Automatic Updates

[dantheuber]

Summary

• Automatic update checks on startup: Clipless now checks for updates in the background when it launches, downloads any available update silently, and prompts the user with a native "Restart Now / Later" dialog when the update is ready. All errors are swallowed silently so unsupported platforms (e.g. unsigned macOS builds) never surface failures to the user.

Added

• New automaticUpdates user setting (default: on) exposed as a toggle in Application Settings.
• runAutomaticUpdateCheck in src/main/updater wired into app startup, gated by the new setting and is.dev.
• Native dialog.showMessageBox prompt with "Restart Now" / "Later" buttons shown when an update finishes downloading.
• 20 new unit tests in src/main/updater/index.test.ts plus renderer tests for the new toggle.

Changed

• autoInstallOnAppQuit is now true so picking "Later" still installs the update on the next app quit.
• Updater helper text in UpdaterControl reflects the new automatic-check behavior.

Fixed

• The persistent update-downloaded listener no longer calls autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() immediately, which was racing the manual "Check for Updates" flow and preventing the "Restart & Install" button from being clickable.

Removed

• The 10-second setTimeout + checkForUpdatesAndNotify() from configureAutoUpdater (superseded by the new automatic-check flow).

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🧪 E2E Test Results

✅ 18 passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Test Suite	Result
App Launch	✅
Clipboard	✅
Context Menu	✅
Image Clipboard	✅
Quick Clips	✅
Settings	✅
Theme	✅
Settings — Search Terms CRUD	✅
Settings — Quick Tools CRUD	✅
Settings — Templates CRUD	✅
Tools Launcher — Pattern Scanning	✅
Tools Launcher — Clip Templates	✅