npm latest tag tracks stable CLI releases independently of other GitHub release types.
+        if ! specific_version=$(curl -fsSL "https://registry.npmjs.org/-/package/%40kilocode%2Fcli/dist-tags" |
+            sed -n 's/.*"latest"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p'); then
             echo -e "${RED}Failed to fetch version information${NC}"
             exit 1
         fi
+        if [[ ! "$specific_version" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo -e "${RED}Failed to fetch version information${NC}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        url="https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/releases/download/v${specific_version}/$filename"
     else
         # Strip leading 'v' if present
         requested_version="${requested_version#v}"