diff --git a/crates/update/src/app.rs b/crates/update/src/app.rs
index 59146cf41..ef788bb5a 100644
--- a/crates/update/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/update/src/app.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ pub struct App {
     /// Who makes it, shown as "by <developer>" in the update prompt. [`DEVELOPER`] unless the app
     /// says otherwise.
     pub developer: &'static str,
+    /// Existing package identity when it differs from the suite's `ai.storyteller.<id>` convention.
+    pub bundle_id_override: Option<&'static str>,
 }
 
 /// The developer of every app in the storytold organisation.
@@ -31,12 +33,23 @@ pub const DEVELOPER: &str = "ArtCraft";
 impl App {
     /// An app with no former names and no icon.
     pub const fn new(id: &'static str, name: &'static str, tagline: &'static str, repo: &'static str) -> Self {
-        Self { id, name, tagline, repo, former_ids: &[], former_names: &[], icon_png: None, accent: None, developer: DEVELOPER }
+        Self {
+            id,
+            name,
+            tagline,
+            repo,
+            former_ids: &[],
+            former_names: &[],
+            icon_png: None,
+            accent: None,
+            developer: DEVELOPER,
+            bundle_id_override: None,
+        }
     }
 
-    /// `ai.storyteller.<id>`: macOS bundle id, Flatpak id and Linux desktop-file id.
+    /// macOS bundle id, Flatpak id and Linux desktop-file id; defaults to `ai.storyteller.<id>`.
     pub fn bundle_id(&self) -> String {
-        format!("ai.storyteller.{}", self.id)
+        self.bundle_id_override.map_or_else(|| format!("ai.storyteller.{}", self.id), str::to_owned)
     }
 
     pub fn releases_url(&self) -> String {
@@ -72,6 +85,14 @@ impl App {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn an_existing_package_identity_does_not_change_its_release_stem() {
+        let app = App { bundle_id_override: Some("ai.artcraft.app"), ..App::new("artcraft", "ArtCraft", "Create", "storytold/artcraft") };
+        assert_eq!(app.bundle_id(), "ai.artcraft.app");
+        assert_eq!(app.stems().collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["artcraft"]);
+        assert_eq!(App::new("photocraft", "PhotoCraft", "Photos", "storytold/photocraft").bundle_id(), "ai.storyteller.photocraft");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn former_names_follow_the_current_one() {
         let pdf =
diff --git a/crates/update/src/platform.rs b/crates/update/src/platform.rs
index a16a852d5..17a31d056 100644
--- a/crates/update/src/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/update/src/platform.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub struct AssetName {
     pub kind: PackageKind,
 }
 
-/// Reads `<stem>-<version>-<os>-<arch>[-portable].<ext>`; `None` for checksums, zsync files, CLI
+/// Reads suite package names or Tauri DMG/MSI names; `None` for checksums, zsync files, CLI
 /// and web bundles, or anything else.
 pub fn parse_asset_name(name: &str, stems: &[&str]) -> Option<AssetName> {
     const KINDS: [PackageKind; 9] = [
@@ -216,7 +216,48 @@ pub fn parse_asset_name(name: &str, stems: &[&str]) -> Option<AssetName> {
         }
         return Some(AssetName { stem: (*stem).to_string(), version: version.to_string(), token: format!("{os}-{arch}"), kind });
     }
-    None
+    parse_tauri_asset_name(base, kind, stems)
+}
+
+/// Tauri's established package names omit the OS: `<Product>_<version>_universal.dmg`
+/// or `<Product>_<version>_x64_en-US.msi`. Only these installer formats use this fallback;
+/// their suffix and explicit architecture still prevent selecting a different platform.
+fn parse_tauri_asset_name(base: &str, kind: PackageKind, stems: &[&str]) -> Option<AssetName> {
+    if !matches!(kind, PackageKind::Msi | PackageKind::Dmg) {
+        return None;
+    }
+    stems.iter().find_map(|stem| {
+        if !base.get(..stem.len())?.eq_ignore_ascii_case(stem) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let rest = base.get(stem.len()..)?.strip_prefix('_')?;
+        let (version, platform) = rest.split_once('_')?;
+        if crate::version::parse(version).is_none() || !version.starts_with(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let token = match kind {
+            PackageKind::Dmg => match platform {
+                "universal" => "macos-universal",
+                "aarch64" | "arm64" => "macos-arm64",
+                "x64" | "x86_64" => "macos-x86_64",
+                _ => return None,
+            },
+            PackageKind::Msi => {
+                let (arch, locale) = platform.split_once('_')?;
+                if locale.len() > 16 || !locale.split('-').all(|part| !part.is_empty() && part.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_alphabetic())) {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                match arch {
+                    "x64" => "windows-x64",
+                    "x86" => "windows-x86",
+                    "arm64" => "windows-arm64",
+                    _ => return None,
+                }
+            }
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        Some(AssetName { stem: (*stem).to_string(), version: version.to_string(), token: token.to_string(), kind })
+    })
 }
 
