Auto-update doesn't work reliably #1663
Description
On my Win7 machine, the auto-update only works if I restart the computer. Today, it even took two restarts to work.
I tested this today through two updates:
- SN had been at v3.14.1 for about a month without showing the blue "New update" notice, but recognized that a new update (v3.22.11) was available. Restarting the app did not help (checked that process had stopped).
- Restarted the machine and upon launching SN it showed the blue "New update" notice, then I was able to close and successfully update the app to v3.22.11 (the latest available on that archived repo)
- After restarting the app, it again refused to show the "New update" notice but it did recognize that a new update (v3.23.61) was available. Restarting the app did not help (checked that process had stopped).
- After restarting the computer, it still surprisingly would not show the "New update" notice.
- But after restarting the computer a second time and launching the SN app, it showed that blue notice and I was able to successfully update the app to v3.23.61 (the latest as of today).
So for anyone experiencing issues with the auto-update, at least on Windows, try restarting your PC--twice even--and see if the auto-update works then.
And FYI, in my tests, the blue "New update" notice appears very quickly (when it worked) upon launching the app, between 20 seconds and 2 minutes. So for users that are waiting hours or days expecting it to appear: don't.
Similar:
standardnotes/desktop#880
https://www.reddit.com/r/StandardNotes/comments/v7jhe6/auto_update_functionality/
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