From b8070f1871a562f9bf1412ff254b2c41b99c294f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Louis <louis@jan.ai>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 23:32:27 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: able to disable updater via env flag

---
 web-app/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx |  7 ++++++-
 web-app/src/types/global.d.ts          |  1 +
 web-app/vite.config.ts                 | 13 ++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web-app/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx b/web-app/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
index dcfacd536..6110f9dd5 100644
--- a/web-app/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
+++ b/web-app/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ export function DataProvider() {
 
   // Check for app updates
   useEffect(() => {
-    checkForUpdate()
+    // Only check for updates if the auto updater is not disabled
+    // App might be distributed via other package managers
+    // or methods that handle updates differently
+    if (!AUTO_UPDATER_DISABLED) {
+      checkForUpdate()
+    }
   }, [checkForUpdate])
 
   const handleDeepLink = (urls: string[] | null) => {
diff --git a/web-app/src/types/global.d.ts b/web-app/src/types/global.d.ts
index fe33f3d46..b104314b0 100644
--- a/web-app/src/types/global.d.ts
+++ b/web-app/src/types/global.d.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ declare global {
   declare const POSTHOG_KEY: string
   declare const POSTHOG_HOST: string
   declare const MODEL_CATALOG_URL: string
+  declare const AUTO_UPDATER_DISABLED: boolean
   interface Window {
     core: AppCore | undefined
   }
diff --git a/web-app/vite.config.ts b/web-app/vite.config.ts
index 697c1a64f..4c1b2ab40 100644
--- a/web-app/vite.config.ts
+++ b/web-app/vite.config.ts
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
     define: {
       IS_TAURI: JSON.stringify(process.env.IS_TAURI),
       IS_MACOS: JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('darwin') ?? 'false'
+        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('darwin') ?? false
       ),
       IS_WINDOWS: JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('windows') ?? 'false'
+        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('windows') ?? false
       ),
       IS_LINUX: JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('linux') ?? 'false'
+        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('linux') ?? false
       ),
       IS_IOS: JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('ios') ?? 'false'
+        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('ios') ?? false
       ),
       IS_ANDROID: JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('android') ?? 'false'
+        process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM?.includes('android') ?? false
       ),
       PLATFORM: JSON.stringify(process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM),
 
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
       MODEL_CATALOG_URL: JSON.stringify(
         'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/menloresearch/model-catalog/main/model_catalog.json'
       ),
+      AUTO_UPDATER_DISABLED: JSON.stringify(
+        env.AUTO_UPDATER_DISABLED === 'true'
+      ),
     },
 
     // Vite options tailored for Tauri development and only applied in `tauri dev` or `tauri build`