Use releaseTag with fallback to downloadUrl in updates.xml

ILSpy.AddIn.VS2022/source.extension.vsixmanifest.template

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Identity Id="ebf12ca7-a1fd-4aee-a894-4a0c5682fc2f" Version="$INSERTVERSION$" Language="en-US" Publisher="SharpDevelop Team" />
     <DisplayName>ILSpy 2022</DisplayName>
     <Description xml:space="preserve">Integrates the ILSpy decompiler into Visual Studio.</Description>
-    <MoreInfo>https://ilspy.net</MoreInfo>
+    <MoreInfo>https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/</MoreInfo>
     <License>LICENSE</License>
     <Icon>ILSpy-Large.ico</Icon>
 	<Tags>ILSpy;IL;decompile;decompiler;decompilation;C#;CSharp;.NET;Productivity;Open Source;Free</Tags>

ILSpy.AddIn/source.extension.vsixmanifest.template

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <Identity Id="a9120dbe-164a-4891-842f-fb7829273838" Version="$INSERTVERSION$" Language="en-US" Publisher="ic#code" />
     <DisplayName>ILSpy</DisplayName>
     <Description xml:space="preserve">Integrates the ILSpy decompiler into Visual Studio.</Description>
-    <MoreInfo>https://ilspy.net</MoreInfo>
+    <MoreInfo>https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/</MoreInfo>
     <License>LICENSE</License>
     <Icon>ILSpy-Large.ico</Icon>
   </Metadata>

ILSpy.Tests/ILSpy.Tests.csproj

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Analyzers\TypeUsedByAnalyzerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CommandLineArgumentsTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ResourceReaderWriterTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UpdateServiceTests.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

ILSpy.Tests/UpdateServiceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using AwesomeAssertions;
+
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Updates;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Tests;
+
+[TestFixture]
+public class UpdateServiceTests
+{
+	[Test]
+	public async Task GetLatestVersionAsync_UsesReleaseTag_WhenReleaseTagIsPresent()
+	{
+		const string xml = """
+		<updateInfo>
+		  <band id="stable">
+		    <latestVersion>10.0.0.0</latestVersion>
+		    <releaseTag>v10.0</releaseTag>
+		    <downloadUrl>https://example.com/ignored.zip</downloadUrl>
+		  </band>
+		</updateInfo>
+		""";
+
+		using var client = new HttpClient(new StubHttpMessageHandler(xml));
+
+		var result = await UpdateService.GetLatestVersionAsync(client, new Uri("https://example.com/updates.xml"));
+
+		result.Version.Should().Be(new Version(10, 0, 0, 0));
+		result.DownloadUrl.Should().Be("https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/releases/tag/v10.0");
+	}
+
+	[Test]
+	public async Task GetLatestVersionAsync_ReturnsNullDownloadUrl_WhenReleaseTagContainsPathTraversalAttempt()
+	{
+		const string xml = """
+		<updateInfo>
+		  <band id="stable">
+		    <latestVersion>10.0.0.0</latestVersion>
+		    <releaseTag>../malicious</releaseTag>
+		    <downloadUrl>https://example.com/ignored.zip</downloadUrl>
+		  </band>
+		</updateInfo>
+		""";
+
+		using var client = new HttpClient(new StubHttpMessageHandler(xml));
+
+		var result = await UpdateService.GetLatestVersionAsync(client, new Uri("https://example.com/updates.xml"));
+
+		result.Version.Should().Be(new Version(10, 0, 0, 0));
+		result.DownloadUrl.Should().BeNull();
+	}
+
+	[Test]
+	public async Task GetLatestVersionAsync_UsesDownloadUrl_WhenReleaseTagIsMissing()
+	{
+		const string xml = """
+		<updateInfo>
+		  <band id="stable">
+		    <latestVersion>10.0.0.0</latestVersion>
+		    <downloadUrl>https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/releases/tag/v10.0</downloadUrl>
+		  </band>
+		</updateInfo>
+		""";
+
+		using var client = new HttpClient(new StubHttpMessageHandler(xml));
+
+		var result = await UpdateService.GetLatestVersionAsync(client, new Uri("https://example.com/updates.xml"));
+
+		result.Version.Should().Be(new Version(10, 0, 0, 0));
+		result.DownloadUrl.Should().Be("https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/releases/tag/v10.0");
+	}
+
+	[Test]
+	public async Task GetLatestVersionAsync_UsesDownloadUrl_ButFailsBecauseBaseUrlDoesntMatch()
+	{
+		const string xml = """
+		<updateInfo>
+		  <band id="stable">
+		    <latestVersion>10.0.0.0</latestVersion>
+		    <downloadUrl>https://example.com/ilspy.zip</downloadUrl>
+		  </band>
+		</updateInfo>
+		""";
+
+		using var client = new HttpClient(new StubHttpMessageHandler(xml));
+
+		var result = await UpdateService.GetLatestVersionAsync(client, new Uri("https://example.com/updates.xml"));
+
+		result.Version.Should().Be(new Version(10, 0, 0, 0));
+		result.DownloadUrl.Should().BeNull();
+	}
+
+	sealed class StubHttpMessageHandler(string responseContent) : HttpMessageHandler
+	{
+		protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		{
+			return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK) {
+				Content = new StringContent(responseContent)
+			});
+		}
+	}
+}

