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[PR #4933] [MERGED] Use the latest release tag instead of the latest tag for version checks #87852

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/4933
Author: @jfdoming
Created: 5/4/2025
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 5/5/2025
Merged by: @jfdoming

Base: master ← Head: jfdoming/check-release-not-tags

📝 Commits (2)

  • 40472df Use the latest release tag instead of the latest tag for version checks
  • fb4a13f Add release notes

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2 files changed (+8 additions, -7 deletions)

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📝 packages/desktop-client/src/util/versions.ts (+2 -7)
➕ upcoming-release-notes/4933.md (+6 -0)

📄 Description

Motivation: Currently, releasing is a multi-step process. First, a PR is merged and tagged on master, which triggers release builds to start. Second, completed desktop app release builds create a draft GitHub release. Finally, a maintainer manually marks the release as non-draft. This results in a poor user experience with updates, because the first step (tagging) would trigger a notification in all apps before the builds are even completed.

This PR updates the notification checking logic to use the latest (non-draft) release, rather than the latest tag. This means that update notifications will not be sent out until a maintainer manually un-drafts a GitHub release as the final step of the process (we do this anyway as noted above).

There's still a bit of a confusing situation for folks on Pikapods and in the Windows Store, where updates are not available as soon as we push them. But this should result in a better experience for those who do manage their own updates.

🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/4933 **Author:** [@jfdoming](https://github.com/jfdoming) **Created:** 5/4/2025 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 5/5/2025 **Merged by:** [@jfdoming](https://github.com/jfdoming) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `jfdoming/check-release-not-tags` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`40472df`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/40472dfd749af30c3a6336fc5fb8452d4d16b042) Use the latest release tag instead of the latest tag for version checks - [`fb4a13f`](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/fb4a13f6884a48108de83338954fa75451b8db06) Add release notes ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+8 additions, -7 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `packages/desktop-client/src/util/versions.ts` (+2 -7) ➕ `upcoming-release-notes/4933.md` (+6 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description Motivation: Currently, releasing is a multi-step process. First, a PR is merged and tagged on master, which triggers release builds to _start_. Second, completed _desktop app_ release builds create a draft GitHub release. Finally, a maintainer manually marks the release as non-draft. This results in a poor user experience with updates, because the first step (tagging) would trigger a notification in all apps before the builds are even completed. This PR updates the notification checking logic to use the latest (non-draft) release, rather than the latest tag. This means that update notifications will not be sent out until a maintainer manually un-drafts a GitHub release as the final step of the process (we do this anyway as noted above). There's still a bit of a confusing situation for folks on Pikapods and in the Windows Store, where updates are not available as soon as we push them. But this should result in a better experience for those who do manage their own updates. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>
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