The Live Framework team just released the April 2009 CTP update for the Live Framework. This update includes performance improvements, bug fixes, and improved functionality. Check out the release announcement on the Live Framework team blog for the details.

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The Live Framework Tools team just released an update to the Community Technical Preview (CTP). The January CTP update addresses top customer issues and includes a new update notification feature to notify you whenever the tools are updated.

Here’s the team’s announcement:

New in this release

The Live Framework Tools January CTP includes a number of bug fixes.  A few of the most notable fixes are listed below:

• Debugging or running a Mesh-enabled Web Application which contains no changes from previous versions immediately launches the application instead of re-uploading the files.
• Mesh-enabled Web Applications created by the Live Framework Tools now have identical offers to those created through the Azure Services Developer Portal, which are generally less restrictive.  This change removes the need for the workaround mentioned in this thread.
• Projects created by the Live Framework Tools may now contain periods fixing the issue reported in this bug.
• Changes to the application’s logo.png file will now be reflected in the icon that appears on the Live Desktop fixing the issue reported in this thread.
• Error messages and diagnostics have been improved.  In certain error situations additional information can now be located in the application event log.

In addition to the fixes listed above, the January CTP includes a feature that will  offer to notify you of any future updates to the Live Framework Tools. 

For details about the fixes, check out the Live Framework blog and forum.