fix(ci): publish electron-updater latest.yml manifests in release assets (#6766)

.github/workflows/electron-release.yml

@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ jobs:
               [ -f "$file" ] && cp "$file" "../../release-assets/OmniRoute.exe" && break
             done
           fi
+          # electron-updater manifests (latest.yml / latest-mac.yml / latest-linux.yml)
+          # must be published alongside the installers, or autoUpdater fails with
+          # "Cannot find latest.yml in the latest release artifacts" (#6766).
+          for file in latest*.yml; do
+            [ -f "$file" ] && cp "$file" ../../release-assets/
+          done
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -263,6 +269,7 @@ jobs:
             release-assets/*.AppImage
             release-assets/*.deb
             release-assets/*.blockmap
+            release-assets/*.yml
             release-assets/*.source.tar.gz
             release-assets/*.source.zip
         env:

changelog.d/fixes/6766-6766-auto-update.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- fix(ci): publish electron-updater `latest*.yml` manifests in electron release assets so auto-update can find them ([#6766](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/6766))

tests/unit/build/electron-release-latest-yml.repro.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Repro probe for issue #6766: "Auto-update failed: Cannot find latest.yml in the
+// latest release artifacts".
+//
+// electron-updater (used by electron/main.js via autoUpdater) fetches
+// latest.yml / latest-mac.yml / latest-linux.yml from the GitHub Release assets
+// to discover + verify the newest version. electron-builder generates those
+// files alongside the installers in electron/dist-electron/, but the release
+// workflow's "Collect installers" step only copies platform installer
+// extensions (*.exe, *.dmg, *.AppImage, *.deb) into release-assets/ — never
+// the *.yml manifests — so they never reach the GitHub Release, and
+// electron-updater fails with exactly the reported error.
+//
+// This test statically inspects .github/workflows/electron-release.yml and
+// proves the "Collect installers" step stages the yml manifests, and
+// that the "Create Release" files: list references them too.
+
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const WORKFLOW_PATH = path.resolve(
+  __dirname,
+  "../../../.github/workflows/electron-release.yml"
+);
+
+function readWorkflow(): string {
+  return fs.readFileSync(WORKFLOW_PATH, "utf8");
+}
+
+function extractStep(yaml: string, stepName: string): string {
+  const stepHeaderRe = new RegExp(`- name: ${stepName}\\n([\\s\\S]*?)(?=\\n\\s{6}- name:|\\n  [a-zA-Z_-]+:\\n)`);
+  const m = yaml.match(stepHeaderRe);
+  assert.ok(m, `could not locate step "${stepName}" in ${WORKFLOW_PATH}`);
+  return m![1];
+}
+
+test("electron-release.yml: 'Collect installers' step stages latest*.yml manifests for electron-updater", () => {
+  const yaml = readWorkflow();
+  const collectStep = extractStep(yaml, "Collect installers");
+
+  // electron-builder writes latest.yml (win), latest-mac.yml, latest-linux.yml
+  // next to the installers in electron/dist-electron/. Without staging them
+  // into release-assets/, the GitHub Release never gets latest.yml and
+  // electron-updater's autoUpdater fails with:
+  //   "Cannot find latest.yml in the latest release artifacts"
+  const stagesYmlManifests =
+    /\*\.yml/.test(collectStep) || /latest.*\.yml/.test(collectStep);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    stagesYmlManifests,
+    "BUG REPRODUCED: 'Collect installers' step does not copy *.yml (latest.yml / " +
+      "latest-mac.yml / latest-linux.yml) from electron/dist-electron/ into " +
+      "release-assets/, so electron-updater cannot find latest.yml in the " +
+      "published GitHub Release (issue #6766).\n\nActual step body:\n" +
+      collectStep
+  );
+});
+
+test("electron-release.yml: 'Create Release' files: list publishes the *.yml update manifests", () => {
+  const yaml = readWorkflow();
+  const createReleaseIdx = yaml.indexOf("name: Create Release");
+  assert.ok(createReleaseIdx !== -1, "could not locate 'Create Release' step");
+  const filesBlockIdx = yaml.indexOf("files: |", createReleaseIdx);
+  assert.ok(filesBlockIdx !== -1, "could not locate files: block in 'Create Release' step");
+  const nextStepOrEnvIdx = yaml.indexOf("\n        env:", filesBlockIdx);
+  const filesBlock = yaml.slice(filesBlockIdx, nextStepOrEnvIdx === -1 ? undefined : nextStepOrEnvIdx);
+
+  assert.ok(
+    /release-assets\/\*\.yml/.test(filesBlock),
+    "BUG REPRODUCED: 'Create Release' files: glob list does not include " +
+      "release-assets/*.yml, so even if the manifests were staged they would " +
+      "not be attached to the GitHub Release (issue #6766).\n\nActual files: block:\n" +
+      filesBlock
+  );
+});