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fix(updater/linux): fallback for cross-device EXDEV rename failures - #6135
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Ports the rename-or-copy fallback from wailsapp#5560 to Unix: on EXDEV the helper now copies (files and .app dirs via copyAny) instead of failing all 20 swap attempts. replaceTarget no longer deletes the target before a successful move, so a failed swap cannot orphan the install. Fixes wailsapp#6134.
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WalkthroughThe Unix updater now handles cross-filesystem replacements with staged copy fallbacks. It preserves original targets when replacement fails. Non-Windows tests cover helper behavior, cleanup, permissions, and recovery. ChangesUnix updater replacement
Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Updater
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Updater->>renameOrCopy: replace update target
renameOrCopy->>renameOrCopy: detect EXDEV
renameOrCopy->>stageFileCopy: copy and stage file
stageFileCopy->>renameOrCopy: atomically replace destination
renameOrCopy->>Launcher: remove source and complete swap
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix.go`:
- Around line 45-49: Add a runHelperSwap test for the bothDirs
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Addresses CodeRabbit review on wailsapp#6135: adds an end-to-end test for the bothDirs path where a non-EXDEV rename failure after RemoveAll must restore the original bundle via restoreFromBackup and relaunch it without helper env. Also documents the three remaining new test functions to clear the 80% docstring coverage threshold.
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🟠 Major · Stage EXDEV copies before replacing the target. · helper_unix.go:42-85
v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix.go:42-85
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftStage EXDEV copies before replacing the target. For directory targets,
replaceTargetremovestargetbeforerenameOrCopyhandles anEXDEVerror. ThecopyAnypath writes directly into the final destination throughcopyFileandcopyTree; it does not use a temporary path or an atomic rename. A process termination or power loss during a multi-file copy can therefore leavetargetabsent or partially populated. The outer restore logic cannot run when the process does not return.Copy into a temporary sibling directory or file first. Atomically replace
targetonly after the copy completes and the staged content is synchronized. Preserve the old target until the replacement is ready.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix.go`:
- Around line 42-85: Update replaceTarget and the EXDEV fallback in renameOrCopy
so cross-device replacements are staged in a temporary sibling path rather than
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Addresses CodeRabbit Major on wailsapp#6135: cross-device file copies now land via a synced temp sibling beside the target and are atomically renamed into place, so a crash mid-copy leaves the complete old or new file — never a partial binary. Directories still copy onto the cleared slot (atomic dir replace is impossible on Unix); surviving-process failures there stay covered by the outer backup/restore, matching wailsapp#5560.
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix_test.go`:
- Around line 323-332: Make the staged-copy failure deterministic in
renameOrCopy by adding an injectable seam for stageFileCopy’s copyFile
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix.go`:
- Around line 116-123: Make Unix replacement and restore operations
crash-durable across stageFileCopy, runHelperSwap, replaceTarget, and
restoreFromBackup: sync files after every final Chmod, sync affected parent
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| if err := os.Chmod(src, 0o000); err != nil { | ||
| t.Fatal(err) | ||
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| t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.Chmod(src, 0o644) }) | ||
| writeFile(t, dst, []byte("OLD")) | ||
| withRenameFunc(t, func(oldpath, newpath string) error { | ||
| return crossDeviceErr(oldpath, newpath) | ||
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| if err := renameOrCopy(src, dst); err == nil { |
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Make the staged-copy failure deterministic.
stageFileCopy directly calls the non-injectable copyFile. A root-capable Unix test process can open src despite mode 0o000, so renameOrCopy succeeds and the assertion at line 332 fails. Add an injectable copyFile or staged-copy failure, as this test already injects renameFunc.
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix_test.go` around lines 323 - 332, Make the
staged-copy failure deterministic in renameOrCopy by adding an injectable seam
for stageFileCopy’s copyFile operation, analogous to renameFunc, and configure
the test to return an error through that seam. Ensure the test still exercises
the cross-device rename fallback and asserts the injected copy failure rather
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| if err := os.Chmod(tmpName, mode); err != nil { | ||
| cleanup() | ||
| return fmt.Errorf("cross-device copy %s -> %s: %w", src, dst, err) | ||
| } | ||
| // Same-directory swap: provably the same filesystem, so this cannot | ||
| // EXDEV. Plain os.Rename (not renameFunc) is deliberate — renameFunc | ||
| // exists only to simulate the cross-device src→dst move under test. | ||
| if err := os.Rename(tmpName, dst); err != nil { |
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Make every Unix replacement path crash durable.
stageFileCopy syncs the staging file before os.Chmod(tmpName, mode), then renames it without syncing the file or destination directory. runHelperSwap also applies os.Chmod(target, origMode.Perm()) after replaceTarget, so syncing only the staging file would not persist the final executable mode. The backup is copied with copyAny; it is not moved.
