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…d app electron-updater's AppImage install unlinked the running AppImage, then moved the new one in with a PATH-resolved `mv`. When `mv` failed (ENOTCONN from a dead AppImage mount on PATH), no AppImage was left to launch. Patch electron-updater 6.8.9 to stage the new AppImage beside the target (hard link, or copy across filesystems) and rename it over the old one, so there is no child process and a failure leaves the old file in place. Fixes pingdotgg#23188 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…eUpdater subclass The atomic AppImage install now lives in our code as a typed override of doInstall, so electron-updater stays unpatched and bumps don't touch it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The PR addresses the coding objective in #23188. AtomicAppImageUpdater.doInstall stages the download beside the destination, uses renameSync instead of PATH-resolved mv, removes the staged file … |
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#23188.AtomicAppImageUpdater.doInstallstages the download beside the destination, usesrenameSyncinstead of PATH-resolvedmv, removes the staged file when staging or rename fails, and deletes the download only after the swap. The existing AppImage remains available when installation fails. The updater routes AppImage builds through this subclass and preserves the upstream updater for other platforms.ElectronUpdater.test.tscovers replacement with an emptyPATHand preservation of the existing AppImage when the installer is unavailable.
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- Around line 51-63: Update AtomicAppImageUpdater.doInstall to preserve the
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| void this.spawnLog(destination, [], env); | ||
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<title>electron-builder/packages/electron-updater/src/AppImageUpdater.ts at master · electron-userland/electron-builder · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/AppImageUpdater.ts</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; throw newError("APPIMAGE env is not defined", "ERR_UPDATER_OLD_FILE_NOT_FOUND") ... return process.platform === "linux" ... protected doInstall(options: InstallOptions): boolean { ... // GitHub issue 2964 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) ... this.spawnLog(destination, [], env)
import { findFile, Provider } from "./providers/Provider.js"
import { DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS, ResolvedUpdateFileInfo, DownloadExecutorResult } from "./types.js"
export class AppImageUpdater extends BaseUpdater {
constructor(options?: AllPublishOptions | null, app?: any) {
super(options, app)
}
public isUpdaterActive(): boolean {
if (process.env["APPIMAGE"] == null && !this.forceDevUpdateConfig) {
if (process.env["SNAP"] == null) {
this._logger.warn("APPIMAGE env is not defined, current application is not an AppImage")
} else {
this._logger.info("SNAP env is defined, updater is disabled")
}
return false
}
return super.isUpdaterActive()
}
// replacing the AppImage file needs no elevation, so the automatic install at startup is allowed
protected get isAutoInstallOnNextLaunchSupported(): boolean {
return true
}
/*** @private */
protected doDownloadUpdate(downloadUpdateOptions: DownloadUpdateOptions): Promise<DownloadExecutorResult> {
const provider = downloadUpdateOptions.updateInfoAndProvider.provider
try {
const downloadOptions: DifferentialDownloaderOptions = {
newUrl: fileInfo.url,
oldFile,
logger: this._logger,
newFile: updateFile,
isUseMultipleRangeRequest: provider.isUseMultipleRangeRequest,
requestHeaders: this.downloadRequestHeaders(fileInfo.url, downloadUpdateOptions),
cancellationToken: downloadUpdateOptions.cancellationToken,
}
if (this.listenerCount(DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS) > 0) {
downloadOptions.onProgress = it => this.emit(DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS, it)
}
await new FileWithEmbeddedBlockMapDifferentialDownloader(fileInfo.info, this.httpExecutor, downloadOptions).download()
return false
} catch (e: any) {
this._logger.error(`Cannot download differentially, fallback to full download: ${e.stack || e}`)
// during test (developer machine mac) we must throw error
return process.platform === "linux"
}
}
protected doInstall(options: InstallOptions): boolean {
const appImageFile = process.env["APPIMAGE"]!
