feat(updater): add GitHub releases desktop updater

Adds the GitHub Releases desktop updater with release notes, startup notification, packaging metadata, tests, and CI fixes for Electron E2E.

.github/workflows/build-and-make.yaml

@@ -360,7 +360,12 @@ jobs:
                   node -e "
                     const fs = require('fs');
                     const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('electron-builder.json', 'utf8'));
-                    pkg.mac.target.arch = ['${{ matrix.arch }}'];
+                    const targets = Array.isArray(pkg.mac?.target) ? pkg.mac.target : [pkg.mac.target];
+                    for (const target of targets) {
+                      if (target && typeof target === 'object') {
+                        target.arch = ['${{ matrix.arch }}'];
+                      }
+                    }
                     fs.writeFileSync('electron-builder.json', JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 4));
                   "
 
@@ -471,7 +476,7 @@ jobs:
                   # TEMPORARY MASTER ARTIFACT TEST: remove `|| github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'`
                   # after the macOS Embedded MPV artifacts are built and manually tested.
                   IPTVNATOR_REQUIRE_EMBEDDED_MPV: ${{ (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') && '1' || '0' }}
-              run: pnpm run make:app
+              run: pnpm run make:app -- --publishPolicy=never
 
             - name: Verify signed macOS app
               if: matrix.os == 'macos' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
@@ -530,7 +535,7 @@ jobs:
                   # TEMPORARY PR TEST: change this back to '0' after manually
                   # testing the macOS PR artifact with Embedded MPV included.
                   IPTVNATOR_REQUIRE_EMBEDDED_MPV: ${{ (matrix.os == 'linux' || matrix.os == 'windows' || (matrix.os == 'macos' && github.event_name == 'pull_request')) && '1' || '0' }}
-              run: pnpm run make:app
+              run: pnpm run make:app -- --publishPolicy=never
 
             - name: Verify packaged worker layout
               shell: bash
@@ -588,6 +593,8 @@ jobs:
                   path: |
                       dist/executables/**/*.dmg
                       dist/executables/**/*.zip
+                      dist/executables/**/latest-mac.yml
+                      dist/executables/**/*.blockmap
                   retention-days: 7
 
             - name: Upload artifacts (Linux)
@@ -602,6 +609,8 @@ jobs:
                       dist/executables/**/*.AppImage
                       dist/executables/**/*.tar.gz
                       dist/executables/**/*.pacman
+                      dist/executables/**/latest-linux*.yml
+                      dist/executables/**/*.blockmap
                   retention-days: 7
 
             - name: Upload artifacts (Flatpak)
@@ -622,6 +631,8 @@ jobs:
                       dist/executables/**/*.exe
                       dist/executables/**/*.msi
                       dist/executables/**/*.zip
+                      dist/executables/**/latest.yml
+                      dist/executables/**/*.blockmap
                   retention-days: 7
 
     create-release:
@@ -644,6 +655,119 @@ jobs:
             - name: Display structure of downloaded files
               run: ls -R artifacts
 
+            - name: Merge macOS updater metadata
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  set -euo pipefail
+
+                  node <<'NODE'
+                  const fs = require('fs');
+
+                  const candidates = [
+                    'artifacts/macos-x64-artifacts/latest-mac.yml',
+                    'artifacts/macos-arm64-artifacts/latest-mac.yml',
+                  ].filter((filePath) => fs.existsSync(filePath));
+
+                  if (candidates.length === 0) {
+                    console.log('No macOS update metadata found; skipping merge.');
+                    process.exit(0);
+                  }
+
+                  function extractFilesBlock(text, filePath) {
+                    const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                    const start = lines.findIndex((line) => line === 'files:');
+
+                    if (start === -1) {
+                      throw new Error(`Missing files block in ${filePath}`);
+                    }
+
+                    const block = [];
+
+                    for (let index = start + 1; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+                      const line = lines[index];
+
+                      if (/^\S/.test(line) && line.trim() !== '') {
+                        break;
+                      }
+
+                      if (line.trim() !== '') {
+                        block.push(line);
+                      }
+                    }
+
+                    return block;
+                  }
+
+                  function splitFileEntries(block) {
+                    const entries = [];
+                    let current = [];
+
+                    for (const line of block) {
+                      if (/^\s*-\s+url:/.test(line) && current.length > 0) {
+                        entries.push(current);
+                        current = [];
+                      }
+
+                      current.push(line);
+                    }
+
+                    if (current.length > 0) {
+                      entries.push(current);
+                    }
+
+                    return entries;
+                  }
+
+                  function replaceFilesBlock(text, mergedBlock) {
+                    const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/);
+                    const start = lines.findIndex((line) => line === 'files:');
+                    let end = lines.length;
+
+                    for (let index = start + 1; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+                      const line = lines[index];
+
+                      if (/^\S/.test(line) && line.trim() !== '') {
+                        end = index;
+                        break;
+                      }
+                    }
+
+                    return [
+                      ...lines.slice(0, start + 1),
+                      ...mergedBlock,
+                      ...lines.slice(end),
+                    ].join('\n').replace(/\n*$/, '\n');
+                  }
+
+                  const mergedEntries = [];
+                  const seenUrls = new Set();
+
+                  for (const filePath of candidates) {
+                    const text = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+                    const entries = splitFileEntries(extractFilesBlock(text, filePath));
+
+                    for (const entry of entries) {
+                      const urlLine = entry.find((line) => /^\s*-\s+url:/.test(line));
+                      const url = urlLine?.replace(/^\s*-\s+url:\s*/, '').trim();
+
+                      if (!url || seenUrls.has(url)) {
+                        continue;
+                      }
+
+                      seenUrls.add(url);
+                      mergedEntries.push(...entry);
+                    }
+                  }
+
+                  const merged = replaceFilesBlock(
+                    fs.readFileSync(candidates[0], 'utf8'),
+                    mergedEntries
+                  );
+
+                  fs.writeFileSync('artifacts/latest-mac.yml', merged);
+                  console.log(`Merged ${candidates.length} macOS update metadata files.`);
+                  NODE
+
             - name: Get version from package.json
               id: package-version
               run: echo "version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -659,18 +783,25 @@ jobs:
                   files: |
                       artifacts/macos-x64-artifacts/*-x64.dmg
                       artifacts/macos-x64-artifacts/*-x64.zip
+                      artifacts/macos-x64-artifacts/*.blockmap
                       artifacts/macos-arm64-artifacts/*-arm64.dmg
                       artifacts/macos-arm64-artifacts/*-arm64.zip
+                      artifacts/macos-arm64-artifacts/*.blockmap
+                      artifacts/latest-mac.yml
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.AppImage
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.deb
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.rpm
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.snap
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.tar.gz
                       artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.pacman
+                      artifacts/linux-artifacts/latest-linux*.yml
+                      artifacts/linux-artifacts/*.blockmap
                       artifacts/linux-flatpak-artifacts/*.flatpak
                       artifacts/windows-artifacts/*-setup.exe
                       artifacts/windows-artifacts/*.msi
                       artifacts/windows-artifacts/*.zip
+                      artifacts/windows-artifacts/latest.yml
+                      artifacts/windows-artifacts/*.blockmap
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     electron-e2e-tests:
         name: Electron E2E on ${{ matrix.os }}
         runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+        timeout-minutes: 45
         env:
             IPTVNATOR_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK_URLS: '1'
             NX_SKIP_NX_CACHE: true

apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/electron-test-fixtures.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export const defaultStalkerPortalName = 'Mock Stalker Portal';
 export const defaultXtreamUsername = 'user1';
 export const defaultXtreamPassword = 'pass1';
 export const defaultStalkerMacAddress = '00:1A:79:00:00:01';
+const electronAppCloseTimeoutMs = Number(
+    process.env['IPTVNATOR_E2E_CLOSE_TIMEOUT_MS'] ?? '10000'
+);
+const electronAppKillWaitMs = 2000;
 
 export type PortalProvider = 'stalker' | 'xtream';
 
@@ -153,6 +157,7 @@ export async function launchElectronApp(
             NODE_ENV: 'test',
         },
     });
+    attachElectronProcessDiagnostics(electronApp);
 
     const mainWindow = await findMainWindow(electronApp);
     await waitForAppReady(mainWindow);
@@ -166,16 +171,83 @@ export async function launchElectronApp(
     };
 }
 
+function attachElectronProcessDiagnostics(electronApp: ElectronApplication): void {
+    if (!process.env['CI']) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const childProcess = electronApp.process();
+
+    childProcess.stdout?.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+        console.log(`[electron stdout] ${chunk.toString().trimEnd()}`);
+    });
+    childProcess.stderr?.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
+        console.error(`[electron stderr] ${chunk.toString().trimEnd()}`);
+    });
+    childProcess.once('exit', (code, signal) => {
+        console.log(
+            `[electron process exit] code=${code ?? '<null>'} signal=${
+                signal ?? '<null>'
+            }`
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 export async function closeElectronApp(
     app: LaunchedElectronApp
 ): Promise<void> {
     try {
-        await app.electronApp.close();
+        const closePromise = app.electronApp.close();
+        const closed = await waitForPromiseWithTimeout(
+            closePromise,
+            electronAppCloseTimeoutMs
+        );
+
+        if (closed) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        console.warn(
+            `Electron app did not close within ${electronAppCloseTimeoutMs}ms; killing process`
+        );
+        const childProcess = app.electronApp.process();
+
+        if (!childProcess.killed) {
+            childProcess.kill();
+        }
+
+        await waitForPromiseWithTimeout(
+            closePromise.catch(() => undefined),
+            electronAppKillWaitMs
+        );
     } catch (error) {
         console.warn('Failed to close Electron app cleanly:', error);
     }
 }
 
+async function waitForPromiseWithTimeout(
+    promise: Promise<unknown>,
+    timeoutMs: number
+): Promise<boolean> {
+    let timeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+
+    try {
+        return await Promise.race([
+            promise.then(() => true),
+            new Promise<boolean>((resolvePromise) => {
+                timeoutId = setTimeout(
+                    () => resolvePromise(false),
+                    timeoutMs
+                );
+            }),
+        ]);
+    } finally {
+        if (timeoutId) {
+            clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 function assertPackagedRendererBuildIsElectronSafe(): void {
     if (!existsSync(packagedRendererIndexPath)) {
         throw new Error(

apps/electron-backend-e2e/src/settings.e2e.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,30 @@ const epgFixtureXml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 `;
 
 test.describe('Electron Settings', () => {
+    test('@settings @electron shows manual app update fallback when self-update is unavailable', async ({
+        dataDir,
+    }) => {
+        const app = await launchElectronApp(dataDir);
+
+        try {
+            await openSettings(app.mainWindow);
+
+            await expect(app.mainWindow.getByTestId('app-update-status')).toBeVisible();
+            await expect(app.mainWindow.getByTestId('app-update-check')).toBeVisible();
+            await expect(
+                app.mainWindow.getByTestId('app-update-open-release')
+            ).toBeVisible();
+            await expect(
+                app.mainWindow.getByTestId('app-update-download')
+            ).toHaveCount(0);
+            await expect(
+                app.mainWindow.getByTestId('app-update-install')
+            ).toHaveCount(0);
+        } finally {
+            await closeElectronApp(app);
+        }
+    });
+
     test('@settings @electron gates external MPV playback behind double-click when enabled', async ({
         dataDir,
     }) => {

apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.spec.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ import {
     DB_WORKER_OPERATIONS,
     DbWorkerOperation,
 } from '../workers/database-worker.types';
+import {
+    APP_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS,
+    APP_UPDATE_INSTALL,
+    APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import type { ElectronBridgeApi } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import {
     dbPreloadCases,
@@ -130,6 +138,58 @@ describe('main preload DB IPC contract', () => {
         );
     });
 
+    it('exposes app update commands and status events through the typed bridge', async () => {
+        const api = getExposedApi();
+        const callback = jest.fn();
+        const status = {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: 'available',
+            supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+        };
+
+        await api.getAppUpdateStatus();
+        await api.checkForAppUpdate();
+        await api.downloadAppUpdate();
+        await api.installAppUpdate();
+        await api.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes({
+            direction: 'previous',
+            version: 'v0.23.0',
+        });
+        const unsubscribe = api.onAppUpdateStatusChange(callback);
+        const handler = mockIpcRenderer.on.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[1];
+
+        handler({}, status);
+        unsubscribe();
+
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS
+        );
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(APP_UPDATE_CHECK);
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD
+        );
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(APP_UPDATE_INSTALL);
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+            {
+                direction: 'previous',
+                version: 'v0.23.0',
+            }
+        );
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.on).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+            expect.any(Function)
+        );
+        expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(status);
+        expect(mockIpcRenderer.off).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+            handler
+        );
+    });
+
     it('forwards request-scoped DB operation events and unregisters the listener', () => {
         const api = getExposedApi();
         const callback = jest.fn();

apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webUtils } from 'electron';
+import {
+    APP_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS,
+    APP_UPDATE_INSTALL,
+    APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces/ipc-commands';
 import type {
     EmbeddedMpvBounds,
     EmbeddedMpvRecordingStartOptions,
     EmbeddedMpvSession,
     EmbeddedMpvSupport,
     ElectronBridgeApi,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
     ElectronBridgeDbOperationEvent,
     ElectronBridgeDownloadStartPayload,
     ElectronBridgeEpgLookupOptions,
@@ -292,6 +302,23 @@ const electronApi: ElectronBridgeApi = {
     },
     getAppVersion: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-app-version'),
     platform: process.platform,
+    getAppUpdateStatus: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS),
+    checkForAppUpdate: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(APP_UPDATE_CHECK),
+    downloadAppUpdate: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD),
+    installAppUpdate: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(APP_UPDATE_INSTALL),
+    getAppUpdateReleaseNotes: (
+        request?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest
+    ) => ipcRenderer.invoke(APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES, request),
+    onAppUpdateStatusChange: (
+        callback: (status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus) => void
+    ) => {
+        const handler = (
+            _event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent,
+            status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus
+        ) => callback(status);
+        ipcRenderer.on(APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED, handler);
+        return () => ipcRenderer.off(APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED, handler);
+    },
     minimizeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(WINDOW_MINIMIZE),
     toggleMaximizeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(WINDOW_TOGGLE_MAXIMIZE),
     closeWindow: () => ipcRenderer.invoke(WINDOW_CLOSE),

apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.spec.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ jest.mock('electron', () => ({
     app: {
         getPath: jest.fn(() => '/tmp'),
         isPackaged: false,
+        isReady: jest.fn(() => false),
+        on: jest.fn(),
     },
     BrowserWindow: jest.fn(),
     Menu: {
@@ -37,28 +39,49 @@ import {
     isTrustedRendererNavigationUrl,
 } from './app';
 import App from './app';
-import { app as electronApp } from 'electron';
+import { app as electronApp, BrowserWindow, screen } from 'electron';
+import { store } from './services/store.service';
 
 type MockMainWindow = {
+    center: jest.Mock<void, []>;
+    getNormalBounds: jest.Mock<object, []>;
     loadFile: jest.Mock<Promise<void>, [string]>;
     loadURL: jest.Mock<Promise<void>, [string]>;
+    on: jest.Mock<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>;
+    once: jest.Mock<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>;
+    setMenu: jest.Mock<void, [unknown]>;
+    show: jest.Mock<void, []>;
     webContents: {
+        on: jest.Mock<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>;
         openDevTools: jest.Mock<void, []>;
+        setWindowOpenHandler: jest.Mock<void, [unknown]>;
     };
 };
 
 function createMockMainWindow(): MockMainWindow {
     return {
+        center: jest.fn<void, []>(),
+        getNormalBounds: jest.fn<object, []>().mockReturnValue({}),
         loadFile: jest.fn<Promise<void>, [string]>().mockResolvedValue(),
         loadURL: jest.fn<Promise<void>, [string]>().mockResolvedValue(),
+        on: jest.fn<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>(),
+        once: jest.fn<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>(),
+        setMenu: jest.fn<void, [unknown]>(),
+        show: jest.fn<void, []>(),
         webContents: {
+            on: jest.fn<void, [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]>(),
             openDevTools: jest.fn<void, []>(),
+            setWindowOpenHandler: jest.fn<void, [unknown]>(),
         },
     };
 }
 
 type AppInternals = {
-    mainWindow: MockMainWindow;
+    loadedMainWindow: MockMainWindow | null;
+    mainWindow: MockMainWindow | null;
+    mainWindowLoadPromise: Promise<void> | null;
+    onReady: () => void;
+    rendererLoadingEnabled: boolean;
     loadMainWindow: () => Promise<void>;
 };
 
@@ -70,7 +93,16 @@ describe('Electron app security helpers', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         jest.clearAllMocks();
         delete process.env.ELECTRON_IS_DEV;
+        const appInternals = getAppInternals();
+        appInternals.loadedMainWindow = null;
+        appInternals.mainWindow = null;
+        appInternals.mainWindowLoadPromise = null;
+        appInternals.rendererLoadingEnabled = false;
         (electronApp as unknown as { isPackaged: boolean }).isPackaged = false;
+        (screen.getPrimaryDisplay as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
+            workAreaSize: { height: 720, width: 1280 },
+        });
+        (store.get as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(undefined);
     });
 
     it('creates an explicitly hardened BrowserWindow webPreferences object', () => {
@@ -175,6 +207,47 @@ describe('Electron app security helpers', () => {
         warnSpy.mockRestore();
     });
 
+    it('defers renderer loading until the main process explicitly enables it', async () => {
+        const appInternals = getAppInternals();
+        const mainWindow = createMockMainWindow();
+        (BrowserWindow as unknown as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(mainWindow);
+
+        appInternals.onReady();
+
+        expect(BrowserWindow).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                show: false,
+                webPreferences: expect.objectContaining({
+                    preload: expect.stringContaining('main.preload.js'),
+                }),
+            })
+        );
+        expect(mainWindow.loadURL).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(mainWindow.loadFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        await appInternals.loadMainWindow();
+
+        expect(mainWindow.loadURL).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'http://localhost:4200'
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('creates the main window immediately when Electron is already ready', () => {
+        const mainWindow = createMockMainWindow();
+        (BrowserWindow as unknown as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(mainWindow);
+        (electronApp.isReady as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(true);
+
+        App.main(electronApp, BrowserWindow);
+
+        expect(BrowserWindow).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(electronApp.on).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'ready',
+            expect.any(Function)
+        );
+        expect(mainWindow.loadURL).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(mainWindow.loadFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('clears only service worker registrations and cache storage', async () => {
         await clearElectronServiceWorkerStorage();
 

apps/electron-backend/src/app/app.ts

@@ -198,9 +198,12 @@ function attachWindowTrace(mainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow): void {
 export default class App {
     // Keep a global reference of the window object, if you don't, the window will
     // be closed automatically when the JavaScript object is garbage collected.
-    static mainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow;
+    static mainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow | null = null;
     static application: Electron.App;
     static BrowserWindow;
+    private static loadedMainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow | null = null;
+    private static mainWindowLoadPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
+    private static rendererLoadingEnabled = false;
 
     private static shouldOpenDevTools() {
         return process.env.ELECTRON_OPEN_DEVTOOLS === '1';
@@ -230,15 +233,21 @@ export default class App {
         App.mainWindow = null;
     }
 
+    private static startMainWindowLoad(): void {
+        void App.loadMainWindow().catch((error) => {
+            console.error('Failed to load main window:', error);
+        });
+    }
+
     private static onReady() {
         // This method will be called when Electron has finished
         // initialization and is ready to create browser windows.
         // Some APIs can only be used after this event occurs.
         if (rendererAppName) {
             App.initMainWindow();
-            void App.loadMainWindow().catch((error) => {
-                console.error('Failed to load main window:', error);
-            });
+            if (App.rendererLoadingEnabled) {
+                App.startMainWindowLoad();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -248,6 +257,9 @@ export default class App {
         if (App.mainWindow === null) {
             App.onReady();
         }
+        if (App.rendererLoadingEnabled) {
+            App.startMainWindowLoad();
+        }
     }
 
     private static handleRendererNavigation(
@@ -363,6 +375,8 @@ export default class App {
             // in an array if your app supports multi windows, this is the time
             // when you should delete the corresponding element.
             App.mainWindow = null;
+            App.loadedMainWindow = null;
+            App.mainWindowLoadPromise = null;
         });
 
         App.mainWindow.on('close', () => {
@@ -409,22 +423,49 @@ export default class App {
         });
     }
 
-    private static async loadMainWindow(): Promise<void> {
+    private static async loadMainWindowContent(
+        mainWindow: Electron.BrowserWindow
+    ): Promise<void> {
         // load the index.html of the app.
         if (App.isDevelopmentMode()) {
-            const loadPromise = App.mainWindow.loadURL(
+            const loadPromise = mainWindow.loadURL(
                 `http://localhost:${rendererAppPort}`
             );
             if (App.shouldOpenDevTools()) {
-                App.mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
+                mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools();
             }
             await loadPromise;
         } else {
             await clearElectronServiceWorkerStorage();
-            await App.mainWindow.loadFile(getPackagedRendererIndexPath());
+            await mainWindow.loadFile(getPackagedRendererIndexPath());
         }
     }
 
+    static async loadMainWindow(): Promise<void> {
+        App.rendererLoadingEnabled = true;
+
+        if (!rendererAppName || !App.mainWindow) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (App.loadedMainWindow === App.mainWindow) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!App.mainWindowLoadPromise) {
+            const mainWindow = App.mainWindow;
+            App.mainWindowLoadPromise = App.loadMainWindowContent(mainWindow)
+                .then(() => {
+                    App.loadedMainWindow = mainWindow;
+                })
+                .finally(() => {
+                    App.mainWindowLoadPromise = null;
+                });
+        }
+
+        await App.mainWindowLoadPromise;
+    }
+
     static main(app: Electron.App, browserWindow: typeof BrowserWindow) {
         // we pass the Electron.App object and the
         // Electron.BrowserWindow into this function
@@ -435,7 +476,11 @@ export default class App {
         App.application = app;
 
         App.application.on('window-all-closed', App.onWindowAllClosed); // Quit when all windows are closed.
-        App.application.on('ready', App.onReady); // App is ready to load data
+        if (App.application.isReady()) {
+            App.onReady();
+        } else {
+            App.application.on('ready', App.onReady); // App is ready to load data
+        }
         App.application.on('activate', App.onActivate); // App is activated
         App.application.on('before-quit', () => {
             if (App.mainWindow)

apps/electron-backend/src/app/constants.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export const rendererAppPort = 4200;
 export const rendererAppName = 'web'; // options.name.split('-')[0] + '-web'
 export const electronAppName = 'iptvnator';
-export const updateServerUrl = 'https://deployment-server-url.com'; // TODO: insert your update server url here

apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/app-update.events.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import {
+    APP_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS,
+    APP_UPDATE_INSTALL,
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+
+const mockHandlers = new Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => unknown>();
+
+jest.mock('electron', () => ({
+    ipcMain: {
+        handle: jest.fn(
+            (channel: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => unknown) => {
+            mockHandlers.set(channel, handler);
+        }),
+    },
+}));
+
+describe('AppUpdateEvents', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.resetModules();
+        mockHandlers.clear();
+    });
+
+    it('registers updater IPC handlers against the provided service', async () => {
+        const status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+        };
+        const service = {
+            checkForUpdates: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+                ...status,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking,
+            }),
+            downloadUpdate: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+                ...status,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+            }),
+            getStatus: jest.fn(() => status),
+            getReleaseNotes: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+                bodyMarkdown: '## Release notes',
+                hasNext: false,
+                hasPrevious: true,
+                htmlUrl:
+                    'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.23.0',
+                publishedAt: '2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z',
+                releaseName: 'v0.23.0',
+                tagName: 'v0.23.0',
+                version: '0.23.0',
+            }),
+            installUpdate: jest.fn(() => ({
+                ...status,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded,
+            })),
+        };
+        const { default: AppUpdateEvents } = await import('./app-update.events');
+
+        AppUpdateEvents.bootstrapAppUpdateEvents(service);
+
+        expect([...mockHandlers.keys()].sort()).toEqual([
+            APP_UPDATE_CHECK,
+            APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD,
+            APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+            APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS,
+            APP_UPDATE_INSTALL,
+        ]);
+        expect(await mockHandlers.get(APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS)?.()).toEqual({
+            ...status,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle,
+        });
+        expect(await mockHandlers.get(APP_UPDATE_CHECK)?.()).toEqual({
+            ...status,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking,
+        });
+        expect(await mockHandlers.get(APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD)?.()).toEqual({
+            ...status,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+        });
+        expect(await mockHandlers.get(APP_UPDATE_INSTALL)?.()).toEqual({
+            ...status,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded,
+        });
+        expect(
+            await mockHandlers.get(APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES)?.(undefined, {
+                version: '0.23.0',
+            })
+        ).toMatchObject({
+            bodyMarkdown: '## Release notes',
+            tagName: 'v0.23.0',
+        });
+        expect(service.getReleaseNotes).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            version: '0.23.0',
+        });
+    });
+});

apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/app-update.events.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+import {
+    APP_UPDATE_CHECK,
+    APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES,
+    APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS,
+    APP_UPDATE_INSTALL,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { AppUpdateService } from '../services/app-update.service';
+
+export interface AppUpdateServiceContract {
+    getStatus(): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus;
+    checkForUpdates(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    downloadUpdate(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    installUpdate(): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus;
+    getReleaseNotes(
+        request?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest
+    ): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes>;
+}
+
+export default class AppUpdateEvents {
+    static bootstrapAppUpdateEvents(
+        service: AppUpdateServiceContract | AppUpdateService
+    ): Electron.IpcMain {
+        ipcMain.handle(APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS, () => service.getStatus());
+        ipcMain.handle(APP_UPDATE_CHECK, () => service.checkForUpdates());
+        ipcMain.handle(APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD, () => service.downloadUpdate());
+        ipcMain.handle(APP_UPDATE_INSTALL, () => service.installUpdate());
+        ipcMain.handle(APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES, (_event, request) =>
+            service.getReleaseNotes(
+                request as ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest
+            )
+        );
+
+        return ipcMain;
+    }
+}

apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/update.events.ts

@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-import { app, autoUpdater, dialog, MessageBoxOptions } from 'electron';
-import { platform, arch } from 'os';
-import { updateServerUrl } from '../constants';
-import App from '../app';
-
-export default class UpdateEvents {
-  // initialize auto update service - most be invoked only in production
-  static initAutoUpdateService() {
-    const platform_arch =
-      platform() === 'win32' ? platform() : platform() + '_' + arch();
-    const version = app.getVersion();
-    const feed: Electron.FeedURLOptions = {
-      url: `${updateServerUrl}/update/${platform_arch}/${version}`,
-    };
-
-    if (!App.isDevelopmentMode()) {
-      console.log('Initializing auto update service...\n');
-
-      autoUpdater.setFeedURL(feed);
-      UpdateEvents.checkForUpdates();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // check for updates - most be invoked after initAutoUpdateService() and only in production
-  static checkForUpdates() {
-    if (!App.isDevelopmentMode() && autoUpdater.getFeedURL() !== '') {
-      autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-autoUpdater.on(
-  'update-downloaded',
-  (event, releaseNotes, releaseName, releaseDate) => {
-    const dialogOpts: MessageBoxOptions = {
-      type: 'info' as const,
-      buttons: ['Restart', 'Later'],
-      title: 'Application Update',
-      message: process.platform === 'win32' ? releaseNotes : releaseName,
-      detail:
-        'A new version has been downloaded. Restart the application to apply the updates.',
-    };
-
-    dialog.showMessageBox(dialogOpts).then((returnValue) => {
-      if (returnValue.response === 0) autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-    });
-  }
-);
-
-autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
-  console.log('Checking for updates...\n');
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
-  console.log('New update available!\n');
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
-  console.log('Up to date!\n');
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('before-quit-for-update', () => {
-  console.log('Application update is about to begin...\n');
-});
-
-autoUpdater.on('error', (message) => {
-  console.error('There was a problem updating the application');
-  console.error(message, '\n');
-});

apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/app-update.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,416 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import {
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { AppUpdateService } from './app-update.service';
+
+class FakeUpdater extends EventEmitter {
+    autoDownload = true;
+    autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
+    checkForUpdates = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+    downloadUpdate = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]);
+    quitAndInstall = jest.fn();
+}
+
+const githubReleases = [
+    {
+        body: '## New\n\nFresh build',
+        draft: false,
+        html_url: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.24.0',
+        name: 'v0.24.0',
+        prerelease: false,
+        published_at: '2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z',
+        tag_name: 'v0.24.0',
+    },
+    {
+        body: '## Current\n\nUpdate details',
+        draft: false,
+        html_url: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.23.0',
+        name: 'v0.23.0',
+        prerelease: false,
+        published_at: '2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z',
+        tag_name: 'v0.23.0',
+    },
+    {
+        body: 'beta notes',
+        draft: false,
+        html_url:
+            'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.22.5-beta',
+        name: 'v0.22.5-beta',
+        prerelease: true,
+        published_at: '2026-06-27T00:00:00.000Z',
+        tag_name: 'v0.22.5-beta',
+    },
+    {
+        body: '## Older\n\nBug fixes',
+        draft: false,
+        html_url: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.22.0',
+        name: 'v0.22.0',
+        prerelease: false,
+        published_at: '2026-06-20T00:00:00.000Z',
+        tag_name: 'v0.22.0',
+    },
+];
+
+function createReleaseFetcher(pages: unknown[][] = [githubReleases]) {
+    return jest.fn(async (url: string) => {
+        const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+        const page = Number(parsedUrl.searchParams.get('page') ?? '1');
+
+        return {
+            json: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(pages[page - 1] ?? []),
+            ok: true,
+            status: 200,
+            statusText: 'OK',
+        };
+    });
+}
+
+function createWindow() {
+    return {
+        isDestroyed: jest.fn(() => false),
+        webContents: {
+            send: jest.fn(),
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+function createService(
+    overrides: {
+        fetcher?: ReturnType<typeof createReleaseFetcher>;
+        isPackaged?: boolean;
+        platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
+        env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+    } = {}
+) {
+    const updater = new FakeUpdater();
+    const win = createWindow();
+    const service = new AppUpdateService({
+        app: {
+            getVersion: () => '0.22.0',
+            isPackaged: overrides.isPackaged ?? true,
+        },
+        getMainWindow: () => win,
+        platform: overrides.platform ?? 'darwin',
+        processEnv: overrides.env ?? {},
+        releaseFetcher: overrides.fetcher,
+        updater,
+    });
+
+    return { service, updater, win };
+}
+
+describe('AppUpdateService', () => {
+    it('reports unsupported status outside packaged builds', () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService({ isPackaged: false });
+
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toEqual({
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+        expect(updater.autoDownload).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('does not resolve the updater adapter outside self-update builds', async () => {
+        const updaterFactory = jest.fn(() => new FakeUpdater());
+        const service = new AppUpdateService({
+            app: {
+                getVersion: () => '0.0',
+                isPackaged: false,
+            },
+            getMainWindow: () => createWindow(),
+            updater: updaterFactory,
+        });
+
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toEqual({
+            currentVersion: '0.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+
+        await service.checkForUpdatesOnStartup();
+
+        expect(updaterFactory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('checks GitHub releases without resolving the updater on unsupported packaged Linux builds', async () => {
+        const fetcher = createReleaseFetcher();
+        const updaterFactory = jest.fn(() => new FakeUpdater());
+        const service = new AppUpdateService({
+            app: {
+                getVersion: () => '0.22.0',
+                isPackaged: true,
+            },
+            getMainWindow: () => createWindow(),
+            platform: 'linux',
+            processEnv: {},
+            releaseFetcher: fetcher,
+            updater: updaterFactory,
+        });
+
+        await service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(updaterFactory).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fetcher).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'https://api.github.com/repos/4gray/iptvnator/releases?per_page=10&page=1',
+            expect.any(Object)
+        );
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                latestVersion: '0.24.0',
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+                supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('supports Linux self-update only for AppImage builds', () => {
+        const unsupported = createService({
+            platform: 'linux',
+            env: {},
+        }).service.getStatus();
+        const appImage = createService({
+            platform: 'linux',
+            env: { APPIMAGE: '/Applications/IPTVnator.AppImage' },
+        }).service.getStatus();
+
+        expect(unsupported.supportedSelfUpdate).toBe(false);
+        expect(unsupported.status).toBe(
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported
+        );
+        expect(appImage.supportedSelfUpdate).toBe(true);
+        expect(appImage.status).toBe(ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle);
+    });
+
+    it('checks for updates without downloading automatically', async () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+
+        await service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(updater.autoDownload).toBe(false);
+        expect(updater.checkForUpdates).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(service.getStatus().status).toBe(
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('deduplicates concurrent update checks', async () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+        let resolveCheck: ((value: unknown) => void) | undefined;
+        updater.checkForUpdates.mockImplementationOnce(
+            () =>
+                new Promise((resolve) => {
+                    resolveCheck = resolve;
+                })
+        );
+
+        const firstCheck = service.checkForUpdates();
+        const secondCheck = service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(updater.checkForUpdates).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(service.getStatus().status).toBe(
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking
+        );
+
+        resolveCheck?.(null);
+        await expect(Promise.all([firstCheck, secondCheck])).resolves.toEqual([
+            service.getStatus(),
+            service.getStatus(),
+        ]);
+
+        await service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(updater.checkForUpdates).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it('checks packaged non-AppImage Linux builds through GitHub manual fallback', async () => {
+        const fetcher = createReleaseFetcher();
+        const { service, updater } = createService({
+            env: {},
+            fetcher,
+            platform: 'linux',
+        });
+
+        await service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(updater.checkForUpdates).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(fetcher).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'https://api.github.com/repos/4gray/iptvnator/releases?per_page=10&page=1',
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                headers: expect.objectContaining({
+                    Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
+                    'User-Agent': 'iptvnator/0.22.0',
+                }),
+            })
+        );
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toMatchObject({
+            latestVersion: '0.24.0',
+            release: {
+                releaseName: 'v0.24.0',
+                version: '0.24.0',
+            },
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('loads additional GitHub release pages when the first page has no stable releases', async () => {
+        const prereleasePage = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => ({
+            ...githubReleases[2],
+            name: `v0.25.${index}-beta`,
+            tag_name: `v0.25.${index}-beta`,
+        }));
+        const fetcher = createReleaseFetcher([
+            prereleasePage,
+            [githubReleases[0]],
+        ]);
+        const { service } = createService({
+            env: {},
+            fetcher,
+            platform: 'linux',
+        });
+
+        await service.checkForUpdates();
+
+        expect(fetcher).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(
+            fetcher.mock.calls.map(([url]) =>
+                new URL(url).searchParams.get('page')
+            )
+        ).toEqual(['1', '2']);
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toMatchObject({
+            latestVersion: '0.24.0',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('starts a packaged startup check without downloading automatically', async () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+
+        await service.checkForUpdatesOnStartup();
+
+        expect(updater.autoDownload).toBe(false);
+        expect(updater.downloadUpdate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(updater.checkForUpdates).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('loads release notes lazily and navigates between cached versions', async () => {
+        const fetcher = createReleaseFetcher();
+        const { service } = createService({ fetcher });
+
+        const current = await service.getReleaseNotes({ version: '0.23.0' });
+        const older = await service.getReleaseNotes({
+            direction: 'previous',
+            version: current.tagName,
+        });
+        const newer = await service.getReleaseNotes({
+            direction: 'next',
+            version: older.tagName,
+        });
+
+        expect(fetcher).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(current).toMatchObject({
+            bodyMarkdown: '## Current\n\nUpdate details',
+            hasNext: true,
+            hasPrevious: true,
+            tagName: 'v0.23.0',
+            version: '0.23.0',
+        });
+        expect(older).toMatchObject({
+            bodyMarkdown: '## Older\n\nBug fixes',
+            hasNext: true,
+            hasPrevious: false,
+            tagName: 'v0.22.0',
+        });
+        expect(newer.tagName).toBe('v0.23.0');
+    });
+
+    it('stores available release details from updater events', () => {
+        const { service } = createService();
+
+        service.handleUpdateAvailable({
+            version: '0.23.0',
+            releaseName: 'Release v0.23.0',
+            releaseDate: '2026-06-28T10:00:00.000Z',
+            releaseNotes: 'Bug fixes',
+        });
+
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toMatchObject({
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            release: {
+                releaseDate: '2026-06-28T10:00:00.000Z',
+                releaseName: 'Release v0.23.0',
+                releaseNotes: 'Bug fixes',
+                version: '0.23.0',
+            },
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('downloads only after an update is available and exposes progress', async () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+        service.handleUpdateAvailable({ version: '0.23.0' });
+
+        const downloadPromise = service.downloadUpdate();
+        service.handleDownloadProgress({
+            bytesPerSecond: 2048,
+            percent: 42.5,
+            total: 1000,
+            transferred: 425,
+        });
+        await downloadPromise;
+
+        expect(updater.downloadUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(service.getStatus()).toMatchObject({
+            progress: {
+                bytesPerSecond: 2048,
+                percent: 42.5,
+                total: 1000,
+                transferred: 425,
+            },
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('ignores duplicate download requests while a download is already running', async () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+        let resolveDownload: (() => void) | undefined;
+        updater.downloadUpdate.mockReturnValueOnce(
+            new Promise<string[]>((resolve) => {
+                resolveDownload = () => resolve([]);
+            })
+        );
+        service.handleUpdateAvailable({ version: '0.23.0' });
+
+        const firstDownload = service.downloadUpdate();
+        const secondStatus = await service.downloadUpdate();
+        resolveDownload?.();
+        await firstDownload;
+
+        expect(updater.downloadUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(secondStatus.status).toBe(
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('marks a downloaded update ready to install and installs on request', () => {
+        const { service, updater } = createService();
+        service.handleUpdateAvailable({ version: '0.23.0' });
+        service.handleUpdateDownloaded({ version: '0.23.0' });
+
+        const status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = service.getStatus();
+        service.installUpdate();
+
+        expect(status.status).toBe(
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded
+        );
+        expect(updater.quitAndInstall).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+});

apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/app-update.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,621 @@
+import {
+    APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateRelease,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+
+export const APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+    'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest';
+const GITHUB_RELEASES_API_URL =
+    'https://api.github.com/repos/4gray/iptvnator/releases';
+const GITHUB_RELEASES_PER_PAGE = 10;
+
+interface AppUpdateAppAdapter {
+    getVersion(): string;
+    isPackaged: boolean;
+}
+
+interface AppUpdateWebContents {
+    send(channel: string, payload: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus): void;
+}
+
+interface AppUpdateWindow {
+    isDestroyed(): boolean;
+    webContents: AppUpdateWebContents;
+}
+
+interface AppUpdateInfo {
+    version: string;
+    releaseDate?: string;
+    releaseName?: string | null;
+    releaseNotes?: string | unknown[] | null;
+}
+
+interface AppUpdateProgressInfo {
+    bytesPerSecond?: number;
+    percent: number;
+    total?: number;
+    transferred?: number;
+}
+
+interface AppUpdaterAdapter {
+    autoDownload: boolean;
+    autoInstallOnAppQuit?: boolean;
+    checkForUpdates(): Promise<unknown>;
+    downloadUpdate(): Promise<string[]>;
+    quitAndInstall(isSilent?: boolean, isForceRunAfter?: boolean): void;
+    on(event: 'checking-for-update', listener: () => void): this;
+    on(
+        event: 'update-available',
+        listener: (info: AppUpdateInfo) => void
+    ): this;
+    on(
+        event: 'update-not-available',
+        listener: (info: AppUpdateInfo) => void
+    ): this;
+    on(
+        event: 'download-progress',
+        listener: (progress: AppUpdateProgressInfo) => void
+    ): this;
+    on(
+        event: 'update-downloaded',
+        listener: (info: AppUpdateInfo) => void
+    ): this;
+    on(event: 'error', listener: (error: Error) => void): this;
+}
+
+type AppUpdaterAdapterProvider = AppUpdaterAdapter | (() => AppUpdaterAdapter);
+
+interface GitHubReleaseResponse {
+    body?: string | null;
+    draft?: boolean;
+    html_url?: string;
+    name?: string | null;
+    prerelease?: boolean;
+    published_at?: string | null;
+    tag_name?: string;
+}
+
+interface CachedGitHubRelease {
+    bodyMarkdown: string;
+    draft: boolean;
+    htmlUrl: string;
+    prerelease: boolean;
+    publishedAt?: string | null;
+    releaseName?: string | null;
+    tagName: string;
+    version: string;
+}
+
+interface ReleaseFetchResponse {
+    json(): Promise<unknown>;
+    ok: boolean;
+    status: number;
+    statusText: string;
+}
+
+type ReleaseFetcher = (
+    url: string,
+    init?: { headers?: Record<string, string> }
+) => Promise<ReleaseFetchResponse>;
+
+export interface AppUpdateServiceOptions {
+    app: AppUpdateAppAdapter;
+    updater: AppUpdaterAdapterProvider;
+    getMainWindow: () => AppUpdateWindow | null | undefined;
+    platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
+    processEnv?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+    releaseFetcher?: ReleaseFetcher;
+}
+
+function isSelfUpdateSupported(
+    isPackaged: boolean,
+    platform: NodeJS.Platform,
+    processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv
+): boolean {
+    if (!isPackaged) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (platform === 'darwin' || platform === 'win32') {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return platform === 'linux' && Boolean(processEnv.APPIMAGE);
+}
+
+function getInitialStatus(supportedSelfUpdate: boolean) {
+    return supportedSelfUpdate
+        ? ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle
+        : ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported;
+}
+
+function toRelease(info: AppUpdateInfo): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateRelease {
+    return {
+        version: info.version,
+        releaseDate: info.releaseDate,
+        releaseName: info.releaseName,
+        releaseNotes:
+            typeof info.releaseNotes === 'string' ? info.releaseNotes : null,
+    };
+}
+
+function normalizeError(error: unknown): string {
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+        return error.message;
+    }
+
+    return String(error);
+}
+
+function normalizeVersion(value: string | null | undefined): string {
+    return (value ?? '').trim().replace(/^v/i, '');
+}
+
+function parseVersionParts(value: string): [number, number, number] | null {
+    const match = normalizeVersion(value).match(/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
+
+    if (!match) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    return [Number(match[1]), Number(match[2]), Number(match[3])];
+}
+
+function isVersionGreaterThan(candidate: string, current: string): boolean {
+    const candidateParts = parseVersionParts(candidate);
+    const currentParts = parseVersionParts(current);
+
+    if (!candidateParts || !currentParts) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < candidateParts.length; index += 1) {
+        if (candidateParts[index] !== currentParts[index]) {
+            return candidateParts[index] > currentParts[index];
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+function toReleaseInfo(
+    release: CachedGitHubRelease
+): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateRelease {
+    return {
+        version: release.version,
+        releaseDate: release.publishedAt ?? undefined,
+        releaseName: release.releaseName,
+        releaseNotes: null,
+    };
+}
+
+function toReleaseNotes(
+    release: CachedGitHubRelease,
+    index: number,
+    releaseCount: number,
+    loadedAllReleases: boolean
+): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes {
+    return {
+        version: release.version,
+        tagName: release.tagName,
+        releaseName: release.releaseName,
+        publishedAt: release.publishedAt,
+        bodyMarkdown: release.bodyMarkdown,
+        htmlUrl: release.htmlUrl,
+        hasNext: index > 0,
+        hasPrevious: index < releaseCount - 1 || !loadedAllReleases,
+    };
+}
+
+function isGitHubRelease(value: unknown): value is GitHubReleaseResponse {
+    return Boolean(
+        value &&
+        typeof value === 'object' &&
+        'tag_name' in value &&
+        typeof (value as GitHubReleaseResponse).tag_name === 'string'
+    );
+}
+
+export class AppUpdateService {
+    private readonly currentVersion: string;
+    private readonly isPackaged: boolean;
+    private readonly supportedSelfUpdate: boolean;
+    private readonly releaseFetcher: ReleaseFetcher;
+    private readonly releases: CachedGitHubRelease[] = [];
+    private readonly updater: AppUpdaterAdapter | null = null;
+    private loadedReleasePages = 0;
+    private loadedAllReleases = false;
+    private checkForUpdatesPromise: Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus> | null =
+        null;
+    private status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus;
+
+    constructor(private readonly options: AppUpdateServiceOptions) {
+        this.currentVersion = options.app.getVersion();
+        this.isPackaged = options.app.isPackaged;
+        this.supportedSelfUpdate = isSelfUpdateSupported(
+            options.app.isPackaged,
+            options.platform ?? process.platform,
+            options.processEnv ?? process.env
+        );
+        this.releaseFetcher =
+            options.releaseFetcher ??
+            ((url, init) => fetch(url, init) as Promise<ReleaseFetchResponse>);
+        this.status = {
+            currentVersion: this.currentVersion,
+            manualDownloadUrl: APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_URL,
+            status: getInitialStatus(this.supportedSelfUpdate),
+            supportedSelfUpdate: this.supportedSelfUpdate,
+        };
+
+        if (this.supportedSelfUpdate) {
+            this.updater = this.resolveUpdater(options.updater);
+            this.updater.autoDownload = false;
+            this.updater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = false;
+            this.attachUpdaterEvents(this.updater);
+        }
+    }
+
+    getStatus(): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus {
+        return { ...this.status };
+    }
+
+    async checkForUpdates(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus> {
+        if (this.checkForUpdatesPromise) {
+            return this.checkForUpdatesPromise;
+        }
+
+        this.checkForUpdatesPromise = this.runCheckForUpdates().finally(() => {
+            this.checkForUpdatesPromise = null;
+        });
+
+        return this.checkForUpdatesPromise;
+    }
+
+    private async runCheckForUpdates(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus> {
+        if (!this.isPackaged) {
+            this.setStatus({
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            });
+            return this.getStatus();
+        }
+
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: undefined,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking,
+        });
+
+        try {
+            if (this.updater) {
+                await this.updater.checkForUpdates();
+            } else {
+                await this.checkGitHubReleaseForManualUpdate();
+            }
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.handleError(error);
+        }
+
+        return this.getStatus();
+    }
+
+    async checkForUpdatesOnStartup(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus> {
+        if (!this.isPackaged) {
+            return this.getStatus();
+        }
+
+        return this.checkForUpdates();
+    }
+
+    async getReleaseNotes(
+        request: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest = {}
+    ): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes> {
+        await this.ensureReleasePageLoaded(1);
+
+        let index = await this.findReleaseIndex(request.version);
+
+        if (index === -1 && !request.version) {
+            index = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (index === -1) {
+            throw new Error(
+                `Release notes were not found for ${request.version ?? 'latest release'}`
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (request.direction === 'previous') {
+            index += 1;
+            while (index >= this.releases.length && !this.loadedAllReleases) {
+                await this.ensureReleasePageLoaded(this.loadedReleasePages + 1);
+            }
+        } else if (request.direction === 'next') {
+            index -= 1;
+        }
+
+        const release = this.releases[index];
+
+        if (!release) {
+            throw new Error('No release notes are available in that direction');
+        }
+
+        return toReleaseNotes(
+            release,
+            index,
+            this.releases.length,
+            this.loadedAllReleases
+        );
+    }
+
+    async downloadUpdate(): Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus> {
+        if (!this.updater) {
+            this.setStatus({
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            });
+            return this.getStatus();
+        }
+
+        if (
+            this.status.status !== ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available
+        ) {
+            return this.getStatus();
+        }
+
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: undefined,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+        });
+
+        try {
+            await this.updater.downloadUpdate();
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.handleError(error);
+        }
+
+        return this.getStatus();
+    }
+
+    installUpdate(): ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus {
+        if (
+            this.updater &&
+            this.status.status ===
+                ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded
+        ) {
+            this.updater.quitAndInstall();
+        }
+
+        return this.getStatus();
+    }
+
+    handleUpdateAvailable(info: AppUpdateInfo): void {
+        const release = toRelease(info);
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: undefined,
+            latestVersion: release.version,
+            release,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+        });
+    }
+
+    handleUpdateNotAvailable(info: AppUpdateInfo): void {
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: undefined,
+            latestVersion: info.version,
+            release: toRelease(info),
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.NotAvailable,
+        });
+    }
+
+    handleDownloadProgress(progress: AppUpdateProgressInfo): void {
+        this.setStatus({
+            progress: {
+                bytesPerSecond: progress.bytesPerSecond,
+                percent: progress.percent,
+                total: progress.total,
+                transferred: progress.transferred,
+            },
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+        });
+    }
+
+    handleUpdateDownloaded(info: AppUpdateInfo): void {
+        const release = toRelease(info);
+        this.setStatus({
+            latestVersion: release.version,
+            release,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded,
+        });
+    }
+
+    handleError(error: unknown): void {
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: normalizeError(error),
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Error,
+        });
+    }
+
+    private resolveUpdater(
+        updater: AppUpdaterAdapterProvider
+    ): AppUpdaterAdapter {
+        return typeof updater === 'function' ? updater() : updater;
+    }
+
+    private attachUpdaterEvents(updater: AppUpdaterAdapter): void {
+        updater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
+            this.setStatus({
+                error: undefined,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking,
+            });
+        });
+        updater.on('update-available', (info) =>
+            this.handleUpdateAvailable(info)
+        );
+        updater.on('update-not-available', (info) =>
+            this.handleUpdateNotAvailable(info)
+        );
+        updater.on('download-progress', (progress) =>
+            this.handleDownloadProgress(progress)
+        );
+        updater.on('update-downloaded', (info) =>
+            this.handleUpdateDownloaded(info)
+        );
+        updater.on('error', (error) => this.handleError(error));
+    }
+
+    private async checkGitHubReleaseForManualUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        await this.ensureFirstStableReleaseLoaded();
+        const latestRelease = this.releases[0];
+
+        if (!latestRelease) {
+            this.setStatus({
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.NotAvailable,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (isVersionGreaterThan(latestRelease.version, this.currentVersion)) {
+            this.setStatus({
+                error: undefined,
+                latestVersion: latestRelease.version,
+                release: toReleaseInfo(latestRelease),
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.setStatus({
+            error: undefined,
+            latestVersion: latestRelease.version,
+            release: toReleaseInfo(latestRelease),
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.NotAvailable,
+        });
+    }
+
+    private async ensureFirstStableReleaseLoaded(): Promise<void> {
+        while (!this.loadedAllReleases && this.releases.length === 0) {
+            await this.ensureReleasePageLoaded(this.loadedReleasePages + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async findReleaseIndex(
+        version: string | undefined
+    ): Promise<number> {
+        if (!version) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        const normalizedVersion = normalizeVersion(version);
+
+        while (true) {
+            const index = this.releases.findIndex(
+                (release) =>
+                    normalizeVersion(release.version) === normalizedVersion ||
+                    normalizeVersion(release.tagName) === normalizedVersion
+            );
+
+            if (index !== -1 || this.loadedAllReleases) {
+                return index;
+            }
+
+            await this.ensureReleasePageLoaded(this.loadedReleasePages + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async ensureReleasePageLoaded(page: number): Promise<void> {
+        while (!this.loadedAllReleases && this.loadedReleasePages < page) {
+            await this.loadReleasePage(this.loadedReleasePages + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async loadReleasePage(page: number): Promise<void> {
+        const url = `${GITHUB_RELEASES_API_URL}?per_page=${GITHUB_RELEASES_PER_PAGE}&page=${page}`;
+        const response = await this.releaseFetcher(url, {
+            headers: {
+                Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
+                'User-Agent': `iptvnator/${this.currentVersion}`,
+            },
+        });
+
+        if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error(
+                `GitHub releases request failed: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`
+            );
+        }
+
+        const payload = await response.json();
+
+        if (!Array.isArray(payload)) {
+            throw new Error('GitHub releases response was not an array');
+        }
+
+        for (const release of payload) {
+            if (!isGitHubRelease(release)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (release.draft || release.prerelease) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const tagName = release.tag_name;
+            const version = normalizeVersion(tagName);
+
+            if (
+                this.releases.some(
+                    (cachedRelease) => cachedRelease.tagName === tagName
+                )
+            ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            this.releases.push({
+                bodyMarkdown: release.body ?? '',
+                draft: Boolean(release.draft),
+                htmlUrl:
+                    release.html_url ??
+                    `${APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_URL.replace('/latest', '')}/tag/${tagName}`,
+                prerelease: Boolean(release.prerelease),
+                publishedAt: release.published_at,
+                releaseName: release.name ?? tagName,
+                tagName,
+                version,
+            });
+        }
+
+        this.loadedReleasePages = page;
+        this.loadedAllReleases = payload.length < GITHUB_RELEASES_PER_PAGE;
+    }
+
+    private setStatus(
+        update: Partial<
+            Omit<
+                ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+                'currentVersion' | 'manualDownloadUrl' | 'supportedSelfUpdate'
+            >
+        >
+    ): void {
+        this.status = {
+            ...this.status,
+            ...update,
+            currentVersion: this.currentVersion,
+            manualDownloadUrl: APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_DOWNLOAD_URL,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: this.supportedSelfUpdate,
+        };
+        this.emitStatus();
+    }
+
+    private emitStatus(): void {
+        const mainWindow = this.options.getMainWindow();
+
+        if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        mainWindow.webContents.send(
+            APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED,
+            this.getStatus()
+        );
+    }
+}

apps/electron-backend/src/main.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
 import { getElectronUserDataPath } from '@iptvnator/shared/database';
+import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 import fixPath from 'fix-path';
 import App from './app/app';
 import { initDatabase } from './app/database/connection';
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import EmbeddedMpvEvents, {
     shutdownEmbeddedMpv,
 } from './app/events/embedded-mpv.events';
 import EpgEvents from './app/events/epg.events';
+import AppUpdateEvents from './app/events/app-update.events';
 import { shutdownMpvSession } from './app/events/mpv-session.service';
 import PlayerEvents from './app/events/player.events';
 import { shutdownVlcSession } from './app/events/vlc-session.service';
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import SharedEvents from './app/events/shared.events';
 import SquirrelEvents from './app/events/squirrel.events';
 import StalkerEvents from './app/events/stalker.events';
 import { isStartupTraceEnabled, trace } from './app/services/debug-trace';
+import { AppUpdateService } from './app/services/app-update.service';
 import { databaseWorkerClient } from './app/services/database-worker-client';
 import WindowEvents from './app/events/window.events';
 import XtreamEvents from './app/events/xtream.events';
@@ -83,12 +86,12 @@ export default class Main {
             trace('startup', 'bootstrap-events:start');
         }
 
-        // Initialize database before other events
-        await initDatabase();
-
-        if (isStartupTraceEnabled()) {
-            trace('startup', 'init-database:done');
-        }
+        const appUpdateService = new AppUpdateService({
+            app,
+            getMainWindow: () => App.mainWindow,
+            updater: () => autoUpdater,
+        });
+        AppUpdateEvents.bootstrapAppUpdateEvents(appUpdateService);
 
         ElectronEvents.bootstrapElectronEvents();
         WindowEvents.bootstrapWindowEvents();
@@ -107,17 +110,29 @@ export default class Main {
         if (App.mainWindow) {
             setDownloadsMainWindow(App.mainWindow);
         }
+
+        // Load the renderer only after IPC handlers are registered. On slower
+        // Linux CI hosts the renderer can otherwise invoke Electron bridge IPC
+        // before the main process has installed handlers.
+        await App.loadMainWindow();
+        void appUpdateService.checkForUpdatesOnStartup();
+
+        // Initialize the database after the first renderer load is underway so
+        // Linux Electron E2E can observe a BrowserWindow even when SQLite
+        // startup or download recovery is slow. IPC handlers call getDatabase()
+        // lazily and share the same initialization promise.
+        await initDatabase();
+
+        if (isStartupTraceEnabled()) {
+            trace('startup', 'init-database:done');
+        }
+
         await resetStaleDownloads();
 
         if (isStartupTraceEnabled()) {
             trace('startup', 'reset-stale-downloads:done');
         }
 