ILSpy/Updates/UpdateService.cs

@@ -28,26 +28,52 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Updates
 {
 	internal static class UpdateService
 	{
+		const string ReleaseTagBaseUrl = "https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/releases/tag/";
 		static readonly Uri UpdateUrl = new Uri("https://icsharpcode.github.io/ILSpy/updates.xml");
 		const string band = "stable";
 
 		public static AvailableVersionInfo LatestAvailableVersion { get; private set; }
 
 		public static async Task<AvailableVersionInfo> GetLatestVersionAsync()
 		{
-			var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() {
+			using var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() {
 				UseProxy = true,
 				UseDefaultCredentials = true
 			});
-			string data = await GetWithRedirectsAsync(client, UpdateUrl).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+			return await GetLatestVersionAsync(client, UpdateUrl).ConfigureAwait(false);
+		}
+
+		internal static async Task<AvailableVersionInfo> GetLatestVersionAsync(HttpClient client, Uri updateUrl)
+		{
+			// Issue #3707: Remove 301 redirect logic once ilspy.net CNAME gone
+			string data = await GetWithRedirectsAsync(client, updateUrl).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
 			XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(new StringReader(data));
 			var bands = doc.Root.Elements("band").ToList();
 			var currentBand = bands.FirstOrDefault(b => (string)b.Attribute("id") == band) ?? bands.First();
 			Version version = new Version((string)currentBand.Element("latestVersion"));
-			string url = (string)currentBand.Element("downloadUrl");
-			if (!(url.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.Ordinal) || url.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.Ordinal)))
-				url = null; // don't accept non-urls
+
+			string url = null;
+			string releaseTag = (string)currentBand.Element("releaseTag");
+
+			if (releaseTag != null)
+			{
+				url = ReleaseTagBaseUrl + releaseTag;
+
+				// Prevent path traversal: normalize the URI and verify it still starts with the expected base
+				if (!new Uri(url).AbsoluteUri.StartsWith(ReleaseTagBaseUrl, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+					url = null;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				// Issue #3707: Remove else branch fallback logic once releaseTag version has shipped + 6 months
+				url = (string)currentBand.Element("downloadUrl");
+
+				// Prevent arbitrary URLs: verify it starts with the expected base
+				if (!new Uri(url).AbsoluteUri.StartsWith(ReleaseTagBaseUrl, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+					url = null;
+			}
 
 			LatestAvailableVersion = new AvailableVersionInfo { Version = version, DownloadUrl = url };
 			return LatestAvailableVersion;

doc/ILSpyAboutPage.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler.
 
-Website: https://ilspy.net/
+Website: https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/
 Found a bug? https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/issues/new/choose
 
 Copyright 2011-2026 AlphaSierraPapa for the ILSpy team