Apple Silicon can’t auto-update with Universal target

[EtienneLem]

• Version: 22.10.4

• Electron Version: 11.2.3
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: Universal (macOS)

Getting a Error: No files provided error when trying to auto-update. A current workaround is to launch the app with Rosetta enabled, auto-update, disable Rosetta.

[2021-02-15 14:03:01.269] [info] Checking for update
[2021-02-15 14:03:02.638] [info] Found version 9.50.1 (url: App-9.50.1-mac.zip, App-9.50.1.dmg)
[2021-02-15 14:03:02.639] [info] Downloading update from App-9.50.1-mac.zip, App-9.50.1.dmg
[2021-02-15 14:03:02.640] [error] Error: Error: No files provided
    at newError (App.app/Contents/Resources/app-arm64.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:212:17)
    at findFile (App.app/Contents/Resources/app-arm64.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/Provider.js:111:46)
    at MacUpdater.doDownloadUpdate (App.app/Contents/Resources/app-arm64.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/MacUpdater.js:80:50)
    at MacUpdater.downloadUpdate (App.app/Contents/Resources/app-arm64.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:577:19)
    at MacUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (App.app/Contents/Resources/app-arm64.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:537:49)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

/cc @lutzroeder in case you have an idea since you implemented #5481

[lutzroeder]

Duplicate of #5495

[EtienneLem]

Duplicate of #5495

Oh, is it? I did rename the artifacts as the workaround suggests in that issue. Had no problem migrating from Intel build to Universal.

Good to know if that's the same issue, it felt like a different one.

[lutzroeder]

The underlying issue is that electron-updater is hardcoded to probe for a file that has no architecture-specific extension. There are many different ways to go about this. The #5495 change is to specify that the universal targets (instead of x64) use the default extension. There hasn't been a new electron-builder preview since this commit was merged.

[EtienneLem]

Understood! We’ll wait for the next preview release. Thanks 🤘🏼

[maoryadin]

Same issue, any way to make it work?

[nop33]

We've also been experiencing this issue recently.