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fix(web): tell update-all users where to update desktop servers it can't reach - #33030
Update all skips a desktop-managed server that doesn't advertise capabilities.desktopAppUpdate with the reason "needs a newer desktop app". That reason isn't always true.
The server only advertises desktopAppUpdate when the desktop passes it a control fd (apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts). The WSL backend bootstrap gets no fd, because wsl.exe cannot pass extra fds. It still runs in mode: "desktop", though. So a WSL backend is always skipped with "needs a newer desktop app", even when its desktop app is current, as the issue reports. The channel-switch path has the same problem with desktopAppChannelSwitch, which is advertised under the same condition.
Change
Skipping is still correct: without the control channel, this client cannot ask that desktop app to update. Only the reason changes. It now names the action that works for both cases (an older desktop app, a WSL backend), worded like the existing "switch the Mac app on that Mac":
update: "needs a newer desktop app" → "update the desktop app on that machine"
channel switch: "needs a newer desktop app" → "switch the desktop app on that machine"
I'm submitting this as a small, focused fix for an obvious bug: the dialog shows a reason that is false for every WSL backend. It changes no update behavior. Two strings, a comment, and tests.
Out of scope: letting WSL backends update remotely. That would need a new control channel between Windows and WSL, which needs a maintainer decision first.
Verification
Added a collectServerUpdateTargets case for a desktop-managed server without desktopAppUpdate (the WSL shape). Nothing covered this skip before. Updated the existing channel-switch expectation.
vp test run apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.test.ts: 10/10 pass.
With the logic change reverted, the new case and the channel-switch case fail. Both receive "needs a newer desktop app".
vp fmt --check and vp lint on both files are clean.
Not checked: I didn't run Update all against a real Windows + WSL machine. The change only affects which string collectServerUpdateTargets and trackSwitchMove return. The dialog renders that string unchanged.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The messages now tell users to update or switch the desktop app on the affected machine. Existing capability checks and update behavior are unchanged, keeping the change limited to user guidance.
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The update flow now uses machine-specific skip reasons when desktop-managed servers lack desktop update or channel-switch support. Tests cover the updated reasons and behavior for WSL and desktop servers.
Changes: Desktop update messages
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Summary
Update and channel-switch skip reasons apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.ts, apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.test.ts
Desktop-managed servers without desktop update support receive an instruction to update T3 Code on that machine. If a server cannot switch tracks, the planner uses that instruction when the server is already on the requested track, and asks to change the update track on that machine otherwise. Tests cover these cases.
pingdotgg/t3code#30784 — The revised message addresses guidance for desktop-managed servers without desktop update support. The change does not alter capability behavior when desktop updates are disabled.
This change only rewords the skip reasons shown by Update all, and update behavior is unchanged. Two minor messaging concerns remain open: the channel-switch advice may hide a compatibility blocker, and the skip wording may not clearly name what to manage. Neither affects data or availability, so the risk is low.
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Title check
The title names the main change: the Update all skip reason for desktop-managed servers without desktop-app control is changed so the dialog tells users where to update. It matches the diff, which rep…
Description check
The description follows the template well. It has a Problem section that explains the misleading skip reason and the WSL root cause, a Change section that explains why skipping stays correct and what …
Linked Issues check
Issue #32062 is the only directly linked issue. Its requirement: Update all either updates the WSL-backend machine or lists it as skipped with a reason that matches its actual state. The reviewed head…
Out of Scope Changes check
The whole-PR diff (merge base 3da48c1 to reviewed head 65fac1b) changes two files. In updateEverything.logic.ts it adds one constant with a comment and changes two skip-reason strings in collectServer…
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The title names the main change: the Update all skip reason for desktop-managed servers without desktop-app control is changed so the dialog tells users where to update. It matches the diff, which replaces "needs a newer desktop app" with instructions to update or switch the desktop app on that machine. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific, though it is long at 78 characters.
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Explanation
The description follows the template well. It has a Problem section that explains the misleading skip reason and the WSL root cause, a Change section that explains why skipping stays correct and what text changes, and a Scope section that explains why this qualifies as a small, focused fix without a prior maintainer approval comment. It also has a detailed Verification section with the focused test command, results, a revert check, lint and format status, and what was not checked. It links the issue (#32062). It omits the agent model/harness line that the template asks for when an agent was used, although it includes a Claude Code attribution footer. The Scope section cites the small-fix exemption rather than a triaged issue approval, which a maintainer may still need to confirm. No UI screenshots are included, but the copy change is in the dialog text and the author explains that the dialog renders the string unchanged.
Resolution
Optional: state the agent model and harness at the end of the Verification section, as the template asks. Maintainers may also want to confirm that the small-focused-fix exemption applies, since the linked issue #32062 is referenced but its triage or approval status is not stated.