if (appImageFile == null) {
throw newError("APPIMAGE env is not defined", "ERR_UPDATER_OLD_FILE_NOT_FOUND")
}
if (!path.isAbsolute(appImageFile) || appImageFile.includes("\0")) {
throw newError(`APPIMAGE env is not a valid absolute path: "${appImageFile}"`, "ERR_UPDATER_OLD_FILE_NOT_FOUND")
}
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/1712051/1910191
unlinkSync(appImageFile)
let destination: string
const existingBaseName = path.basename(appImageFile)
const installerPath = this.installerPath
if (installerPath == null) {
this.dispatchError(new Error("No update filepath provided, can't quit and install"))
return false
}
// GitHub issue 2964 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
// if no version in existing file name, it means that user wants to preserve current custom name
if (path.basename(installerPath) === existingBaseName || !/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/.test(existingBaseName)) {
// no version in the file name, overwrite existing
destination = appImageFile
} else {
destination = path.join(path.dirname(appImageFile), path.basename(installerPath))
}
execFileSync("mv", ["-f", installerPath, destination])
if (destination !== appImageFile) {
this.emit("appimage-filename-updated", destination)
}
const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {
...process.env,
APPIMAGE_SILENT_INSTALL: "true",
}
if (options.isForceRunAfter) {
// eslint-d…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>electron-builder/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts at master · electron-userland/electron-builder · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 weeks ago; /AppUpdater.js" ... protected abstract doInstall(options: InstallOptions): boolean ... AppImage's ... "Update will not be installed on quit because the OS session is ending — the OS would kill the installer before it finishes and can leave the app in a broken state (GitHub issue 7807 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)). ... protected spawnSyncLog(cmd: string, args: string[] = [], env = {}): string { ... // GitHub issue 1129 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) Node 8 sends errors: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/errors.html#errors_common_system_errors
// spawn-and-quit loop on every launch
await downloadedUpdateHelper.clearPendingInstallMarker(this._logger)
this.updateInfoAndProvider = updateInfoAndProvider
this._logger.info(`Installing pending update ${latestInfo.version} on launch`)
const isInstalled = this.install(true, true)
if (isInstalled) {
setImmediate(() => this.app.quit())
} else {
// install() sets quitAndInstallCalled = true before doInstall; a failed/throwing install (e.g. AppImage's
// sync unlink+mv) would otherwise leave it stuck true and short-circuit every later install this session,
// while the pending marker has already been cleared above. Reset it so autoInstallEvent: "onQuit" / an explicit
// quitAndInstall can still install the cached update (matches the reset in quitAndInstall).
this.quitAndInstallCalled = false
}
return isInstalled
}
/**
* Re-verification of the cached installer's code signature before an install-on-next-launch is executed.
* Platforms without installer signature verification resolve to `null` (no error).
*/
protected verifyInstallerSignatureOnLaunch(_installerPath: string): Promise<string | null> {
return Promise.resolve(null)
}
private markPendingInstallOnNextLaunch(): boolean {
const downloadedUpdateHelper = this.downloadedUpdateHelper
if (downloadedUpdateHelper == null || this.installerPath == null || downloadedUpdateHelper.downloadedFileInfo == null) {
this.dispatchError(new Error("No update filepath provided, can't defer install to next launch"))
return envPath
.split(path.delimiter)
.filter((dir: string) => path.isAbsolute(dir))
.join(path.delimiter)
}
protected spawnSyncLog(cmd: string, args: string[] = [], env = {}): string {
this._logger.info(`Executing: ${cmd} with args: ${args}`)
const mergedEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { ...process.env, ...env }
const response = spawnSync(cmd, args, {
env: { ...mergedEnv, PATH: this.sanitizeEnvPath(mergedEnv.PATH ?? "") },
encoding: "utf-8",
shell: true,
})
const { error, status, stdout, stderr } = response
if (error != null) {
this._logger.error(stderr)
throw error
} else if (status != null && status !== 0) {
this._logger.error(stderr)
throw new Error(`Command ${cmd} exited with code ${status}`)
}
return stdout.trim()
}
/**
* This handles both node 8 and node 10 way of emitting error when spawning a process
* - node 8: Throws the error
* - node 10: Emit the error(Need to listen with on)
*/
