package agent import ( "context" "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" "os" "path/filepath" "strconv" "strings" "sync" "time" ) // updateCheckTTL is how often we hit the GitHub API to look for a new // release. Half a day is frequent enough to notice the same day a // release ships without spamming the API on every zot launch. const updateCheckTTL = 12 * time.Hour // updateCheckFile is the on-disk cache, keyed to the current binary // version. Writes a JSON blob with the last observed latest tag and // when we checked, so we can skip the network call on most launches. const updateCheckFile = "update-check.json" // githubReleasesAPI is the REST endpoint we query. Using the API (not // the HTML redirect) because the JSON response is stable and small. const githubReleasesAPI = "https://api.github.com/repos/patriceckhart/zot/releases/latest" // UpdateInfo describes the result of an update check. Zero-value means // "no update available, no error, don't show anything". type UpdateInfo struct { Current string // e.g. "0.0.4" Latest string // e.g. "0.0.5" Available bool // true when latest > current URL string // release page url for the changelog link } // updateCache is the on-disk structure written to $ZOT_HOME. type updateCache struct { CheckedAt time.Time `json:"checked_at"` // The version that was current when we last checked. Invalidates // the cache if the binary itself has been updated since. CurrentAt string `json:"current_at"` Latest string `json:"latest"` URL string `json:"url"` } // CheckForUpdate returns info about a newer release, using a cached // result when one is fresh enough. Designed to be called at tui // startup and rendered as a dismissible banner. // // Always returns a usable UpdateInfo (zero-value on error). The // banner renderer skips the display when Available is false, so a // network failure silently no-ops; we never block startup on this. func CheckForUpdate(ctx context.Context, zotHome, currentVersion string) UpdateInfo { // Dev builds ("0.0.0") never have an update to offer. Skip. if currentVersion == "" || currentVersion == "dev" || currentVersion == "0.0.0" { return UpdateInfo{} } cachePath := filepath.Join(zotHome, updateCheckFile) if c, ok := readUpdateCache(cachePath); ok { // Cache is fresh and tracks the same binary version. // Additional guard: only trust the cache when it already // reports an available update. If the cache says "up to // date" (Latest <= Current) we re-check anyway so a // release published after the last launch is picked up // without waiting out the full TTL. The API call is a // single 4s request; cheap to do on every up-to-date // launch, and skips entirely for the common "installed a // new version, cache reports update available" path. if time.Since(c.CheckedAt) < updateCheckTTL && c.CurrentAt == currentVersion { info := buildInfo(currentVersion, c.Latest, c.URL) if info.Available { return info } // fall through to re-check } } latest, url, err := fetchLatestRelease(ctx) if err != nil { // Network or auth failure (common while the repo is private // and no GITHUB_TOKEN is set). Silent no-op; we'll try again // after the TTL on the next launch. return UpdateInfo{} } _ = writeUpdateCache(cachePath, updateCache{ CheckedAt: time.Now().UTC(), CurrentAt: currentVersion, Latest: latest, URL: url, }) return buildInfo(currentVersion, latest, url) } // CheckForUpdateAsync runs CheckForUpdate in a goroutine, delivers the // result to the returned channel, and never blocks startup. The // channel is always closed; receivers should `ok`-check. func CheckForUpdateAsync(zotHome, currentVersion string) <-chan UpdateInfo { ch := make(chan UpdateInfo, 1) go func() { defer close(ch) ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 4*time.Second) defer cancel() ch <- CheckForUpdate(ctx, zotHome, currentVersion) }() return ch } func buildInfo(current, latest, url string) UpdateInfo { info := UpdateInfo{ Current: current, Latest: strings.TrimPrefix(latest, "v"), URL: url, } info.Available = versionLess(info.Current, info.Latest) return info } // versionLess returns a < b for dotted semver-ish tags like "0.0.4". // Non-numeric components compare as zero, which is fine for zot's // x.y.z-only scheme. func versionLess(a, b string) bool { as := splitVersion(a) bs := splitVersion(b) for i := 0; i < 3; i++ { av, bv := 0, 0 if i < len(as) { av = as[i] } if i < len(bs) { bv = bs[i] } if av != bv { return av < bv } } return false } func splitVersion(s string) []int { s = strings.TrimPrefix(s, "v") // Strip build-metadata suffix like "(abc1234, 2026-04-18)". if i := strings.IndexAny(s, " ("); i > 0 { s = s[:i] } parts := strings.Split(s, ".") out := make([]int, 0, len(parts)) for _, p := range parts { n, _ := strconv.Atoi(p) out = append(out, n) } return out } // fetchLatestRelease queries the GitHub API for the latest published // release. Honours $GITHUB_TOKEN for private repos. func fetchLatestRelease(ctx context.Context) (tag, url string, err error) { req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", githubReleasesAPI, nil) if err != nil { return "", "", err } req.Header.Set("accept", "application/vnd.github+json") req.Header.Set("x-github-api-version", "2022-11-28") if tok := os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"); tok != "" { req.Header.Set("authorization", "Bearer "+tok) } client := &http.Client{Timeout: 4 * time.Second} resp, err := client.Do(req) if err != nil { return "", "", err } defer resp.Body.Close() if resp.StatusCode != 200 { return "", "", fmt.Errorf("github api %d", resp.StatusCode) } var body struct { TagName string `json:"tag_name"` HTMLURL string `json:"html_url"` } if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil { return "", "", err } return body.TagName, body.HTMLURL, nil } // readUpdateCache loads the last check result. Returns ok=false on // any error (missing file, bad json) so callers just treat it as a // cache miss and re-fetch. func readUpdateCache(path string) (updateCache, bool) { b, err := os.ReadFile(path) if err != nil { return updateCache{}, false } var c updateCache if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &c); err != nil { return updateCache{}, false } return c, true } func writeUpdateCache(path string, c updateCache) error { if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil { return err } b, err := json.MarshalIndent(c, "", " ") if err != nil { return err } return os.WriteFile(path, b, 0o600) } // cachedLatest, cachedLatestOnce: used elsewhere in the binary if we // want a synchronous read without triggering a network call. var ( cachedLatest string cachedLatestOnce sync.Once )