diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 82f720c39..2eb9d1751 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -854,6 +854,15 @@ function canAutoupdateAppSync(app, updateInfo) {
     return { code: true, reason: '' };
 }
 
+function attachUpdateInfoProperties(app, updateInfo) {
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
+    assert.strictEqual(typeof updateInfo, 'object');
+
+    const { code, reason } = canAutoupdateAppSync(app, updateInfo);
+    updateInfo.isAutoUpdatable = code;
+    updateInfo.manualUpdateReason = reason;
+}
+
 function attachProperties(app, domainObjectMap) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof domainObjectMap, 'object');
@@ -864,11 +873,7 @@ function attachProperties(app, domainObjectMap) {
     app.redirectDomains.forEach(function (ad) { ad.fqdn = dns.fqdn(ad.subdomain, ad.domain); });
     app.aliasDomains.forEach(function (ad) { ad.fqdn = dns.fqdn(ad.subdomain, ad.domain); });
 
-    if (app.updateInfo) {
-        const { code, reason } = canAutoupdateAppSync(app, app.updateInfo); // isAutoUpdatable is not cached since it depends on enableAutomaticUpdate and runState
-        app.updateInfo.isAutoUpdatable = code;
-        app.updateInfo.manualUpdateReason = reason;
-    }
+    if (app.updateInfo) attachUpdateInfoProperties(app, app.updateInfo);
 }
 
 async function setHealth(appId, health, healthTime) {
@@ -3091,7 +3096,7 @@ export default {
 
     canBackupApp,
 
-    canAutoupdateAppSync,
+    attachUpdateInfoProperties,
 
     PORT_TYPE_TCP,
     PORT_TYPE_UDP,
diff --git a/src/updater.js b/src/updater.js
index 74a7c2846..cb286a4be 100644
--- a/src/updater.js
+++ b/src/updater.js
@@ -307,10 +307,8 @@ async function checkAppUpdate(app, options) {
     }
 
     if (updateInfo) {
-        const { code, reason } = apps.canAutoupdateAppSync(app, updateInfo);
-        updateInfo.isAutoUpdatable = code;
-        updateInfo.manualUpdateReason = reason;
         await apps.update(app.id, { updateInfo });
+        apps.attachUpdateInfoProperties(app, updateInfo); // these are dynamic properties, not to be saved in db
     }
 
     return updateInfo;