[Package Issue]: OpenJS.NodeJS tries to update to nightly

[lutzroeder]

Please confirm these before moving forward

• I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Installation issue.

Brief description of your issue

When running update, 20.4.0 is updated to 21.0.0-nightly20230706b5e16adb1d.

@CoolPlayLin @stephengillie #111148

Steps to reproduce

> winget install OpenJS.NodeJS
> winget upgrade
Name    Id            Version Available                        Source
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Node.js OpenJS.NodeJS 20.4.0  21.0.0-nightly20230706b5e16adb1d winget

Actual behavior

The 21.0.0-nightly20230706b5e16adb1d build is offered and installed.

Expected behavior

No new build should be installed and 20.4.0 is the latest available.

Environment

Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.6.1573-preview
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.1928
System Architecture: Arm64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.1573.0

Screenshots and Logs

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[CoolPlayLin]

It's not my problem, I checked it just now. The nightly version is in correct folder

[mdanish-kh]

It's not my problem, I checked it just now. The nightly version is in correct folder

It's an issue with winget upgrade not winget install

[CoolPlayLin]

It seems OpenJS.NodeJS as OpenJS.NodeJS.Nightly

[mdanish-kh]

WinGet can't differentiate nightly and stable releases as they use the same Apps&Features entries i.e. same DisplayName, Publisher, UpgradeCode values that causes conflicts in upgrade matching. The solution is likely to be addressed in

• Support different release channels [released, beta, alpha] winget-cli#147

For now, the quick fix would be to not support nightly releases in the WinGet repository as they cause conflicts with stable releases. It's hard anyway to keep up-to-date with nightly releases without automation / publisher taking control of the package releases

[mdanish-kh]

@mdanish-kh Move OpenJS.NodeJS.Nightly to OpenJS.NodeJSNightly ?

That won't help, I'm talking about removing nightly releases altogether from the repo; Also seeing your screenshot I noticed that there is another problem with the nightly manifests concerning the DisplayVersion field not being present in all manifests. That is evident from the "<" symbol resulting in infinite upgrade scenario for the end-user.

[lutzroeder]

@mdanish-kh @stephengillie the issue still repros. Is there a local cache that needs to be updated or removal to propagate?

[mdanish-kh]

@lutzroeder #111562 hasn't yet passed the publish pipeline; Changes will appear once all the PRs have made their way through the publish pipeline

[mdanish-kh]

@lutzroeder All package removal PRs have now passed the publish pipeline; Can you confirm if the issue has been resolved now?

[lutzroeder]

Yes, 20.4.0 is now listed as latest available for OpenJS.NodeJS. Thank you, @mdanish-kh and @stephengillie.