Update management for DeepSeek Harness and its plugins: semver-aware dual-source (npm/GitHub) checks for the main program and every installed plugin, a locale-aware banner (zh/en) listing updatable items, one-click updates (the main program is backed up, integrity-checked and rolled back on failure; plugins install via a temp directory without touching other packages), and a watchdog-guarded restart after updating. The settings page adds per-plugin version lamps, live update progress, and banner/notification toggles.
Install
# from npm (prebuilt)
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-update-checker
# from GitHub (first run asks for allowBuilds approval — follow the hint, retry)
dsh plugin --profile web add github:Airmetro/dsh-update-checker
Any plugin you install runs third-party code with your own permissions — it can read your files, use your credentials, and reach the network, and tool approvals don’t sandbox it. GitHub-sourced plugins also run build scripts at install time — pnpm blocks those until you allow them, so an install can stop with ERR_PNPM_GIT_DEP_PREPARE_NOT_ALLOWED or ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS; dsh prints the exact key to add under allowBuilds in your profile’s pnpm-workspace.yaml, and the install works on the next run. Allowing a build is a trust decision: only install sources you trust, and pin a commit (github:owner/repo#sha).
README
dsh-update-checker
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A permanent Cordis plugin for the DeepSeek Harness Web GUI that auto-checks for new DeepSeek Harness releases and installed third-party plugin updates (the former standalone dsh-plugin-checker was merged in v1.1.0), asks the user, and one-click updates with success/failure feedback.
Features
- Full update lifecycle — check, backup, update, rollback, and restart, all in one plugin.
- Main program check — compares the installed
@deepseek-ai/dshagainst the npm latest (full packument, stable-first, semver-aware). A pre-release target is installed only when it belongs to the channel the deployment already follows — a cross-channel promotion (rc→alpha) is refused withE_PRERELEASEunless you enable theallowPrereleasesetting, so the checker never promotes the harness into an unintended pre-release channel. - Third-party plugin check — scans installed non-official plugins (layout-agnostic, incl. pnpm-hoisted
node_modules), cross-compares each against npm + GitHub (target = higher version); local tools with no publish source go toignored. When a plugin name has multiple copies, the one in the composition-owning profile'snode_moduleswins (the rest are listed ascopies), and each plugin can be excluded from prompts (excludedPlugins, re-enableable in the settings page). - Working GitHub channel — dedicated HTTPS client for GitHub domains (tolerates self-signed local proxies; the npm registry still uses strict TLS), with redirects, size caps and timeouts; codeload tarballs are validated before install.
- In-GUI banner — locale-aware (zh/en follows the DSH UI language), states update / up-to-date / failure, with a suppression flag and a change brief (vX→vY + risk level + release notes when available).
- One-click update with safety — main program: dry-run guard (aborts when the plan would remove a package the deployment itself declares; npm reclaiming the update target's own transitive dependencies is recognised and allowed, and
allowRemoveoverrides it explicitly) → snapshot backup (version manifests + amain-snapshotcopy of the@deepseek-aitree for offline rollback) → layout-adaptive install (in-place or-g) → post-install checkinstalled==latest; plugins: temp-dir install + copy, dependency version reconciliation, auto--allow-scriptsfor native deps on npm ≥ 12, a downgrade guard (a rate-limited GitHub probe can no longer make the installer fall back to an older npm release) and a rename-free in-place sync for plugins whose directory the running host keeps pinned. Updates (and rollbacks) persist to the profilepackage.json+ lockfile (pnpm install --lockfile-only/npm install --package-lock-only), so a later install never silently reverts the plugin — no more "same plugin keeps asking for the same update" loops. - Real rollback — main program via
POST /rollback, plugins viaPOST /plugin-rollback;GET /backups.jsonlists both. - Restart with watchdog — launcher derived from the current process argv, kill by PID + port, recovery confirmed by port listening, an HTTP 200 probe (
GET /restart-status.json) and a new instance id read back from this plugin's own routes, so "something answers on the port" is no longer mistaken for "the updated build came up". - Write-route security — all write routes require
{ "confirm": true }and a loopback source (127.0.0.1/::1), so LAN clients can't trigger update/restart/rollback. - Zero-config portability — profile dir / composition file / deploy root are derived from the plugin's own install location, while state, backups and logs honour
DSH_HOME(then~/.dsh); works on any machine without editing code. - Self-mounting on
dsh0.1.6-alpha.2+ — that release switched the profile resolution default from"link"to"runtime", which stops a third-party plugin in$DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modulesfrom resolving and kills the launch withERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUNDbefore the server binds. The plugin now re-establishes its own mount at startup (ensurePluginMount): a junction from every profile'snode_modulesto the real package, plus thedependenciesdeclaration each profile needs so ownership is recognised. Idempotent, never overwrites a spec you set deliberately, never deletes a directory it cannot prove is its own copy;mount.json/status.jsonreport the state.
