Desktop updater copies state.db despite backup disabled
Cluster 116731. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117618 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 #117618. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #117618. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug where the desktop updater's pre-update backup copies state.db regardless of the updates.pre_update_backup setting, along with associated fix attempts targeting that behavior.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#117618 fix(desktop): Desktop updater stops copying state.db when updates.pre_update_backup is off (#116731, salvage #116755)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/pre-update-backup-config.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/pre-update-backup-config.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#116755 fix(desktop): stop disabled backups from copying state.db · merged via another change →
4de06d1,#117618
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#116731[Bug]: Desktop updater ignores updates.pre_update_backup: false — preflightStateDb always copies full state.db (~1.7GB held)
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- Merged PRs
- #117618
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 20 Sep 2026