doesn't seem to be updating?

[Ncage1974]

Hi just started using. Sorry if these questions have been answered elsewhere. I did search but can't seem to find answers to what i'm looking for.

Two different macs. Both have Sequoia 15.1. I used the following command to setup the auto updater:
brew autoupdate start 604800 --upgrade --cleanup --sudo

so it should be running every week.

I did receive a notification that it would be running in the background after i first run the command. Its been longer than a week & just periodically checking brew outdated it doesn't look like the update has ever worked on either machine.

1st how does this work if it misses an update because the machine was off? I have 1 mac that stay on all the time. The other one is on periodically. Does it run as soon as you turn it on or does it just skip it if its not on at the time is supposed to run.

Is there any mechanism i can use to see if its tried to run & if it failed or if it at least tried to run?

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[swissbuechi]

If I understand you correctly, you're 100% right. Everyone with your configuration is experiencing exactly the same behavior regarding the "skipped" runs due to the device being asleep.

To "improve" your situation, I would recommend you the add the --immediate argument. That will at least ensure a upgrade at every reboot of the device.

Please refer to the following issue and linked solution:

Issue: #59

Solution: #119

It happens to be that I created the solution a while back and it worked well for months. I'll update the fork and you're welcome to test the feature by manually installing the linked branch (onece updated).

[aaron-ang]

brew autoupdate start 0-12--- --upgrade --cleanup --immediate --sudo returns

Error: Invalid usage: This subcommand only accepts integer arguments.

[areynaldos]

I am having the same issue. Brew autoupdate does not seem to be working. Are there some logs I could check to see if it is even running?

brew autoupdate status

indicates it is installed and running but I have been waiting for a couple of apps to be updated and they are not. I have the --immediate switch on and it doesn't autoupdate even after a restart.

[swissbuechi]

@areynaldos

Are there some logs I could check?

Yes, the path to the logfile can be found in the README.md.

tail -n 50 -f ~/Library/Logs/com.github.domt4.homebrew-autoupdate

I have been waiting for a couple of apps to be updated and they are not.

Do these apps update when you run brew upgrade? Maybe they're using the built in update mechanism and are therefore excluded from brew upgrades. You'd need to pass --greedy for them to force the upgrade.

[swissbuechi]

@aaron-ang

brew autoupdate start 0-12--- --upgrade --cleanup --immediate --sudo returns

Error: Invalid usage: This subcommand only accepts integer arguments.

This new scheduler syntax is not yet support in the main release.

I'll create a guide on how to test the feature tomorrow.

[areynaldos]

Thank you, @swissbuechi , the logs helped me find the error with some apps that were not updating.