From f663ce87942abe57ac5a4511b897e4980f304c0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rickpeters <rickpeters@upriser.nl>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:07:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: CachyOS Hello installs it: version-tag is CachyOS's
 newest release (Hello calls newer ones testing ISOs), the build date goes to
 /etc/steammachine-iso-build

---
 .gitignore  | 1 +
 util-iso.sh | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83fa909..2b22e51 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ archiso/airootfs/etc/edition-tag
 archiso/airootfs/etc/version-tag
 archiso/airootfs/usr/local/share/steamify/
 archiso/airootfs/usr/lib/libboost_*
+archiso/airootfs/etc/steammachine-iso-build
diff --git a/util-iso.sh b/util-iso.sh
index 30010e1..da76a99 100755
--- a/util-iso.sh
+++ b/util-iso.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@ generate_version_tag() {
     local _profile="$1"
     local _version="$2"
     if [ "$_profile" == "desktop" ]; then
-        echo "${_version}" > ${src_dir}/archiso/airootfs/etc/version-tag
+        # Steam Machine edition: CachyOS Hello won't install an ISO newer
+        # than CachyOS's newest release (it calls it a testing ISO), so the
+        # tag is that release, the one this build follows; the build's own
+        # date goes to /etc/steammachine-iso-build.
+        local _release
+        _release="$(curl -fsS --max-time 20 https://cachyos.org/versions.json | grep -o '"desktopISOVersion":"[0-9]*"' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')"
+        echo "${_release:-${_version}}" > ${src_dir}/archiso/airootfs/etc/version-tag
+        echo "${_version}" > ${src_dir}/archiso/airootfs/etc/steammachine-iso-build
     fi
 }