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feat: download installer on "Update" click instead of opening the GitHub release web-page#1666

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☑️ Resolves

  • A user won't need to manually find the correct installer and download it on the scary GitHub release page
  • If in the future the current installer isn't available anymore — fallback to opening the release page
  • Next steps:
    • New section in the settings to select the release channel and have more info about the update (requires new strings)
    • Auto-update
  • Tested on all Linux and Windows installers + fallback case

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refactor: githubReleaseNotification.service.js->githubRelease.service.ts
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refactor: migrate githubRelease.service.ts to TS
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refactor: move isSquirrel check to system.utils
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refactor: make github-release IPC consistent with other methods
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feat: download the current installer on click on update
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@ShGKme ShGKme added this to the 🪴 Next Release milestone Feb 19, 2026
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Antreesy commented Feb 19, 2026

Fallback is working for me. Don't know though how to trigger the file download with tweaking versions

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ShGKme commented Feb 19, 2026

Fallback is working for me. Don't know though how to trigger the file download with tweaking versions

But fallback is also available only when a new version is detected...

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Antreesy commented Feb 20, 2026

NVM, tested the wrong branch

@ShGKme ShGKme merged commit 3f25ca9 into main Feb 20, 2026
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