Host & Client
- Host (
lib/index.js) — HTTP routes:status.json(check),mount.json(self-mount state),suppress,update(withdrypreview),rollback,backups.json,restart,restart-status.json,plugins.json,plugin-update,plugin-rollback,plugin-exclude. - Client (
lib/client.js) — renders two banners in the rootshell.overlayslot: a core banner (main-program update state) and a plugin banner (updatable plugins with single / update-all buttons). Both check on page load, then every 6 hours; the settings page ("检查更新") adds rollback buttons.
Install & mount
The package is a profile bundle (its manifest declares dsh.bundle.patch).
# 1) put the package into $DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules/ so the profile can resolve it.
# ⚠️ Never run `npm install` directly inside $DSH_HOME/profiles — it has no
# package.json and npm would prune the whole node_modules (data loss).
# Safe option A — install in a temp dir, then copy only this package:
npm i dsh-update-checker --prefix <temp-dir> --no-save
cp -r <temp-dir>/node_modules/dsh-update-checker $DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules/
# Safe option B — copy the package directory manually (git clone or tarball).
# 2) add the row to $DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml
# $DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml
- insert:
- id: dsh-update-checker
name: 'dsh-update-checker'
dsh 0.1.6-alpha.2 and later: the profile needs its own link
Step 1 alone is no longer enough. 0.1.6-alpha.2 changed the profile module-resolution
default from "link" to "runtime", which turns $DSH_HOME/profiles/node_modules into a
shared managed directory that dsh excludes from Node's native resolve. It now only serves the
deployment dependency closure and the selected bundle closure (see PluginPackages /
routeScoped in @deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot), and a third-party plugin belongs to neither — so
the bare dsh-update-checker name stops resolving and the launch dies with
ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND: Cannot find package 'dsh-update-checker' imported from …\profiles\web\
before the web server binds. (That importer path is *rewritten* by dsh to point at the profile
directory; the real failing base is $DSH_HOME/package.json. Do not trust the path in the
message.) Two things fix it, and both are needed:
# 2a) link the profile's node_modules at the real package (junction, never a copy)
New-Item -ItemType Junction `
-Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.dsh\profiles\web\node_modules\dsh-update-checker" `
-Target "$env:USERPROFILE\.dsh\profiles\node_modules\dsh-update-checker"
# 2b) declare the dependency in the profile manifest
# $DSH_HOME/profiles/web/package.json → "dependencies": { "dsh-update-checker": "^1.6.1" }
A junction is required rather than a copy: the link's real path must stay
…/profiles/node_modules/…, or pickDshHome can no longer recognise the Harness home and the
plugin's self-location drifts (which would send its @deepseek-ai/* sync to the wrong place).
The declaration is what dsh's readProfilePlugins and this plugin's own
findDeclaringProfiles/persistPluginUpdate read to decide which profile owns the plugin —
without it the plugin reports itself as permanently outdated.
Step 2 is not optional on a fresh install. A profile that cannot resolve the plugin dies in
composeProfile — before the plugin is loaded — so no code inside the plugin can repair that
first launch. Do 2a and 2b by hand when you install (or when you add a second profile), and the
profile comes up.
