From a5e1cc9c776fb44ad1c52768ea73bdeaffae4dec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Simkowitz <esimkowitz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:32:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent the app from downgrading when a user installs beta
 over latest (#1014)

---
 emain/updater.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/emain/updater.ts b/emain/updater.ts
index d68ff1752..22d737c29 100644
--- a/emain/updater.ts
+++ b/emain/updater.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ function getUpdateChannel(settings: SettingsType): string {
     let retVal = settingsChannel;
 
     // If the user setting doesn't exist yet, set it to the value of the updater config.
-    if (!settingsChannel) {
+    // If the user was previously on the `latest` channel and has downloaded a `beta` version, update their configured channel to `beta` to prevent downgrading.
+    if (!settingsChannel || (settingsChannel == "latest" && updaterChannel == "beta")) {
         console.log("Update channel setting does not exist, setting to value from updater config.");
         RpcApi.SetConfigCommand(ElectronWshClient, { "autoupdate:channel": updaterChannel });
         retVal = updaterChannel;