macOS Auto-Update Support

Version: 4.35.0 Date: 2026-02-13

Goal: Enable automatic updates for macOS users, bringing feature parity with Windows.

Solution: Integrated electron-updater with channel detection (beta/stable) and nuts release API.

Features:

• macOS users now see update notifications like Windows users
• Auto-detection of beta/stable channel based on app version
• Update banner with "Click to install and restart" action
• Update error handling to hide banner on failure

Implementation Details:

• Refactored autoUpdater setup into dedicated setupAutoUpdater(window) function
• Feed URL uses nuts release API: /download/channel/{beta|stable}
• Added update-error IPC event to reset UI state on failure
• Modified setUpdate(boolean) action to support reset

Files Modified:

• index.js - Refactored autoUpdater setup with channel detection
• src/store/actions.ts - setUpdate now accepts boolean parameter
• src/services/fileProtect/storeAction.ts - actionSetUpdate accepts boolean
• src/services/fileProtect/ipcRenderAction.ts - Added update-error listener
• package.json - Added mac.target: ["dmg", "zip"] for auto-update compatibility
• .gitlab-ci.yml - Include .zip and *-mac.yml in artifacts