diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df8438ae6..69aacec6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 ## Todo
 
-- figure out `rocm/linux` rdnb3 vs rdna4
 - update `rocm/windows`
  
 ## Update for 2026-01-23
@@ -13,12 +12,13 @@
   - support comments in wildcard files, using `#`  
   - support aliases in metadata skip params, thanks @CalamitousFelicitousness  
 - **Internal**
+  - tagged release history: <https://github.com/vladmandic/sdnext/tags>  
+    each major for the past year is now tagged for easier reference  
   - **cuda**: update to `torch==2.10.0`  
   - **xpu**: update to `torch==2.10.0`  
   - **openvino**: update to `torch==2.10.0` and `openvino==2025.4.1`  
-  - **rocm/linux**: update to `torch==2.10.0` 
-  - **rocm/windows**: tbd
-  - tagged release history: <https://github.com/vladmandic/sdnext/tags>  
+  - **rocm/linux**: update to `torch==2.10.0`  
+    *note*: may cause slow first startup  
   - further work on type consistency and type checking, thanks @awsr  
   - add ui placeholders for future agent-scheduler work, thanks @ryanmeador  
   - update package requirements  
diff --git a/installer.py b/installer.py
index 7864bef92..c47d7ac1e 100644
--- a/installer.py
+++ b/installer.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ def install_cuda():
     if args.use_nightly:
         cmd = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', '--upgrade --pre torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu128 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu126')
     else:
-        cmd = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', 'torch-2.10.0+cu128 torchvision-0.25.0+cu128 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128')
+        cmd = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', 'torch==2.10.0+cu128 torchvision==0.25.0+cu128 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128')
     return cmd
 
 
@@ -765,7 +765,6 @@ def install_rocm_zluda():
 
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         if args.use_zluda:
-            #check_python(supported_minors=[10, 11, 12, 13], reason='ZLUDA backend requires a Python version between 3.10 and 3.13')
             torch_command = os.environ.get('TORCH_COMMAND', 'torch==2.7.1+cu118 torchvision==0.22.1+cu118 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118')
 
             if args.device_id is not None: