fix(electron): app got deleted when auto update on windows (#7820)

packages/frontend/electron/src/main/updater/custom-github-provider.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 // credits: migrated from https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/electron-updater/src/providers/GitHubProvider.ts
 
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
-
 import type {
   CustomPublishOptions,
   GithubOptions,
@@ -10,7 +7,6 @@ import type {
   XElement,
 } from 'builder-util-runtime';
 import { HttpError, newError, parseXml } from 'builder-util-runtime';
-import { app } from 'electron';
 import type {
   AppUpdater,
   ResolvedUpdateFileInfo,
@@ -24,6 +20,9 @@ import {
   resolveFiles,
 } from 'electron-updater/out/providers/Provider';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
+
+import { isSquirrelBuild } from './utils';
+
 interface GithubUpdateInfo extends UpdateInfo {
   tag: string;
 }
@@ -41,13 +40,6 @@ interface GithubRelease {
 
 const hrefRegExp = /\/tag\/([^/]+)$/;
 
-function isSquirrelBuild() {
-  // if it is squirrel build, there will be 'squirrel.exe'
-  // otherwise it is in nsis web mode
-  const files = fs.readdirSync(path.dirname(app.getPath('exe')));
-  return files.some(it => it.includes('squirrel.exe'));
-}
-
 export class CustomGitHubProvider extends BaseGitHubProvider<GithubUpdateInfo> {
   constructor(
     options: CustomPublishOptions,

packages/frontend/electron/src/main/updater/electron-updater.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { app } from 'electron';
-import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
+import { autoUpdater as defaultAutoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 
 import { buildType } from '../config';
 import { logger } from '../logger';
 import { CustomGitHubProvider } from './custom-github-provider';
 import { updaterSubjects } from './event';
+import { WindowsUpdater } from './windows-updater';
 
 const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 const isDev = mode === 'development';
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ const isDev = mode === 'development';
 // skip auto update in dev mode & internal
 const disabled = buildType === 'internal' || isDev;
 
+export const autoUpdater =
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? new WindowsUpdater() : defaultAutoUpdater;
+
 export const quitAndInstall = async () => {
   autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
 };

packages/frontend/electron/src/main/updater/utils.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+import { app } from 'electron';
+
+let _isSquirrelBuild: boolean | null = null;
+export function isSquirrelBuild() {
+  if (typeof _isSquirrelBuild === 'boolean') {
+    return _isSquirrelBuild;
+  }
+
+  // if it is squirrel build, there will be 'squirrel.exe'
+  // otherwise it is in nsis web mode
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(path.dirname(app.getPath('exe')));
+  _isSquirrelBuild = files.some(it => it.includes('squirrel.exe'));
+
+  return _isSquirrelBuild;
+}

packages/frontend/electron/src/main/updater/windows-updater.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { app } from 'electron';
+import { NsisUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
+import { DownloadedUpdateHelper } from 'electron-updater/out/DownloadedUpdateHelper';
+
+export class WindowsUpdater extends NsisUpdater {
+  protected override downloadedUpdateHelper: DownloadedUpdateHelper =
+    new DownloadedUpdateHelper(app.getPath('sessionData'));
+}