Fixed outdated GPU metadata caching

fixes #247

Author: ElPumpo

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Support to autodetect eGPUs (Issue #182)
 
 ### Fixed
+- Outdated GPU metadata caching issues (Issue #247)
 - Old libary installation files would cause identification problems (Issue #241)
 
 ## [1.19.1] - 2024-06-26

TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker/Handlers/MetadataHandler.cs

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class MetadataHandler
         /// </summary>
         static OSClassRoot cachedOSData;
 
-        public static void PrepareCache()
+        public static void PrepareCache(bool forceRecache = false)
         {
-            var gpuData = GetCachedMetadata("gpu-data.json", false);
-            var osData = GetCachedMetadata("os-data.json", false);
+            var gpuData = GetCachedMetadata("gpu-data.json", forceRecache);
+            var osData = GetCachedMetadata("os-data.json", forceRecache);
 
             // Validate GPU Data JSON
             try {

TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker/MainConsole.cs

@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ private static void CheckArgs(string[] args)
         /// <summary>
         /// Finds the GPU, the version and queries up to date information
         /// </summary>
-        ///
-        private static (GPU, int) GetDriverMetadata()
+
+        private static (GPU, int) GetDriverMetadata(bool forceRecache = false)
         {
             bool isNotebook = false;
             bool isDchDriver = false; // TODO rewrite for each GPU
@@ -550,17 +550,25 @@ private static (GPU, int) GetDriverMetadata()
                 }
             }
 
-            Write("ERROR!");
-            WriteLine();
-            WriteLine("GPU metadata for your card does not exist, or could not be validated! Please file an issue on the GitHub project page and include the following information:");
-            WriteLine();
+            // If no GPU could be validated, then force recache once, and loop again.
+            // This fixes issues related with outdated cache
+            if (!forceRecache) {
+                MetadataHandler.PrepareCache(true);
+                return GetDriverMetadata(true);
+            } else {
+                Write("ERROR!");
+                WriteLine();
+                WriteLine("GPU metadata lookup has failed! Please file an issue on the GitHub project page and include the following information:");
+                WriteLine();
 
-            foreach (GPU gpu in gpuList) {
-                WriteLine($"GPU Name: '{gpu.name}' | VendorId: {gpu.vendorId} | DeviceId: {gpu.deviceId} | IsNotebook: {gpu.isNotebook}");
-            }
+                foreach (GPU gpu in gpuList)
+                {
+                    WriteLine($"GPU Name: '{gpu.name}' | VendorId: {gpu.vendorId} | DeviceId: {gpu.deviceId} | IsNotebook: {gpu.isNotebook}");
+                }
 
-            callExit(1);
-            return (null, 0);
+                callExit(1);
+                return (null, 0);
+            }
         }
 
         private static JObject GetDriverDownloadInfo(int gpuId, int osId, bool isDchDriver) {