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EPERM error on windows during update process
See original GitHub issue- Version: electron-builder v20.38.5 electron-updater v4.0.6 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/development/package.json#L116
- Target: macOS
We’ve had quite a few of our users run into this, a new issue appearing with a recent upgrade of Electron Builder/Updater. Maybe the file isn’t fully downloaded and closed before we try to do something with it?
It seems to happen before the prompt is shown asking the user to update - you can see our update code here:
- Checking for new version: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/84bb9be6a9c8bcd520301cc0220f4b7109cb0923/app/auto_update.js#L21-L27
- Listening for ‘update-downloaded’ event: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/84bb9be6a9c8bcd520301cc0220f4b7109cb0923/app/auto_update.js#L77-L79
- Kicking off the upgrade with the downloaded file: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/84bb9be6a9c8bcd520301cc0220f4b7109cb0923/app/auto_update.js#L49-L58
The callstack looks like this:
Unhandled Promise Rejection
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\signal-desktop-beta-updater\pending\temp-signal-desktop-beta-win-1.21.0-beta.4.exe'
at ElectronHttpExecutor.download (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\electronHttpExecutor.ts:23:73)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\NsisUpdater.ts:35:35)
From previous event:
at Object.task (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\NsisUpdater.ts:31:11)
at C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:610:25
From previous event:
at NsisUpdater.executeDownload (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:545:68)
at NsisUpdater.executeDownload (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\BaseUpdater.ts:27:18)
at NsisUpdater.doDownloadUpdate (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\NsisUpdater.ts:27:17)
at NsisUpdater.downloadUpdate (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:420:19)
at C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:383:49
at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
at runCallback (timers.js:696:18)
at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:667:5)
at processImmediate (timers.js:649:5)
From previous event:
at NsisUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:360:34)
at NsisUpdater.checkForUpdates (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-updater\src\AppUpdater.ts:220:35)
at Timeout.checkForUpdates [as _onTimeout] (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\signal-desktop-beta\resources\app.asar\app\auto_update.js:22:15)
at ontimeout (timers.js:427:11)
at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:289:5)
at listOnTimeout (timers.js:252:5)
at Timer.processTimers (timers.js:212:10)
Original bug: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3106
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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.
I still have this issue, when I cancelled my current update, and re-update again, I got “[2021-02-19 10:39:17.858] [warn] auto updater error – real Error: EPERM: operation not permitted,” does anyone have a solution?
Update: during 2 days, i found the solution. thanks to @StaZhu, I forked the repo and use his changes. It works!
It seems like electron-builder team has no longer maintain the framework anymore