# Espanso v2.4.1

- Product: Espanso (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/espanso)
- Vendor: Espanso
- Date: 2026-09-02
- Version: v2.4.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/espanso/espanso/releases/tag/v2.4.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/espanso/releases/v2.4.1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Fix issue #2748 available in all platforms
- **added** — Install desktop file and icon on Linux with improvements
- **fixed** — Take over stale daemon lock after logout/login on macOS

Automatically released by CI, manually edited by Auca

Hey there! I'm back to manually written release docs, so here we go:

This release focus on the fix of #2748 (PR #2761 thanks to @YuriNachos ), available in all platforms

Also, we feature two improvements:
- linux: install desktop file and icon + improvements (#2757 by @xuars )
- fix(daemon/macos): take over stale daemon lock after logout/login (#2749 by @robwilkerson )

And minor adjustments to the repo:
- Add inspect.software health badge (#2780 by @Nayjest )

Have fun!