From 1d343ac07130cd193191993cb5746c32ec290f0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Pine <ijamespine@me.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:52:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Treat missing/draft releases as up-to-date instead of showing
 error

---
 tauri/src/platform/updater.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tauri/src/platform/updater.ts b/tauri/src/platform/updater.ts
index 24a1b6b8..72fffe27 100644
--- a/tauri/src/platform/updater.ts
+++ b/tauri/src/platform/updater.ts
@@ -64,13 +64,17 @@ class TauriUpdater implements PlatformUpdater {
       }
       this.notifySubscribers();
     } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+      // Tauri updater throws on 404 / no published release / network errors.
+      // Treat "no update available" style errors as up-to-date, not failures.
+      const isNoUpdate = /404|not found|no update|up.to.date/i.test(message);
       this.status = {
         checking: false,
         available: false,
         downloading: false,
         installing: false,
         readyToInstall: false,
-        error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to check for updates',
+        error: isNoUpdate ? undefined : message,
       };
       this.notifySubscribers();
     }