microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli

Sometimes some upgrades were not seen by the tool

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Description

Brief description of your issue

I issue a winget upgrade to look for packages to upgrade, it list some packages, but sometimes when you ask for upgrade the upgrade was not found. Look at the image below.

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Steps to reproduce

It is difficult, we have no real steps to reproduce.

Expected behavior

If winget upgrade list me that package Git.Git has an upgrade, I'm expecting to upgrade with

winget upgrade Git.Git

Actual behavior

It tells me that there is no upgrade.

Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.2.11601
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19044.1766
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.17.11601.0

Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir

Links
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Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by comparing the package shown by winget upgrade with winget upgrade Git.Git, using the diagnostic logs under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir. Reproduce the intermittent mismatch if possible; done means a listed upgrade is consistently recognized by the targeted upgrade command.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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