microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs

[Package Issue]: Google Play Games has always wrong version in repository

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Description

### Please confirm these before moving forward

- [x] I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- [x] 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

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/311197

in this issue it was already fixed several times but whenever a new version is added (seems to be automated) it sets the wrong version

### Steps to reproduce

winget update while google play games is installed

Name Id Version Available Source
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Google Play Games Google.PlayGames 26.7.855.2 152.0.7933.0 winget

### Actual behavior

it always finds the update because the detected version is different than the available version that is completely wrong

### Expected behavior

shouldnt find the update and whenever a new version of google play games is added to winget repo, set the actual correct version of the app in the winget repo

### Environment

```raw
Should be irrevelant

Windows Package Manager v1.29.290
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26200.9168
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.29.290.0

WinGet Directories
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules

Links
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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

Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```

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Research direction

Start by reviewing issue 311197 and the Google.PlayGames entries in the winget-pkgs repository, then reproduce the version mismatch with `winget update` while Google Play Games is installed. Done means the repository reports the app's actual installed and available versions and no longer offers an incorrect update.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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