 /// The best asset of `release` for `platform`, trying `kinds` in order and, within a kind, the
@@ -237,6 +278,25 @@ pub fn pick_asset<'a>(release: &'a Release, stems: &[&str], platform: Platform,
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn tauri_package_names_keep_platform_and_architecture_boundaries() {
+        let r = release(&["ArtCraft_0.42.1_x64_en-US.msi", "ArtCraft_0.42.1_universal.dmg", "artcraft-0.42.1-linux-x86_64.flatpak"]);
+        for (platform, kind, expected) in [
+            (Platform { os: Os::Windows, arch: Arch::X64 }, PackageKind::Msi, "ArtCraft_0.42.1_x64_en-US.msi"),
+            (Platform { os: Os::MacOs, arch: Arch::X64 }, PackageKind::Dmg, "ArtCraft_0.42.1_universal.dmg"),
+            (Platform { os: Os::MacOs, arch: Arch::Arm64 }, PackageKind::Dmg, "ArtCraft_0.42.1_universal.dmg"),
+            (Platform { os: Os::Linux, arch: Arch::X64 }, PackageKind::Flatpak, "artcraft-0.42.1-linux-x86_64.flatpak"),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(pick_asset(&r, &["artcraft"], platform, &[kind]).map(|(a, _)| a.name.as_str()), Some(expected));
+            assert!(pick_asset(&r, &["other-app"], platform, &[kind]).is_none());
+        }
+        let arm_only = release(&["ArtCraft_0.42.1_aarch64.dmg", "ArtCraft_0.42.1_arm64_en-US.msi"]);
+        assert!(pick_asset(&arm_only, &["artcraft"], Platform { os: Os::MacOs, arch: Arch::X64 }, &[PackageKind::Dmg]).is_none());
+        assert!(pick_asset(&arm_only, &["artcraft"], Platform { os: Os::Windows, arch: Arch::X64 }, &[PackageKind::Msi]).is_none());
+        assert!(parse_asset_name("ArtCraft_not-a-version_x64_en-US.msi", &["artcraft"]).is_none());
+        assert!(parse_asset_name("ArtCraft_0.42.1_x64_extra_en-US.msi", &["artcraft"]).is_none());
+    }
+
     fn release(names: &[&str]) -> Release {
         Release {
             assets: names.iter().map(|n| Asset { name: (*n).into(), size: 1, url: format!("https://x/{n}"), sha256: None }).collect(),
diff --git a/crates/update/src/release.rs b/crates/update/src/release.rs
index d0a74ef7d..5d19ea622 100644
--- a/crates/update/src/release.rs
+++ b/crates/update/src/release.rs
@@ -186,6 +186,16 @@ fn contains_encoded_separator(rest: &str) -> bool {
     bytes.windows(3).any(|w| w[0] == b'%' && matches!(&w[1..].to_ascii_lowercase()[..], b"2f" | b"5c" | b"2e"))
 }
 
