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Update the Flash CLI to the latest version or a specific version. The command fetches version information from PyPI and installs using uv (when available) or pip. 
flash update [OPTIONS]

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Examples

Update to the latest version: 
flash update
Update to a specific version: 
flash update --version 1.4.0

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Flags

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--version, -V
string
Target version to install. If not specified, updates to the latest version available on PyPI.

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Automatic update checks

Flash checks for newer versions in the background when you run most commands. If an update is available, a notice appears after the command completes: 
A new version of runpod-flash is available: 2.0.0
  Run 'flash update' to upgrade.
This check runs at most once every 24 hours and is cached locally to ~/.config/runpod/update_check.json.

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Excluded commands

The background check does not run for:
  • flash run - Long-running development server where the notice would appear at an unpredictable time.
  • flash update - Already managing versions directly.

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Disabling update checks

Set the FLASH_NO_UPDATE_CHECK environment variable to skip automatic update checks: 
export FLASH_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1
Update checks are also skipped automatically in CI environments (when the CI environment variable is set) and in non-interactive sessions (when neither stdout nor stderr is a TTY).

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