Linux symlink install root breaks update relaunch
Cluster 108867 · cron/scripts. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #108897 on 12 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108897. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #108897. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address a bug where the Desktop update process incorrectly handles symlinked install roots on Linux, causing a false positive in the skew gate that prevents or mishandles relaunching after an update. The fix involves canonicalising paths before comparison.
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Fixes on record
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#108897 Desktop update relaunches on Linux when the install root is a symlink (#108867, salvage #91617)
files:
scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh,tests/test_desktop_update_linux_gate.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1
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#91617 fix(update): canonicalise relaunch-target paths before the linux skew gate · done elsewhere →
d3b090a,1b1f5c4,#108897,#108867,#107155
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#108867Desktop update never relaunches when the Linux install root is a symlink (linux_gate skew false positive)
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- 1 PR closed without merging
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- 12 Sep 2026