From e12f5e41ff332b2c43d01f86640478f61d855b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Zellner <johannes@cloudron.io>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:10:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better error for invalid update versions

---
 src/appstore.js | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/appstore.js b/src/appstore.js
index 3ca8102c8..9ee0e72e9 100644
--- a/src/appstore.js
+++ b/src/appstore.js
@@ -207,9 +207,8 @@ async function getBoxUpdate(options) {
 
     const updateInfo = response.body;
 
-    if (!semver.valid(updateInfo.version) || semver.gt(constants.VERSION, updateInfo.version)) {
-        throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Update version invalid or is a downgrade: ${response.status} ${response.text}`);
-    }
+    if (!semver.valid(updateInfo.version)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Offered version ${updateInfo.version} is invalid`);
+    if (semver.gt(constants.VERSION, updateInfo.version)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Offered version ${updateInfo.version} would be a downgrade`);
 
     // updateInfo: { version, changelog, sourceTarballUrl, sourceTarballSigUrl, boxVersionsUrl, boxVersionsSigUrl }
     if (!updateInfo.version || typeof updateInfo.version !== 'string') throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `Bad response (bad version): ${response.status} ${response.text}`);