1.1.3

apps/android/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
         versionCode 27
-        versionName "1.1.2"
+        versionName "1.1.3"
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         aaptOptions {
              // Files and dirs to omit from the packaged assets dir, modified to accommodate modern web apps.

apps/electron/main.cjs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, screen, safeStorage, powerMonitor } = require('electron');
+const { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, screen, safeStorage, powerMonitor, Notification, nativeImage } = require('electron');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const SESSION_FILE = path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'secure-session.dat');
 const https = require('https');
 const http = require('http');
-const { checkForUpdates } = require('./updater.cjs');
+const { checkForUpdates, getStatus: getUpdateStatus, onStatus: onUpdateStatus, downloadAndInstall: downloadAndInstallUpdate } = require('./updater.cjs');
 
 function loadEnvVar(varName) {
     const envFiles = [
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@ function createWindow() {
         mainWindow.maximize();
     }
 
+    // Auto-clear attention state whenever the user comes back — no
+    // point in flashing / badging a window the user is already
+    // looking at.
+    mainWindow.on('focus', () => {
+        if (mainWindow.isDestroyed()) return;
+        mainWindow.flashFrame(false);
+        mainWindow.setOverlayIcon(null, '');
+        try { app.setBadgeCount(0); } catch {}
+    });
+
     // Save window state on close
     mainWindow.on('close', () => {
         // Flush localStorage/sessionStorage to disk before renderer is destroyed
@@ -249,14 +259,25 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
         createWindow();
     } else {
         const splash = createSplashWindow();
-        const noUpdate = await checkForUpdates(splash);
-        if (noUpdate === false) {
+        const shouldOpenMain = await checkForUpdates(splash);
+        if (shouldOpenMain) {
             if (!splash.isDestroyed()) splash.close();
             createWindow();
         }
-        // If update downloaded, quitAndInstall handles restart
+        // Required-update path: splash stays; updater runs quitAndInstall itself.
     }
 
+    // Forward updater status changes to the renderer so the header
+    // icon and the required-update blocker can react in real time.
+    onUpdateStatus((status) => {
+        if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('update:status', status);
+        }
+    });
+
+    ipcMain.handle('update:get-status', () => getUpdateStatus());
+    ipcMain.handle('update:download-and-install', () => downloadAndInstallUpdate());
+
     ipcMain.on('window-minimize', () => {
         const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
         if (win) win.minimize();
@@ -272,8 +293,49 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
         const win = BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
         if (win) win.close();
     });
-    ipcMain.on('flash-frame', () => {
-        if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) mainWindow.flashFrame(true);
+    ipcMain.on('flash-frame', (_event, on) => {
+        if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed()) return;
+        // `on` optional for backward compat — legacy call sites pass
+        // no arg and expect a one-shot flash.
+        mainWindow.flashFrame(on !== false);
+    });
+
+    ipcMain.on('notification:show', (_event, opts) => {
+        if (!Notification.isSupported()) return;
+        const { title, body, silent } = opts || {};
+        const n = new Notification({
+            title: String(title ?? 'Brycord'),
+            body: String(body ?? ''),
+            silent: !!silent,
+            icon: path.join(__dirname, 'icon.png'),
+        });
+        n.on('click', () => {
+            if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
+                if (mainWindow.isMinimized()) mainWindow.restore();
+                mainWindow.show();
+                mainWindow.focus();
+            }
+        });
+        n.show();
+    });
+
+    // Windows: overlay icon on the taskbar button (1x1 badge). Clearing
+    // is `(null, '')`. `count <= 0` clears. Other OSes fall back to
+    // `app.setBadgeCount` which is a no-op on platforms that don't
+    // support it.
+    ipcMain.on('notification:set-badge', (_event, count) => {
+        if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed()) return;
+        const n = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Number(count) || 0));
+        if (n === 0) {
+            mainWindow.setOverlayIcon(null, '');
+        } else {
+            const badgePath = path.join(__dirname, 'icon.png');
+            try {
+                const img = nativeImage.createFromPath(badgePath);
+                mainWindow.setOverlayIcon(img, `${n} unread`);
+            } catch {}
+        }
+        try { app.setBadgeCount(n); } catch {}
     });
 
