By default, the Chocolatey package downloads https://functionscdn.azureedge.net/public/4.0.5907/Azure.Functions.Cli.win-x86.4.0.5907.zip. It ends up creating a shim that points at the unzipped in-proc8\func.exe. It is this exe that has the 4.0.1 version. (.\func.exe has the correct version.)

@kshyju has more context on this.

Hi @kshyju, looking at the Logs of the chocolatey, shim for generating twice (we have 2 executables: one in root folder and other in inproc8) and --iconpath(target path) is getting replaced with inproc8/func.exe when shim is generated 2nd time. so, it is running the func.exe present in 'root/inproc8' folder. Could you please provide overview on whether shim needs to generate twice or based on some condition (
[installation script] (https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-core-tools/blob/v4.x/publish-scripts/chocolatey/installps_template)
of chocolatey).

I am experiencing the same issue.
Both version 4.0.6543 and 4.0.6594 show 4.0.6518 when requesting the version number using func --version.

Manually recreating the first shim for func.exe (in \lib\azure-functions-core-tools\tools\func.exe) seems to solve the problem at our end as a workaround.

This also happens when installing using Windows Installer (.exe).

followed by

4.0.6610 Commit hash: N/A +0d55b5d7efe83d85d2b5c6e0b0a9c1b213e96256 (64-bit) is the latest at the time this comment is posted.

This also happens using the npm package.

npm i -g azure-functions-core-tools@latest

And this also happens when installing or reinstalling using brew on macOS:

brew reinstall azure-functions-core-tools@4

Further, I used install first and canceled after "a few minutes" because I thought it was stuck. Then, I used reinstall and waited patiently. It took 4 minutes and 37 seconds to build on my MacBook Pro M1 Max. I did not expect that.

Can confirm what @ThomasBarnekow mentioned. I am using it on a Macbook with the M1 chip/Apple Silicon.
However, I uninstalled it completely, performed a brew cleanup and installed it again.
Same output:

Azure Functions Core Tools
Core Tools Version:       4.0.6610 Commit hash: N/A +0d55b5d7efe83d85d2b5c6e0b0a9c1b213e96256 (64-bit)
Function Runtime Version: 4.1036.1.23224

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You are using an old Core Tools version. Please upgrade to the latest version.

Any news on this @VineethReyya ?

Any update on this please? The official link in the docs installs version 4.0.6610.

Also having this problem, so does all of my team using Mac's. I think it's safe to say that most users (both win as mac) will have this issue? When is a fix expected?

Yay - it's fixed. Thank you @VineethReyya :)