// GitHub issue 1129 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
// Node 8 sends errors: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/errors.html#errors_common_system_errors
protected async spawnLog(cmd: string, args: string[] = [], env: any = undefined, stdio: StdioOptions = "ignore"): Promise<boolean> {
this._logger.info(`Executing: ${cmd} with args: ${args}`)
return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
try {
const params: SpawnOptions = { stdio, env, detached: true }
const p = spawn(cmd, args, params)
p.on("error", error => {
reject(error)
})
p.unref()
if (p.pid !== undefined) {
resolve(true)
}
} catch (error) {
reject(error)…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<location>https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-updater?activeTab=code</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search7 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 days ago; 6.8.9 • Public • Published 4 months ago ... You only need to install this module and write two lines of code! ... * Linux (AppImage, rpm, deb). ... `npm i electron-updater` ... github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder
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<title>electron-builder/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts at master · electron-userland/electron-builder · GitHub</title>
<location>https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/AppUpdater.ts</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last week; * the app is relaunched after quit, so there is no pending-install state managed by electron-updater. ... * electron-builder does not sign Linux packages, so this defaults to `true` to preserve working auto-updates: the ... You can pass [electron-log](https://github.com/megahertz/electron-log), [winston](https://github.com/winstonjs/winston) or another logger with the following interface: `{ info(), warn(), error() }`. ... //noinspection ES6MissingAwait ... * @returns {Promise<DownloadExecutorResult>} The downloaded files: `updateFile` is the path to the downloaded update (installer, AppImage, zip, ...), ... this.downloadPromise = this.doDownloadUpdate({
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
// shared rather than per-instance so that `updater.verifyUpdateFile === DEFAULT_VERIFY_UPDATE_FILE` identifies "no custom verifier"
const DEFAULT_VERIFY_UPDATE_FILE: VerifyUpdateFile = _params => Promise.resolve({ response: "success" })
export type AppUpdaterEvents = {
error: (error: Error, message?: string) => void
login: (info: AuthInfo, callback: LoginCallback) => void
"checking-for-update": () => void
"update-not-available": (info: UpdateInfo) => void
"update-available": (info: UpdateInfo) => void
"update-downloaded": (event: UpdateDownloadedEvent) => void
"download-progress": (info: ProgressInfo) => void
"update-cancelled": (info: UpdateInfo) => void
"appimage-filename-updated": (path: string) => void
}
export abstract class AppUpdater extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<AppUpdaterEvents>) {
/**
* Whether to automatically download an update when it is found.
* @default true
*/
autoDownload = true
/**
* When a downloaded update is automatically installed (if `quitAndInstall` was not called before).
*
* - `"onQuit"` (default) — install on app quit by spawning the installer while the app exits.
* - `"onNextLaunch"` — defer the install: any app quit persists an install-on-next-launch marker for the downloaded
* update; on the next launch the updater re-validates the cached installer against freshly fetched update info and
* installs it (see `installPendingUpdateIfAvailable`). This avoids the class of failures where the on-quit installer
* process is killed by the OS before it finishes — most notably Windows terminating the detached NSIS installer during
* session end (log off / shutdown / restart), which can leave the app uninstalled but not re-installed
* (see GitHub issue 7807 in electron-userland/electron-builder (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)). The automatic install at startup only runs
* for targets that can install without an elevation prompt: NSIS (per-user, `isAdminRightsRequired === false`) and
* AppImage. Linux package targets (deb, rpm, pacman) always elevate via pkexec/sudo, and NSIS per-machine installs
* trigger a UAC prompt, so for those the pending update is kept and `installPendingUpdateIfAvailable()` must be called
* explicitly at a moment the app controls.
* - `"manual"` — never auto-install; the downloaded update stays cached until an explicit `quitAndInstall()`.
*
* `"onNextLaunch"` is planned to become the DEFAULT in v28 to resolve this class of bug once and for all.