After that first successful launch the plugin maintains the mount itself. From v1.6.0 it
re-runs ensurePluginMount at startup, after each plugin update and after each plugin rollback:
it creates or repairs the link in every profile and writes the declaration into every harness
profile, is idempotent, never overwrites a link:/file: spec you set deliberately, and never
deletes a directory it cannot prove is its own copy. So a later dsh upgrade, a new profile
(same machine), a dropped link or a changed version are all repaired without hand-editing again.
Read the state any time at GET /dsh-update-checker/mount.json (read-only); it is also carried in
status.json as mount. POST /dsh-update-checker/mount forces a re-check (needs
{ "confirm": true } + loopback, like every other write route).
Then let patch HMR apply it (or restart dsh web) and reload the page.
Step-by-step guide with troubleshooting (中文): docs/INSTALL.md.
Configuration & portability
All paths are auto-detected at runtime — nothing is hardcoded:
- Plugin / profile dir — derived from the plugin's own install location (
import.meta.url), with two escape hatches: in a pnpmisolatedprofile the real path is insidenode_modules/.pnpm/…, so the chain is resolved back to the profile's ownnode_modules; and when the plugin is installed outside aprofilestree (npm global) the profile that is actually running ($DSH_PROFILE_DIR,profiles/$DSH_PROFILE) is preferred.DSH_UC_PROFILE_NODE_MODULESoverrides the result completely (v1.7.3, issue #40). $DSH_HOME— the parent of theprofilesroot (state, backups, restart log live there).- Composition file — the profile that is actually running wins:
$DSH_PROFILE_DIR/cordis.patch.yml→profiles/$DSH_PROFILE/…→ the profile whose patch names this plugin →$DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml. (v1.6.3; before that thewebdefault was used whenever nothing proved otherwise, so a host serving another profile read the wrongnode_modules— issue #31.) - Deployment root — junction
realpathfirst, thenDSH_DEPLOY_ROOT, thenprocess.cwd(), then the npm global prefix (parent ofnpm root -g's output; v1.4.9+ coversnpm -ginstalls).- systemd /
npm -gescape hatch: if auto-detection ever misses your setup, setDSH_DEPLOY_ROOTto the directory that containsnode_modules/@deepseek-ai/dsh(e.g.<npm prefix>/libon Linux).
- systemd /
- Node / npm executables —
resolveNodeExe()finds the real Node:DSH_UC_NODE_EXEoverride →npm_node_execpath→process.execPathwhen it is Node → common install dirs →PATH. This is what makes DSH Desktop (Electron, whereprocess.execPathiselectron.exe) able to run npm for plugin updates. If your Desktop build bundles Node elsewhere, setDSH_UC_NODE_EXEto it. If your Node is managed by mise / asdf / nvm and yourPATHonly exposes the version-manager shim (e.g.~/.local/share/mise/shims/node), the shim directory has nonpmbeside it; v1.4.22+ resolves the real binary by runningnode -p process.execPaththrough the shim. If that still fails (or you want to skip the lookup), setDSH_UC_NODE_EXEto the real binary, e.g.mise which node/asdf which node. v1.6.3 searches npm more widely: beside Node, innode_modules_<major>(Fedora/RHELnodejs24-npm),/usr/lib,/usr/local/lib,/opt/homebrew/lib,/usr/local/opt/npm/lib,$npm_config_prefix, and through everynpm/npm.cmdonPATH— including the real target behind a shim. A packaged desktop app that ships no npm at all uses its own bundled pnpm for plugin updates instead (v1.7.1+); replacing the package-manager call with a built-in installer is still open (issue #32). - Restart launcher — self-adapting:
DSH_UC_LAUNCHER/DSH_RESTART_LAUNCHER, then common launcher names under the deployment root (DeepSeek Harness.cmd,start-dsh.cmd, …); the chosen launcher is spawned with a visible window, so the restarted server has a console (v1.6.3 — a hidden spawn left an orphan holding the port and swallowed the access URL). The web port is read from the runningwebServer.port. - Tuning env vars —
DSH_UC_UPDATE_PORTsets the port the update worker stops/starts/probes (default3080), andDSH_UC_RESTART_WINDOW_MSsets how long the worker keeps observing a slow first start before giving up (default150000; the progress record streams the whole time).
Platform & install-layout support
- Detection (checks) — layout-agnostic, works on any machine.
