From 6e79a2a133958857c9c17eb6b293118da5fc01d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos Alcaide Corvo <ccorvo@hashicorp.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:12:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Delete development environment variables for the appUpdater
 (#2961)

---
 ui/desktop/README.md                          |  5 +---
 .../electron-app/src/helpers/app-updater.js   | 25 ++-----------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/README.md b/ui/desktop/README.md
index 5d3aee946..d67714d55 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/README.md
+++ b/ui/desktop/README.md
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ These environment variables may be used to customized the build.
 | Variable | Description |
 | -------- | ----------- |
 | `DEBUG_APP_UPDATER` | Enable to debug app updater feature. Must be enabled for all `APP_UPDATER_*` variables to be used. |
-| `APP_UPDATER_CURRENT_VERSION` | Version of client. |
-| `APP_UPDATER_LATEST_VERSION_TAG` | Next version for comparison with current version. |
-| `APP_UPDATER_LATEST_VERSION_LOCATION` | Location of app release to use for updating client. Can be a filepath or url. |
 | `SETUP_CLI` | Enable download and extraction of CLI. |
 | `BYPASS_APP_UPDATER` | Disable app updater feature. For development use only. |
 | `DISABLE_WINDOW_CHROME` | Disable window chrome. For internal use only. |
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ These environment variables may be used to customized the build.
 ### Building for Production
 
 Before executing a build, be sure to set any environment variables necessary
-for your target [environment](#environment-variables-prod) and you have full permissions in the environment you want to build in. 
+for your target [environment](#environment-variables-prod) and you have full permissions in the environment you want to build in.
 To build this UI for production, run the following commands from this folder:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/helpers/app-updater.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/helpers/app-updater.js
index ae0133b94..c66c11cfc 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/helpers/app-updater.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/helpers/app-updater.js
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ const config = require('../../config/config.js');
 const log = require('electron-log/main');
 const boundaryCli = require('../cli/index.js');
 
-let currentVersion = config.releaseVersion;
+const currentVersion = config.releaseVersion;
 const debug = process.env.DEBUG_APP_UPDATER;
 const releasesUrl = 'https://releases.hashicorp.com/boundary-desktop/';
 
-if (!app.isPackaged && debug && process.env.APP_UPDATER_CURRENT_VERSION) {
-  currentVersion = process.env.APP_UPDATER_CURRENT_VERSION;
-}
-
 // Returns the real CPU architecture of the machine.
 const returnArchitectureToUpdate = () => {
   const nodeArchitecture = process.arch;
@@ -177,12 +173,7 @@ module.exports = {
      */
     if (!boundaryCli.isBuiltInCli) return;
 
-    let latestVersion;
-    if (!app.isPackaged && debug) {
-      latestVersion = process.env.APP_UPDATER_LATEST_VERSION_TAG;
-    } else {
-      latestVersion = await findLatestVersion(releasesUrl);
-    }
+    const latestVersion = await findLatestVersion(releasesUrl);
 
     // Ensure version is in proper format
     if (!semver.valid(latestVersion)) {
@@ -198,18 +189,6 @@ module.exports = {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!app.isPackaged) {
-      const location = process.env.APP_UPDATER_LATEST_VERSION_LOCATION;
-      if (debug && location) {
-        // Support hosted url and file paths
-        displayDownloadPrompt(
-          latestVersion,
-          location.match(/^http/i) ? location : `file://${location}`,
-        );
-        return;
-      }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Find archive for update and prompt user when it's available.
      * Ignore otherwise.