-        // initialize auto updater service
-        if (!App.isDevelopmentMode()) {
-            // UpdateEvents.initAutoUpdateService();
-        }
-
         if (isStartupTraceEnabled()) {
             trace('startup', 'bootstrap-events:done');
         }

apps/web/src/app/app-update-notification-panel.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import {
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent } from './app-update-notification-panel.component';
+import { AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent } from './settings/app-update-release-notes-dialog.component';
+
+const availableStatus: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+    currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+    latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+    manualDownloadUrl: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+    status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+    supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+};
+
+describe('AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent>;
+    const originalElectron = window.electron;
+    let statusHandler: ((status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus) => void) | null;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        statusHandler = null;
+        window.electron = {
+            downloadAppUpdate: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+                ...availableStatus,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading,
+            }),
+            getAppUpdateStatus: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+                ...availableStatus,
+                status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle,
+            }),
+            onAppUpdateStatusChange: jest.fn((handler) => {
+                statusHandler = handler;
+                return jest.fn();
+            }),
+        } as unknown as typeof window.electron;
+
+        await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [
+                AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent,
+                TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+            ],
+            providers: [
+                {
+                    provide: MatDialog,
+                    useValue: { open: jest.fn() },
+                },
+            ],
+        }).compileComponents();
+
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        window.electron = originalElectron;
+    });
+
+    it('shows a startup update notification when the main process reports an available update', () => {
+        statusHandler?.(availableStatus);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="app-update-notification"]'
+            )
+        ).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('opens release notes without dismissing the notification', () => {
+        statusHandler?.(availableStatus);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        (
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="app-update-notification-release-notes"]'
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement
+        ).click();
+
+        expect(TestBed.inject(MatDialog).open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent,
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                data: { initialVersion: '0.23.0' },
+            })
+        );
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="app-update-notification"]'
+            )
+        ).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('starts downloading the update from the notification action', async () => {
+        statusHandler?.(availableStatus);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        (
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="app-update-notification-download"]'
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement
+        ).click();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+
+        expect(window.electron.downloadAppUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('labels unsupported platform action as a GitHub release link', () => {
+        const open = jest.spyOn(window, 'open').mockImplementation(() => null);
+        statusHandler?.({
+            ...availableStatus,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const button = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+            '[data-test-id="app-update-notification-download"]'
+        ) as HTMLButtonElement;
+
+        expect(button.textContent).toContain(
+            'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE'
+        );
+        expect(button.querySelector('mat-icon')?.textContent?.trim()).toBe(
+            'open_in_new'
+        );
+
+        button.click();
+
+        expect(window.electron.downloadAppUpdate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            availableStatus.manualDownloadUrl,
+            '_blank',
+            'noreferrer'
+        );
+        open.mockRestore();
+    });
+});

apps/web/src/app/app-update-notification-panel.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+import {
+    Component,
+    computed,
+    OnDestroy,
+    OnInit,
+    signal,
+    inject,
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
+import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
+import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import {
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent } from './settings/app-update-release-notes-dialog.component';
+
+@Component({
+    selector: 'app-update-notification-panel',
+    imports: [MatButtonModule, MatIconModule, TranslatePipe],
+    template: `
+        @if (isVisible(); as visible) {
+            <section
+                class="app-update-notification"
+                data-test-id="app-update-notification"
+            >
+                <header class="app-update-notification__header">
+                    <span>
+                        <mat-icon>system_update</mat-icon>
+                        {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_TITLE' | translate }}
+                    </span>
+                    <button
+                        mat-icon-button
+                        type="button"
+                        (click)="dismiss()"
+                        [attr.aria-label]="'CLOSE' | translate"
+                    >
+                        <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
+                    </button>
+                </header>
+
+                <div class="app-update-notification__body">
+                    <strong>
+                        {{
+                            labelKey()
+                                | translate
+                                    : {
+                                          version:
+                                              status()?.latestVersion ||
+                                              status()?.currentVersion,
+                                      }
+                        }}
+                    </strong>
+                    @if (status()?.progress; as progress) {
+                        <progress
+                            [value]="progress.percent"
+                            max="100"
+                        ></progress>
+                    }
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="app-update-notification__actions">
+                    <button
+                        mat-stroked-button
+                        type="button"
+                        (click)="openReleaseNotes()"
+                        data-test-id="app-update-notification-release-notes"
+                    >
+                        <mat-icon>article</mat-icon>
+                        {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES' | translate }}
+                    </button>
+
+                    @if (status()?.status === appUpdateStatuses.Downloaded) {
+                        <button
+                            mat-flat-button
+                            type="button"
+                            (click)="installUpdate()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-notification-install"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>restart_alt</mat-icon>
+                            {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_INSTALL' | translate }}
+                        </button>
+                    } @else {
+                        <button
+                            mat-flat-button
+                            type="button"
+                            [disabled]="
+                                status()?.status ===
+                                appUpdateStatuses.Downloading
+                            "
+                            (click)="downloadUpdate()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-notification-download"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>{{ primaryActionIcon() }}</mat-icon>
+                            {{ primaryActionLabelKey() | translate }}
+                        </button>
+                    }
+                </div>
+            </section>
+        }
+    `,
+    styles: [
+        `
+            .app-update-notification {
+                position: fixed;
+                right: 20px;
+                bottom: 20px;
+                width: 320px;
+                max-width: calc(100vw - 40px);
+                z-index: 901;
+                overflow: hidden;
+                border: 1px solid var(--app-separator);
+                border-radius: 12px;
+                background: var(--app-widget-bg);
+                box-shadow:
+                    0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08),
+                    0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18),
+                    0 16px 48px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__header {
+                display: flex;
+                align-items: center;
+                justify-content: space-between;
+                padding: 8px 8px 8px 12px;
+                border-bottom: 1px solid var(--app-separator);
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__header span {
+                display: flex;
+                align-items: center;
+                gap: 8px;
+                color: var(--app-heading-color);
+                font-size: 0.78rem;
+                font-weight: 600;
+                letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+                text-transform: uppercase;
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__header mat-icon {
+                color: var(--app-selection-color);
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__body {
+                display: grid;
+                gap: 8px;
+                padding: 12px;
+                color: var(--app-body-color);
+                font-size: 0.88rem;
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__body progress {
+                width: 100%;
+            }
+
+            .app-update-notification__actions {
+                display: flex;
+                flex-wrap: wrap;
+                gap: 8px;
+                justify-content: flex-end;
+                padding: 0 12px 12px;
+            }
+
+            @media (max-width: 560px) {
+                .app-update-notification {
+                    right: 12px;
+                    bottom: 12px;
+                    left: 12px;
+                    width: auto;
+                    max-width: none;
+                }
+            }
+        `,
+    ],
+})
+export class AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
+    private readonly dialog = inject(MatDialog);
+    private unsubscribeStatus: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+    readonly appUpdateStatuses = ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES;
+    readonly status = signal<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus | null>(null);
+    readonly dismissedVersion = signal<string | null>(null);
+    readonly labelKey = computed(() =>
+        this.status()?.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded
+            ? 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED'
+            : 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE'
+    );
+    readonly primaryActionLabelKey = computed(() =>
+        this.status()?.supportedSelfUpdate === false
+            ? 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE'
+            : 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD'
+    );
+    readonly primaryActionIcon = computed(() =>
+        this.status()?.supportedSelfUpdate === false
+            ? 'open_in_new'
+            : 'download'
+    );
+    readonly isVisible = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.status();
+
+        if (!status?.latestVersion) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (this.dismissedVersion() === status.latestVersion) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return (
+            status.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available ||
+            status.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading ||
+            status.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded
+        );
+    });
+
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        if (!window.electron?.getAppUpdateStatus) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.unsubscribeStatus =
+            window.electron.onAppUpdateStatusChange?.((status) => {
+                this.status.set(status);
+            }) ?? null;
+
+        void window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus().then((status) => {
+            this.status.set(status);
+        });
+    }
+
+    ngOnDestroy(): void {
+        this.unsubscribeStatus?.();
+        this.unsubscribeStatus = null;
+    }
+
+    openReleaseNotes(): void {
+        const latestVersion = this.status()?.latestVersion;
+
+        this.dialog.open(AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent, {
+            autoFocus: false,
+            data: {
+                initialVersion: latestVersion,
+            },
+            maxWidth: 'calc(100vw - 32px)',
+            restoreFocus: true,
+            width: '720px',
+        });
+    }
+
+    async downloadUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        const status = this.status();
+
+        if (!status) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!status.supportedSelfUpdate) {
+            window.open(status.manualDownloadUrl, '_blank', 'noreferrer');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!window.electron?.downloadAppUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.status.set(await window.electron.downloadAppUpdate());
+    }
+
+    async installUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!window.electron?.installAppUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.status.set(await window.electron.installAppUpdate());
+    }
+
+    dismiss(): void {
+        this.dismissedVersion.set(this.status()?.latestVersion ?? null);
+    }
+}

apps/web/src/app/app.component.html

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 <app-epg-progress-panel />
 
+<app-update-notification-panel />
+
 @if (usesCustomWindowControls) {
     <app-window-controls />
 }

apps/web/src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@ import {
     createDevLogger,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { SettingsService } from './services/settings.service';
+import { AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent } from './app-update-notification-panel.component';
 
 const debugAppComponent = createDevLogger('AppComponent');
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-root',
     templateUrl: './app.component.html',
-    imports: [EpgProgressPanelComponent, RouterOutlet, WindowControlsComponent],
+    imports: [
+        AppUpdateNotificationPanelComponent,
+        EpgProgressPanelComponent,
+        RouterOutlet,
+        WindowControlsComponent,
+    ],
 })
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     @HostBinding('class.macos-platform') get isMacOS() {

apps/web/src/app/settings/app-update-release-notes-dialog.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { MAT_DIALOG_DATA, MatDialogRef } from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent } from './app-update-release-notes-dialog.component';
+
+const releaseNotes = {
+    bodyMarkdown: '## v0.23.0\n\n- Added **desktop updater**',
+    hasNext: false,
+    hasPrevious: true,
+    htmlUrl: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/tag/v0.23.0',
+    publishedAt: '2026-06-28T00:00:00.000Z',
+    releaseName: 'v0.23.0',
+    tagName: 'v0.23.0',
+    version: '0.23.0',
+};
+
+describe('AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent>;
+    const originalElectron = window.electron;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        window.electron = {
+            getAppUpdateReleaseNotes: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(releaseNotes),
+        } as unknown as typeof window.electron;
+
+        await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [
+                AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent,
+                TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+            ],
+            providers: [
+                {
+                    provide: MAT_DIALOG_DATA,
+                    useValue: { initialVersion: '0.23.0' },
+                },
+                {
+                    provide: MatDialogRef,
+                    useValue: { close: jest.fn() },
+                },
+            ],
+        }).compileComponents();
+
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        window.electron = originalElectron;
+    });
+
+    it('loads and renders markdown release notes for the initial version', async () => {
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(window.electron.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            version: '0.23.0',
+        });
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[data-test-id="release-notes-body"] h2')
+                ?.textContent
+        ).toContain('v0.23.0');
+        expect(
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="release-notes-body"] strong'
+            )?.textContent
+        ).toContain('desktop updater');
+    });
+
+    it('loads previous notes lazily without closing the dialog', async () => {
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        (
+            window.electron.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes as jest.Mock
+        ).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+            ...releaseNotes,
+            bodyMarkdown: '## v0.22.0\n\nOlder release',
+            hasNext: true,
+            hasPrevious: false,
+            tagName: 'v0.22.0',
+            version: '0.22.0',
+        });
+
+        (
+            fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+                '[data-test-id="release-notes-previous"]'
+            ) as HTMLButtonElement
+        ).click();
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+
+        expect(window.electron.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+            direction: 'previous',
+            version: 'v0.23.0',
+        });
+    });
+});

apps/web/src/app/settings/app-update-release-notes-dialog.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+import {
+    Component,
+    computed,
+    inject,
+    OnInit,
+    SecurityContext,
+    signal,
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { DatePipe } from '@angular/common';
+import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
+import {
+    MAT_DIALOG_DATA,
+    MatDialogModule,
+    MatDialogRef,
+} from '@angular/material/dialog';
+import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
+import { MatProgressSpinnerModule } from '@angular/material/progress-spinner';
+import { DomSanitizer } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { marked } from 'marked';
+import {
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesDirection,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+
+export interface AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogData {
+    initialVersion?: string;
+}
+
+@Component({
+    selector: 'app-update-release-notes-dialog',
+    imports: [
+        MatButtonModule,
+        MatDialogModule,
+        MatIconModule,
+        MatProgressSpinnerModule,
+        DatePipe,
+        TranslatePipe,
+    ],
+    template: `
+        <h2 mat-dialog-title>
+            {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES' | translate }}
+        </h2>
+
+        <mat-dialog-content class="release-notes-dialog mat-typography">
+            <div class="release-notes-dialog__toolbar">
+                <button
+                    mat-icon-button
+                    type="button"
+                    [disabled]="loading() || !notes()?.hasPrevious"
+                    (click)="load('previous')"
+                    data-test-id="release-notes-previous"
+                >
+                    <mat-icon>chevron_left</mat-icon>
+                </button>
+
+                <div class="release-notes-dialog__version">
+                    <strong>{{ notes()?.releaseName || notes()?.tagName }}</strong>
+                    @if (notes()?.publishedAt; as publishedAt) {
+                        <span>{{ publishedAt | date: 'mediumDate' }}</span>
+                    }
+                </div>
+
+                <button
+                    mat-icon-button
+                    type="button"
+                    [disabled]="loading() || !notes()?.hasNext"
+                    (click)="load('next')"
+                    data-test-id="release-notes-next"
+                >
+                    <mat-icon>chevron_right</mat-icon>
+                </button>
+            </div>
+
+            @if (loading()) {
+                <div class="release-notes-dialog__loading">
+                    <mat-spinner diameter="28" />
+                </div>
+            } @else if (error()) {
+                <p class="release-notes-dialog__error">{{ error() }}</p>
+            } @else {
+                <article
+                    class="release-notes-dialog__body"
+                    data-test-id="release-notes-body"
+                    [innerHTML]="renderedMarkdown()"
+                ></article>
+            }
+        </mat-dialog-content>
+
+        <mat-dialog-actions align="end">
+            @if (notes()?.htmlUrl; as htmlUrl) {
+                <button mat-button type="button" (click)="openRelease(htmlUrl)">
+                    <mat-icon>open_in_new</mat-icon>
+                    {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE' | translate }}
+                </button>
+            }
+            <button mat-flat-button type="button" (click)="close()">
+                {{ 'CLOSE' | translate }}
+            </button>
+        </mat-dialog-actions>
+    `,
+    styles: [
+        `
+            .release-notes-dialog {
+                min-width: min(640px, calc(100vw - 64px));
+                max-width: min(760px, calc(100vw - 32px));
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__toolbar {
+                display: grid;
+                grid-template-columns: 40px minmax(0, 1fr) 40px;
+                align-items: center;
+                gap: 8px;
+                padding: 4px 0 12px;
+                border-bottom: 1px solid var(--app-separator);
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__version {
+                min-width: 0;
+                text-align: center;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__version strong,
+            .release-notes-dialog__version span {
+                display: block;
+                overflow: hidden;
+                text-overflow: ellipsis;
+                white-space: nowrap;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__version span {
+                margin-top: 2px;
+                color: var(--app-muted-color);
+                font-size: 0.78rem;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__loading {
+                display: flex;
+                justify-content: center;
+                padding: 32px;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__error {
+                color: var(--app-error-color, #ef4444);
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body {
+                max-height: min(58vh, 560px);
+                overflow: auto;
+                padding: 12px 2px 0;
+                color: var(--app-body-color);
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h1,
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h2,
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h3 {
+                color: var(--app-heading-color);
+                letter-spacing: 0;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h1 {
+                font-size: 1.3rem;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h2 {
+                font-size: 1.1rem;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body h3 {
+                font-size: 1rem;
+            }
+
+            .release-notes-dialog__body code {
+                border-radius: 4px;
+                padding: 1px 4px;
+                background: var(--app-hover-overlay);
+            }
+        `,
+    ],
+})
+export class AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent implements OnInit {
+    private readonly data = inject<AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogData>(
+        MAT_DIALOG_DATA
+    );
+    private readonly dialogRef = inject(
+        MatDialogRef<AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent>
+    );
+    private readonly sanitizer = inject(DomSanitizer);
+
+    readonly loading = signal(false);
+    readonly error = signal<string | null>(null);
+    readonly notes = signal<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes | null>(null);
+    readonly renderedMarkdown = computed(() => {
+        const markdown = this.notes()?.bodyMarkdown ?? '';
+        const html = marked.parse(markdown, { async: false }) as string;
+
+        return this.sanitizer.sanitize(SecurityContext.HTML, html) ?? '';
+    });
+
+    ngOnInit(): void {
+        void this.load();
+    }
+
+    async load(
+        direction?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesDirection
+    ): Promise<void> {
+        if (!window.electron?.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes) {
+            this.error.set('Release notes are not available in this build.');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const version = direction
+            ? this.notes()?.tagName
+            : this.data.initialVersion;
+
+        this.loading.set(true);
+        this.error.set(null);
+
+        try {
+            this.notes.set(
+                await window.electron.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes({
+                    direction,
+                    version,
+                })
+            );
+        } catch (error) {
+            this.error.set(error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error));
+        } finally {
+            this.loading.set(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    openRelease(url: string): void {
+        window.open(url, '_blank', 'noreferrer');
+    }
+
+    close(): void {
+        this.dialogRef.close();
+    }
+}

