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Windows desktop updater EBUSY file lock issue

Cluster 48854 · apps/desktop. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

0open issues
0open PRs
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 2 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a Windows-specific problem where an EBUSY file lock error causes the desktop update process to hang, with fixes involving process cleanup and exit behavior during updater handoff.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · other 1

  • #48969 fix(desktop): reap Windows backend trees on quit · merged via another change → #46780, #46778, #48854
  • #48988 fix(desktop): use app.exit(0) after updater handoff to prevent EBUSY (#48854) · other → #41746, #46948, #47695, #48854
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#48854Desktop "Update" button hangs forever on Windows due to Electron file lock (EBUSY)
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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Closed issues
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Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging

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