symbiot 0.28.1 → 0.28.2

package/index.mjs

@@ -1559,16 +1559,20 @@ async function cmdApp() {
       if (u.pathname === "/api/connect" && req.method === "POST") { return json(res, await connectProvider(await readBody(req))); }
       if (u.pathname === "/api/ping") { if (u.searchParams.get("fresh") === "1") await checkLatest(); return json(res, { version: VERSION, started: SERVER_STARTED, latest: LATEST_VERSION, newer: semverGt(LATEST_VERSION, VERSION) }); }
       if (u.pathname === "/api/update" && req.method === "POST") {
-        // Install the newest symbiot, then relaunch this same app (same port +
-        // token => same URL) and exit. The open page's heartbeat reconnects and
-        // reloads to the new version. No terminal, no reopening the window.
-        const inst = process.platform === "win32" ? "npm i -g symbiot@latest" : "npm install -g symbiot@latest";
+        // Install the EXACT newest version (not the `latest` tag, which npm's
+        // cache/propagation can resolve stale — that caused an update loop where
+        // the install kept re-fetching the same old version), then relaunch this
+        // same app (same port+token => same URL) and exit. --prefer-online skips
+        // a stale cached packument. The page's heartbeat reconnects and reloads.
+        const target = LATEST_VERSION && semverGt(LATEST_VERSION, VERSION) ? LATEST_VERSION : "latest";
+        const pkg = "symbiot@" + target;
+        const inst = (process.platform === "win32" ? "npm i -g " : "npm install -g ") + pkg + " --prefer-online";
         const e = track("symbiot update", inst, homedir(), (code) => {
           if (code !== 0) return;
           try { const ch = spawn(process.execPath, process.argv.slice(1), { detached: true, stdio: "ignore", env: process.env }); ch.unref(); } catch {}
           setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 1200);
         });
-        return json(res, { started: true, id: e ? e.id : "" });
+        return json(res, { started: true, id: e ? e.id : "", target });
       }
       if (u.pathname === "/api/quit") { res.writeHead(200); res.end("bye"); setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 150); return; }
     } catch (e) { res.writeHead(500, { "content-type": "application/json" }); res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: String((e && e.message) || e) })); return; }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "symbiot",
-  "version": "0.28.1",
+  "version": "0.28.2",
   "description": "Your week, written from your real work. Reads your local git and writes it up with the AI of your choice — Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or a local model.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/ui.mjs

@@ -455,6 +455,18 @@ function heartbeat(fresh){
     else if(p.started!==SRV_STARTED){location.reload();return;}
     if(srvDown){location.reload();return;}
     if(updBusy)return;
+    // Loop guard: if we already tried to update to this version and we're still
+    // not on it after the restart, the install isn't advancing — stop offering
+    // the button (which just loops) and tell them to update manually.
+    var tried=null;try{tried=localStorage.getItem('symbiot_update_tried');}catch(e){}
+    if(tried){
+      if(p.version!==tried){try{localStorage.removeItem('symbiot_update_tried');}catch(e){} } // advanced → success, clear
+      else if(p.latest&&p.newer){ // still on the same version → the install didn't advance
+        b.className='updatebar reconnect show';
+        b.innerHTML="Auto-update to "+esc(p.latest)+" didn't take (still on "+esc(p.version)+"). Run <code>npm install -g symbiot@latest</code> in a terminal, then restart.";
+        return;
+      }
+    }
     if(p.latest&&p.newer){
       b.className='updatebar show';
       b.innerHTML="A new Symbiot ("+esc(p.latest)+") is available &mdash; you're on "+esc(p.version)+". <button id='doupd'>Update &amp; restart</button>";
@@ -462,7 +474,7 @@ function heartbeat(fresh){
     }else{b.className='updatebar';}
   }).catch(function(){srvDown=true;var b=ubar();b.className='updatebar reconnect show';b.textContent='Reconnecting to Symbiot…';});
 }
-function doUpdate(){updBusy=true;var b=ubar();b.className='updatebar show';b.textContent='Updating & restarting… this page will reload itself when it is back.';api('/api/update',{});}
+function doUpdate(){updBusy=true;try{localStorage.setItem('symbiot_update_tried',document.getElementById('ver').textContent.replace(/^v/,''));}catch(e){}var b=ubar();b.className='updatebar show';b.textContent='Updating & restarting… this page will reload itself when it is back.';api('/api/update',{});}
 setInterval(heartbeat,4000);heartbeat(true);
 window.addEventListener('focus',function(){heartbeat(true);}); // re-check for updates when you come back to the window
 initGraphEvents();syncP();refresh();loadMap();loadAgentCfg();loadScanRoots();