- One-click update & restart — no longer Windows-only:
- Service stop/start probes use
Get-NetTCPConnection+taskkillon Windows andss -H -tlnp "sport = :<port>"(fallbacklsof -tiTCP:<port> -sTCP:LISTEN) +SIGKILLon Linux/macOS. The port is always named explicitly, so an unrelated listener can never be matched; on POSIX a PID is only killed when/proc/<pid>/cmdlineis unreadable or names node/dsh. - The POSIX restart watchdog is
scripts/restart-watchdog.sh, the counterpart ofscripts/restart-watchdog.ps1. It takes the same environment variables —DSH_RESTART_PORT,DSH_RESTART_PID,DSH_RESTART_NODE_FILE,DSH_RESTART_NODE_ARGS(JSON array),DSH_RESTART_LAUNCHER,DSH_RESTART_WORKDIR,DSH_RESTART_LOG,DSH_RESTART_RESULT— and writes the same result JSON (startedAt,port,pid,recovered,recoveredAt,attempts,error). It relaunches via the node argv first, thensystemctl --user restart dsh-web.service, then the launcher path passed as a single argument (a path containing spaces survives); if none of those exist it reportsno launcher availableinstead of pretending to recover. It is invoked assh <script>, so no executable bit is required. - Main-program update adapts: in-place
npm installwhen the deploy root has apackage.json,npm install -gotherwise; both run the dry-run guard and re-read the installed version afterwards. - Plugin updates — temp-dir install + copy, npm 11/12+ compatible.
- Service stop/start probes use
- Profile layouts — both npm-style
hoistedprofiles and pnpm's defaultisolatedlayout are supported: plugin entries that are symlinks or junctions are followed when listing (and the profile entry, not the store path, is what an update replaces),.pnpmitself is never treated as a plugin, and theruntimeblock reportsprofileLinker(isolated/hoisted/null) together with a visible warning in the settings panel when the profile uses the isolated layout (v1.7.3, issue #40). - When POSIX cannot be done safely,
/updatestill answers501 E_PLATFORM_UNSUPPORTED: the service process can only be identified reliably whenssorlsofis present. Install one of them (iproute2,lsof), or stop DSH and update manually.
Desktop (Electron) support
The plugin decides at runtime whether it is hosted by dsh web (plain Node) or by the Desktop application (Electron, ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1), and reports the result as platform plus a runtime block in /dsh-update-checker/status.json and /dsh-update-checker/plugins.json:
- Detection — Electron runtime (
process.versions.electron), the Desktop host entry (…/dsh-desktop-host/lib/index.jsinprocess.argv),process.resourcesPathand a packagedapp-update.yml.DSH_UC_FORCE_PLATFORM=desktop|weboverrides it;DSH_UC_RESOURCES_DIR,DSH_UC_RUNTIME_DIR,DSH_UC_APP_VERSIONandDSH_UC_FEED_URLexist for tests and unusual layouts. - Version check — Desktop carries its runtime inside the signed bundle (
resources/app.asar), so installed comes fromapp.asar/package.json(fallbackapp.asar/dsh/package.json) and latest comes from the very feed Electron uses:app-update.yml(provider/url/channel,nightlyhere) →<url>/<channel><platform suffix>.yml—<channel>.ymlon Windows,<channel>-mac.ymlon macOS,<channel>-linux.ymlon Linux (v1.7.2, issue #38), with a one-shot fallback to the bare name when the platform name answers 404 (main-update-desktop-feed-fallbackin the ops log).version,releaseDate, installer URL and sha512 are read from that manifest. The npm registry is not consulted for the core on Desktop. - One-click update — Desktop installs its own release (download → task check → install → restart), so the banner offers Open update window, which calls
window.dshDesktop.updates.open()(the preload bridge exposed todsh-app://appdocuments) and mirrors Electron's own update state (downloading/verifying/ready/installing) throughupdates.subscribe().POST /dsh-update-checker/updateanswers409 E_DESKTOP_OWNEDwithaction: "open-native-update"and writes no progress or lock record: the plugin never npm-installs intoapp.asar. The web path (npm / tarball, backup, rollback, restart watchdog) is unchanged. - Rollback —
409 E_DESKTOP_OWNED: the bundled runtime has no plugin-owned backup to restore; reinstall the matching Desktop release from the official feed instead. - Restart —
409 E_DESKTOP_RESTART_MANUALplus a localized guide. Electron owns the profile and the Host process, so the plugin does not kill it; after a plugin update, quit from the tray menu (“Quit DeepSeek Harness”) and reopen the application. - Plugin updates — behavior is unchanged and they target the running profile (
profiles/desktop). On Desktop the bundled pnpm is preferred for lockfile sync (resources/runtime/pnpm/bin/pnpm.mjs, launched asElectron --expose-internals …withELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1and the bundledruntime/binonPATH), and when the machine ships no npm at all the staging install falls back to that bundled pnpm (pnpm add <spec> --dir <tmp>/pnpm install --dir <root> --prod, build scripts viapnpm rebuild) instead of failing.DSH_UC_NODE_EXEstill overrides the Node used for npm. - Settings panel — on Desktop it shows the runtime source, channel and feed, hides the npm-only controls (pre-release switch, download source) and explains that the core updates itself.
