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winget upgrade does not pre-install a new dependency

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Description

Brief description of your issue

Consider the following example:

winget list DBVis.DBVisualizer
Name         Id                 Version Available Source
--------------------------------------------------------
DbVisualizer DBVis.DBVisualizer 23.1    24.1      winget
winget upgrade DBVis.DBVisualizer
Found DbVisualizer [DBVis.DBVisualizer] Version 24.1
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Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
This package requires the following dependencies:
  - Packages
      Oracle.JavaRuntimeEnvironment
Installing dependencies:
(1/1) Found Java 8 [Oracle.JavaRuntimeEnvironment] Version 8.0.4010.10
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Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Successfully verified installer hash

Then nothing occurs after the installer hash verification: [Oracle.JavaRuntimeEnvironment] is not installed and [DBVis.DBVisualizer] is not updated.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Install https://www.dbvis.com/product_download/dbvis-23.1/media/dbvis_windows-x64_23_1_jre.exe
  2. winget upgrade DBVis.DBVisualizer
Expected behavior

Dependency should be installed and the main package updated.

Actual behavior

Dependency is not installed and the main is not updated.

Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.6.3482
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.3007
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3482.0

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Research direction

Start by reproducing winget upgrade DBVis.DBVisualizer with the provided package versions and trace the dependency-installation path after installer hash verification. Done means the Java dependency installs successfully and the DBVisualizer upgrade completes; verify both results with winget list.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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