---
title: "Checks for updates, if no updates that are > current version installed, returns null"
method: GET
path: "/api/Server/check-update"
tags: ["Server"]
---

# Checks for updates, if no updates that are > current version installed, returns null

`GET /api/Server/check-update`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:5000`
- URL: `http://localhost:5000/api/Server/check-update`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

## Query parameters

- `forceRefresh` boolean

## Response `200`

OK

- UpdateNotificationDto
  - `currentVersion` string, nullable, required
  - `updateVersion` string, nullable, required
  - `updateBody` string, nullable, required
  - `updateTitle` string, nullable, required
  - `updateUrl` string, nullable, required
  - `isDocker` boolean
  - `isPrerelease` boolean
  - `publishDate` string, nullable, required
  - `isOnNightlyInRelease` boolean
  - `isReleaseNewer` boolean
  - `isReleaseEqual` boolean
  - `added` string[], nullable
  - `removed` string[], nullable
  - `changed` string[], nullable
  - `fixed` string[], nullable
  - `theme` string[], nullable
  - `developer` string[], nullable
  - `api` string[], nullable
  - `featureRequests` string[], nullable
  - `knownIssues` string[], nullable
  - `blogPart` string, nullable

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `617fbc01bef6`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `forceRefresh`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kareadita/apis/kavita/changes/api/Server/check-update/get.md)

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