quitAndInstall() Not Restarting App on macOS Big Sur

• Version: 22.8.1 (electron-builder), 4.3.5 (electron-updater)

• Electron Version: 7.3.2
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: macOS

The auto-update flow (checkForUpdates, update-downloaded, etc.) is working for Mojave, Catalina, and Big Sur. The update is successfully installed on each version on re-opening of the app. On calling quitAndInstall however, the app only relaunches on Mojave and Catalina but fails to restart the app on Big Sur.

In addition to the traditional quitAndInstall call, we’ve attempted to work around the inability to restart the app on Big Sur using the following relaunch code but these have all failed to successfully relaunch post-update:

app.relaunch();

app.relaunch({ execSync: '/Applications/AppName.app'});

app.relaunch({ args: process.argv.slice(1).concat(['--relaunch']) });

As Big Sur is planned to be release out of beta in the near future, it is probably good to get in front of it to ensure app relaunch in quitAndInstall works when users update.

[alectrocute]

Still relevant.

[johnnyopao]

Also seeing the same issue. Nothing we’ve tried so far has relaunched the app

electron-builder 21.1.5 electron-updater 4.3.4