How long does it take for version 2.0.18-arduino.5 to show in the board manager

Hardware Nano Family Nano ESP32
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I have been waiting a number of hours since it is available and I still did not get the update offer for the Nano ESP32 the board package?

Even after uninstalling the version 2.0.18-20240930.arduino3, the latest version is 2.0.18-20240930.arduino3.

How long does this take?

Note:
I don't need it, I'm just curious why some people could upgrade and I can't (yet).

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Hi @sterretje. This might be caused by caching of the package index, which occurs at multiple levels.

The indexes are cached locally in that Arduino IDE only downloads fresh copies from the Internet periodically. You can force Arduino IDE to immediately download the index by the following procedure:

  1. Press the Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut (Command+Shift+P for macOS users) to open the "Command Palette".
    A menu will appear on the editor toolbar:
    Command Palette screenshot
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  2. Select the "Arduino: Update Package Index" command from the menu.
    ⓘ You can scroll down through the list of commands to find it or type the name in the field.

The indexes are also cached globally by Arduino's content delivery network (CDN). This can result in different people seeing different versions of a file as the update works its way through the cache to reach everyone all over the world. I'm not sure whether or not it will actually work, but you could try circumventing it by using the trick described in the question here, adding the primary package index URL to your "Additional Boards Manager URLs" preference, with a random parameter added to the URL.

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That did the trick :+1: Should have known :slightly_frowning_face:

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