* @default "onQuit"
*/
autoInstallEvent: AutoInstallEvent = "onQuit"
/**
disableDifferentialDownload: this.disableDifferentialDownload,
})
.catch((e: any) => {
throw errorHandler(e)
})
.finally(() => {
this.downloadPromise = null
})
return this.downloadPromise
}
protected dispatchError(e: Error): void {
this.emit("error", e, (e.stack || e).toString())
}
protected dispatchUpdateDownloaded(event: UpdateDownloadedEvent): void {
this.emit(UPDATE_DOWNLOADED, event)
}
protected abstract doD…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>electron-updater@6.8.9 - jsDocs.io</title>
<location>https://www.jsdocs.io/package/electron-updater</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 days ago; * Version 6.8.9 ... npm i electron-updater ... * AppImageUpdater ... * doInstall() ... * spawnLog() ... class DebUpdater extends LinuxUpdater {}
### method doInstall
`
protected doInstall: (options: InstallOptions) => boolean;
`
### method installWithCommandRunner
`
static installWithCommandRunner: (
packageManager: 'dpkg' | 'apt',
installerPath: string,
commandRunner: (commandWithArgs: string[]) => void,
logger: Logger
) => void;
`
### class MacUpdater
`
class MacUpdater extends AppUpdater {}
`
### constructor
`
constructor(options?: AllPublishOptions, app?: AppAdapter);
`
### method doDownloadUpdate
`
protected doDownloadUpdate: (
downloadUpdateOptions: DownloadUpdateOptions
) => Promise<Array<string>>;
`
### method filterFilesForArch
`
protected static filterFilesForArch: (
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Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/AppImageUpdater.ts?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/BaseUpdater.ts?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron-updater?activeTab=code&utm_source=openai
Preserve the original AppImage when relaunch fails.
AtomicAppImageUpdater.doInstall removes appImage before void this.spawnLog(destination, [], env). spawnLog can reject when the detached child cannot start, but the rejection is discarded. The renamed destination remains available, so this does not leave the installation without a binary. It does violate the class comment that the old AppImage survives any failure. Defer removal until relaunch failure can be handled, or retain the old path for recovery.
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Update AtomicAppImageUpdater.doInstall to preserve the original appImage until
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Fixes #23188
Problem
On Linux, installing an AppImage update could delete the app. electron-updater 6.8.9 (6.8.11 has the same code) unlinks the running AppImage first, then moves the new file into place with
execFileSync("mv", …), which findsmvthrough PATH. If thatmvfails, the old file is already gone and nothing is left to launch. In #23188 it failed withspawnSync mv ENOTCONN: a dead.mount_T3-Cod*dir from an earlier launch was on PATH. The retry then hitENOENTon the unlink, and the next launch exited 127.Change
On AppImage builds,
ElectronUpdaternow usesAtomicAppImageUpdater, a subclass of electron-updater'sAppImageUpdaterthat overridesdoInstall. It puts the new AppImage beside the destination (a hard link, or a copy when the download is on another filesystem) andrenameSyncs it over the old file. No child process runs, so PATH doesn't matter, and the rename is atomic: if any step fails, the running AppImage stays in place and the staged file is removed. The download is deleted only after the swap succeeds, asmvdid before. The rest matches upstream: versioned file names follow the download (electron-builder#2964), and the relaunch is unchanged. Other platforms and the deb/rpm/pacman updaters keep using electron-updater'sautoUpdater.The same fix is proposed upstream in electron-userland/electron-builder#10386. Once it ships, the subclass can be deleted and
electron-updaterbumped.Scope and approval
The issue isn't triaged yet. I think this fits the small, focused fix exception: an update that fails partway should never delete the installed app, and the change is limited to that one install step, with no change to update policy or UI. It doesn't touch the separate stale-mount PATH cleanup (#18808, reverted in #22222). That fixed the trigger. This fixes the data loss whatever the trigger.
Verification
vp test run apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronUpdater.test.ts: 2/2 pass. The tests run the realdoInstallon a real temp dir, with PATH pointing at an empty dir.AppImageUpdaterfail on the bug itself:{ error: "Error: spawnSync mv ENOENT", appImage: null }, so the old AppImage is gone.vp packinapps/desktopsucceeds and bundles the subclass intodist-electron/main.cjs.vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests all pass.Built and verified with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code).
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