desktop: Infinite "Update and Restart"

Describe the bug

Infinite “Update and Restart”. Never updates the software but keeps showing me the dialog to update and restart.

Version & OS

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Open App
  2. Click on ‘Update and Restart’
  3. Rinse and Repeat

Expected behavior

Update the software.

Actual behavior

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About this issue

  • Original URL
  • State: closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions: 2
  • Comments: 16 (6 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I’ve struggled with this issue for years. I think I may have stumbled upon a fix, curious if this will work for others as well: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/12818#issuecomment-1046915246