[Windows] Auto-update fails with "the system cannot find the file specified"

[acarl005]

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Describe the bug

When clicking the update button in Warp on Windows to initiate the auto-update flow, sometimes it fails with a message "". It often succeeds on retry.

To reproduce

No definitive repro.

Expected behavior

Clean auto-update with no errors

Screenshots, videos, and logs

Operating system (OS)

Windows

Operating system and version

11

Shell Version

No response

Current Warp version

No response

Regression

No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp

Recent working Warp date

No response

Additional context

No response

Does this block you from using Warp daily?

No

Is this an issue only in Warp?

Yes, I confirmed that this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.

Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e

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@acarl005

This issue appears to overlap with existing issues:

• Updating Warp on Windows fails every first time #8339 — Updating Warp on Windows fails every first time
• [Windows] Auto-update failures #10044 — [Windows] Auto-update failures

If this report is meaningfully different, please comment with the additional context or distinguishing behavior so a maintainer can review it. Otherwise, a maintainer may close it as a duplicate after review.

Maintainer details

I concluded that windows auto-update fails intermittently on the first attempt with a missing-file error and appears to match the existing Windows auto-update failure cluster..

Duplicate reasoning

• Updating Warp on Windows fails every first time #8339: Reports the same Windows update flow failing on the first attempt, showing an error, and then succeeding after restarting Warp and retrying.
• [Windows] Auto-update failures #10044: Open tracking issue for Windows auto-update failures that explicitly links the first-attempt retry-success report in Updating Warp on Windows fails every first time #8339 and the related Linear tracking item.

This is my automated analysis and may be incorrect. A maintainer will verify the details.

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