feat: Add DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATES env variable for disabling updates in the application entirely (#1446)

src/main/index.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import MenuBuilder from './menu';
 import {
     autoUpdaterLogInterface,
     createLog,
+    disableAutoUpdates,
     hotkeyToElectronAccelerator,
     isLinux,
     isMacOS,
@@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ async function createWindow(first = true): Promise<void> {
         return { action: 'deny' };
     });
 
-    if (store.get('disable_auto_updates') !== true) {
+    if (!disableAutoUpdates() && store.get('disable_auto_updates') !== true) {
         new AppUpdater();
     }
 

src/main/utils.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
     };
 }
 
+export const disableAutoUpdates = () => {
+    return process.env['DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATES'];
+};
+
 export const isMacOS = () => {
     return process.platform === 'darwin';
 };

src/preload/utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ipcRenderer, IpcRendererEvent } from 'electron';
 
-import { isLinux, isMacOS, isWindows } from '../main/utils';
+import { disableAutoUpdates, isLinux, isMacOS, isWindows } from '../main/utils';
 
 const openItem = async (path: string) => {
     return ipcRenderer.invoke('open-item', path);
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const download = (url: string) => {
 };
 
 export const utils = {
+    disableAutoUpdates,
     download,
     isLinux,
     isMacOS,

src/renderer/features/settings/components/window/update-settings.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import { Select } from '/@/shared/components/select/select';
 import { Switch } from '/@/shared/components/switch/switch';
 
 const localSettings = isElectron() ? window.api.localSettings : null;
+const utils = isElectron() ? window.api.utils : null;
+
+function disableAutoUpdates(): boolean {
+    return !isElectron() || utils?.disableAutoUpdates();
+}
 
 export const UpdateSettings = () => {
     const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ export const UpdateSettings = () => {
                 context: 'description',
                 postProcess: 'sentenceCase',
             }),
-            isHidden: !isElectron(),
+            isHidden: disableAutoUpdates(),
             title: t('setting.releaseChannel', { postProcess: 'sentenceCase' }),
         },
         {
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ export const UpdateSettings = () => {
                 <Switch
                     aria-label="Disable automatic updates"
                     defaultChecked={settings.disableAutoUpdate}
-                    disabled={!isElectron()}
+                    disabled={disableAutoUpdates()}
                     onChange={(e) => {
                         if (!e) return;
                         localSettings?.set('disable_auto_updates', e.currentTarget.checked);
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ export const UpdateSettings = () => {
                 context: 'description',
                 postProcess: 'sentenceCase',
             }),
-            isHidden: !isElectron(),
+            isHidden: disableAutoUpdates(),
             title: t('setting.disableAutomaticUpdates', { postProcess: 'sentenceCase' }),
         },
     ];