update

Update the Flash CLI to the latest version or a specific version. The command fetches version information from PyPI and installs using uv (when available) or pip.

flash update [OPTIONS]

Examples

Update to the latest version:

flash update

Update to a specific version:

flash update --version 1.4.0

Flags

--version, -V · string

Target version to install. If not specified, updates to the latest version available on PyPI.

Automatic update checks

Flash checks for newer versions in the background when you run most commands. If an update is available, a notice appears after the command completes:

A new version of runpod-flash is available: 2.0.0
  Run 'flash update' to upgrade.

This check runs at most once every 24 hours and is cached locally to ~/.config/runpod/update_check.json.

Excluded commands

The background check does not run for:

• flash dev - Long-running development server where the notice would appear at an unpredictable time.
• flash update - Already managing versions directly.

Disabling update checks

Set the FLASH_NO_UPDATE_CHECK environment variable to skip automatic update checks:

export FLASH_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1

Update checks are also skipped automatically in CI environments (when the CI environment variable is set) and in non-interactive sessions (when neither stdout nor stderr is a TTY).

Related commands

• flash --version - Check your current Flash version