Notes
- Host code changes require a service restart (the loader caches imported modules); client changes are picked up by HMR and apply on the next page refresh.
- Update/rollback/restart/suppress/settings routes are guarded by
{ "confirm": true }and a loopback-source check (127.0.0.1/::1). - Before
npm install, a backup (deploymentpackage.json+package-lock.json+ both @deepseek-ai version manifests +backup-meta.json+ amain-snapshotcopy of the@deepseek-aiframework tree) is written to$DSH_HOME/dsh-update-checker-backups/<timestamp>/; both main-program and plugin rollback routes are provided, and main-program rollback restores from themain-snapshotwhen present instead of re-installing from the registry.
Changelog
v1.7.3 — a pnpm
isolatedprofile no longer collapses the plugin list to the checker itself (issue #40):- The scan root was the pnpm store, not the profile. With pnpm's default
isolatedlinker, Node resolves this plugin to its real path (…/profiles/web/node_modules/.pnpm/dsh-update-checker@1.7.2_react@18.3.1/node_modules/dsh-update-checker/lib). Walking up to the firstnode_modulesancestor therefore landed inside the store, andPROFILE_NODE_MODULES/PROFILES_ROOT/$DSH_HOMEall followed it —plugins.jsonlisted exactly one plugin, the checker itself, while the profile really had 14.resolveProfileNodeModules()now escapes.pnpm(including pnpm's own.pnpm/node_modules) back to the profile'snode_modules, and when the plugin is installed outside aprofilestree (npm global) it prefers the profile that is actually running ($DSH_PROFILE_DIR,profiles/$DSH_PROFILE) instead of the Node install directory.DSH_UC_PROFILE_NODE_MODULESstill overrides everything and is now documented above. - Symlinked plugin entries were skipped.
scanInstalledPlugins()filtered entries withDirent.isDirectory(), which isfalsefor a symlink or junction, so every pnpm-installed plugin was dropped before itspackage.jsonwas read. Entries are now followed (lstat+stat), the profile entry stays the plugin directory (that is what an update replaces), and.pnpm/.bin/ the checker's own temp dirs are skipped explicitly. Alink:dependency — a plugin linked from a source directory, for example a local preset bundle — is flagged as a local link and reported inignoredwith a reason instead of turning into a red "failed" row. - Visible instead of silent. The
runtimeblock reportsprofileLinker(read fromnode_modules/.modules.yaml) and carries aprofile-isolated-linkerwarning; the settings panel renders it, so a profile whosepnpm-workspace.yamllostnodeLinker: hoistedcan no longer silently look like "one plugin installed". - Tests: 323 passing (
node --test "scripts/*.test.mjs"), withscripts/unit-isolated-linker.test.mjs(store escaping on Windows and POSIX paths,.pnpm/node_modules, the explicit override, npm-global → running profile,.modules.yamlparsing) andscripts/integration-isolated-scan.test.mjs, which builds a real isolated layout — a.pnpmstore with junction entries, and the plugin itself imported from inside the store — then asserts that the scan root is the profile'snode_modules, that every entry is listed with its profile path and that the store and real-directory plugins carry their versions, that only thelink:source entry is flagged as a local link, thatruntime.profileLinkerisisolated, and that the hoisted layout is unchanged. On 1.7.2 the same layout cannot produce that list — entries are filtered byDirent.isDirectory()and nothing escapes.pnpm— which is theplugins: ["dsh-update-checker"]in the report.scripts/integration-client-settings-linker.test.mjsrenders the real settings section through the module loader and asserts the layout hint appears forisolated, stays absent forhoistedand for a host that sends noruntimeblock, and that both language dictionaries carry it.