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Issue #32062 is the only directly linked issue. Its requirement: Update all either updates the WSL-backend machine or lists it as skipped with a reason that matches its actual state. The reviewed head keeps the skip. Remote WSL update needs a control channel that wsl.exe cannot provide, and the issue does not require one. The skip reason changed in two places in apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.ts. (1) collectServerUpdateTargets: the reason "needs a newer desktop app" became the shared constant UPDATE_ON_THAT_MACHINE ("update T3 Code on that machine"). (2) trackSwitchMove: a desktop-managed server without desktopAppChannelSwitch gets "update T3 Code on that machine" when the track is the same, and "change the update track on that machine" when the track differs. The new comment states the cause: wsl.exe cannot pass the desktop control fd. The new reason no longer blames the desktop app version. It names the action on the machine, which fits a WSL backend that this client cannot update. Tests in updateEverything.logic.test.ts cover both paths. The withoutDesktopControl helper builds a desktop-managed server with no desktop-control capabilities. The update skip test expects "update T3 Code on that machine" for a WSL-shaped server. The channel-switch test expects "change the update track on that machine" for an old Stable desktop and "update T3 Code on that machine" for a same-track server behind on Nightly. The earlier assessment quoted strings ("update it on that machine", "switch its channel on that machine") that no longer exist at this head. This assessment uses the head code. The PR description quotes different strings ("update the desktop app on that machine", "switch the desktop app on that machine"). Those strings are absent at the reviewed head, so the description is stale. The test results cited in the PR description were not re-run for this assessment. Assessment is from the diff and the code. No real Windows + WSL run was performed.
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The whole-PR diff (merge base 3da48c1 to reviewed head 65fac1b) changes two files. In updateEverything.logic.ts it adds one constant with a comment and changes two skip-reason strings in collectServerUpdateTargets and trackSwitchMove. In updateEverything.logic.test.ts it adds the withoutDesktopControl helper, adds one WSL-shaped case to the update skip test, replaces the inline old-desktop fixture with the helper, adds one same-track behind-on-Nightly channel-switch case, and updates the channel-switch expectation. Every change applies to the skip path for desktop-managed servers without desktopAppUpdate or desktopAppChannelSwitch, which is the subject of #32062. No update-selection, control-channel, version-comparison, or WSL bootstrap code changes. The PR adds no remote WSL update behavior. The PR description's quoted reason strings do not match the code. This is a documentation mismatch only and does not make any change out of scope.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.ts:
- Line 114: Update the skip message in the updateEverything logic so it does not
assume a desktop app update is available; state that the update must be managed
on that machine instead, since the desktop app follows its own release feed.
- Line 341: Update collectChannelSwitchTargets so an outdated host already on
the destination track receives an update-needed message instead of the
track-switch message from trackSwitchMove; add coverage for this case in the
existing channel-switch test.
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…e-channel updates
Address review on pingdotgg#33030:
- A WSL server can be behind while its desktop app is current, so the
reason no longer assumes the app is stale: "update it on that machine".
- A host already on the target channel but behind needs an update, not a
channel switch, so the channel-switch skip now uses the update reason
there and "switch its channel on that machine" otherwise.
Tests extend the existing skip tables instead of adding a new case.
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Verification ran but could not confirm this finding. It is shown for review, not as a verified issue.
Report database blockers before advising a channel switch.
When a desktop-managed server has no channel-switch capability, this return bypasses channelSwitchBlockReason. For the old-desktop test fixture, the missing migration number means the server must first update on its current track, but the message says to switch channels. Check the database blocker before returning the channel-switch instruction. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.ts:
- Line 343: Update the decision that returns the update prompt in the sameTrack
branch so that when the saved track may differ from the running server’s track
after a failed local switch, it asks the user to check the saved track before
updating; preserve the existing behavior for other cases.
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…e-channel updates
Address review on pingdotgg#33030:
- A WSL server can be behind while its desktop app is current, so the
reason no longer assumes the app is stale: "update it on that machine".
- A host already on the target channel but behind needs an update, not a
channel switch, so the channel-switch skip now uses the update reason
there and "switch its channel on that machine" otherwise.
Tests extend the existing skip tables instead of adding a new case.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.ts:
- Line 343: Update collectChannelSwitchTargets to check channelSwitchBlockReason
before returning the channel-switch advice, and show the compatibility blocker
when one exists. Preserve the existing same-track update behavior when no
blocker applies.
- Line 71: Update UPDATE_ON_THAT_MACHINE to name the specific skipped component
and where to manage it on that machine; base the wording on the actual component
without implying the desktop app itself is outdated.
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…n't reach
Update all skipped every desktop-managed server without the desktop update
channel with "needs a newer desktop app". A WSL backend never gets that
channel because wsl.exe cannot pass the desktop's control fd, so it was
always skipped with that reason, even when its desktop app was current.
Both cases (an older desktop app, a WSL backend) are fixed the same way:
start the update from the desktop app on that machine. Say that instead,
for both the update and the channel-switch skips.
