VSCodium updates not working

[0x416c69]

Describe the bug I press Install update and it gets stuck (i.e. updates don't happen, it's like it's failing somewhere silently)

Please confirm that this problem is VSCodium-specific

• [x] This bug doesn't happen if I use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It only happens in VSCodium.

Please confirm that the issue/resolution isn't already documented

• [x] I checked the Docs page and the Troubleshooting page and my issue is not mentioned there.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Press Install update
2. Get stuck on "Installing Update..."

Expected behavior To get updated, obviously

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 26100.1457

• Architecture: x64

• Version:

• App Manager: My hands, downloaded from the web

• Sandboxed: ? no

Additional context I have a CodeSetup-stable-21b1e2955ddda36eeba3a94e643128e465285b93.exe (Size: 111,841,280 bytes, SHA1: 4bab1d9b0a6057008b4c8a3fc1cd438432cfd68c) under AppData\Local\Temp\codium-stable-undefined-x64

Codium update never worked for me since 1 month ago (which was the first time I installed codium)

[SteveOverSea]

same for me on macOS 14.5.

My VSCodium updated last 4 months ago onto 1.88.1 (could also be a full re install then, I'm not sure)

[daiyam]

@SteveOverSea See https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/1917

[0x416c69]

@daiyam As a temporary workaround, should we just reinstall the latest package manually? Or only macOS is affected?

[daiyam]

@0x416c69 #1917 is only for macOS.

I'm assume you have installed it with a .msi and I can confirm there is an issue. The CodeSetup-stable-21b1e2955ddda36eeba3a94e643128e465285b93.exe is correct binary and when renaming as an .msi, you can run it manually. But the command line (msiexec.exe /i CodeSetup-stable-21b1e2955ddda36eeba3a94e643128e465285b93.exe or with the renamed .msi) used to run the update generates the error (This installation could not be opened.)

After a quick google, it seems a recurrent error with .msi, not specific with VSCodium. Not sure how to fix that...

[Novack]

I recently opened #1994 but reading you guys made me consider something... Does anyone can confirm if auto-update only works if the installer was used, but not if its a portable folder instead?

[daiyam]

@Novack I've added a new comment directly on your issue.

[ghost]

The same has been happening to me for around the same amount of time on Windows 11. I am using the MSI installer with updates enabled. Been manually downloading the installer for the past few months.

[meichthys]

Also confirming that the msi (with updates enabled) installer doesn't seem to be updating on Win11.

[Lexiconmancer]

Same here. VSCodium-x64-1.92.2.24228.msi Windows 10 Pro

Every time it opens it prompts to update, clicking update does nothing. I haven't come to manually install yet because I've been working on projects. Curious if there's a known fix for this.

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