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-about-section.component.html

@@ -24,6 +24,99 @@
         </div>
     </div>
 
+    @if (isDesktop() && appUpdateStatus(); as updateStatus) {
+        <div class="setting-item setting-item--full-control app-update-panel">
+            <div class="setting-item__meta">
+                <h4>{{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_TITLE' | translate }}</h4>
+                <p>{{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION' | translate }}</p>
+            </div>
+            <div class="setting-item__control app-update-panel__control">
+                <div class="app-update-status" data-test-id="app-update-status">
+                    <strong>
+                        {{
+                            appUpdateStatusLabelKey()
+                                | translate
+                                    : {
+                                          version:
+                                              updateStatus.latestVersion ||
+                                              updateStatus.currentVersion,
+                                      }
+                        }}
+                    </strong>
+                    @if (updateStatus.error) {
+                        <span>{{ updateStatus.error }}</span>
+                    }
+                    @if (updateStatus.progress; as progress) {
+                        <progress
+                            [value]="progress.percent"
+                            max="100"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-progress"
+                        ></progress>
+                    }
+                </div>
+                <div class="app-update-actions">
+                    <button
+                        mat-stroked-button
+                        type="button"
+                        (click)="checkForAppUpdate.emit()"
+                        [disabled]="isAppUpdateBusy()"
+                        data-test-id="app-update-check"
+                    >
+                        <mat-icon>sync</mat-icon>
+                        {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_CHECK' | translate }}
+                    </button>
+                    @if (canDownloadAppUpdate()) {
+                        <button
+                            mat-flat-button
+                            type="button"
+                            (click)="downloadAppUpdate.emit()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-download"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>download</mat-icon>
+                            {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD' | translate }}
+                        </button>
+                    }
+                    @if (canOpenAppUpdateReleaseNotes()) {
+                        <button
+                            mat-stroked-button
+                            type="button"
+                            (click)="openAppUpdateReleaseNotes.emit()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-release-notes"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>article</mat-icon>
+                            {{
+                                'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES'
+                                    | translate
+                            }}
+                        </button>
+                    }
+                    @if (canInstallAppUpdate()) {
+                        <button
+                            mat-flat-button
+                            type="button"
+                            (click)="installAppUpdate.emit()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-install"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>restart_alt</mat-icon>
+                            {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_INSTALL' | translate }}
+                        </button>
+                    }
+                    @if (canOpenManualAppUpdate()) {
+                        <button
+                            mat-stroked-button
+                            type="button"
+                            (click)="openManualAppUpdate.emit()"
+                            data-test-id="app-update-open-release"
+                        >
+                            <mat-icon>open_in_new</mat-icon>
+                            {{ 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE' | translate }}
+                        </button>
+                    }
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    }
+
     @if (isDesktop()) {
         <div class="settings-note">
             <strong>{{

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-about-section.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import {
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import { SettingsAboutSectionComponent } from './settings-about-section.component';
+
+function getButton(fixture: ComponentFixture<SettingsAboutSectionComponent>, id: string) {
+    return fixture.nativeElement.querySelector(
+        `[data-test-id="${id}"]`
+    ) as HTMLButtonElement | null;
+}
+
+function configureComponent(
+    fixture: ComponentFixture<SettingsAboutSectionComponent>,
+    status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus
+) {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('activeSection', 'about');
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('isDesktop', true);
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('version', '0.22.0');
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('updateMessage', '');
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput('appUpdateStatus', status);
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+}
+
+describe('SettingsAboutSectionComponent app updates', () => {
+    let fixture: ComponentFixture<SettingsAboutSectionComponent>;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [
+                SettingsAboutSectionComponent,
+                TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+            ],
+        }).compileComponents();
+
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SettingsAboutSectionComponent);
+    });
+
+    it('emits a download request when a supported update is available', () => {
+        const download = jest.fn();
+        fixture.componentInstance.downloadAppUpdate.subscribe(download);
+        const openNotes = jest.fn();
+        fixture.componentInstance.openAppUpdateReleaseNotes.subscribe(openNotes);
+        configureComponent(fixture, {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+        });
+
+        getButton(fixture, 'app-update-download')?.click();
+
+        expect(getButton(fixture, 'app-update-download')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(download).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        getButton(fixture, 'app-update-release-notes')?.click();
+
+        expect(getButton(fixture, 'app-update-release-notes')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(openNotes).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('emits an install request after the update has downloaded', () => {
+        const install = jest.fn();
+        fixture.componentInstance.installAppUpdate.subscribe(install);
+        configureComponent(fixture, {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+        });
+
+        getButton(fixture, 'app-update-install')?.click();
+
+        expect(getButton(fixture, 'app-update-install')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(install).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('emits a manual release request for unsupported Linux packages', () => {
+        const openManual = jest.fn();
+        fixture.componentInstance.openManualAppUpdate.subscribe(openManual);
+        configureComponent(fixture, {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+
+        getButton(fixture, 'app-update-open-release')?.click();
+
+        expect(getButton(fixture, 'app-update-open-release')).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(openManual).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('uses a neutral status label before unsupported packages have checked GitHub releases', () => {
+        configureComponent(fixture, {
+            currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+            manualDownloadUrl:
+                'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+
+        expect(fixture.componentInstance.appUpdateStatusLabelKey()).toBe(
+            'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_IDLE'
+        );
+        expect(getButton(fixture, 'app-update-open-release')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+});

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings-about-section.component.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
-import { Component, input, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+    Component,
+    computed,
+    input,
+    output,
+    ViewEncapsulation,
+} from '@angular/core';
+import { MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material/button';
 import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import {
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-settings-about-section',
-    imports: [MatIconModule, TranslateModule],
+    imports: [MatButtonModule, MatIconModule, TranslateModule],
     templateUrl: './settings-about-section.component.html',
     encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
     styles: [':host { display: contents; }'],
@@ -14,4 +25,83 @@ export class SettingsAboutSectionComponent {
     readonly isDesktop = input(false);
     readonly version = input<string | undefined>();
     readonly updateMessage = input<string | undefined>();
+    readonly appUpdateStatus = input<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus | null>(null);
+
+    readonly checkForAppUpdate = output<void>();
+    readonly downloadAppUpdate = output<void>();
+    readonly installAppUpdate = output<void>();
+    readonly openManualAppUpdate = output<void>();
+    readonly openAppUpdateReleaseNotes = output<void>();
+
+    readonly isAppUpdateBusy = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.appUpdateStatus()?.status;
+
+        return (
+            status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking ||
+            status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading
+        );
+    });
+
+    readonly canDownloadAppUpdate = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.appUpdateStatus();
+
+        return (
+            status?.supportedSelfUpdate === true &&
+            status.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available
+        );
+    });
+
+    readonly canInstallAppUpdate = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.appUpdateStatus();
+
+        return (
+            status?.supportedSelfUpdate === true &&
+            status.status === ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded
+        );
+    });
+
+    readonly canOpenAppUpdateReleaseNotes = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.appUpdateStatus();
+
+        return Boolean(
+            status?.latestVersion &&
+                status.status !== ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle &&
+                status.status !==
+                    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking &&
+                status.status !==
+                    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.NotAvailable &&
+                status.status !== ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Error
+        );
+    });
+
+    readonly canOpenManualAppUpdate = computed(() => {
+        const status = this.appUpdateStatus();
+
+        return Boolean(status && !status.supportedSelfUpdate);
+    });
+
+    readonly appUpdateStatusLabelKey = computed(() => {
+        const status =
+            this.appUpdateStatus()?.status ??
+            ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle;
+
+        switch (status) {
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Checking:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_CHECKING';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.NotAvailable:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloading:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Downloaded:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_IDLE';
+            case ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Error:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_ERROR';
+            default:
+                return 'SETTINGS.APP_UPDATE_IDLE';
+        }
+    });
 }

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings.component.html

@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@
                 [isDesktop]="isDesktop"
                 [version]="version"
                 [updateMessage]="updateMessage"
+                [appUpdateStatus]="appUpdateStatus()"
+                (checkForAppUpdate)="checkForAppUpdate()"
+                (downloadAppUpdate)="downloadAppUpdate()"
+                (installAppUpdate)="installAppUpdate()"
+                (openManualAppUpdate)="openManualAppUpdate()"
+                (openAppUpdateReleaseNotes)="openAppUpdateReleaseNotes()"
             />
 
             <footer class="action-bar" data-test-id="settings-action-bar">

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings.component.scss

@@ -203,6 +203,47 @@
     justify-content: stretch;
 }
 
+.app-update-panel__control {
+    align-items: stretch;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.app-update-status {
+    min-width: min(100%, 260px);
+    display: flex;
+    flex: 1 1 280px;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 6px;
+    color: var(--settings-muted);
+    font-size: 0.84rem;
+    line-height: 1.45;
+
+    strong {
+        color: var(--app-body-color);
+        font-size: 0.9rem;
+        font-weight: 650;
+    }
+
+    progress {
+        width: min(100%, 320px);
+        height: 8px;
+        accent-color: var(--app-selection-color);
+    }
+}
+
+.app-update-actions {
+    display: flex;
+    flex: 0 1 auto;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    gap: 8px;
+
+    button {
+        app-region: no-drag;
+    }
+}
+
 .setting-item--external-player-arguments {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
     gap: 10px;

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings.component.spec.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import {
 } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import {
     EmbeddedMpvSupport,
+    ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
     Language,
     PlaylistMeta,
     StartupBehavior,
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import {
     VideoPlayer,
 } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import { SettingsComponent } from './settings.component';
+import { AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent } from './app-update-release-notes-dialog.component';
 
 import { signal } from '@angular/core';
 import { SettingsContextService } from '@iptvnator/workspace/shell/util';
@@ -103,6 +106,13 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
     preferUploadedEpgOverXtream: false,
 };
 
+const DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+    currentVersion: '0.22.0',
+    manualDownloadUrl: 'https://github.com/4gray/iptvnator/releases/latest',
+    status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Idle,
+    supportedSelfUpdate: true,
+};
+
 class MockSettingsStore {
     private _settings = signal(DEFAULT_SETTINGS);
 
