Auto-update not working on WIN10

Here what I’m experiencing:

• I have both releases 0.1.31 and 0.1.32 on the repo GitHub
• I install 0.1.31
• I start 0.1.31
• nothing is prompt (should checkForUpdateAndNotify() notify user about the new update?)
• app closes

Code:

app.on('ready', async () => {
    //try to update!
    try {
        const info = await autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
        logger.info('checkForUpdatesAndNotify');
        logger.info(JSON.stringify(info));

        autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', info => {
            const quitAndInstalled = autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
            logger.info('quitAndInstalled');
            logger.info(quitAndInstalled);
        });

        autoUpdater.on('update-available', arg => {
            logger.info('update-available');
            logger.info(arg);
        });

        autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', arg => {
            logger.info('update-not-available');
            logger.info(arg);
        });

        autoUpdater.on('download-progress', arg => {
            logger.info('download-progress');
            logger.info(arg);
        });

        autoUpdater.on('error', error => {
            logger.info('error');
            logger.info(error.message);
            logger.info(error.stack);
        });
    }
    catch (error) {
        logger.info('autoupdate failed');
    }

    createWindow();
    createOrSyncTrayAndMenu();
});

Here what log.log in %appdata% says:

C:\Users\damiano\AppData\Roaming\TAV>type log.log
[2018-06-04 15:58:22.514] [info] ["C:\\Users\\damiano\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\TAV\\TAV.exe"]
[2018-06-04 15:58:22.579] [info] { defaultProtocolClientSet: true }
[2018-06-04 15:58:23.119] [info] Checking for update
[2018-06-04 15:58:23.365] [info] Generated new staging user ID: d3158bfd-196b-5f31-86ff-5d8941285791
[2018-06-04 15:58:26.478] [info] Found version 0.1.33 (url: TAV.exe)
[2018-06-04 15:58:26.478] [info] Downloading update from TAV.exe
[2018-06-04 15:58:26.478] [info] checkForUpdatesAndNotify
[2018-06-04 15:58:26.478] [info] {"versionInfo":{"version":"0.1.33","files":[{"url":"TAV.exe","sha512":"WdNsGytxp51XzHTEwUijfcG7H1fTt9jcWeQZb+0ukDUpj+i1btPqvVO6sysjwq03QZQP9/2F9mMbcm5+99rfAg==","size":46203281}],"path":"TAV.exe","sha512":"WdNsGytxp51XzHTEwUijfcG7H1fTt9jcWeQZb+0ukDUpj+i1btPqvVO6sysjwq03QZQP9/2F9mMbcm5+99rfAg==","sha2":"8a0c29d271deae77b0d4799c6678fd3a3cf743df03aa9a0703dadfe7d378b4fb","releaseDate":"2018-06-04T10:12:02.502Z","releaseName":"0.1.33","releaseNotes":""},"updateInfo":{"version":"0.1.33","files":[{"url":"TAV.exe","sha512":"WdNsGytxp51XzHTEwUijfcG7H1fTt9jcWeQZb+0ukDUpj+i1btPqvVO6sysjwq03QZQP9/2F9mMbcm5+99rfAg==","size":46203281}],"path":"TAV.exe","sha512":"WdNsGytxp51XzHTEwUijfcG7H1fTt9jcWeQZb+0ukDUpj+i1btPqvVO6sysjwq03QZQP9/2F9mMbcm5+99rfAg==","sha2":"8a0c29d271deae77b0d4799c6678fd3a3cf743df03aa9a0703dadfe7d378b4fb","releaseDate":"2018-06-04T10:12:02.502Z","releaseName":"0.1.33","releaseNotes":""},"cancellationToken":{"domain":null,"_events":{},"_eventsCount":0,"parentCancelHandler":null,"_parent":null,"_cancelled":false},"downloadPromise":{"isFulfilled":false,"isRejected":false}}
[2018-06-04 15:58:26.633] [info] No cached update available

I can see a temp.exe file in the app data folder:

C:\Users\damiano\AppData\Roaming\TAV>dir
 Il volume nell'unità C non ha etichetta.
 Numero di serie del volume: 12F5-187B

 Directory di C:\Users\damiano\AppData\Roaming\TAV

04/06/2018  15:58    <DIR>          .
04/06/2018  15:58    <DIR>          ..
04/06/2018  15:58                36 .updaterId
04/06/2018  15:58    <DIR>          Cache
04/06/2018  15:58            28.672 Cookies
04/06/2018  15:58                 0 Cookies-journal
04/06/2018  15:58    <DIR>          GPUCache
04/06/2018  15:57        46.203.376 installer.exe
04/06/2018  15:58             1.703 log.log
04/06/2018  15:58    <DIR>          logs
04/06/2018  15:58         5.377.381 temp-installer-0.1.33.exe <== here!

But If I try to open it manually I get the following:

I see the temp-installer.exe is just 5MB while the .exe in the release on GitHub is 44MB. I’m not sure whether a differential download is made (is this possible?) but I think the file download failed without firing the ‘error’ event (resulting a corrupted .exe file). Furthermore update-downloaded event is not logged, so probably the app is not closed by the autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() call?

What do you think? Is this a bug?

