Add RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED env var

Signed-off-by: Adam Pickering <[email protected]>
jandubois · May 23, 2023 · bffa8c4 · bffa8c4
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diff --git a/dev-app-update.yml b/dev-app-update.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+owner: rancher-sandbox
+repo: rancher-desktop
+updaterCacheDirName: rancher-desktop
+provider: custom
+upgradeServer: https://desktop.version.rancher.io/v1/checkupgrade
+vPrefixedTagName: true
diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/config/settings.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/config/settings.ts
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@ export function load(deploymentProfiles: DeploymentProfileType): Settings {
       settings.virtualMachine.memoryInGB = Math.min(6, Math.round(totalMemoryInGB / 4.0));
     }
   }
-  if (os.platform() === 'linux' && !process.env['APPIMAGE']) {
+
+  // determine whether updates should be enabled
+  if (process.env.RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED) {
+    console.debug('updates enabled via RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED');
+    settings.application.updater.enabled = true;
+  } else if (os.platform() === 'linux' && !process.env.APPIMAGE) {
     settings.application.updater.enabled = false;
   } else {
     const appVersion = getProductionVersion();

diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/index.ts b/pkg/rancher-desktop/main/update/index.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Electron.ipcMain.on('update-state', () => {
 });
 
 Electron.ipcMain.on('update-apply', () => {
-  if (!autoUpdater) {
+  if (!autoUpdater || process.env.RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED) {
     return;
   }
   autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ async function getUpdater(): Promise<AppUpdater | undefined> {
     throw e;
   }
 
+  if (process.env.RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED) {
+    updater.forceDevUpdateConfig = true;
+  }
+
   updater.logger = console;
   updater.autoDownload = true;
   updater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
@@ -246,7 +250,7 @@ export default async function setupUpdate(enabled: boolean, doInstall = false):
  * @returns Whether the update is being installed.
  */
 async function doInitialUpdateCheck(doInstall = false): Promise<boolean> {
-  if (doInstall && await hasQueuedUpdate()) {
+  if (doInstall && await hasQueuedUpdate() && !process.env.RD_FORCE_UPDATES_ENABLED) {
     console.log('Update is cached; forcing re-check to install.');
 
     return await new Promise((resolve) => {