@@ -153,8 +163,10 @@ interface SettingsSectionScrollDirectiveTestApi {
 }
 
 interface SettingsComponentPrivateTestApi {
+    loadAppUpdateStatus(): Promise<void>;
     matDialog: MatDialog;
     waitForUiFeedbackFrame(): Promise<void>;
+    waitForAppUpdateStatusRetry(): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
@@ -300,9 +312,22 @@ describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
             fetchEpg: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
             forceFetchEpg: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
             getAppVersion: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue('1.0.0'),
+            getAppUpdateStatus: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockResolvedValue(DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS),
             getChannelPrograms: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
             getEpgChannelsByRange: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
             getLocalIpAddresses: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+            checkForAppUpdate: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockResolvedValue(DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS),
+            downloadAppUpdate: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockResolvedValue(DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS),
+            installAppUpdate: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockResolvedValue(DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS),
+            onAppUpdateStatusChange: jest.fn(() => jest.fn()),
             openInMpv: jest.fn(),
             openInVlc: jest.fn(),
             platform: 'linux',
@@ -355,6 +380,126 @@ describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
         expect(component).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('loads the desktop app update status and subscribes to status pushes', async () => {
+        const pushedStatus: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+            ...DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS,
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+        };
+
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+        const statusHandler = (
+            window.electron.onAppUpdateStatusChange as jest.Mock
+        ).mock.calls[0][0] as (status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus) => void;
+        statusHandler(pushedStatus);
+
+        expect(window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(window.electron.onAppUpdateStatusChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(
+            1
+        );
+        expect(component.appUpdateStatus()).toEqual(pushedStatus);
+    });
+
+    it('retries the initial app update status load when IPC handlers are still starting', async () => {
+        const retriedStatus: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+            ...DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        };
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+        (window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus as jest.Mock)
+            .mockReset()
+            .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('No handler registered'))
+            .mockResolvedValueOnce(retriedStatus);
+        jest.spyOn(
+            privateApi(component),
+            'waitForAppUpdateStatusRetry'
+        ).mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+
+        await privateApi(component).loadAppUpdateStatus();
+
+        expect(window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(component.appUpdateStatus()).toEqual(retriedStatus);
+    });
+
+    it('waits for the desktop app update bridge method before loading status', async () => {
+        const retriedStatus: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus = {
+            ...DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        };
+        await fixture.whenStable();
+        delete (window.electron as Partial<typeof window.electron>)
+            .getAppUpdateStatus;
+        let retryCount = 0;
+        const getStatus = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(retriedStatus);
+        jest.spyOn(
+            privateApi(component),
+            'waitForAppUpdateStatusRetry'
+        ).mockImplementation(async () => {
+            retryCount += 1;
+
+            if (retryCount === 1) {
+                window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus = getStatus;
+            }
+        });
+
+        await privateApi(component).loadAppUpdateStatus();
+
+        expect(retryCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(getStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(component.appUpdateStatus()).toEqual(retriedStatus);
+    });
+
+    it('forwards app update actions to the desktop bridge', async () => {
+        await component.checkForAppUpdate();
+        await component.downloadAppUpdate();
+        await component.installAppUpdate();
+
+        expect(window.electron.checkForAppUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(window.electron.downloadAppUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(window.electron.installAppUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('opens the manual release URL from unsupported update status', () => {
+        const openSpy = jest.spyOn(window, 'open').mockReturnValue(null);
+        component.appUpdateStatus.set({
+            ...DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS,
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Unsupported,
+            supportedSelfUpdate: false,
+        });
+
+        component.openManualAppUpdate();
+
+        expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS.manualDownloadUrl,
+            '_blank',
+            'noreferrer'
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('opens release notes dialog for the latest update version', () => {
+        const openSpy = jest
+            .spyOn(privateApi(component).matDialog, 'open')
+            .mockReturnValue(createDialogRef(false));
+        component.appUpdateStatus.set({
+            ...DEFAULT_APP_UPDATE_STATUS,
+            latestVersion: '0.23.0',
+            status: ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES.Available,
+        });
+
+        component.openAppUpdateReleaseNotes();
+
+        expect(openSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent,
+            expect.objectContaining({
+                data: {
+                    initialVersion: '0.23.0',
+                },
+            })
+        );
+    });
+
     it('should render a compact page header outside dialog mode', () => {
         const nativeElement = fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement;
 

apps/web/src/app/settings/settings.component.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { DataService, RuntimeCapabilitiesService } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import {
     EmbeddedMpvSupport,
     CoverSize,
+    ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus,
     Language,
     StreamFormat,
     Theme,
@@ -82,6 +83,10 @@ import {
     buildSettingsPlaylistDeleteSummary,
 } from './settings-playlist-summary.utils';
 import { SettingsSnackbarService } from './settings-snackbar.service';
+import { AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent } from './app-update-release-notes-dialog.component';
+
+const APP_UPDATE_STATUS_LOAD_ATTEMPTS = 60;
+const APP_UPDATE_STATUS_LOAD_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 250;
 
 @Component({
     templateUrl: './settings.component.html',
@@ -186,6 +191,9 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     /** Update message to show */
     updateMessage = '';
+    readonly appUpdateStatus = signal<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus | null>(
+        null
+    );
 
     /** EPG availability flag */
     epgAvailable$ = this.store.select(selectIsEpgAvailable);
@@ -228,6 +236,8 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             this.playlistDeleteSummary().total > 0
     );
 
+    private unsubscribeAppUpdateStatus: (() => void) | null = null;
+
     readonly removeAllProgressLabel = computed(() => {
         return buildRemoveAllProgressLabel({
             isRemovingAllPlaylists: this.isRemovingAllPlaylists(),
@@ -251,6 +261,8 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.bindDashboardControlsEnabledState();
         void this.loadEmbeddedMpvSupport();
         this.checkAppVersion();
+        this.bindAppUpdateStatusEvents();
+        void this.loadAppUpdateStatus();
         void this.fetchLocalIpAddresses();
 
         if (!this.isDialog) {
@@ -291,9 +303,114 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
 
     ngOnDestroy(): void {
+        this.unsubscribeAppUpdateStatus?.();
+        this.unsubscribeAppUpdateStatus = null;
         this.settingsCtx.reset();
     }
 
+    private bindAppUpdateStatusEvents(): void {
+        if (!this.isDesktop || !window.electron?.onAppUpdateStatusChange) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.unsubscribeAppUpdateStatus =
+            window.electron.onAppUpdateStatusChange((status) => {
+                this.appUpdateStatus.set(status);
+            });
+    }
+
+    private async loadAppUpdateStatus(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.isDesktop) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let lastError: unknown;
+
+        for (
+            let attempt = 1;
+            attempt <= APP_UPDATE_STATUS_LOAD_ATTEMPTS;
+            attempt += 1
+        ) {
+            const electron = window.electron;
+
+            if (electron?.getAppUpdateStatus) {
+                try {
+                    this.appUpdateStatus.set(
+                        await electron.getAppUpdateStatus()
+                    );
+                    return;
+                } catch (error) {
+                    lastError = error;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (attempt === APP_UPDATE_STATUS_LOAD_ATTEMPTS) {
+                console.warn(
+                    'Failed to load app update status:',
+                    lastError ??
+                        new Error('Desktop app update bridge is unavailable')
+                );
+                return;
+            }
+
+            await this.waitForAppUpdateStatusRetry();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async waitForAppUpdateStatusRetry(): Promise<void> {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            setTimeout(resolve, APP_UPDATE_STATUS_LOAD_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
+        });
+    }
+
+    async checkForAppUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.isDesktop || !window.electron?.checkForAppUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.appUpdateStatus.set(await window.electron.checkForAppUpdate());
+    }
+
+    async downloadAppUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.isDesktop || !window.electron?.downloadAppUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.appUpdateStatus.set(await window.electron.downloadAppUpdate());
+    }
+
+    async installAppUpdate(): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.isDesktop || !window.electron?.installAppUpdate) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.appUpdateStatus.set(await window.electron.installAppUpdate());
+    }
+
+    openManualAppUpdate(): void {
+        const manualDownloadUrl = this.appUpdateStatus()?.manualDownloadUrl;
+
+        if (!manualDownloadUrl) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        window.open(manualDownloadUrl, '_blank', 'noreferrer');
+    }
+
+    openAppUpdateReleaseNotes(): void {
+        this.matDialog.open(AppUpdateReleaseNotesDialogComponent, {
+            autoFocus: false,
+            data: {
+                initialVersion:
+                    this.appUpdateStatus()?.latestVersion ??
+                    this.appUpdateStatus()?.release?.version,
+            },
+            maxWidth: 'calc(100vw - 32px)',
+            restoreFocus: true,
+            width: '720px',
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetches local IP addresses for remote control URL display
      */

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ar.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "داكن",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ary.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "داكن",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/by.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Цёмная",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/de.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Zeigt Schnellzugriffe auf zuletzt verwendete Playlists und Portale.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Neu auf Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Zeigt die neuesten Xtream-Filme, Serien und Kanäle.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Dunkel",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/el.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Σκούρο",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/en.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES": "Recently used sources",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
-        "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels."
+        "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Dark",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/es.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Oscuro",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/fr.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Sombre",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/it.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Scuro",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ja.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "ダーク",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ko.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "어둡게",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/nl.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Donker",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pl.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Ciemny",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/pt.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Escuro",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/ru.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES": "Недавно использованные источники",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Показывать быстрый доступ к недавно использованным плейлистам и порталам.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Недавно добавленное на Xtream",
-        "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Показывать новые фильмы, сериалы и каналы Xtream."
+        "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Показывать новые фильмы, сериалы и каналы Xtream.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Обновление приложения",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Проверка обновлений desktop-приложения через GitHub Releases.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Можно проверить обновления",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Проверяем обновления…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Доступна версия {{version}}",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "Вы используете последнюю версию",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Загружается версия {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Версия {{version}} готова к установке",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Версия {{version}} доступна для ручной установки",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Не удалось проверить обновление",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Проверить снова",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Обновить",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Перезагрузить приложение",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Открыть GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Тёмная",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/tr.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "Koyu",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zh.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "深色",

apps/web/src/assets/i18n/zhtw.json

@@ -395,7 +395,22 @@
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_SOURCES_DESCRIPTION": "Show shortcuts to your most recently used playlists and portals.",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED": "Recently added on Xtream",
         "DASHBOARD_RAIL_XTREAM_ADDED_DESCRIPTION": "Show the newest Xtream movies, series, and channels.",
-        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import."
+        "PLAYLIST_EPG_SOURCES_AUTO_SELECTED": "{{enabled}} of {{detected}} detected playlist EPG sources were auto-selected for import.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_TITLE": "Application update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION": "Check GitHub Releases for desktop app updates.",
+        "APP_UPDATE_IDLE": "Ready to check for updates",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECKING": "Checking for updates…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available",
+        "APP_UPDATE_NOT_AVAILABLE": "You are using the latest version",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADING": "Downloading version {{version}}…",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOADED": "Version {{version}} is ready to install",
+        "APP_UPDATE_MANUAL_AVAILABLE": "Version {{version}} is available for manual installation",
+        "APP_UPDATE_ERROR": "Update check failed",
+        "APP_UPDATE_CHECK": "Check again",
+        "APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD": "Update",
+        "APP_UPDATE_INSTALL": "Restart application",
+        "APP_UPDATE_OPEN_RELEASE": "Open GitHub release",
+        "APP_UPDATE_RELEASE_NOTES": "Release notes"
     },
     "THEMES": {
         "DARK_THEME": "深色",

docs/architecture/electron-security.md

@@ -54,6 +54,46 @@ Do not add broad protocol allow-lists for renderer navigation. If a new
 desktop-only flow needs to open a URL outside IPTVnator, route it through the
 default browser unless the app window is deliberately meant to host that URL.
 
+## Desktop Auto Updates
+
+Desktop application updates are owned by the Electron main process. Renderer
+code talks only through the typed preload bridge:
+
+- `window.electron.getAppUpdateStatus()`
+- `window.electron.checkForAppUpdate()`
+- `window.electron.downloadAppUpdate()`
+- `window.electron.installAppUpdate()`
+- `window.electron.getAppUpdateReleaseNotes(...)`
+- `window.electron.onAppUpdateStatusChange(...)`
+
+The backend implementation lives in
+`apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/app-update.service.ts` and registers IPC
+handlers through `apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/app-update.events.ts`.
+The service uses `electron-updater` with `autoDownload = false`, so renderer
+actions explicitly ask to download and install. The main process starts one
+packaged startup check after IPC registration; it never downloads during that
+check. After a successful download, the renderer may show a restart/install
+action backed by `quitAndInstall()`.
+
+Self-update is supported only for packaged macOS builds, Windows NSIS builds,
+and Linux AppImage builds. Other Linux packages still point users to the latest
+GitHub Release through `manualDownloadUrl` because Snap, Flatpak, DEB, RPM, and
+Pacman installs have package-manager/store-specific update ownership. Packaged
+non-AppImage Linux builds may still check GitHub Releases for a newer stable
+version, but their update action remains a browser handoff to GitHub.
+
+Release notes are also fetched by the main process from the public GitHub
+Releases API. The updater service caches release pages lazily and filters out
+draft/prerelease entries before returning Markdown to the renderer. The Angular
+dialog renders that Markdown with the local Markdown renderer and Angular HTML
+sanitization; do not bypass sanitizer for release body content.
+
+Release CI must publish both installer artifacts and updater metadata generated
+by electron-builder (`latest.yml`, `latest-mac.yml`, `latest-linux*.yml`, and
+blockmap files when present). macOS must keep a signed/notarized app bundle,
+produce both `dmg` and `zip` targets, and publish a single merged
+`latest-mac.yml` containing both x64 and arm64 zip entries.
+
 ## Content Security Policy
 
 The Angular shell defines a baseline CSP in `apps/web/src/index.html`.

electron-builder.json

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
     "appId": "com.fourgray.iptvnator",
     "productName": "IPTVnator",
     "artifactName": "${name}-${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}",
+    "publish": [
+        {
+            "provider": "github",
+            "owner": "4gray",
+            "repo": "iptvnator"
+        }
+    ],
     "directories": {
         "buildResources": "dist/apps",
         "output": "dist/executables"
@@ -34,10 +41,16 @@
     },
     "extraResources": ["dist/apps/electron-backend/workers"],
     "mac": {
-        "target": {
-            "target": "dmg",
-            "arch": ["x64", "arm64"]
-        },
+        "target": [
+            {
+                "target": "dmg",
+                "arch": ["x64", "arm64"]
+            },
+            {
+                "target": "zip",
+                "arch": ["x64", "arm64"]
+            }
+        ],
         "category": "public.app-category.video",
         "forceCodeSigning": true,
         "gatekeeperAssess": false,

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,20 @@ export const ELECTRON_BRIDGE_DOWNLOAD_STATUSES = {
 export type ElectronBridgeDownloadStatus =
     (typeof ELECTRON_BRIDGE_DOWNLOAD_STATUSES)[keyof typeof ELECTRON_BRIDGE_DOWNLOAD_STATUSES];
 
