The built-in IDE updater does not work with my snapshot build

[kittaakos]

Describe the bug

I did not notice any IDE malfunction but I see Error: Cannot find channel "stable-mac.yml" update info errors in the backend logs. It could be an electron-update issue (#797) or an infra problem and the updater cannot access the S3 bucket.

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Error: Error: Cannot find channel "stable-mac.yml" update info: HttpError: 404 
"method: GET url: https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/stable-mac.yml?noCache=1fs4p9v6r\n\nPlease double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404.\n"
Headers: {
  "date": "Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:27:14 GMT",
  "content-type": "text/html",
  "cf-ray": "6df219357bf47276-HAM",
  "etag": "W/\"2e388576eefd92a15967868d5f566f29\"",
  "last-modified": "Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:31:08 GMT",
  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
  "via": "1.1 dcfe318aa268be733627ea7884246be4.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)",
  "cf-cache-status": "MISS",
  "expect-ct": "max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\"",
  "x-amz-cf-id": "KL8WMTjO19jeBjIs5fgrsxpTaHNpJVy93_P7qQx2RooM00kFjT4XIg==",
  "x-amz-cf-pop": "MUC50-P1",
  "x-amz-replication-status": "COMPLETED",
  "x-amz-version-id": "VqbLlYOrmhwZcBiGDmQhZPztJf8PNquh",
  "x-cache": "Error from cloudfront",
  "set-cookie": [
    "__cf_bm=eS4hAbXDhb7yM6jeYydoqwF2WMUznAL18Uz1bLZcR2M-1645133234-0-AYTyZn0S4Zo9TobH+hIPFerjz9jxandik1dObz9LuRWoXMG2eZLDyfKa9mfWBxj4vC59CNrKFkg2ac+XWGVbWQU=; path=/; expires=Thu, 17-Feb-22 21:57:14 GMT; domain=.arduino.cc; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None"
  ],
  "server": "cloudflare",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "alt-svc": "h3=\":443\"; ma=86400, h3-29=\":443\"; ma=86400"
}
    at createHttpError (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:14:12)
    at ElectronHttpExecutor.handleResponse (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:116:20)
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:82:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:105:6816)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at Object.newError (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:47:19)
    at GenericProvider.getLatestVersion (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/GenericProvider.js:27:50)
    at async MacUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:298:19)
    at async MacUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:312:24)
    at async IDEUpdaterImpl.checkForUpdates (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/ide-updater/ide-updater-impl.js:40:52)
    at async JsonRpcProxyFactory.onRequest (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@theia/core/lib/common/messaging/proxy-factory.js:127:24)
Request checkForUpdates failed with error: Cannot find channel "stable-mac.yml" update info: HttpError: 404 
"method: GET url: https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/stable-mac.yml?noCache=1fs4p9v6r\n\nPlease double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404.\n"
Headers: {
  "date": "Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:27:14 GMT",
  "content-type": "text/html",
  "cf-ray": "6df219357bf47276-HAM",
  "etag": "W/\"2e388576eefd92a15967868d5f566f29\"",
  "last-modified": "Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:31:08 GMT",
  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
  "via": "1.1 dcfe318aa268be733627ea7884246be4.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)",
  "cf-cache-status": "MISS",
  "expect-ct": "max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\"",
  "x-amz-cf-id": "KL8WMTjO19jeBjIs5fgrsxpTaHNpJVy93_P7qQx2RooM00kFjT4XIg==",
  "x-amz-cf-pop": "MUC50-P1",
  "x-amz-replication-status": "COMPLETED",
  "x-amz-version-id": "VqbLlYOrmhwZcBiGDmQhZPztJf8PNquh",
  "x-cache": "Error from cloudfront",
  "set-cookie": [
    "__cf_bm=eS4hAbXDhb7yM6jeYydoqwF2WMUznAL18Uz1bLZcR2M-1645133234-0-AYTyZn0S4Zo9TobH+hIPFerjz9jxandik1dObz9LuRWoXMG2eZLDyfKa9mfWBxj4vC59CNrKFkg2ac+XWGVbWQU=; path=/; expires=Thu, 17-Feb-22 21:57:14 GMT; domain=.arduino.cc; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None"
  ],
  "server": "cloudflare",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "alt-svc": "h3=\":443\"; ma=86400, h3-29=\":443\"; ma=86400"
}
    at createHttpError (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:14:12)
    at ElectronHttpExecutor.handleResponse (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:116:20)
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:82:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:105:6816)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:394:28) Error: Cannot find channel "stable-mac.yml" update info: HttpError: 404 
"method: GET url: https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-ide/stable-mac.yml?noCache=1fs4p9v6r\n\nPlease double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404.\n"
Headers: {
  "date": "Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:27:14 GMT",
  "content-type": "text/html",
  "cf-ray": "6df219357bf47276-HAM",
  "etag": "W/\"2e388576eefd92a15967868d5f566f29\"",
  "last-modified": "Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:31:08 GMT",
  "vary": "Accept-Encoding",
  "via": "1.1 dcfe318aa268be733627ea7884246be4.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)",
  "cf-cache-status": "MISS",
  "expect-ct": "max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\"",
  "x-amz-cf-id": "KL8WMTjO19jeBjIs5fgrsxpTaHNpJVy93_P7qQx2RooM00kFjT4XIg==",
  "x-amz-cf-pop": "MUC50-P1",
  "x-amz-replication-status": "COMPLETED",
  "x-amz-version-id": "VqbLlYOrmhwZcBiGDmQhZPztJf8PNquh",
  "x-cache": "Error from cloudfront",
  "set-cookie": [
    "__cf_bm=eS4hAbXDhb7yM6jeYydoqwF2WMUznAL18Uz1bLZcR2M-1645133234-0-AYTyZn0S4Zo9TobH+hIPFerjz9jxandik1dObz9LuRWoXMG2eZLDyfKa9mfWBxj4vC59CNrKFkg2ac+XWGVbWQU=; path=/; expires=Thu, 17-Feb-22 21:57:14 GMT; domain=.arduino.cc; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=None"
  ],
  "server": "cloudflare",
  "content-encoding": "gzip",
  "alt-svc": "h3=\":443\"; ma=86400, h3-29=\":443\"; ma=86400"
}
    at createHttpError (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:14:12)
    at ElectronHttpExecutor.handleResponse (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:116:20)
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:82:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:105:6816)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:394:28)
    at Object.newError (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/index.js:47:19)
    at GenericProvider.getLatestVersion (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/GenericProvider.js:27:50)
    at async MacUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:298:19)
    at async MacUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:312:24)
    at async IDEUpdaterImpl.checkForUpdates (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/arduino-ide-extension/lib/node/ide-updater/ide-updater-impl.js:40:52)
    at async JsonRpcProxyFactory.onRequest (/Applications/Arduino IDE.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/@theia/core/lib/common/messaging/proxy-factory.js:127:24)

