updater: periodically check for updates while open

src/Vencord.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { openUpdaterModal } from "@components/VencordSettings/UpdaterTab";
 import { StartAt } from "@utils/types";
 
 import { get as dsGet } from "./api/DataStore";
-import { showNotification } from "./api/Notifications";
+import { NotificationData, showNotification } from "./api/Notifications";
 import { PlainSettings, Settings } from "./api/Settings";
 import { patches, PMLogger, startAllPlugins } from "./plugins";
 import { localStorage } from "./utils/localStorage";
@@ -86,6 +86,46 @@ async function syncSettings() {
     }
 }
 
+let notifiedForUpdatesThisSession = false;
+
+async function runUpdateCheck() {
+    const notify = (data: NotificationData) => {
+        if (notifiedForUpdatesThisSession) return;
+        notifiedForUpdatesThisSession = true;
+
+        setTimeout(() => showNotification({
+            permanent: true,
+            noPersist: true,
+            ...data
+        }), 10_000);
+    };
+
+    try {
+        const isOutdated = await checkForUpdates();
+        if (!isOutdated) return;
+
+        if (Settings.autoUpdate) {
+            await update();
+            if (Settings.autoUpdateNotification) {
+                notify({
+                    title: "Vencord has been updated!",
+                    body: "Click here to restart",
+                    onClick: relaunch
+                });
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        notify({
+            title: "A Vencord update is available!",
+            body: "Click here to view the update",
+            onClick: openUpdaterModal!
+        });
+    } catch (err) {
+        UpdateLogger.error("Failed to check for updates", err);
+    }
+}
+
 async function init() {
     await onceReady;
     startAllPlugins(StartAt.WebpackReady);
@@ -93,33 +133,8 @@ async function init() {
     syncSettings();
 
     if (!IS_WEB && !IS_UPDATER_DISABLED) {
-        try {
-            const isOutdated = await checkForUpdates();
-            if (!isOutdated) return;
-
-            if (Settings.autoUpdate) {
-                await update();
-                if (Settings.autoUpdateNotification)
-                    setTimeout(() => showNotification({
-                        title: "Vencord has been updated!",
-                        body: "Click here to restart",
-                        permanent: true,
-                        noPersist: true,
-                        onClick: relaunch
-                    }), 10_000);
-                return;
-            }
-
-            setTimeout(() => showNotification({
-                title: "A Vencord update is available!",
-                body: "Click here to view the update",
-                permanent: true,
-                noPersist: true,
-                onClick: openUpdaterModal!
-            }), 10_000);
-        } catch (err) {
-            UpdateLogger.error("Failed to check for updates", err);
-        }
+        runUpdateCheck();
+        setInterval(runUpdateCheck, 1000 * 60 * 30); // 30 minutes
     }
 
     if (IS_DEV) {

src/plugins/_api/badges/index.tsx

@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ const ContributorBadge: ProfileBadge = {
 let DonorBadges = {} as Record<string, Array<Record<"tooltip" | "badge", string>>>;
 
 async function loadBadges(noCache = false) {
-    DonorBadges = {};
-
     const init = {} as RequestInit;
     if (noCache)
         init.cache = "no-cache";
@@ -56,6 +54,8 @@ async function loadBadges(noCache = false) {
         .then(r => r.json());
 }
 
+let intervalId: any;
+
 export default definePlugin({
     name: "BadgeAPI",
     description: "API to add badges to users.",
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ export default definePlugin({
         }
     ],
 
+    // for access from the console or other plugins
+    get DonorBadges() {
+        return DonorBadges;
+    },
+
     toolboxActions: {
         async "Refetch Badges"() {
             await loadBadges(true);
@@ -104,6 +109,13 @@ export default definePlugin({
 
     async start() {
         await loadBadges();
+
+        clearInterval(intervalId);
+        intervalId = setInterval(loadBadges, 1000 * 60 * 30); // 30 minutes
+    },
+
+    async stop() {
+        clearInterval(intervalId);
     },
 
     getBadges(props: { userId: string; user?: User; guildId: string; }) {

src/utils/updater.ts

@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ async function Unwrap<T>(p: Promise<IpcRes<T>>) {
 
 export async function checkForUpdates() {
     changes = await Unwrap(VencordNative.updater.getUpdates());
-    if (changes.some(c => c.hash === gitHash)) {
-        isNewer = true;
-        return (isOutdated = false);
+
+    // we only want to check this for the git updater, not the http updater
+    if (!IS_STANDALONE) {
+        if (changes.some(c => c.hash === gitHash)) {
+            isNewer = true;
+            return (isOutdated = false);
+        }
     }
+
     return (isOutdated = changes.length > 0);
 }