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fix(desktop): Windows updates no longer fail when one app process is left running - #25831
On Windows, in-app updates fail with Failed to uninstall old application files. Please try running the installer again.: 2 when one T3 Code process is still running from the install folder (for example, a main process that outlived the updater-controlled quit). After that the app comes back on the old version. electron-builder's NSIS FIND_PROCESS check runs (Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | ? {...}).Count -gt 0. In Windows PowerShell 5.1, .Count on a single CimInstance is empty, so with exactly one matching process the installer decides nothing is running and never kills it. The old uninstaller then can't move the locked exe and rolls back. Upstream: electron-userland/electron-builder#10454 (open, unfixed in 26.16.1).
Change
This adds a hunk to the existing patches/app-builder-lib@26.16.1.patch for templates/nsis/include/allowOnlyOneInstallerInstance.nsh:
FIND_PROCESS wraps the pipeline in @(...), so .Count is 1 for a single process on PowerShell 5.1 (the upstream proposal).
FIND_PROCESS and KILL_PROCESS both skip the installer's or uninstaller's own PID ($$_.ProcessId -ne $pid), the same exclusion upstream's taskkill path already uses. Without it, the corrected count would make an uninstaller running in place from the install folder (the TryInPlace fallback in installUtil.nsh) find and kill itself.
Compiled installer, before and after. This VM can't run Windows, so I built a real NSIS installer with makensis on Linux through each patched app-builder-lib copy. The probe project is synthetic, with compression: store. I then decoded the installer's UTF-16LE string table. (<var> is how NSIS encodes $INSTDIR/$pid, which are runtime variables.)
Patched dependency. The installed package contains both template edits, and the existing NsisTarget.js hunk is unchanged.
Tests.vp test run scripts/build-desktop-artifact.test.ts: 42/42 pass. vp run check:changed passes.
Not checked.cannot-verify windows. Nothing here runs Windows PowerShell 5.1 with real CimInstance objects or does an end-to-end update on Windows. The PowerShell 7 check covers the filter logic only, not the 5.1 .Count quirk itself. The reporter's separate observation, that the main process sometimes doesn't exit after the updater quit, is not addressed here.
Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code, via T3 Code) did the work. GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5 reviewed it.
…ore updating
On Windows PowerShell 5.1, `.Count` on a single CimInstance is empty, so
electron-builder's FIND_PROCESS reported "not running" when exactly one
T3 Code process was left in the install folder. KILL_PROCESS was skipped
and the old uninstaller failed with "Failed to uninstall old application
files ...: 2".
Extend the existing app-builder-lib@26.16.1 patch to wrap the pipeline in
`@(...)`, the fix proposed in electron-userland/electron-builder#10454.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When an upgrade runs the old uninstaller in place from the install
directory, the PowerShell process check now finds the uninstaller itself
and Stop-Process kills it. Exclude the installer/uninstaller's own PID in
both PowerShell filters, as the taskkill path already does.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The patch fixes detection of a single leftover app process during Windows updates and prevents the installer from targeting itself. Existing process-path filtering and shutdown behavior remain in place, keeping the change narrowly scoped.
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The NSIS patch adds Linux uninstaller extraction, adjusts PowerShell process detection and termination, and allows the running-app prompts and detail output to use optional custom messages.
Changes: Linux uninstaller extraction
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Summary
Use UninstallerReader on Linux patches/app-builder-lib@26.16.1.patch
The uninstaller-extraction condition now includes Linux hosts alongside macOS Catalina hosts.
PowerShell process handling
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Detect and terminate app processes patches/app-builder-lib@26.16.1.patch
Process detection wraps results in an array before checking .Count. Detection and termination exclude the current PID.
The macro initializes message variables from localized defaults, optionally invokes customAppRunningMessages, and uses the variables in its prompts and detail output.
pingdotgg/t3code#27886: Adds customAppRunningMessages and uses its overrides in the same NSIS running-app flow.
pingdotgg/t3code#27638: Replaces the NSIS PowerShell running-app check while changing the same detection and termination flow.
Suggested reviewers:yash-singh1
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to e5b29
No merge-blocking defect was identified. Windows end-to-end update behavior remains untested.
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Issue #25450 requires the installer-side fix and a separate investigation and fix for the Windows main-process teardown problem. The patch implements the installer-side fix: FIND_PROCESS uses `@(...…
Investigate the Windows main-process teardown failure described in #25450 and implement the required fix. Add automated coverage where feasible.
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The whole-PR summary reports additional NsisTarget behavior that extracts the uninstaller on Linux and reports _CHECK_APP_RUNNING custom-message changes. These changes are not connected to issue #…
Remove the unrelated NsisTarget and _CHECK_APP_RUNNING changes from this pull request, or provide concrete evidence that each change is required for #25450.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: preventing Windows updates from failing when one application process remains running.
