feat: add update channel selector (Default / Early Access) to Settings#121
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feat: add update channel selector (Default / Early Access) to Settings#121theblondealex wants to merge 4 commits intocollaborator-ai:mainfrom
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Adds an "Update Access" dropdown to Settings > Appearance that lets users opt into Early Access (pre-release) builds. Mirrors Cursor's update access UI pattern with "Default" and "Early Access" options. - UpdateManager.init() accepts allowPrerelease, applied to autoUpdater - New setAllowPrerelease() method updates the flag live and re-checks - IPC handler update:setChannel wires renderer → main - Shell preload exposes updateSetChannel() - Settings AppearancePane reads/writes updateChannel pref and calls updateSetChannel to apply immediately without a restart
Adds an "Update Access" dropdown to Settings > Appearance that lets users opt into Early Access (pre-release) builds. Mirrors Cursor's update access UI pattern with "Default" and "Early Access" options. - UpdateManager.init() accepts allowPrerelease, applied to autoUpdater - New setAllowPrerelease() method updates the flag live and re-checks - IPC handler update:setChannel wires renderer → main - Shell preload exposes updateSetChannel() - Settings AppearancePane reads/writes updateChannel pref and calls updateSetChannel to apply immediately without a restart
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Why?
I wanted to try the latest "pre-release" but it doesnt appear via auto update, similar to cursor this adds a small enable beta pre release access in the collaborator settings
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~/.collaborator/config.jsonand applies immediately — no restart requiredHow it works
electron-updateralready supportsallowPrereleasenatively. This PR wires it up end-to-end:UpdateManager.init()reads the storedupdateChannelpref on startup and setsautoUpdater.allowPrereleasesetAllowPrerelease()method updates the flag live and immediately re-triggers an update checkupdate:setChannelIPC handler bridges renderer → mainupdateSetChannel()AppearancePanereads/writes the pref and callsupdateSetChannelon changeTest plan
[updater]re-check