@bobfrankston/mailx 1.0.295 → 1.0.296

package/bin/mailx.js

@@ -868,6 +868,21 @@ async function main() {
             return;
         }
         console.log(`[ipc] ← ${req._action} (${req._cbid})`);
+        // Auto-update action: run npm install then restart
+        if (req._action === "performUpdate") {
+            handle.send({ _cbid: req._cbid, ok: true, status: "updating" });
+            try {
+                const { execSync } = await import("child_process");
+                console.log("  [update] Installing latest version...");
+                execSync("npm install -g @bobfrankston/mailx", { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 120_000, stdio: "inherit" });
+                console.log("  [update] Install complete — restarting");
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                console.error(`  [update] Install failed: ${e.message}`);
+            }
+            gracefulShutdown("Update complete — restarting");
+            return;
+        }
         try {
             const response = await dispatch(svc, req);
             console.log(`[ipc] → ${req._action} (${req._cbid}) ok`);
@@ -1045,6 +1060,29 @@ async function main() {
     imapManager.startPeriodicSync(settings.sync.intervalMinutes);
     imapManager.startOutboxWorker();
     imapManager.watchConfigFiles();
+    // Auto-update: periodically check npm for a newer version and push a
+    // notification to the WebView so the user can update with one click.
+    const UPDATE_CHECK_MS = 30 * 60_000; // 30 minutes
+    async function checkForUpdate() {
+        try {
+            const { execSync } = await import("child_process");
+            const latest = execSync("npm view @bobfrankston/mailx version", { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 15_000 }).trim();
+            const current = rootPkgVersion;
+            if (latest && latest !== current) {
+                console.log(`  [update] New version available: ${current} → ${latest}`);
+                handle.send({ _event: "updateAvailable", type: "updateAvailable", current, latest });
+            }
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            // Silent — network down, npm not reachable, etc.
+            console.log(`  [update] Check failed: ${e.message}`);
+        }
+    }
+    // First check after 2 minutes (don't slow down startup), then every 30 min
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        checkForUpdate();
+        setInterval(checkForUpdate, UPDATE_CHECK_MS);
+    }, 120_000);
     // Graceful shutdown — close IMAP connections, stop timers, close DB
     let shuttingDown = false;
     async function gracefulShutdown(reason) {

package/client/app.js

@@ -1044,6 +1044,23 @@ onWsEvent((event) => {
                 statusSync.textContent = `Synced ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour: "2-digit", minute: "2-digit", hour12: false })}`;
             break;
         }
+        case "updateAvailable": {
+            const banner = document.getElementById("alert-banner");
+            const text = document.getElementById("alert-text");
+            if (banner && text) {
+                banner.hidden = false;
+                banner.style.background = "oklch(0.45 0.12 250)";
+                text.innerHTML = `mailx ${event.latest} available (you have ${event.current}) — <button id="btn-do-update" style="background:none;border:1px solid #fff;color:#fff;padding:0.15em 0.5em;border-radius:3px;cursor:pointer;margin-left:0.5em">Update now</button>`;
+                document.getElementById("btn-do-update")?.addEventListener("click", () => {
+                    text.textContent = "Updating... mailx will restart when done";
+                    // performUpdate runs npm install then restarts the service
+                    const ipc = window.mailxapi || window.opener?.mailxapi;
+                    if (ipc?.performUpdate)
+                        ipc.performUpdate();
+                });
+            }
+            break;
+        }
         case "syncActionFailed": {
             // Surface sync failures (move/delete/flag not applied on server)
             // so the user knows local-first actions haven't propagated yet.

package/client/lib/mailxapi.js

@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
         markAsSpamMessages: function(accountId, uids) {
             return callNode("markAsSpamMessages", { accountId: accountId, uids: uids });
         },
+        performUpdate: function() {
+            return callNode("performUpdate", {});
+        },
         markFolderRead: function(accountId, folderId) {
             return callNode("markFolderRead", { folderId: folderId });
         },

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/mailx",
-  "version": "1.0.295",
+  "version": "1.0.296",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",