This is the message of the HTTP 404:

Please double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the IDE from a terminal. On macOS it is open /Applications/Arduino\ IDE.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino\ IDE
2. Check the error logs in the terminal

Expected behavior
Maybe the app could log/warn: update failed.

Screenshots
n/a

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS 11.6.3 (20G415)
• Version:

Version: 2.0.0-rc4-snapshot.7b5c9d7-snapshot-7b5c9d7
Date: 2022-02-17T15:10:36.531Z
CLI Version: 0.21.0 [10107d24]

Copyright © 2022 Arduino SA

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

[kittaakos]

Maybe related: 77b4306

[per1234]

Thanks @kittaakos. The check on the "stable" update channel was failing because the necessary "channel update info file" for that channel is only uploaded on release and there had not been one since the time the updater was added. Now that the 2.0.0-rc4 release has been made, the error you reported should no longer occur.

Due to even the release versions using the pre-release syntax (e.g., 2.0.0-rc4 < 2.0.0-rc4-snapshot.7b5c9d7-snapshot-7b5c9d7), we still won't get a genuine update offer from the "stable" channel until the next release comes out (2.0.0-rc5 > 2.0.0-rc4), but the "nightly" update channel ("arduino.ide.updateChannel": "nightly") is already offering daily updates.

It is also now easy to produce artificial stable channel updates using this feature: #865