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The description is complete and relevant. It covers the problem, expected behavior, implementation, scope, issue reference, verification steps, observed results, and known limitations. It does not inc…
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The description is complete and relevant. It covers the problem, expected behavior, implementation, scope, issue reference, verification steps, observed results, and known limitations. It does not include an explicit maintainer approval comment, but the remaining information is sufficient for a mostly complete description.
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Issue #25450 requires the installer-side fix and a separate investigation and fix for the Windows main-process teardown problem. The patch implements the installer-side fix: FIND_PROCESS uses @(...), and FIND_PROCESS and KILL_PROCESS exclude the installer's or uninstaller's PID. The PR states that it does not investigate or fix the teardown problem. The Windows PowerShell 5.1 and end-to-end test limits are evidence limits, not additional failures.
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Investigate the Windows main-process teardown failure described in #25450 and implement the required fix. Add automated coverage where feasible.
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The whole-PR summary reports additional NsisTarget behavior that extracts the uninstaller on Linux and reports _CHECK_APP_RUNNING custom-message changes. These changes are not connected to issue #25450's Windows process detection and termination objective. The process-detection changes and their supporting tests are in scope.
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Remove the unrelated NsisTarget and _CHECK_APP_RUNNING changes from this pull request, or provide concrete evidence that each change is required for #25450.
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Base uninstall failure with exactly one remaining app process: requires a Windows installation with Windows PowerShell 5.1.
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Problem
On Windows, in-app updates fail with
Failed to uninstall old application files. Please try running the installer again.: 2when one T3 Code process is still running from the install folder (for example, a main process that outlived the updater-controlled quit). After that the app comes back on the old version. electron-builder's NSISFIND_PROCESScheck runs(Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | ? {...}).Count -gt 0. In Windows PowerShell 5.1,.Counton a singleCimInstanceis empty, so with exactly one matching process the installer decides nothing is running and never kills it. The old uninstaller then can't move the locked exe and rolls back. Upstream: electron-userland/electron-builder#10454 (open, unfixed in 26.16.1).Change
This adds a hunk to the existing
patches/app-builder-lib@26.16.1.patchfortemplates/nsis/include/allowOnlyOneInstallerInstance.nsh:FIND_PROCESSwraps the pipeline in@(...), so.Countis 1 for a single process on PowerShell 5.1 (the upstream proposal).FIND_PROCESSandKILL_PROCESSboth skip the installer's or uninstaller's own PID ($$_.ProcessId -ne $pid), the same exclusion upstream'staskkillpath already uses. Without it, the corrected count would make an uninstaller running in place from the install folder (theTryInPlacefallback ininstallUtil.nsh) find and kill itself.pnpm-lock.yamlonly picks up the new patch hash.Scope and approval
Fixes #25450
Triaged via the automated issue flow.
Verification
Compiled installer, before and after. This VM can't run Windows, so I built a real NSIS installer with makensis on Linux through each patched
app-builder-libcopy. The probe project is synthetic, withcompression: store. I then decoded the installer's UTF-16LE string table. (<var>is how NSIS encodes$INSTDIR/$pid, which are runtime variables.)if ((Get-CimInstance … | ? {$_.Path -and …}).Count -gt 0)if (@(Get-CimInstance … | ? {$_.ProcessId -ne <var #180> -and $_.Path -and …}).Count -gt 0)Get-CimInstance … | ? {$_.Path -and …} | % { Stop-Process … }Get-CimInstance … | ? {$_.ProcessId -ne <var #180> -and $_.Path -and …} | % { Stop-Process … }<var #180>is the same variable as upstream'staskkill /FI "PID ne $pid". There is no literal$pidtext in the binary.Transcripts: before vs first commit, head. Scripts: nsis-probe-build.mjs, README, decode-installer-strings.py.
Filter logic. I ran the expanded commands in PowerShell 7.4.6 against synthetic process objects (own PID 4242):
Transcript, script, driver.
Patched dependency. The installed package contains both template edits, and the existing
NsisTarget.jshunk is unchanged.Tests.
vp test run scripts/build-desktop-artifact.test.ts: 42/42 pass.vp run check:changedpasses.Not checked.
cannot-verify windows. Nothing here runs Windows PowerShell 5.1 with realCimInstanceobjects or does an end-to-end update on Windows. The PowerShell 7 check covers the filter logic only, not the 5.1.Countquirk itself. The reporter's separate observation, that the main process sometimes doesn't exit after the updater quit, is not addressed here.Claude Opus 5.5 (Claude Code, via T3 Code) did the work. GPT-6.1 Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5 reviewed it.
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