- The scan root was the pnpm store, not the profile. With pnpm's default
v1.7.2 — the Desktop update feed is named per platform, so the main-program check works on macOS again (issue #38):
<channel>.ymlwas only correct on Windows.desktopFeedUrl()built the electron-builder manifest name from the channel alone, but electron-builder writes<channel>-mac.ymlon macOS and<channel>-linux.ymlon Linux — the packagedapp-update.ymlpoints at a per-platform directory, not at a per-platform file name. On macOS the plugin therefore requested…/feeds/mac-arm64/nightly.yml(404) while the file that exists is…/feeds/mac-arm64/nightly-mac.yml(200), so every main-program check on macOS ended instatus: "error"/desktop update feed HTTP 404and the settings card showedlatest: null. Measured against the live feed:…/mac-arm64/nightly.yml→ 404,…/mac-arm64/nightly-mac.yml→ 200,…/win-x64/nightly.yml→ 200 (Windows keeps the bare name),…/win-x64/nightly-win.yml→ 404.- The file name is now derived from the platform.
desktopFeedName(channel, platform)(darwin→-mac,linux→-linux, anything else bare) feedsdesktopFeedUrl(baseUrl, channel, platform), with the platform as an injectable parameter like the other platform helpers in the file, so every branch is testable on any host. A 404 on the platform name is treated as a name mismatch and falls back once to the bare<channel>.yml(any other status, and network errors, are reported as they are); the fallback is recorded in the ops log asmain-update-desktop-feed-fallback, and the URL that actually answered is whatstatus.jsonand the settings card report. - Tests: 306 passing (
node --test "scripts/*.test.mjs"), with the newscripts/unit-desktop-feed-url.test.mjs(per-platform names and candidate order, a macOS host reading<channel>-mac.ymlalone, the 404 fallback plus its ops-log entry, the Windows single-request path, both names missing reported against the primary name withattempts/lastError, a 500 that must not fall back, a versionless manifest, and theDSH_UC_FEED_URLoverride), andscripts/integration-desktop-host.test.mjsnow asserts that the first feed request behind a realstatus.jsonis the platform-correct manifest. The live macOS feed was read through the real code path:version = 0.2.0-rc.2,feedUrl = …/feeds/mac-arm64/nightly-mac.yml, download…/bin/mac-arm64/deepseek-harness-0.2.0-rc.2-mac-arm64.zip; the same build against the Windows feed still requests…/feeds/win-x64/nightly.yml.
v1.7.1 — the checker now knows which host it runs on, and adapts to the Desktop (Electron) application while keeping the web behavior:
Runtime platform detection.
detectDesktopRuntime()classifies the host from the Electron runtime, thedsh-desktop-hostentry inprocess.argv,process.resourcesPathand a packagedapp-update.yml, and every status response now carriesplatformplus aruntimeblock (managedBy, Electron version, app root, resources/runtime dirs, update source availability, channel, feed);DSH_UC_FORCE_PLATFORMoverrides it for tests.The core version on Desktop comes from the application's own update feed. Installed = the packaged app version (
app.asar/package.json, fallbackapp.asar/dsh/package.json); latest =<url>/<channel>.ymlresolved fromapp-update.yml(generic provider,nightly), parsed with a dependency-free reader that handles the folded-scalarurl: >-blocks the feed uses. On web nothing changed: npm/GitHub remain the source, and the previously brokeninstalled: nullon Desktop is gone.Desktop updates are delegated, never performed.
