fix(updater): retry the check and download, report progress

A friend's in-app update failed ten times ("error sending request for
url (…nsis.zip)") against a busy Gitea before the 11th worked.

- check_for_update / install_update retry transport errors (Reqwest,
  Network, ReleaseNotFound) with 3 s / 8 s / 15 s backoff — four tries
  per click. Signature or install errors fail at once, never masked.
- Every request gets a 600 s timeout; reqwest has none by default, so a
  stalled connection could leave the UI on "installing" forever.
- Download and install are separate steps so a retry never re-installs.
- `lotus-update-progress` events (downloading %, retrying + wait,
  installing) drive the new progress text in Settings.
- Errors are prefixed `check:` / `download:` / `install:` so the UI says
  which step failed (it used to call a failed download "Update check
  failed").
- Adds tokio (time feature only; already in the tree via tauri).
- Bump cinny to 568f218f (the matching UI).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PPmy3tPq869XDW4njjVaKA

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-plugin-single-instance",
  "tauri-plugin-updater",
  "tauri-plugin-window-state",
+ "tokio",
  "webkit2gtk",
  "webview2-com",
  "window-vibrancy",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
 tauri-plugin-updater = "2"
 tauri-plugin-single-instance = "2"
 tauri-plugin-autostart = "2" # P6-1 launch-on-login
+# Update retry backoff (already in the tree via tauri; adds only the timer).
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 # P6-1 desktop parity: screensaver inhibit (no-sleep in calls) + Unity launcher

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -130,46 +130,148 @@ struct UpdateInfo {
     version: Option<String>,
 }
 
+/// Update-flow resilience (Cole, 2026-09-23: ten failed "error sending request"
+/// attempts against a busy Gitea before the 11th went through). Network-level
+/// failures are retried with backoff inside one click; anything else (bad
+/// signature, broken package) fails at once so it is never masked.
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
+mod update_retry {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    /// Delays before attempts 2, 3, 4 (so four tries in all).
+    pub const BACKOFF: [Duration; 3] = [
+        Duration::from_secs(3),
+        Duration::from_secs(8),
+        Duration::from_secs(15),
+    ];
+
+    /// Per-request cap. reqwest has no default timeout, so a stalled connection
+    /// could otherwise hang the "installing" state forever. Generous enough for
+    /// the ~50 MB installer on a slow line.
+    pub const REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(600);
+
+    /// Only transport errors are worth retrying.
+    pub fn is_transient(err: &tauri_plugin_updater::Error) -> bool {
+        use tauri_plugin_updater::Error;
+        matches!(
+            err,
+            Error::Reqwest(_) | Error::Network(_) | Error::ReleaseNotFound
+        )
+    }
+
+    pub fn updater(
+        app: &tauri::AppHandle,
+    ) -> Result<tauri_plugin_updater::Updater, String> {
+        use tauri_plugin_updater::UpdaterExt;
+        app.updater_builder()
+            .timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+            .build()
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+    }
+
+    /// `check()` with retries. `Ok(None)` = up to date.
+    pub async fn check(
+        app: &tauri::AppHandle,
+    ) -> Result<Option<tauri_plugin_updater::Update>, String> {
+        let updater = updater(app)?;
+        let mut attempt = 0;
+        loop {
+            match updater.check().await {
+                Ok(found) => return Ok(found),
+                Err(e) if is_transient(&e) && attempt < BACKOFF.len() => {
+                    tokio::time::sleep(BACKOFF[attempt]).await;
+                    attempt += 1;
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Err(e.to_string()),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn check_for_update(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<UpdateInfo, String> {
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
     {
-        use tauri_plugin_updater::UpdaterExt;
+        return match update_retry::check(&app).await? {
-        return match app.updater().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?.check().await {
+            Some(update) => Ok(UpdateInfo { available: true, version: Some(update.version) }),
-            Ok(Some(update)) => Ok(UpdateInfo { available: true, version: Some(update.version) }),
+            None => Ok(UpdateInfo { available: false, version: None }),
-            Ok(None) => Ok(UpdateInfo { available: false, version: None }),
-            Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
         };
     }
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios"))]
     Ok(UpdateInfo { available: false, version: None })
 }
 
+/// Download (with retries and `lotus-update-progress` events for the web UI),
+/// then install and relaunch. Errors are prefixed `check:` / `download:` /
+/// `install:` so the web side can say which step failed.
 #[tauri::command]
 async fn install_update(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))]
     {
-        use tauri_plugin_updater::UpdaterExt;
+        use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-        if let Some(update) = app
+
-            .updater()
+        let emit = |detail: serde_json::Value| {
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+            native::emit_to_web(&app, "lotus-update-progress", &detail.to_string());
-            .check()
+        };
+
+        let Some(update) = update_retry::check(&app)
             .await
-            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+            .map_err(|e| format!("check: {e}"))?
-        {
+        else {
-            update
+            return Ok(());
-                .download_and_install(|_chunk, _total| {}, || {})
+        };
-                .await
+
-                .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let max_attempts = update_retry::BACKOFF.len() + 1;
-            // Only reached on a successful download+install (the `?` above bails
+        let mut attempt = 0;
-            // otherwise). Relaunch so the freshly installed version actually
+        let bytes = loop {
-            // runs — without this the UI hangs on "installing", and on a Linux
+            emit(serde_json::json!({
-            // AppImage the running process is still the old binary. `restart()`
+                "phase": "downloading", "attempt": attempt + 1, "maxAttempts": max_attempts,
-            // exits the current process and never returns, so nothing after it
+                "downloaded": 0, "total": null,
-            // runs for the update case.
+            }));
-            app.restart();
+            let mut downloaded: u64 = 0;
-        }
+            let mut last_emit = Instant::now();
+            let result = update
+                .download(
+                    |chunk, total| {
+                        downloaded += chunk as u64;
+                        // ~4 Hz is plenty for a progress line.
+                        if last_emit.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(250) {
+                            last_emit = Instant::now();
+                            emit(serde_json::json!({
+                                "phase": "downloading", "attempt": attempt + 1,
+                                "maxAttempts": max_attempts,
+                                "downloaded": downloaded, "total": total,
+                            }));
+                        }
+                    },
+                    || {},
+                )
+                .await;
+            match result {
+                Ok(bytes) => break bytes,
+                Err(e) if update_retry::is_transient(&e) && attempt < update_retry::BACKOFF.len() => {
+                    let wait = update_retry::BACKOFF[attempt];
+                    emit(serde_json::json!({
+                        "phase": "retrying", "attempt": attempt + 1, "maxAttempts": max_attempts,
+                        "waitSecs": wait.as_secs(), "error": e.to_string(),
+                    }));
+                    tokio::time::sleep(wait).await;
+                    attempt += 1;
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Err(format!("download: {e}")),
+            }
+        };
+
+        emit(serde_json::json!({ "phase": "installing" }));
+        update.install(bytes).map_err(|e| format!("install: {e}"))?;
+        // Only reached on a successful install. Relaunch so the freshly
+        // installed version actually runs — without this the UI hangs on
+        // "installing", and on a Linux AppImage the running process is still the
+        // old binary. On Windows the plugin has already exited the process to
+        // run the installer, so this is not reached there.
+        app.restart();
     }
+    #[allow(unreachable_code)]
     Ok(())
 }