+export const ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES = {
+    Unsupported: 'unsupported',
+    Idle: 'idle',
+    Checking: 'checking',
+    Available: 'available',
+    NotAvailable: 'not-available',
+    Downloading: 'downloading',
+    Downloaded: 'downloaded',
+    Error: 'error',
+} as const;
+
+export type ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatusValue =
+    (typeof ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES)[keyof typeof ELECTRON_BRIDGE_APP_UPDATE_STATUSES];
+
 export const ELECTRON_BRIDGE_GLOBAL_RECENTLY_ADDED_KINDS = {
     All: 'all',
     Series: 'series',
@@ -154,6 +168,49 @@ export interface ElectronBridgeWindowState {
     isFullScreen: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface ElectronBridgeAppUpdateRelease {
+    version: string;
+    releaseDate?: string;
+    releaseName?: string | null;
+    releaseNotes?: string | null;
+}
+
+export interface ElectronBridgeAppUpdateProgress {
+    bytesPerSecond?: number;
+    percent: number;
+    total?: number;
+    transferred?: number;
+}
+
+export interface ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus {
+    status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatusValue;
+    currentVersion: string;
+    latestVersion?: string;
+    release?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateRelease;
+    progress?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateProgress;
+    error?: string;
+    supportedSelfUpdate: boolean;
+    manualDownloadUrl: string;
+}
+
+export type ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesDirection = 'previous' | 'next';
+
+export interface ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest {
+    version?: string;
+    direction?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesDirection;
+}
+
+export interface ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes {
+    version: string;
+    tagName: string;
+    releaseName?: string | null;
+    publishedAt?: string | null;
+    bodyMarkdown: string;
+    htmlUrl: string;
+    hasPrevious: boolean;
+    hasNext: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface ElectronBridgeAiSettings {
     aiProvider: string;
     aiModelName: string;
@@ -452,6 +509,16 @@ export interface ElectronBridgeApi {
     ) => () => void;
     getAppVersion: () => Promise<string>;
     platform: string;
+    getAppUpdateStatus: () => Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    checkForAppUpdate: () => Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    downloadAppUpdate: () => Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    installAppUpdate: () => Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus>;
+    getAppUpdateReleaseNotes: (
+        request?: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotesRequest
+    ) => Promise<ElectronBridgeAppUpdateReleaseNotes>;
+    onAppUpdateStatusChange: (
+        callback: (status: ElectronBridgeAppUpdateStatus) => void
+    ) => () => void;
     minimizeWindow: () => Promise<void>;
     toggleMaximizeWindow: () => Promise<ElectronBridgeWindowState>;
     closeWindow: () => Promise<void>;

libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ export const VIEW_ADD_PLAYLIST = 'VIEW:PLAYLISTS';
 export const AUTO_UPDATE_PLAYLISTS = 'AUTO_UPDATE';
 export const AUTO_UPDATE_PLAYLISTS_RESPONSE = 'AUTO_UPDATE_RESPONSE';
 
+// Application updates
+export const APP_UPDATE_GET_STATUS = 'APP_UPDATE:GET_STATUS';
+export const APP_UPDATE_CHECK = 'APP_UPDATE:CHECK';
+export const APP_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD = 'APP_UPDATE:DOWNLOAD';
+export const APP_UPDATE_INSTALL = 'APP_UPDATE:INSTALL';
+export const APP_UPDATE_GET_RELEASE_NOTES = 'APP_UPDATE:GET_RELEASE_NOTES';
+export const APP_UPDATE_STATUS_CHANGED = 'APP_UPDATE:STATUS_CHANGED';
+
 // Experimental
 export const OPEN_MPV_PLAYER = 'OPEN_MPV_PLAYER';
 export const SET_MPV_PLAYER_PATH = 'SET_MPV_PLAYER_PATH';

package.json

@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@
         "drizzle-orm": "0.45.2",
         "electron-conf": "1.3.0",
         "electron-dl": "4.0.0",
+        "electron-updater": "6.8.9",
         "epg-parser": "^0.1.6",
         "fix-path": "5.0.0",
         "hls.js": "1.6.13",
         "iptv-playlist-parser": "github:4gray/iptv-playlist-parser",
         "lodash": "4.18.1",
+        "marked": "18.0.5",
         "mpegts.js": "1.8.0",
         "ngx-indexed-db": "21.0.0",
         "ngx-skeleton-loader": "11.3.0",

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ importers:
       electron-dl:
         specifier: 4.0.0
         version: 4.0.0
+      electron-updater:
+        specifier: 6.8.9
+        version: 6.8.9
       epg-parser:
         specifier: ^0.1.6
         version: 0.1.6
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ importers:
       lodash:
         specifier: 4.18.1
         version: 4.18.1
+      marked:
+        specifier: 18.0.5
+        version: 18.0.5
       mpegts.js:
         specifier: 1.8.0
         version: 1.8.0
@@ -5501,6 +5507,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-2/egrNDDnRaxVwK3A+cJq6UOlqOdedGA7JPqCeJjN2Zjk1/QB/6QUi3b714ScIGS7HafFXTyzJEOr5b44I3kvQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=12.0.0'}
 
+  builder-util-runtime@9.7.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-g/kR520giAFYkSXTzcmF3kqQq7wi8F6N6SzeDgZrqTBN+VHdmgWOyTdD1yD7AATDId/yXLvuP34CxW46/BwCdw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12.0.0'}
+
   builder-util@26.0.11:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-xNjXfsldUEe153h1DraD0XvDOpqGR0L5eKFkdReB7eFW5HqysDZFfly4rckda6y9dF39N3pkPlOblcfHKGw+uA==}
 
@@ -6520,6 +6530,9 @@ packages:
   electron-to-chromium@1.5.353:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-kOrWphBi8TOZyiJZqsgqIle0lw+tzmnQK83pV9dZUd01Nm2POECSyFQMAuarzZdYqQW7FH9RaYOuaRo3h+bQ3w==}
 
+  electron-updater@6.8.9:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ZhVxM9iGONUpZGI1FxdMRgJjUFXi7AYGVa5PwKlO1tV1/4zDxQmfKpXOHVztKrd6L9rLcFjERvi1Mf2vxyTkig==}
+
   electron-winstaller@5.4.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bO3y10YikuUwUuDUQRM4KfwNkKhnpVO7IPdbsrejwN9/AABJzzTQ4GeHwyzNSrVO+tEH3/Np255a3sVZpZDjvg==}
     engines: {node: '>=8.0.0'}
@@ -8268,9 +8281,6 @@ packages:
   jsonfile@6.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-FGuPw30AdOIUTRMC2OMRtQV+jkVj2cfPqSeWXv1NEAJ1qZ5zb1X6z1mFhbfOB/iy3ssJCD+3KuZ8r8C3uVFlAg==}
 
-  jsonfile@6.2.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zwOTdL3rFQ/lRdBnntKVOX6k5cKJwEc1HdilT71BWEu7J41gXIB2MRp+vxduPSwZJPWBxEzv4yH1wYLJGUHX4Q==}
-
   jsonparse@1.3.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-POQXvpdL69+CluYsillJ7SUhKvytYjW9vG/GKpnf+xP8UWgYEM/RaMzHHofbALDiKbbP1W8UEYmgGl39WkPZsg==}
     engines: {'0': node >= 0.2.0}
@@ -8402,6 +8412,10 @@ packages:
   lodash.escaperegexp@4.1.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-TM9YBvyC84ZxE3rgfefxUWiQKLilstD6k7PTGt6wfbtXF8ixIJLOL3VYyV/z+ZiPLsVxAsKAFVwWlWeb2Y8Yyw==}
 
+  lodash.isequal@4.5.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-pDo3lu8Jhfjqls6GkMgpahsF9kCyayhgykjyLMNFTKWrpVdAQtYyB4muAMWozBB4ig/dtWAmsMxLEI8wuz+DYQ==}
+    deprecated: This package is deprecated. Use require('node:util').isDeepStrictEqual instead.
+
   lodash.isplainobject@4.0.6:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-oSXzaWypCMHkPC3NvBEaPHf0KsA5mvPrOPgQWDsbg8n7orZ290M0BmC/jgRZ4vcJ6DTAhjrsSYgdsW/F+MFOBA==}
 
@@ -8527,6 +8541,11 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>= 18'}
     hasBin: true
 
+  marked@18.0.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-S6GcvALHg6K4ohtu4E7x0a1AqhAjp6cV8KhLSyN9qVapnzJkusVBxZRcIU9AeYsbe6P1hKDusSbEOzGyyuce6w==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 20'}
+    hasBin: true
+
   material-design-icons-iconfont@6.7.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-lSj71DgVv20kO0kGbs42icDzbRot61gEDBLQACzkUuznRQBUYmbxzEkGU6dNBb5fRWHMaScYlAXX96HQ4/cJWA==}
 
@@ -11143,6 +11162,9 @@ packages:
   tiny-inflate@1.0.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-pkY1fj1cKHb2seWDy0B16HeWyczlJA9/WW3u3c4z/NiWDsO3DOU5D7nhTLE9CF0yXv/QZFY7sEJmj24dK+Rrqw==}
 
+  tiny-typed-emitter@2.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-qVtvMxeXbVej0cQWKqVSSAHmKZEHAvxdF8HEUBFWts8h+xEo5m/lEiPakuyZ3BnCBjOD8i24kzNOiOLLgsSxhA==}
+
   tinyexec@1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-W/KYk+NFhkmsYpuHq5JykngiOCnxeVL8v8dFnqxSD8qEEdRfXk1SDM6JzNqcERbcGYj9tMrDQBYV9cjgnunFIg==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
@@ -13787,7 +13809,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@malept/cross-spawn-promise': 2.0.0
       debug: 4.4.3
       dir-compare: 4.2.0
-      fs-extra: 11.3.3
+      fs-extra: 11.3.5
       minimatch: 9.0.5
       plist: 3.1.0
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -18089,6 +18111,13 @@ snapshots:
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
+  builder-util-runtime@9.7.0:
+    dependencies:
+      debug: 4.4.3
+      sax: 1.6.0
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - supports-color
+
   builder-util@26.0.11:
     dependencies:
       7zip-bin: 5.2.0
@@ -19084,6 +19113,19 @@ snapshots:
 
   electron-to-chromium@1.5.353: {}
 
+  electron-updater@6.8.9:
+    dependencies:
+      builder-util-runtime: 9.7.0
+      fs-extra: 10.1.0
+      js-yaml: 4.1.1
+      lazy-val: 1.0.5
+      lodash.escaperegexp: 4.1.2
+      lodash.isequal: 4.5.0
+      semver: 7.7.3
+      tiny-typed-emitter: 2.1.0
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - supports-color
+
   electron-winstaller@5.4.0:
     dependencies:
       '@electron/asar': 3.4.1
@@ -20002,9 +20044,8 @@ snapshots:
   fs-extra@11.3.5:
     dependencies:
       graceful-fs: 4.2.11
-      jsonfile: 6.2.1
+      jsonfile: 6.2.0
       universalify: 2.0.1
-    optional: true
 
   fs-extra@7.0.1:
     dependencies:
@@ -21471,13 +21512,6 @@ snapshots:
     optionalDependencies:
       graceful-fs: 4.2.11
 
-  jsonfile@6.2.1:
-    dependencies:
-      universalify: 2.0.1
-    optionalDependencies:
-      graceful-fs: 4.2.11
-    optional: true
-
   jsonparse@1.3.1: {}
 
   keycode@2.2.1: {}
@@ -21633,6 +21667,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   lodash.escaperegexp@4.1.2: {}
 
+  lodash.isequal@4.5.0: {}
+
   lodash.isplainobject@4.0.6: {}
 
   lodash.isstring@4.0.1: {}
@@ -21796,6 +21832,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   marked@15.0.12: {}
 
+  marked@18.0.5: {}
+
   material-design-icons-iconfont@6.7.0: {}
 
   math-intrinsics@1.1.0: {}
@@ -25043,6 +25081,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   tiny-inflate@1.0.3: {}
 
+  tiny-typed-emitter@2.1.0: {}
+
   tinyexec@1.0.2: {}
 
   tinyglobby@0.2.15:

tools/packaging/electron-package-identity.test.mjs

@@ -114,6 +114,68 @@ test('Linux package identity does not expose the internal Electron backend proje
     );
 });
 
+test('GitHub Releases auto-update metadata is generated and uploaded', () => {
+    const releaseFiles = buildAndMakeWorkflow.match(
+        /files: \|\n([\s\S]*?)\n\s+env:/
+    )?.[1];
+
+    assert.ok(releaseFiles, 'release upload files block must exist');
+    assert.ok(
+        packageMetadata.dependencies?.['electron-updater'],
+        'electron-updater must be a runtime dependency because the packaged app imports it'
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(electronBuilderConfig.publish, [
+        {
+            provider: 'github',
+            owner: '4gray',
+            repo: 'iptvnator',
+        },
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(electronBuilderConfig.mac?.target, [
+        {
+            target: 'dmg',
+            arch: ['x64', 'arm64'],
+        },
+        {
+            target: 'zip',
+            arch: ['x64', 'arm64'],
+        },
+    ]);
+    assert.match(buildAndMakeWorkflow, /dist\/executables\/\*\*\/latest\.yml/);
+    assert.match(
+        buildAndMakeWorkflow,
+        /dist\/executables\/\*\*\/latest-mac\.yml/
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        buildAndMakeWorkflow,
+        /dist\/executables\/\*\*\/latest-linux\*\.yml/
+    );
+    assert.match(buildAndMakeWorkflow, /dist\/executables\/\*\*\/\*\.blockmap/);
+    assert.match(buildAndMakeWorkflow, /Merge macOS updater metadata/);
+    assert.match(buildAndMakeWorkflow, /artifacts\/latest-mac\.yml/);
+    assert.doesNotMatch(
+        releaseFiles,
+        /artifacts\/macos-(?:x64|arm64)-artifacts\/latest-mac\.yml/
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        buildAndMakeWorkflow,
+        /artifacts\/linux-artifacts\/latest-linux\*\.yml/
+    );
+    assert.match(
+        buildAndMakeWorkflow,
+        /artifacts\/windows-artifacts\/latest\.yml/
+    );
+
+    const makeCommands = [
+        ...buildAndMakeWorkflow.matchAll(/run: (pnpm run make:app[^\n]*)/g),
+    ].map((match) => match[1].trim());
+    assert.ok(makeCommands.length >= 2, 'workflow must package Electron apps');
+    assert.deepEqual(
+        [...new Set(makeCommands)],
+        ['pnpm run make:app -- --publishPolicy=never']
+    );
+});
+
 test('generated Electron package metadata mirrors the root package identity', async () => {
     const { buildElectronBuilderMetadata, buildElectronPackageMetadata } =
         await import('./generate-electron-builder-metadata.mjs');

tsconfig.base.json

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
             "@iptvnator/shared/interfaces": [
                 "libs/shared/interfaces/src/index.ts"
             ],
+            "@iptvnator/shared/interfaces/ipc-commands": [
+                "libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/ipc-commands.ts"
+            ],
             "@iptvnator/ui/shared-portals": [
                 "libs/ui/shared-portals/src/index.ts"
             ],