Workaround Squirrel.Mac wedging app restart after failed update check (#629)

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Michael Telatynski 2023-04-18 11:37:36 +01:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/
import { autoUpdater, ipcMain } from "electron";
import { app, autoUpdater, ipcMain } from "electron";
const UPDATE_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
const INITIAL_UPDATE_DELAY_MS = 30 * 1000;
@ -26,7 +26,37 @@ function installUpdate(): void {
autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
}
function pollForUpdates(): void {
// Workaround for Squirrel.Mac wedging auto-restart if latest check for update failed
// From https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/12433#issuecomment-1508995119
async function safeCheckForUpdate(): Promise<void> {
if (process.platform === "darwin") {
const feedUrl = autoUpdater.getFeedURL();
// On Mac if the user has already downloaded an update but not installed it and
// we check again and no additional new update is available the app ends up in a
// bad state and doesn't restart after installing any updates that are downloaded.
// To avoid this we check manually whether an update is available and call the
// autoUpdater.checkForUpdates() when something new is there.
try {
const res = await global.fetch(feedUrl);
const { currentRelease } = await res.json();
const latestVersionDownloaded = latestUpdateDownloaded.releaseName;
console.info(
`Latest version from release download: ${currentRelease} (current: ${app.getVersion()}, most recent downloaded ${latestVersionDownloaded}})`,
);
if (currentRelease === app.getVersion() || currentRelease === latestVersionDownloaded) {
ipcChannelSendUpdateStatus(false);
return;
}
} catch (err) {
console.error(`Error checking for updates ${feedUrl}`, err);
ipcChannelSendUpdateStatus(false);
return;
}
}
autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
}
async function pollForUpdates(): Promise<void> {
try {
// If we've already got a new update downloaded, then stop trying to check for new ones, as according to the doc
// at https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/docs/api/auto-updater.md#autoupdatercheckforupdates
@ -34,7 +64,7 @@ function pollForUpdates(): void {
// As a hunch, this might also be causing https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/12433
// due to the update checks colliding with the pending install somehow
if (!latestUpdateDownloaded) {
autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
await safeCheckForUpdate();
} else {
console.log("Skipping update check as download already present");
global.mainWindow?.webContents.send("update-downloaded", latestUpdateDownloaded);