     // Helper to fetch metadata (Zero-Knowledge: Client fetches previews)

apps/electron/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@discord-clone/electron",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "Brycord - Electron app",
   "author": "Moyettes",
   "type": "module",

apps/electron/preload.cjs

@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('windowControls', {
     minimize: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-minimize'),
     maximize: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-maximize'),
     close: () => ipcRenderer.send('window-close'),
-    flashFrame: () => ipcRenderer.send('flash-frame'),
+    flashFrame: (on) => ipcRenderer.send('flash-frame', on !== false),
+});
+
+contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('notificationAPI', {
+    show: (opts) => ipcRenderer.send('notification:show', opts),
+    setBadge: (count) => ipcRenderer.send('notification:set-badge', count),
+    flashFrame: (on) => ipcRenderer.send('flash-frame', on !== false),
 });
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('appSettings', {
@@ -35,6 +41,13 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('appSettings', {
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('updateAPI', {
     checkFlatpakUpdate: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('check-flatpak-update'),
+    getStatus: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('update:get-status'),
+    downloadAndInstall: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('update:download-and-install'),
+    onStatusChanged: (callback) => {
+        const handler = (_event, status) => callback(status);
+        ipcRenderer.on('update:status', handler);
+        return () => ipcRenderer.removeListener('update:status', handler);
+    },
 });
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('sessionPersistence', {

apps/electron/src/platform/index.js

@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ const electronPlatform = {
     minimize: () => window.windowControls.minimize(),
     maximize: () => window.windowControls.maximize(),
     close: () => window.windowControls.close(),
-    flashFrame: () => window.windowControls.flashFrame(),
+    flashFrame: (on) => window.windowControls.flashFrame(on),
+  },
+  notifications: {
+    show: (opts) => window.notificationAPI.show(opts),
+    setBadge: (count) => window.notificationAPI.setBadge(count),
+    flashFrame: (on) => window.notificationAPI.flashFrame(on),
+    ensurePermission: async () => 'granted',
   },
   recording: {
     getDefaultFolder: () => window.recordingAPI.getDefaultFolder(),
@@ -70,6 +76,9 @@ const electronPlatform = {
   },
   updates: {
     checkUpdate: () => window.updateAPI.checkFlatpakUpdate(),
+    getStatus: () => window.updateAPI.getStatus(),
+    downloadAndInstall: () => window.updateAPI.downloadAndInstall(),
+    onStatusChanged: (cb) => window.updateAPI.onStatusChanged(cb),
   },
   systemBars: null,
   searchDB,
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ const electronPlatform = {
     hasSearch: true,
     hasSystemBars: false,
     hasRecording: true,
+    hasNotifications: true,
   },
 };
 

apps/electron/updater.cjs

@@ -5,6 +5,52 @@ autoUpdater.logger = log;
 autoUpdater.autoDownload = false;
 autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
 
+// Remembered across the process so the main window can ask for it
+// once the renderer is ready. Cleared on successful download so we
+// don't mislead about a pending install.
+let lastCheckResult = {
+  hasUpdate: false,
+  required: false,
+  latestVersion: null,
+  currentVersion: null,
+  releaseNotes: null,
+  downloading: false,
+  downloaded: false,
+  progress: 0,
+  error: null,
+};
+
+const statusListeners = new Set();
+
+function emitStatus() {
+  for (const cb of statusListeners) {
+    try { cb({ ...lastCheckResult }); } catch (err) { log.warn('update status listener threw', err); }
+  }
+}
+
+function onStatus(cb) {
+  statusListeners.add(cb);
+  return () => statusListeners.delete(cb);
+}
+
+function getStatus() {
+  return { ...lastCheckResult };
+}
+
+// A release is "required" when its notes start with the `[REQUIRED]`
+// marker. Keeping the signal in release notes means no new feed file
+// or schema change — publishers just prefix the message.
+function isRequired(info) {
+  const notes = typeof info?.releaseNotes === 'string' ? info.releaseNotes : '';
+  return /^\s*\[REQUIRED\]/i.test(notes);
+}
+
+// Splash-phase check. Resolves once we know whether to open the main
+// window (optional or no update) or to force an install (required).
+// - No update / error → resolve true (main window should open)
+// - Optional update → resolve true (main window should open; header
+//   icon surfaces the update inside the app)
+// - Required update → download + quitAndInstall; never resolves
 function checkForUpdates(splashWindow) {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     function sendToSplash(js) {
@@ -17,45 +63,133 @@ function checkForUpdates(splashWindow) {
       sendToSplash('setStatus("Checking for updates...")');
     });
 
