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[Package Issue]: Google.AndroidStudio.Canary cannot be upgraded or version-correlated
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Description
### Please confirm these before moving forward
- [x] I searched open and closed issues/PRs and found no duplicate for `Google.AndroidStudio.Canary` and this upgrade behavior.
- [x] I have not been informed that this is resolved in a preview version of the WinGet client.
### Category of the issue
No applicable update found / Other (manifest intentionally denies upgrades).
### Brief description
`Google.AndroidStudio.Canary` cannot be upgraded with `winget upgrade`, so package-manager frontends such as UniGetUI also cannot upgrade it. The latest installer manifest explicitly sets:
```yaml
UpgradeBehavior: deny
RequireExplicitUpgrade: true
```
There is also a version-correlation problem: Google's NSIS installer registers only `DisplayVersion: 2026.2`, while the current package version is `2026.2.1.4` (Rabbit 1 | 2026.2.1 Canary 4). Multiple Canary builds in the same release line therefore share the same ARP version.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Install an older `Google.AndroidStudio.Canary` build.
2. Refresh the WinGet source.
3. Run:
```powershell
winget upgrade --id Google.AndroidStudio.Canary --exact --source winget
```
4. Observe that WinGet refuses the upgrade.
5. Run the current installer through the install path:
```powershell
winget install --id Google.AndroidStudio.Canary --exact --source winget --force
```
6. Observe that the installer successfully updates the application in place, but ARP continues to report only `2026.2`.
### Actual behavior
WinGet returns:
```text
The package cannot be upgraded using WinGet. Please use the method provided by the publisher for upgrading this package.
```
After the forced install succeeds, `winget list` still reports installed version `2026.2` and available version `2026.2.1.4`. The installed `product-info.json` proves the application was updated:
```text
version: AI-262.9437.185.2621.16253642
buildNumber: 262.9437.185.2621.16253642
dataDirectoryName: AndroidStudio2026.2.1
```
### Expected behavior
WinGet should be able to distinguish Canary builds and invoke Google's installer in place so explicit upgrades from WinGet/UniGetUI succeed without producing a permanent upgrade loop.
A simple `UpgradeBehavior: install` change may be insufficient because the ARP `DisplayVersion` is not unique. Would maintainers accept exact-version detection via `InstallationMetadata` (for example, a version-specific installed file/hash such as `product-info.json` or `studio64.exe`) together with `UpgradeBehavior: install`, or is a publisher-side exact ARP version required?
I can prepare a manifest PR once the preferred correlation method is confirmed.
### Environment
```text
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.30.130-preview
© 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.29648.1000
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.30.129.0
WinGet Directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
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 C:\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
--------------------------------------------------
LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
ConfigurationProcessorPath Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
```
Additional software: UniGetUI 2026.2.7.
### Verification already performed
- Google's official preview page identifies the current release as Rabbit 1 | 2026.2.1 Canary 4.
- The official installer hash was successfully verified by WinGet.
- `winget install --force` completed successfully and updated the installed product files in place.
- No existing open PR or issue matching this package/upgrade problem was found.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Google.AndroidStudio.Canary manifest, especially UpgradeBehavior and the proposed InstallationMetadata correlation. Review the reported product-info.json version data and the winget upgrade/install reproduction. Done means Canary builds correlate distinctly and an explicit upgrade succeeds without an upgrade loop.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100