[Package Issue]: Google.Chrome trying to update from stable to beta

[ourichermath]

Please confirm these before moving forward

• I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
• I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.

Category of the issue

Other

Brief description of your issue

For the last several days, "winget upgrade" has been giving me the following:

"Name Id Version Available Source

Google Chrome Google.Chrome 121.0.6167.185 122.0.6261.39 winget
1 upgrades available."

According to this page:
https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/
and the Chrome browser, itself, my installed version (121.0.6167.185) is the latest stable version. The version winget is trying to get me to install (122.0.6261.39) is the latest beta. Unless I'm misunderstanding something, winget is trying to to upgrade my stable version of Chrome with a beta version. That shouldn't happen.

Steps to reproduce

1. Have the latest version of the Chrome browser installed.
2. At a command prompt, run "winget upgrade".
3. See the prompt to upgrade to a beta version.

Actual behavior

Winget is saying there's a newer version of Chrome available. But, it's a beta, not a stable version.

Expected behavior

Winget should only suggest stable upgrades for stable products.

Environment

winget --info                                                                                           in pwsh at 19:58:34
Windows Package Manager v1.6.3482
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.4046
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3482.0

Winget Directories
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Logs                               %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DiagOutputDir
User Settings                      %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json
Portable Links Directory (User)    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User)       %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root              C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86)        C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads                D:\Downloads

Links
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Privacy Statement   https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement   https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage            https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale

Admin Setting                             State
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LocalManifestFiles                        Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride                     Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride           Disabled

Screenshots and Logs

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[nemchik]

Related #139144

[nemchik]

Also noting that the sha and product code for 122.0.6261.39 and 121.0.6167.184 are both the same in this repo but previous versions (ex: 121.0.6167.161) are different.

winget-pkgs/manifests/g/Google/Chrome/122.0.6261.39/Google.Chrome.installer.yaml

Lines 26 to 46 in 591769a

	Installers:
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 508ABED5D4FE2265476F01C730B165D78FBA907CE7B489B9B3B7A9B92C799854
	ProductCode: '{774024EB-50E7-3982-AD8C-A1E986BAFB1D}'
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 508ABED5D4FE2265476F01C730B165D78FBA907CE7B489B9B3B7A9B92C799854
	ProductCode: '{774024EB-50E7-3982-AD8C-A1E986BAFB1D}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 2845FA3AFF6A773C4E523AB7CB88372C160A612AEDFA9367F135C2AAECEA2A5D
	ProductCode: '{2973D1E7-DE82-3E05-9DBD-245F3B51E8A8}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 2845FA3AFF6A773C4E523AB7CB88372C160A612AEDFA9367F135C2AAECEA2A5D
	ProductCode: '{2973D1E7-DE82-3E05-9DBD-245F3B51E8A8}'

winget-pkgs/manifests/g/Google/Chrome/121.0.6167.184/Google.Chrome.installer.yaml

Lines 26 to 46 in 591769a

	Installers:
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 508ABED5D4FE2265476F01C730B165D78FBA907CE7B489B9B3B7A9B92C799854
	ProductCode: '{774024EB-50E7-3982-AD8C-A1E986BAFB1D}'
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 508ABED5D4FE2265476F01C730B165D78FBA907CE7B489B9B3B7A9B92C799854
	ProductCode: '{774024EB-50E7-3982-AD8C-A1E986BAFB1D}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 2845FA3AFF6A773C4E523AB7CB88372C160A612AEDFA9367F135C2AAECEA2A5D
	ProductCode: '{2973D1E7-DE82-3E05-9DBD-245F3B51E8A8}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 2845FA3AFF6A773C4E523AB7CB88372C160A612AEDFA9367F135C2AAECEA2A5D
	ProductCode: '{2973D1E7-DE82-3E05-9DBD-245F3B51E8A8}'

winget-pkgs/manifests/g/Google/Chrome/121.0.6167.161/Google.Chrome.installer.yaml

Lines 26 to 46 in 591769a

	Installers:
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 701A50F12D2F56C53187625FD13E005775CC7CD38B2D570566185096979773AC
	ProductCode: '{17644945-009A-35B9-A86C-A42624F06409}'
	- Architecture: x86
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi
	InstallerSha256: 701A50F12D2F56C53187625FD13E005775CC7CD38B2D570566185096979773AC
	ProductCode: '{17644945-009A-35B9-A86C-A42624F06409}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: user
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 020F34887DAD034F95796DDF62A1A1B5EE2F7F3B8AD8F97DA492428642255958
	ProductCode: '{2981D58E-7F09-3E98-A7EF-62CA313BEEEE}'
	- Architecture: x64
	Scope: machine
	InstallerUrl: https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
	InstallerSha256: 020F34887DAD034F95796DDF62A1A1B5EE2F7F3B8AD8F97DA492428642255958
	ProductCode: '{2981D58E-7F09-3E98-A7EF-62CA313BEEEE}'

[Bec-de-Xorbin]

It's not a beta version but a so-called "early stable" version: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/early-stable-update-for-desktop.html

I have never seen direct links to early stable versions.

[nemchik]

Since this seems to be causing install loops, would the correct move be to remove 122.0.6261.39 until it is no longer "early"? Or is there another way to resolve the issue outside of waiting for the update to be more widely available?

Also note that Google Chrome itself does not seem to update to 122.0.6261.39 via its about page, at least for me.

[Bec-de-Xorbin]

Since this seems to be causing install loops, would the correct move be to remove 122.0.6261.39

Exactly. I don't understand what is taking so long.

until it is no longer "early"?

A publicly available stable version will usually have a bigger version number.

Also note that Google Chrome itself does not seem to update to 122.0.6261.39 via its about page, at least for me.

For a small percentage of users it does.

[PckgrBot]

Hey all, the bot pulls the version from https://versionhistory.googleapis.com/v1/chrome/platforms/win/channels/stable/versions?order_by=version%20dsc

Looking into if this is a once off issue from Chrome dropping the version and then holding off or if something else.

[ourichermath]

Since this issue is specific to Google Chrome, and it's now updated twice correctly since then, I guess it should be closed. I'm assuming Google just messed up the file they used to list versions.

Of course, I'm assuming it's working correctly for other people now, too.