Add auto-updating system [electron-only]

[rafaellehmkuhl]

This PR adds an auto-updating system to the electron version of Cockpit.

This system informs the user when new versions are available, allows the user to download and install it, ignore it for now or skip the given version.

With it, the users don't have to reach out to GitHub to check for new versions and download them anymore.

Kapture.2024-12-11.at.06.14.54.mp4

It works here by mocking the version, which means it will almost surely work once in production. To test it with the mocks, checkout this branch.

Fix #1290.

[ArturoManzoli]

I'm trying to test with the mocks made, but can't get any update popup to show.

I should just checkout 'auto-update-dev-test-changes' and run the electron app?
Can it be in dev mode?

[rafaellehmkuhl]

I'm trying to test with the mocks made, but can't get any update popup to show.

I should just checkout 'auto-update-dev-test-changes' and run the electron app? Can it be in dev mode?

Did you run a bun install after checking-out? There are two new packages that should be installed for it to work.

[ArturoManzoli]

I'm trying to test with the mocks made, but can't get any update popup to show.
I should just checkout 'auto-update-dev-test-changes' and run the electron app? Can it be in dev mode?

Did you run a bun install after checking-out? There are two new packages that should be installed for it to work.

Yep, I did. Also tried from the electron AppImage executable, but it also didn't run the mocked update

[rafaellehmkuhl]

I'm trying to test with the mocks made, but can't get any update popup to show.
I should just checkout 'auto-update-dev-test-changes' and run the electron app? Can it be in dev mode?

Did you run a bun install after checking-out? There are two new packages that should be installed for it to work.

Yep, I did. Also tried from the electron AppImage executable, but it also didn't run the mocked update

Strange. Just tested here without problems. Let me rebase the lockfile to see if that helps.

[rafaellehmkuhl]

@ArturoManzoli rebased. Can you try again?

If it doesn't work, try removing node-modules and the bun lockfile, and run bun install again. Bun is a pita sometimes with that.

If it still doesn't run, can you check the console (both from the terminal and browser) to see what is going on?

[ArturoManzoli]

If it still doesn't run, can you check the console (both from the terminal and browser) to see what is going on?

It didn't help deleting the node-modules folder and the lock file.
The only thing in console during boot is:

[rafaellehmkuhl]

For notice: it may be that we can't make the auto-update system work on Linux, due to restrictions on how it works, and the feature will be mac/windows-only. I confirmed already that it is working on mac and @ArturoManzoli will test to see if it's working on Windows.

There's a small chance we can make it work on Linux and this comment is maybe relevant.

[ArturoManzoli]

For notice: it may be that we can't make the auto-update system work on Linux, due to restrictions on how it works, and the feature will be mac/windows-only. I confirmed already that it is working on mac and @ArturoManzoli will test to see if it's working on Windows.

There's a small chance we can make it work on Linux and this comment is maybe relevant.

Tested and confirmed. It works very well on Windows