POST /updateon Desktop answers409 E_DESKTOP_OWNEDwithaction: "open-native-update", the target version and channel, and writes neither the update lock nor a progress record — the plugin cannot and must not npm-install into the signedapp.asar./rollbackanswers409for the same reason (no plugin-owned backup of a bundled runtime).Desktop restart is manual, by design.
/restartanswers409 E_DESKTOP_RESTART_MANUALwith a guide instead of killing the Host that Electron supervises (tray menu → “Quit DeepSeek Harness” → reopen); the settings panel shows the same guide where the web build shows “Restart service”.Desktop package manager. Lockfile sync prefers the bundled pnpm (
argv[5]of the Desktop host, run throughElectron --expose-internalswithELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1,DSH_DESKTOP_NODE_EXECUTABLEand the bundledruntime/binonPATH), falling back to a discovered pnpm if that invocation fails; npm keeps its existing resolution, and on Desktop the Electron executable is used as the Node for it when no real Node exists. Plugin staging installs still use npm when it is available and fall back to the bundled pnpm (pnpm add --dir/pnpm install --dir --prod,pnpm rebuildfor build scripts) when it is not.Client awareness. The overlay detects the
dsh-app://origin andwindow.dshDesktop.updates, renders Open update window as the primary action on Desktop (never the npm install button), subscribes to Electron's update state to show download/verify/install progress in the banner, and keeps the npm confirm/update flow untouched on web. The settings section reports the Desktop runtime, channel and feed, hides the pre-release switch and download-source selector, and plugin-update results say “takes effect after restarting the desktop app”.A mount can no longer downgrade a real installation.
ensurePluginMount()converts the plugin copy found in each profile into a link to the install it is running from. It did that for real directories unconditionally, so a profile holding a newer real copy (1.7.0) was silently replaced by a link to an older shared copy (1.4.23).linkPackageIntoProfile()now compares versions before replacing a real directory and refuses when the destination is newer (conflict: "downgrade", reported in the mount errors, nothing written to disk); equal or newer sources are deduplicated exactly as before.Tests: 293 passing (
node --test "scripts/*.test.mjs"), withscripts/unit-desktop-runtime.test.mjs(detection across web/Electron/argv/override cases,app-update.ymland feed parsing of the real payload shapes, feed-URL joining, pnpm staging args),scripts/integration-desktop-host.test.mjs(real route handlers against a local HTTP feed: Desktop status/versions,E_DESKTOP_OWNEDwith no lock/progress file, the restart guide, rollback refusal,plugins.jsonplatform),scripts/integration-client-desktop.test.mjs(the actual overlay component rendered through the module loader with a fake React: Desktop renders the native action, adownloadingstate renders 42 % progress, web still posts to/update) andscripts/integration-mount-guard.test.mjs(older source vs newer real copy is refused, newer source still deduplicates, a pre-release destination counts as newer).scripts/test-client-apply.mjscarried a stale worker-milestone assertion that already failed on untouched 1.7.0; it now checks that the worker's milestone percentages are non-decreasing.Verified on a real installation — the build was driven inside the genuine Electron-as-node process (
DeepSeek Harness.exe44.0.0, the installed app'sresources) against a mirror profile: 24/24 checks passed, includinginstalled = 0.2.0-rc.2read from the signedapp.asar,latest = 0.2.0-rc.2fetched live fromhttps://download.deepseek.com/dsh-desk/feeds/win-x64/nightly.yml,channel = nightly,/update→409 E_DESKTOP_OWNEDwith no update lock, progress record or backup directory written,/restart→409 E_DESKTOP_RESTART_MANUALwith the guide, and/rollback→409. The same build in a plain Node process reportedplatform: web,source: npmand still took its normal npm/deploy-tree path (9/9 checks).
Development
lib/index.js— Host half: plain ESM, Node built-ins only, no build step; pure helpers exported as named ESM exports for unit testing.lib/client.js— Client half: plain JS (window.__ModuleLoader__), requires onlyreact, no build step.- Tests:
npm test(Node ≥ 20 built-in test runner, no third-party deps). scripts/restart-service.ps1— manual restart helper (run with-ExecutionPolicy Bypass).
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