I had no problems, yesterday, either with the BandLab Assistant or updating CbB.  

Beings that I'm still getting used to CWB after only installing it 2 days ago, I think I'll wait until I see a sticky to update.  I don't like what the first poster said about Melodyne.  I was running that just yesterday with no problem.
 

scook

Skyline_UK
My confusing experience so far:
- I opened BandLab Assistant and it said a new version was available (of itself) so I clicked to update.
- This took a couple of minutes but it was an anxious wait as nothing showed on the screen that anything was happening. But it was so all ok.
...
- But: the Assistant is still saying 'a new version is available'.

I had a similar experience when updating BA. Ultimately, I quit BA and restarted it. After restarted, BA updated OK. The current version of BA is 3.0.8.

My problem was when it said it needed to close the assistant, instead of clicking ok, I clicked cancel, so next time it said there was an update. However this time I clicked ok and all was good. I think sometimes we just click automatically without slowing down.

scook
I do not believe it is Melodyne Essential. Celemony has a free 30 day trial of Melodyne Studio.

 
AFAIK Melodyne only has one installer for all its versions - it's your license that dictates whether it's a trial, essentials, editor, studio etc.
 
I chose the "Repair" option when I ran it, so it wouldn't mess with my existing installation and so the BandLab installer would see this as a successful install.
 
To be honest I don't know if it was necessary to run it all, but I did it just in case there were any Cakewalk specific files needing updating. No doubt it will be clearer once the announcement is made public.
 
M.

Finally finished downloaded and installed here. Feels good so fare. My compliments to the chef.
 
On the critical side, the process for me took forever (2 hrs ++). Needed to leave it overnight to get the job done. 
Would have been nice with a progress indicator on the download part, as well as the install part. 
I first did the update of BA to v3.0.8, then selected the Update option (without add-ons). 
 
That being said, when I got down here in the studio this morning ... CbB fired up without issues. 
Status in BA is "Up to date" ... I'm now considering installing some of the add-ons ... will probably 
leave out "Melodyne" as I already have something version with some codes that came with SO. 
Hope it's not a once in a lifetime offer and that I'm missing out on something here :)

If you are already up to date with Melodyne there is no need to run that installer. But yes according to Celemony the installer is general and won't downgrade your existing version. If you don't have an existing Melodyne licence it will give you a one time 30 day trial of Melodyne editor. If you have a license already it will just update the software if necessary.

Thanks for the clarification Noel, and also thanks for the great job you are obviously doing with CbB. Much appreciated. 
- Sven

2018.04.01 release notes are updated in the main forum post now. Scroll to the bottom of the message to read them.
This is the official release and fully tested so no longer early access status.
 
[Edited by Ben Staton on 04/28/2018: Fixed incorrect link.]

Thanks Noel, but your link is linked to the wrong thread.
 
This the LINK?

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
2018.04.01 release notes are updated in the main forum post now. Scroll to the bottom of the message to read them.
This is the official release and fully tested so no longer early access status.

Hi Noel. I can't seem to find the release notes on that link.