diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa2c91c3..1e1f17e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+- **Remote configs listener in the C API** — New `gameAnalytics_configureRemoteConfigsListener()` with `GARemoteConfigsListener` callback, making remote configs notifications usable from managed runtimes (e.g. Unity P/Invoke). Single listener; re-registering replaces it, `NULL` unregisters.
+
 ## 5.2.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeIncludes/exported_symbols_apple.txt b/CMakeIncludes/exported_symbols_apple.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e83c82f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeIncludes/exported_symbols_apple.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Symbols exported from the GameAnalytics shared library on Apple platforms.
+# Used via -Wl,-exported_symbols_list. Glob patterns are supported by ld64.
+_gameAnalytics_*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd173c58..2de1e94d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,10 +193,11 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 
     create_source_groups(MACOS_SOURCES)
 
-elseif(LINUX)
+elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    # Linux
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DGUID_STDLIB -std=c++17")
 
-    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "clang")
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         message(STATUS "Detected Clang compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
     endif()
@@ -213,6 +214,24 @@ endif()
 
 add_library(GameAnalytics ${LIB_TYPE} ${CPP_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(GameAnalytics PRIVATE ${LIBS} PUBLIC ${PUBLIC_LIBS})
+
+# Hide symbols by default (GCC/Clang -fvisibility=hidden); GA_API in GameAnalyticsExtern.h
+# still marks the public C API as exported. No-op on MSVC (dllexport/dllimport controls that).
+set_target_properties(GameAnalytics PROPERTIES
+    C_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden
+    CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden
+    VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON
+)
+
+if(${GA_SHARED_LIB})
+    if(APPLE)
+        target_link_options(GameAnalytics PRIVATE
+            "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeIncludes/exported_symbols_apple.txt")
+    elseif(UNIX)
+        target_link_options(GameAnalytics PRIVATE "-Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 message(STATUS "CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS: ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26602df9..502b902e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,37 @@ void myLogHandler(const char* message, GALoggerMessageType type)
 gameAnalytics_configureCustomLogHandler(myLogHandler);
 ```
 
+### Remote configs listener
+To be notified whenever remote configs are populated:
+
+**C++ API:**
+``` c++
+struct RemoteConfigs: public gameanalytics::IRemoteConfigsListener
+{
+    void onRemoteConfigsUpdated(std::string const& configs) override
+    {
+        // configs have been updated
+    }
+};
+
+auto listener = std::make_shared<RemoteConfigs>();
+gameanalytics::GameAnalytics::addRemoteConfigsListener(listener);
+```
+
+**C API (shared lib):**
+```c
+void myRemoteConfigsListener(const char* configs)
+{
+    // configs have been updated
+}
+
+gameAnalytics_configureRemoteConfigsListener(myRemoteConfigsListener);
+```
+
+The C API supports a single listener; registering again replaces the previous one and passing `NULL` unregisters. Register it before `gameAnalytics_initialize` to not miss the first update.
+
+> **Note:** The listener is invoked on the SDK's internal thread and the `configs` string is only valid during the call — copy it if needed (do not pass it to `gameAnalytics_freeString`).
+
 ### Custom HTTP client
 
 By default, the SDK uses cURL for HTTP requests. If you need to use a different HTTP library (e.g. on consoles or custom platforms), you can provide your own implementation by subclassing `GAHttpClient`:
diff --git a/sample/CMakeLists.txt b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
index f8015670..1c7fef42 100644
--- a/sample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Release")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-if(LINUX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17")
 
-    if(CLANG)
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++")
     endif()
     
diff --git a/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt b/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
index 059856c2..b0107ac4 100644
--- a/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sample_shared/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Release")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-if(LINUX)
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17")
 
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
diff --git a/sample_shared/Main.cpp b/sample_shared/Main.cpp
index 853cac95..6d2191ce 100644
--- a/sample_shared/Main.cpp
+++ b/sample_shared/Main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ void testCrash()
     *i = 10;
 }
 
+void onRemoteConfigsUpdated(const char* configs)
+{
+    std::cout << "remote configs = " << (configs ? configs : "") << '\n';
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     std::cout << "start\n";
@@ -44,6 +49,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     gameAnalytics_setCustomDimension01("test");
 
+    // register before initialize or the first update is missed
+    gameAnalytics_configureRemoteConfigsListener(onRemoteConfigsUpdated);
+
