# Known Limitations

DesktopBeast™ v1.0 Early Access Release Candidate is a fully usable early-access build.

## Capture

- Captures active windows only.
- No selected-region capture yet.
- Protected, minimized, covered, elevated, or unusual windows may capture poorly or fail.
- Multi-monitor and high-DPI edge cases need broader field testing.
- The `Ctrl + Shift + D` hotkey depends on Windows global hotkey registration and may be unavailable if another app already owns the combination.
- Stable DesktopBeast-owned windows such as ArchiveBeast Library, Settings, About/Notices, and Main Window can be intentionally captured by hotkey.
- Transient DesktopBeast capture/completion windows remain blocked by the self-capture guard and create readable skipped diagnostics.
- Shell/taskbar targets are guarded: if the taskbar is foreground, DesktopBeast prefers the last valid non-shell window or falls back to full desktop capture.

## OCR

- OCR is local and powered by Tesseract in this package.
- OCR text can contain recognition errors.
- Dense app windows, terminal windows, dark themes, small UI text, and mostly empty windows may produce noisy or sparse OCR.
- The PNG visual artifact remains the source-of-truth visual companion for DesktopBeast captures.

## ArchiveBeast Library

- ArchiveBeast supports DesktopBeast PNG + Markdown captures and BrowserBeast Markdown-first captures.
- BrowserBeast Freeware captures do not include PNG companions; ArchiveBeast intentionally uses a two-pane layout for them.
- ArchiveBeast can review BrowserBeast Markdown captures when the Browser shelf is pointed at the folder containing those captures; BrowserBeast does not automatically sync into ArchiveBeast yet.
- Organizer actions are basic: refresh, open folder, copy Markdown/image, and copy selected artifact set.

## Packaging

- ZIP / Extract-All package, not a full Windows installer.
- Unsigned build; Windows SmartScreen may warn.
- Licensing/payment enforcement is not implemented in this package candidate.
- A full Windows installer is planned later after signing, Start Menu shortcuts, uninstall behavior, upgrades, and support expectations are ready.