+/// Also accepts a repository-qualified release tag (`artcraft-v0.42.1`). The prefix must
+/// match this repository exactly; an unrelated app's tag is never treated as a release version.
+fn tag_version(tag: &str, repo: &str) -> Option<version::Version> {
+    version::parse(tag).or_else(|| {
+        let name = repo.rsplit('/').next()?;
+        let suffix = tag.strip_prefix(name)?.strip_prefix('-')?;
+        version::parse(suffix)
+    })
+}
+
 /// Reads `GET /repos/<repo>/releases/latest` (or one element of `/releases`).
 pub fn parse_github_release(json: &str, repo: &str) -> Result<Release, String> {
     let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(json).map_err(|e| format!("unreadable answer from GitHub ({e})"))?;
@@ -240,7 +250,7 @@ fn release_from_value(v: &serde_json::Value, repo: &str) -> Result<Release, Stri
         })
         .unwrap_or_default();
     Ok(Release {
-        version: version::parse(&tag),
+        version: tag_version(&tag, repo),
         name: v["name"].as_str().map(|n| truncate(n, 120)).filter(|n| !n.is_empty()).unwrap_or_else(|| tag.clone()),
         tag,
         published_at: v["published_at"].as_str().and_then(crate::time::parse_rfc3339),
@@ -262,7 +272,7 @@ pub fn release_from_sums(repo: &str, tag: &str, sums: &[(String, String)]) -> Re
     let assets: Vec<Asset> = sums.iter().filter_map(|(hash, name)| asset(name, Some(hash.clone()))).chain(asset("SHA256SUMS.txt", None)).collect();
     Release {
         tag: tag.to_string(),
-        version: version::parse(tag),
+        version: tag_version(tag, repo),
         name: tag.to_string(),
         published_at: None,
         html_url: format!("https://github.com/{repo}/releases/tag/{tag}"),
@@ -352,6 +362,26 @@ mod tests {
 
     const REPO: &str = "storytold/photocraft";
 
+    #[test]
+    fn repository_prefixed_tags_are_ordered_without_changing_download_links() {
+        let repo = "storytold/artcraft";
+        let json = r#"[{"tag_name":"artcraft-v0.41.1","draft":false,"prerelease":false,"assets":[]},
+            {"tag_name":"artcraft-v0.42.1","draft":false,"prerelease":false,"assets":[]},
+            {"tag_name":"other-app-v99.0.0","draft":false,"prerelease":false,"assets":[]},
+            {"tag_name":"artcraft-v99.0.0","draft":true,"prerelease":false,"assets":[]}]"#;
+        let release = parse_github_release_list(json, repo, false).expect("valid releases").expect("published release");
+        assert_eq!(release.tag, "artcraft-v0.42.1");
+        assert_eq!(release.version, version::parse("0.42.1"));
+        let hash = "a".repeat(64);
+        let sums = release_from_sums(repo, &release.tag, &[(hash, "artcraft-0.42.1-linux-x86_64.flatpak".into())]);
+        assert_eq!(sums.version, release.version);
+        assert_eq!(
+            sums.assets[0].url,
+            "https://github.com/storytold/artcraft/releases/download/artcraft-v0.42.1/artcraft-0.42.1-linux-x86_64.flatpak"
+        );
+        assert!(parse_github_release(r#"{"tag_name":"other-v0.42.1","assets":[]}"#, repo).expect("valid JSON").version.is_none());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn truncate_keeps_whole_characters() {
         assert_eq!(truncate("short", 10), "short");
diff --git a/crates/update/src/self_update.rs b/crates/update/src/self_update.rs
index 87ae16d9b..702bc9cfb 100644
--- a/crates/update/src/self_update.rs
+++ b/crates/update/src/self_update.rs
@@ -3307,6 +3307,16 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    #[test]
+    fn a_custom_flatpak_identity_is_used_for_the_restart() {
+        let app = App { bundle_id_override: Some("ai.artcraft.app"), ..App::new("artcraft", "ArtCraft", "Create", "storytold/artcraft") };
+        let cmd = flatpak_restart_command(&app, "exec \"$@\"", "123");
+        let args: Vec<_> = cmd.get_args().map(|v| v.to_string_lossy().into_owned()).collect();
+        assert_eq!(args.last().map(String::as_str), Some("ai.artcraft.app"));
+        assert!(!args.iter().any(|arg| arg == "ai.storyteller.artcraft"));
+    }
+
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     #[test]
     fn flatpak_restart_unsets_persistent_pretend_version_overrides() {