[MacOS] My App is not receiving updates

[colinrw]

Hi, i've managed to get my Electron Release Server running. The issue im facing is that my app is not receiving new updates after I upload a new version to the release server admin dashboard.

Operating system: MacOS

How I use the release server: I uploaded 2 versions to the dashboard, V1 and V2 (with .dmg and .zip files), but when I upload V2, it does not do anything in the app. For the URL i use this:

  const server = 'localhost:1337'
  const platform = `${os.platform}_${os.arch()}`
  const url = `${server}/update/${platform}/${app.getVersion()}/stable`
  autoUpdater.setFeedURL(url)

The URL that is created points to the download link (checked with postman):

{
    "url": "localhost:1337/download/flavor/default/0.1.3/osx_arm64?filetype=zip",
    "name": "0.1.3",
    "notes": "## 0.1.3\nV3",
    "pub_date": "2023-02-10T16:24:38.482Z"
}

In my main.ts (main process) file I use the following code to check if there are new updates available:

app.on('ready', () => {
    autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
})

Additional Question: I currently don't have a code signing certificate yet, since i would like to have this running before actually purchasing this. Would it be possible to get the auto updates working on my local device without a code signing certificate? I package the app and try to use the auto updater on this local packaged version.

If you need any other info or code, please let me know. I feel like im almost there! Thank you 🙂

[colinrw]

i got a bit further, but now im struggling with the following issue. did not found anything useful online yet. hope someone can help!

auto updater error: Error: Cannot find channel "latest-mac.yml" update info: HttpError: 404 Not Found
"method: GET url: http://localhost:1337/update/darwin_arm64/0.1.2/stable/latest-mac.yml?noCache=1gpb4pcmu
Please double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404."

Headers: {
  "x-powered-by": "Sails <sailsjs.com>",
  "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  "date": "Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:18:32 GMT",
  "connection": "keep-alive",
  "keep-alive": "timeout=5",
  "content-length": "0"
}

when i navigate to the setFeedURL > http://localhost:1337/update/darwin_arm64/0.1.2/stable in my app. the URL returns a valid response (named above already):

{
    "url": "localhost:1337/download/flavor/default/0.1.3/osx_arm64?filetype=zip",
    "name": "0.1.3",
    "notes": "## 0.1.3\nv3",
    "pub_date": "2023-02-15T18:15:10.201Z"
}

I was wondering where the latest-mac.yml file should be located or how I can find this. When i build my app, i get the latest-mac.yml file (see image), but I have no idea what to do with it.

any help appreciated! 🙂

[colinrw]

I've read the following from the Windows setup:

Electron Release Server will auto-generate the .yml files for the corresponding channel (latest.yml, beta.yml, alpha.yml).

Is this also the case for MacOS? If so, where can I check if the latest-mac.yml file is added correctly? I can't seem to find it anywhere, which might also be the issue for my situation (see comment above).

Any helps is appreciated since I feel like i am almost there! Thanks :)
@ArekSredzki sorry for tagging (if it works), i've been stuck at this step for a while and was curious if you know what the issue might be.

[royorange]

the yml is auto generated for the specific request, see: electronUpdaterMac.