trezor-suite/docs/misc/desktop_updates.md

Desktop Updates

The desktop build of Trezor Suite uses an auto-updating feature to keep the application up to date with our latest published release.

Internals

The package electron-updater (part of electron-builder) is used to manage updates. We

How to publish an update

1. Set the GH_TOKEN environment variable to a personal access token with access on the project repo scope. See Github documentation for more information.
2. Check the version you want to publish is correct.
3. Build all or a platform specific desktop build using yarn workspace @trezor/suite-desktop run build:desktop (all) or yarn workspace @trezor/suite-desktop run build:linux (platform specific/linux).
4. Publish all builds or a platform specific build using yarn workspace @trezor/suite-desktop run publish:all (all) or yarn workspace @trezor/suite-desktop run publish:linux (platform specific/linux).
5. Go to the Github Releases page, you should see a drafted release.
6. Update the content (which will be displayed in app as a change log) and publish the release.