Fixespingdotgg#32062
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…e-channel updates
Address review on pingdotgg#33030:
- A WSL server can be behind while its desktop app is current, so the
reason no longer assumes the app is stale: "update it on that machine".
- A host already on the target channel but behind needs an update, not a
channel switch, so the channel-switch skip now uses the update reason
there and "switch its channel on that machine" otherwise.
Tests extend the existing skip tables instead of adding a new case.
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The skipped list shows only the machine label beside the reason, so "it"
didn't say what to update. Name T3 Code, and use "update track" to match
Settings → About → Update track.
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verified the update-all skip guidance at exact head b794c065a3630df3179c7ea76ea4b05f453cb0a2, after reproducing the old message on github/main at b48b8ea2a0019b3d38de09406fe8be820dd8df15.
ran each checkout with vp i and a background vp run dev, one dev server at a time. drove the web client with the repository's playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome. created projects pointing at the real checkouts through the app and completed real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns on both revisions. both returned verification provider path ok.
paired a real released t3@0.1.6 server, launched with its supported serve --mode desktop option and a separate data directory. its actual websocket descriptor advertised serverSelfUpdate: "desktop-managed" and omitted desktopAppUpdate and desktopAppChannelSwitch. this exercises the missing-control-channel branch on linux without mocked responses or injected capabilities.
installed codex 0.164.0 into a task-owned npm prefix and selected that binary in provider settings, giving update-all a real provider update to offer. opened the sidebar update dialog and expanded its skipped list:
main: needs a newer desktop app.
pr: update T3 Code on that machine.
cancel closed the dialog and left the update available.
confirming update installed codex 0.167.0 and showed Updated 1 provider. the skipped t3 server stayed connected at 0.1.6.
the focused existing suite passed on blacksmith: vp test run apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.test.ts, 9/9 tests. github currently reports 21 successful checks and 8 skipped, with no failing or pending checks. no source changes were needed.
Not verified
native windows/wsl bootstrap and updating from a windows desktop app. the real linux server above exercises the same advertised capabilities, but does not prove the windows launcher behavior.
the desktop update-track dialog, including both cross-track guidance and the same-track outdated-host guidance. these remain covered only by the focused logic suite, not a real desktop interaction.
native desktop and mobile clients, relay/tunnel connections, and an actual t3 server update or restart.
verification used gpt-6.1-sol through the codex harness, with the takeover and file-upload skills.
Partial platform proof: real Linux Electron clients with paired Linux desktop-mode servers lacking desktop control descriptors. Windows/WSL was not reproduced. All captures use fresh synthetic state, a 1280×900 viewport, and light theme.
Steps: open sidebar Update all and expand the skipped section; cancel; open Settings → About → Update track, select Nightly, and expand the skipped section. Stable host is on the other track; Nightly host is outdated but already on the destination track.
The recordings redact an unrelated local command-path paragraph before the track-switch dialog opens. Skip reasons are unaltered; stills are unmodified. No tests are offered as evidence.
AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
Not shown:
The reported Windows desktop with its WSL backend was not reproduced: this Linux-only VM has no Windows/WSL host, and the brief prohibits reaching another machine. The Linux fixtures demonstrate the capability-state behavior but do not resolve that platform-specific acceptance requirement.
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Fixes #32062
Problem
Update all skips a desktop-managed server that doesn't advertise
capabilities.desktopAppUpdatewith the reason "needs a newer desktop app". That reason isn't always true.The server only advertises
desktopAppUpdatewhen the desktop passes it a control fd (apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts). The WSL backend bootstrap gets no fd, becausewsl.execannot pass extra fds. It still runs inmode: "desktop", though. So a WSL backend is always skipped with "needs a newer desktop app", even when its desktop app is current, as the issue reports. The channel-switch path has the same problem withdesktopAppChannelSwitch, which is advertised under the same condition.Change
Skipping is still correct: without the control channel, this client cannot ask that desktop app to update. Only the reason changes. It now names the action that works for both cases (an older desktop app, a WSL backend), worded like the existing "switch the Mac app on that Mac":
I'm submitting this as a small, focused fix for an obvious bug: the dialog shows a reason that is false for every WSL backend. It changes no update behavior. Two strings, a comment, and tests.
Out of scope: letting WSL backends update remotely. That would need a new control channel between Windows and WSL, which needs a maintainer decision first.
Verification
collectServerUpdateTargetscase for a desktop-managed server withoutdesktopAppUpdate(the WSL shape). Nothing covered this skip before. Updated the existing channel-switch expectation.vp test run apps/web/src/components/sidebar/updateEverything.logic.test.ts: 10/10 pass.vp fmt --checkandvp linton both files are clean.Not checked: I didn't run Update all against a real Windows + WSL machine. The change only affects which string
collectServerUpdateTargetsandtrackSwitchMovereturn. The dialog renders that string unchanged.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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