Versions and nsis config:

{
    "build": {
        ...
        "asar": true,
        "win": {
            "target": "nsis",
            "icon": "./icons/logo.ico",
            "publisherName": "Translated SRL"
        },
        "nsis": {
            "oneClick": false,
            "perMachine": true,
            "allowElevation": true,
            "deleteAppDataOnUninstall": true,
            "createDesktopShortcut": "always",
            "menuCategory": "Translated - TAV",
            "installerHeaderIcon": "./icons/logo.ico",
            "installerIcon": "./icons/logo.ico",
            "uninstallerIcon": "./icons/logo.ico",
            "installerSidebar": "./icons/win-installer-sidebar.bmp",
            "installerHeader": "./icons/win-installer-header.bmp",
            "uninstallerSidebar": "./icons/win-uninstaller-sidebar.bmp",
            "license": "./assets/license.txt"
        },
        ...
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
        "better-console": "^1.0.1",
        "electron-log": "^2.2.14",
        "electron-updater": "^2.21.10",
        "lodash": "^4.17.10",
        "luxon": "^1.2.1",
        "mz": "^2.7.0",
        "sleep-promise": "^6.0.0",
        "typeface-montserrat": "^0.0.54",
        "ws": "^5.1.1"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "babel-eslint": "^8.2.3",
        "electron": "^2.0.1",
        "electron-builder": "^20.13.4",
        "electron-debug": "^1.5.0",
        "electron-reload": "^1.2.2",
        "eslint": "^4.19.1",
        "eslint-loader": "^2.0.0",
        "eslint-plugin-jest": "^21.15.0",
        "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0",
        "png2icns": "^0.0.1"
    }
}

[damianobarbati]

Smart move, thanks @peterdanis! I’m packing locally triggering the update without pushing to GitHub.

However the app just dies in the middle of downloading update with no error. I tried removing the makeSingleInstance logic but it doesn’t matter. Notification with checkForUpdatesAndNotify never worked.

Any idea? I’ve run out of ideas 😔

[brennomarques]

Do you want some help, for example: I have an application that can update what this server does not, but it downloads that update but does not update, something that is missing? follow my .json and main.js

{
  "name": "assistente",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron .",
    "dist": "electron-builder"
  },
  "build": {
    "appId": "com.example.app",
    "publish": [
      {
        "provider": "generic",
        "url": "http://localhost:80/"
      }
    ]
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "electron": "^8.2.5",
    "electron-builder": "^22.6.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "electron-log": "^4.1.2",
    "electron-updater": "^4.3.1"
  }
}

const { app, BrowserWindow, dialog } = require('electron')
const { autoUpdater } = require("electron-updater")
const log = require('electron-log');

autoUpdater.logger = log;
autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = 'info';


function createWindow() {
    // Cria uma janela de navegação.
    let win = new BrowserWindow({
        width: 800,
        height: 600,
        webPreferences: {
            nodeIntegration: true
        }
    })

    // e carregar o index.html do aplicativo.
    win.loadFile('index.html')
    autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
}

app.whenReady().then(createWindow)

autoUpdater.on('update-available', info => {
    log.info('update-available');
    const dialogOpts = {
        type: 'info',
        buttons: ['Atualizar', 'Agora Não'],
        title: 'Atualização do Aplicativo',
        message: 'Atualização Disponível',
        detail: 'Uma nova versão do Assistente está disponível. É preciso reiniciar o aplicativo para aplicar as atualizações.'
    }

    dialog.showMessageBox(dialogOpts, (response) => {
        if (response === 0) autoUpdater.quitAndInstall()
    })

});

The .logs file looks like this …,

[2020-05-18 11:34:00.555] [info] Checking for update
[2020-05-18 11:34:01.995] [info] Found version 2.0.0 (url: assistente Setup 2.0.0.exe)
[2020-05-18 11:34:02.001] [info] update-available
[2020-05-18 11:34:02.012] [info] Downloading update from assistente Setup 2.0.0.exe
[2020-05-18 11:34:02.028] [info] Cached update sha512 checksum doesn't match the latest available update. New update must be downloaded. Cached: r0pMhztQ0DLw1hL4ttKErU9RX1nLHC55sG2z7UDlUskA/rprCq7oVhZSUXa0qiSb2s16kapo6WAuwaBy2vSXZQ==, expected: qH+svT/BpBErAhpds6f5XeZRjNGpR+qZOcle/BQYjhIgDiQASs0siPQaCtNynelen3mbu4G5neWL9tNOeN18pw==. Directory for cached update will be cleaned
[2020-05-18 11:34:02.053] [info] Download block maps (old: "http://localhost/assistente%20Setup%201.0.0.exe.blockmap", new: http://localhost/assistente%20Setup%202.0.0.exe.blockmap)
[2020-05-18 11:34:02.093] [error] Cannot download differentially, fallback to full download: Error: Cannot download "http://localhost/assistente%20Setup%201.0.0.exe.blockmap", status 404: Not Found
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (C:\Users\brenno\AppData\Local\Programs\seu-app\resources\app.asar\node_modules\builder-util-runtime\out\httpExecutor.js:280:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:210:5)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (electron/js2c/browser_init.js:2510:12)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (events.js:210:5)
[2020-05-18 11:34:03.697] [info] New version 2.0.0 has been downloaded to C:\Users\brenno\AppData\Local\assistente-updater\pending\assistente Setup 2.0.0.exe
[2020-05-18 11:34:06.910] [info] Auto install update on quit
[2020-05-18 11:34:06.918] [info] Install: isSilent: true, isForceRunAfter: false