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Windows desktop update exit 4 bug and fixes

Cluster 116375 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116868 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where the Windows desktop update process aborts with exit code 4 due to a race condition between the cmd.exe wrapper dying and the hand-off script claiming its marker. Two related fixes address holding the backend-start gate correctly across the hand-off process.

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#116868 fix(desktop): Windows Update button no longer aborts with exit 4 after the hand-off (#116375, salvage #97299)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/electron/update-gate-cancellation.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/update-gate.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/update-gate.ts, contributors/emails/[redacted:email]

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#116662 fix(desktop): hold the backend-start gate across the Windows hand-off wrapper's dead marker · done elsewhere → #110531

Closed issues · 1

Closed#116375[Bug]: Windows desktop Update aborts with `exit 4` on v0.21.3 and current `main` — the update gate opens when the `cmd.exe` wrapper dies, before the hand-off script claims the marker

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #116868
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 20 Sep 2026

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