Windows update hand-off console window visibility fix
Cluster 116161. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116848 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116848. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #116848. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address a bug where the Windows update hand-off process briefly flashes a visible console window. The work involves changing the launch method to properly hide the console rather than merely minimizing it.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#116848 fix(desktop): Windows update hand-off no longer flashes a console window (#116161, salvage #116230)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts,scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#116230 fix(desktop): keep Windows update hand-off console hidden · merged via another change →
8ac3215,#116848,#116161,#116230
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#116161[Windows] update hand-off flashes a non-hidden console: wrapHandoffForDetachedConsole() uses start "" /min, not a hidden launch
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- Merged PRs
- #116848
- Closed issues
- 1
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- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 20 Sep 2026