Index: scripts/install.sh
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--- scripts/install.sh	(revision f99bbe8116e4b79bb4d4e5a814dca1b301133c64)
+++ scripts/install.sh	(revision 3f9f71d07af6b22695c62ac2fcbf254efb7c19f1)
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@
 # ── Settings (override via env var or flag) ────────────────────────────────
 KLONKT_REPO="${KLONKT_REPO:-https://github.com/roboburr/klonkt.git}"
-KLONKT_BRANCH="${KLONKT_BRANCH:-main}"
+# `stable` = the release channel: it only moves forward to a version that has been verified,
+# so a self-host auto-update (klonkt-update) never pulls work-in-progress. Use `--branch main`
+# for the bleeding-edge dev branch instead.
+KLONKT_BRANCH="${KLONKT_BRANCH:-stable}"
 KLONKT_DIR="${KLONKT_DIR:-/opt/klonkt}"
 KLONKT_USER="${KLONKT_USER:-klonkt}"