fix(update): verify and apply the actual latest version

src/main/app-controller.ts

@@ -895,17 +895,13 @@ export class AppController {
       this.lastUpdateCheckAt = Date.now();
     }
     return result;
-  }
-
-  public async installUpdate(onProgress?: (progress: UpdateInstallProgress) => void): Promise<UpdateInstallResult> {
-    const cacheAgeMs = Date.now() - this.lastUpdateCheckAt;
-    const cached = this.lastUpdateCheck && !this.lastUpdateCheck.error && cacheAgeMs <= 10 * 60 * 1000
-      ? this.lastUpdateCheck
-      : undefined;
-    const result = await runInstallWithResume(
-      this.manager,
-      () => installLatestUpdate(this.settings.updateRepo, cached, onProgress)
-    );
+  }
+
+  public async installUpdate(onProgress?: (progress: UpdateInstallProgress) => void): Promise<UpdateInstallResult> {
+    const result = await runInstallWithResume(
+      this.manager,
+      () => installLatestUpdate(this.settings.updateRepo, undefined, onProgress)
+    );
     if (result.started) {
       this.lastUpdateCheck = null;
       this.lastUpdateCheckAt = 0;

src/main/app-version.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+function normalizedVersion(value: unknown): string {
+  const version = String(value || "").trim();
+  return /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:[-+][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$/.test(version) ? version : "";
+}
+
+export function resolveRuntimeAppVersion(
+  fallbackVersion: string,
+  resourcesPath: string = (process as NodeJS.Process & { resourcesPath?: string }).resourcesPath || ""
+): string {
+  if (resourcesPath) {
+    for (const relativePath of ["app.asar/package.json", "app/package.json"]) {
+      try {
+        const payload = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(resourcesPath, ...relativePath.split("/")), "utf8")) as { version?: unknown };
+        const version = normalizedVersion(payload.version);
+        if (version) return version;
+      } catch {
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return normalizedVersion(fallbackVersion) || "0.0.0";
+}

src/main/constants.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import os from "node:os";
 import { AppSettings } from "../shared/types";
-import { getProviderUsageDayKey } from "../shared/provider-daily-limits";
-import packageJson from "../../package.json";
+import { getProviderUsageDayKey } from "../shared/provider-daily-limits";
+import packageJson from "../../package.json";
+import { resolveRuntimeAppVersion } from "./app-version";
 
 export const APP_NAME = "Multi Debrid Downloader";
-export const APP_VERSION: string = packageJson.version;
+export const APP_VERSION: string = resolveRuntimeAppVersion(packageJson.version);
 export const API_BASE_URL = "https://api.real-debrid.com/rest/1.0";
 
 export const DCRYPT_UPLOAD_URL = "https://dcrypt.it/decrypt/upload";