-    autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {
-      sendToSplash('setStatus("Downloading update...")');
-      autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+    autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
+      const required = isRequired(info);
+      lastCheckResult = {
+        hasUpdate: true,
+        required,
+        latestVersion: info?.version ?? null,
+        currentVersion: autoUpdater.currentVersion?.version ?? null,
+        releaseNotes: typeof info?.releaseNotes === 'string' ? info.releaseNotes : null,
+        downloading: required,
+        downloaded: false,
+        progress: 0,
+        error: null,
+      };
+      emitStatus();
+      if (required) {
+        sendToSplash('setStatus("Downloading required update...")');
+        autoUpdater.downloadUpdate().catch((err) => {
+          log.error('downloadUpdate (required) failed:', err);
+          sendToSplash('setStatus("Update failed — opening anyway")');
+          lastCheckResult.error = err?.message || 'download failed';
+          emitStatus();
+          setTimeout(() => resolve(true), 1500);
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Optional — fall through to open main window. The header
+        // icon will surface the offer inside the app.
+        sendToSplash('setStatus("Update available — continuing")');
+        setTimeout(() => resolve(true), 400);
+      }
     });
 
     autoUpdater.on('download-progress', (progress) => {
-      const percent = Math.round(progress.percent);
-      sendToSplash(`setProgress(${percent})`);
-      sendToSplash(`setStatus("Downloading update... ${percent}%")`);
+      const percent = Math.round(progress.percent || 0);
+      lastCheckResult.progress = percent;
+      lastCheckResult.downloading = true;
+      emitStatus();
+      if (lastCheckResult.required) {
+        sendToSplash(`setProgress(${percent})`);
+        sendToSplash(`setStatus("Downloading required update... ${percent}%")`);
+      }
     });
 
     autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
-      sendToSplash('setStatus("Installing update...")');
-      sendToSplash('setProgress(100)');
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-      }, 1500);
+      lastCheckResult.downloading = false;
+      lastCheckResult.downloaded = true;
+      lastCheckResult.progress = 100;
+      emitStatus();
+      if (lastCheckResult.required) {
+        sendToSplash('setStatus("Installing update...")');
+        sendToSplash('setProgress(100)');
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+        }, 1200);
+      }
     });
 
     autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => {
+      lastCheckResult = {
+        hasUpdate: false,
+        required: false,
+        latestVersion: null,
+        currentVersion: autoUpdater.currentVersion?.version ?? null,
+        releaseNotes: null,
+        downloading: false,
+        downloaded: false,
+        progress: 0,
+        error: null,
+      };
+      emitStatus();
       sendToSplash('setStatus("Up to date!")');
       sendToSplash('hideProgress()');
-      setTimeout(() => resolve(false), 1000);
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(true), 500);
     });
 
     autoUpdater.on('error', (err) => {
       log.error('Auto-updater error:', err);
+      lastCheckResult.error = err?.message || String(err);
+      lastCheckResult.downloading = false;
+      emitStatus();
       sendToSplash('setStatus("Update check failed")');
       sendToSplash('hideProgress()');
-      setTimeout(() => resolve(false), 2000);
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(true), 1500);
     });
 
     autoUpdater.checkForUpdates().catch((err) => {
       log.error('checkForUpdates failed:', err);
+      lastCheckResult.error = err?.message || String(err);
+      emitStatus();
       sendToSplash('setStatus("Update check failed")');
       sendToSplash('hideProgress()');
-      setTimeout(() => resolve(false), 2000);
+      setTimeout(() => resolve(true), 1500);
     });
   });
 }
 
-module.exports = { checkForUpdates };
+// Start downloading an optional update from the renderer. The
+// splash flow handles required updates itself so the renderer only
+// ever reaches here for optional ones.
+async function downloadAndInstall() {
+  if (!lastCheckResult.hasUpdate) return { ok: false, error: 'no update' };
+  if (lastCheckResult.downloaded) {
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+    return { ok: true };
+  }
+  if (lastCheckResult.downloading) return { ok: true };
+  try {
+    lastCheckResult.downloading = true;
+    lastCheckResult.progress = 0;
+    lastCheckResult.error = null;
+    emitStatus();
+    await autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
+    // The 'update-downloaded' handler bumps status; install triggers
+    // the quit-and-install flow the next tick.
+    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
+    return { ok: true };
+  } catch (err) {
+    log.error('downloadAndInstall failed:', err);
+    lastCheckResult.downloading = false;
+    lastCheckResult.error = err?.message || String(err);
+    emitStatus();
+    return { ok: false, error: lastCheckResult.error };
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  checkForUpdates,
+  getStatus,
+  onStatus,
+  downloadAndInstall,
+};

apps/web/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@discord-clone/web",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",