The EXDEV directory path is less safe. replaceTarget removes the existing directory, then copyTree rebuilds it without syncing directory entries. A power loss during this path, or during restoreFromBackup after os.RemoveAll(target), can leave the target missing or incomplete.
Sync after each final Chmod, sync the affected parent directory after file publication and restore, and make the directory-copy and backup state durable before reporting success. The two requested syncs alone do not cover these paths.
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In `@v3/pkg/updater/helper_unix.go` around lines 116 - 123, Make Unix replacement
and restore operations crash-durable across stageFileCopy, runHelperSwap,
replaceTarget, and restoreFromBackup: sync files after every final Chmod, sync
affected parent directories after publication or restore, and ensure copyTree
directory entries and copyAny backup state are synced before success is
reported. Cover both same-filesystem rename and EXDEV directory-copy paths,
including recovery after removing the existing target.
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… seam Addresses CodeRabbit Minor on wailsapp#6135: permission-based copy failure injection (chmod 000) is bypassed by root-capable test runners, so the staging-failure test could false-pass there. Adds copyFileFunc alongside renameFunc and injects the failure through it instead.
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Hi @leaanthony, sorry to ping you directly. This one has been open since the 17th and has not had a human look at it yet. It is the unix half of #5560 (linux/mac side of the updater helper, the windows file is untouched) and fixes #6134, where a /tmp-on-tmpfs install leaves users with only a .bak file and no working app after an update. CodeRabbit came back clean on the last pass and CI is green. Happy to change whatever does not look right, just let me know. Thanks! |
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Ports the rename-or-copy fallback from #5560 to Unix: on EXDEV the helper now copies (files and .app dirs via copyAny) instead of failing all 20 swap attempts. replaceTarget no longer deletes the target before a successful move, so a failed swap cannot orphan the install.
Fixes #6134.
Description
On Linux, the v3 updater helper stages the verified artifact under
os.TempDir()(typically tmpfs/tmp) and then calls bareos.Rename(newPath, target)inhelper_unix.go:replaceTarget. When/tmpand the install directory live on different filesystems (tmpfs
/tmpplusa persistent
$HOMEis the Arch/Fedora default), every one of the 20 swapattempts fails with
EXDEV (invalid cross-device link). Worse, the old coderan
os.RemoveAll(target)before the rename, so a failed swap deleted theworking binary first and could strand the user with only
*.bakleft andnothing running.
This ports the rename-or-copy fallback from #5560 (Windows-only; the Unix
path was untouched) to
helper_unix.go, keyed onEXDEV(errno 18 onLinux) rather than on every error, preserving the existing retry/backoff
and rollback semantics in
runHelperSwap.helper_windows.goisbyte-identical — zero interference with #5560. No new dependencies
(standard library only).
Fixes #6134
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How Has This Been Tested?
helper_unix.gochange plus new Unix-gated table-driven tests inv3/pkg/updater/helper_unix_test.go(//go:build !windows): EXDEVclassification, file/dir replace paths, no-orphan invariant (failed swap
leaves the original untouched), clean
.appdir replace without stale-filemerges on both same-filesystem and forced-EXDEV, and a full
runHelperSwapEXDEV end-to-end (swap via copy on attempt 1,
0755exec-bit restore,backup cleanup, single launch). Repro instructions: on a split-mount layout
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df -T /tmp ~showing tmpfs vs btrfs/ext4), install a Wails v3 Linux appto a user-writable dir, publish an accepted signed release, trigger update —
before: twenty
invalid cross-device linkattempts ending with only.bak;after: swap succeeds via copy and the app relaunches. Deterministic
coverage without two real filesystems via injected synthetic EXDEV through
renameFunc(same pattern asselfExecutable/newDetachedCommand).If you checked Linux, please specify the distro and version.
Omarchy 4.0.4 (Arch-based), Hyprland on Wayland. Windows/macOS covered by
GOOS=windows|darwin go build ./pkg/updater/(both ok) plus thebyte-identical
helper_windows.goguarantee.Test Configuration
wails doctor(Wails v3.0.0-dev, cleaned of terminal colour codes):Additional verification run:
go test ./pkg/updater/ -count=1— pass (full package)go test -race ./pkg/updater/(new tests) — passgo vet ./pkg/updater/— clean;gofmt— clean on both touched filesrenameOrCopy/isCrossDevice/bothDirs100%;replaceTarget80%, sole gap the defensiveRemoveAll-failure return(OS-only error path, impractical to induce without faulting the FS)
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