diff --git a/emain/updater.ts b/emain/updater.ts
index 68dab9cf7d..00184817b7 100644
--- a/emain/updater.ts
+++ b/emain/updater.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export class Updater {
 
         // Only update the release channel if it's specified, otherwise use the one configured in the updater.
         autoUpdater.channel = getUpdateChannel(settings);
+        autoUpdater.allowDowngrade = false;
 
         autoUpdater.removeAllListeners();
 
diff --git a/frontend/app/onboarding/onboarding-upgrade-minor.tsx b/frontend/app/onboarding/onboarding-upgrade-minor.tsx
index 40693e78d8..58d80b5645 100644
--- a/frontend/app/onboarding/onboarding-upgrade-minor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/onboarding/onboarding-upgrade-minor.tsx
@@ -124,19 +124,25 @@ const UpgradeOnboardingMinor = () => {
                     <div className="flex justify-center">
                         <Logo />
                     </div>
-                    <div className="text-center text-[25px] font-normal text-foreground">Welcome to Wave v0.13!</div>
+                    <div className="text-center text-[25px] font-normal text-foreground">Welcome to Wave v0.14!</div>
                 </header>
                 <OverlayScrollbarsComponent
                     className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto min-h-0"
                     options={{ scrollbars: { autoHide: "never" } }}
                 >
                     <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 w-full mb-2 unselectable">
-                        <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 text-center">
-                            <div className="flex h-[52px] px-3 items-center rounded-lg bg-hover text-accent text-[24px]">
-                                <i className="fa fa-sparkles" />
-                                <span className="font-bold ml-2 font-mono">Wave AI</span>
+                        <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
+                            <div className="flex flex-row gap-4 items-center">
+                                <div className="flex h-[52px] px-3 items-center rounded-lg bg-hover text-accent text-[24px]">
+                                    <i className="fa fa-sparkles" />
+                                    <span className="font-bold ml-2 font-mono">Wave AI</span>
+                                </div>
+                                <div className="flex h-[52px] px-3 items-center rounded-lg bg-hover text-[18px]">
+                                    <i className="fa-sharp fa-solid fa-shield text-sky-500" />
+                                    <span className="font-bold ml-2 text-accent">Durable SSH Sessions</span>
+                                </div>
                             </div>
-                            <div className="text-secondary leading-relaxed max-w-[600px]">
+                            <div className="text-secondary leading-relaxed max-w-[600px] text-left">
                                 <p className="mb-4">
                                     Wave AI is your terminal assistant with full context. It can read your terminal
                                     output, analyze widgets, read and write files, and help you solve
@@ -147,13 +153,10 @@ const UpgradeOnboardingMinor = () => {
                                     supports local models and bring-your-own-key! Use Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM,
                                     OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible provider.
                                 </p>
-                                <p className="py-3 px-2 border border-border rounded-md bg-hover/30">
-                                    Wave AI is in beta with included AI credits while we refine the experience. We're
-                                    actively improving it and would love your feedback in{" "}
-                                    <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/XfvZ334gwU" className="hover:underline">
-                                        Discord
-                                    </a>
-                                    .
+                                <p className="mb-4">
+                                    <span className="font-semibold text-foreground">New in v0.14:</span> Durable SSH
+                                    sessions survive network drops, laptop sleep, and restarts — all without tmux or
+                                    screen.
                                 </p>
                             </div>
                         </div>
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ const UpgradeOnboardingMinor = () => {
 
                         <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 text-center max-w-[550px]">
                             <div className="text-foreground text-base">Thanks for being an early Wave adopter! ⭐</div>
-                            <div className="text-secondary text-sm">
+                            <div className="text-secondary text-sm text-left">
                                 A GitHub star shows your support for Wave (and open-source) and helps us reach more
                                 developers.
                             </div>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 28662b7ec3..9805bd73d8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "waveterm",
-    "version": "0.13.2-alpha.2",
+    "version": "0.14.0-beta.0",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "waveterm",
-            "version": "0.13.2-alpha.2",
+            "version": "0.14.0-beta.0",
             "hasInstallScript": true,
             "license": "Apache-2.0",
             "workspaces": [
diff --git a/pkg/shellexec/conninterface.go b/pkg/shellexec/conninterface.go
index f7fae7602e..1ef93097bb 100644
--- a/pkg/shellexec/conninterface.go
+++ b/pkg/shellexec/conninterface.go
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ type ConnInterface interface {
 
 type CmdWrap struct {
 	Cmd      *exec.Cmd
+	IsShell  bool
 	WaitOnce *sync.Once
 	WaitErr  error
 	pty.Pty
 }
 
-func MakeCmdWrap(cmd *exec.Cmd, cmdPty pty.Pty) CmdWrap {
+func MakeCmdWrap(cmd *exec.Cmd, cmdPty pty.Pty, isShell bool) CmdWrap {
 	return CmdWrap{
 		Cmd:      cmd,
+		IsShell:  isShell,
 		WaitOnce: &sync.Once{},
 		Pty:      cmdPty,
 	}
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ func (cw CmdWrap) KillGraceful(timeout time.Duration) {
 	}
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		cw.Cmd.Process.Signal(os.Interrupt)
+	} else if cw.IsShell {
+		syscall.Kill(cw.Cmd.Process.Pid, syscall.SIGHUP)
 	} else {
 		cw.Cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/shellexec/shellexec.go b/pkg/shellexec/shellexec.go
index 957c09e226..4850eee1b8 100644
--- a/pkg/shellexec/shellexec.go
+++ b/pkg/shellexec/shellexec.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func StartWslShellProcNoWsh(ctx context.Context, termSize waveobj.TermSize, cmdS
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty)
+	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty, true)
 	return &ShellProc{Cmd: cmdWrap, ConnName: conn.GetName(), CloseOnce: &sync.Once{}, DoneCh: make(chan any)}, nil
 }
 
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func StartWslShellProc(ctx context.Context, termSize waveobj.TermSize, cmdStr st
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty)
+	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty, true)
 	return &ShellProc{Cmd: cmdWrap, ConnName: conn.GetName(), CloseOnce: &sync.Once{}, DoneCh: make(chan any)}, nil
 }
 
@@ -593,7 +593,9 @@ func StartLocalShellProc(logCtx context.Context, termSize waveobj.TermSize, cmdS
 	}
 	shellType := shellutil.GetShellTypeFromShellPath(shellPath)
 	shellOpts = append(shellOpts, cmdOpts.ShellOpts...)
+	var isShell bool
 	if cmdStr == "" {
+		isShell = true
 		if shellType == shellutil.ShellType_bash {
 			// add --rcfile
 			// cant set -l or -i with --rcfile
@@ -622,6 +624,7 @@ func StartLocalShellProc(logCtx context.Context, termSize waveobj.TermSize, cmdS
 			shellutil.UpdateCmdEnv(ecmd, map[string]string{"ZDOTDIR": shellutil.GetLocalZshZDotDir()})
 		}
 	} else {
+		isShell = false
 		shellOpts = append(shellOpts, "-c", cmdStr)
 		ecmd = exec.Command(shellPath, shellOpts...)
 		ecmd.Env = os.Environ()
@@ -685,7 +688,7 @@ func StartLocalShellProc(logCtx context.Context, termSize waveobj.TermSize, cmdS
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty)
+	cmdWrap := MakeCmdWrap(ecmd, cmdPty, isShell)
 	return &ShellProc{Cmd: cmdWrap, ConnName: connName, CloseOnce: &sync.Once{}, DoneCh: make(chan any)}, nil
 }