     using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
     gameAnalytics_initialize(GAME_KEY, SECRET_KEY);
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bc97e123..b5402a6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ def main():
 
 		triplet = f'{arch}-{platform}'
 
+		# match CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY: /MD shared, /MT static
+		if args.platform.startswith('win'):
+			triplet = f'{arch}-windows-static-md' if args.shared else f'{arch}-windows-static'
+
 		if args.platform == 'osx':
 			osx_arch = arch if arch == 'arm64' else 'x86_64' # no official universal triplet for osx vcpkg
 			cmake_command += f' -DVCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET={triplet}'
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
index d17e578d..ae6f694a 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ namespace gameanalytics
                     }
                     catch (json::exception& e)
                     {
-                        logging::GALogger::e(e.what());
+                        // discard unparseable cached config
+                        logging::GALogger::w("Discarding incompatible cached sdk config: %s", e.what());
                         store::GAStore::setState("sdk_config_cached", "");
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.cpp
index a73bf901..17b3b4bb 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "GAUtilities.h"
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <memory>
 
 gameanalytics::StringVector makeStringVector(const char** arr, int size)
 {
@@ -315,6 +316,50 @@ GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getRemoteConfigsValueAsJson(const char* key)
     return gameAnalytics_allocString(returnValue);
 }
 
+namespace
+{
+    class ExternRemoteConfigsListener : public gameanalytics::IRemoteConfigsListener
+    {
+    public:
+
+        explicit ExternRemoteConfigsListener(GARemoteConfigsListener listener):
+            _listener(listener)
+        {
+        }
+
+        void onRemoteConfigsUpdated(std::string const& remoteConfigs) override
+        {
+            if (_listener)
+            {
+                _listener(remoteConfigs.c_str());
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+
+        GARemoteConfigsListener _listener;
+    };
+
+    std::shared_ptr<gameanalytics::IRemoteConfigsListener> g_externRemoteConfigsListener;
+}
+
+GA_API void gameAnalytics_configureRemoteConfigsListener(GARemoteConfigsListener listener)
+{
+    if (g_externRemoteConfigsListener)
+    {
+        gameanalytics::GameAnalytics::removeRemoteConfigsListener(g_externRemoteConfigsListener);
+        g_externRemoteConfigsListener.reset();
+    }
+
+    if (!listener)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_externRemoteConfigsListener = std::make_shared<ExternRemoteConfigsListener>(listener);
+    gameanalytics::GameAnalytics::addRemoteConfigsListener(g_externRemoteConfigsListener);
+}
+
 GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getABTestingId()
 {
     std::string returnValue = gameanalytics::GameAnalytics::getABTestingId();
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.h b/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.h
index c43f528f..02de4876 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.h
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GameAnalyticsExtern.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ enum GALoggerMessageType
 typedef float(*GAFpsTracker)(void);
 typedef void(*GALogHandler)(const char* message, GALoggerMessageType messageType);
 
+// called when remote configs are populated (on the SDK's internal thread)
+// the string is only valid during the call - copy it if needed, do not free it
+typedef void(*GARemoteConfigsListener)(const char* remoteConfigs);
+
 GA_API void gameAnalytics_freeString(const char* ptr);
 
 GA_API void gameAnalytics_configureAvailableCustomDimensions01(const char **customDimensions, int size);
@@ -138,6 +142,10 @@ GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getExternalUserId();
 GA_API GAStatus    gameAnalytics_isRemoteConfigsReady();
 GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getRemoteConfigsContentAsString();
 
+// single listener; registering again replaces it, NULL unregisters
+// register before initialize to not miss the first update
+GA_API void gameAnalytics_configureRemoteConfigsListener(GARemoteConfigsListener listener);
+
 GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getABTestingId();
 GA_API const char* gameAnalytics_getABTestingVariantId();
 
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
index 56dad87e..4862b49d 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/Platform/GALinux.cpp
@@ -78,24 +78,26 @@ std::string gameanalytics::GAPlatformLinux::getOSVersion()
     struct utsname info;
     uname(&info);
 
-    std::string version;
-    int const strSize = strlen(info.release);
+    std::string version = info.release;
+    size_t const strSize = version.size();
 
     int dotCount = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < strSize; ++i)
-    {    
-        if (info.release[i] == '.')
+    {
+        char const c = version[i];
+
+        if (c == '.')
         {
             ++dotCount;
             if (dotCount == 3)
             {
-                version = std::string(info.release, info.release + i);
+                version.resize(i);
                 break;
             }
         }
-        else if (!isdigit(info.release[i]))
+        else if (!isdigit(static_cast<unsigned char>(c)))
         {
-            version = std::string(info.release, info.release + i);
+            version.resize(i);
             break;
         }
     }