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Winget upgrade converts my Edge PWA into Win32 app

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Description

Brief description of your issue

I have installed Element as a PWA from Edge browser (dev),

When I run winget list and winget upgrade in Powershell, I see PWA Element is listed there as follow:
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as you can see, the source says: Winget, but the actual source where I installed it from is Microsoft Edge browser (dev).

Steps to reproduce

Install Element as PWA in Microsoft Edge (dev)
URL: https://app.element.io/#/home

Not sure it's relevant but I chose to Pin its icon to Start menu, Taskbar and set it to auto-start on device login.

run winget upgrade

Expected behavior

winget upgrade should not upgrade a PWA app, which in this case is Element PWA.

Actual behavior

Winget upgrade upgrades Element PWA app and converts it to a Win32 app by downloading ~140MB of the Element messenger program files.

Environment
winget --info
Windows Package Manager (Preview) v1.4.2161-preview
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.25201.1000
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.19.2161.0

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

Installed the PWA app using Microsoft Edge Dev Version 107.0.1379.1 (Official build) dev (64-bit)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with Microsoft Edge Dev, the Element PWA, and the supplied winget --info environment, then compare the results of winget list and winget upgrade. The issue is done when upgrading packages no longer converts or replaces the installed PWA with the Win32 Element application.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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