Flatpak update failures (e.g. "needs a later flatpak version") are shown as pending updates instead of errors
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failed Flatpak update with the command-line error described in the issue, then trace how mintUpdate handles failed Flatpak updates and presents pending items. Done means the GUI surfaces the actual Flatpak error or exit reason instead of silently listing the app as pending again.
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Description
When a Flatpak app update fails (for example because the installed flatpak client is older than what the app requires, error: "X needs a later flatpak version"), flatpak update on the command line reports this clearly. However, mintUpdate's GUI shows no error at all — the app simply reappears as "update available" on every subsequent check/reboot, with no indication of why the update never applies.
For experienced users this is diagnosable via terminal. For non-technical users (which Mint explicitly targets) this is unsolvable and undermines trust in the update indicator.
Suggested improvement: surface the actual flatpak error/exit reason in the GUI (tooltip, notification, or Update Manager log tab) instead of just re-listing the item as pending.
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- Python
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