From 9bb480304a78823f19a17e763d7ddbe1994bc58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristjan ESPERANTO <35647502+KristjanESPERANTO@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 12:17:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(updatenotification): use process.argv[0] as restart
 binary

PR #4156 hardcoded `node` as the interpreter, causing a crash
when restarting under Electron - `require("electron")` returns
only a path string in plain Node, making `electron.app` undefined.

Closes #4154
---
 defaultmodules/updatenotification/update_helper.js | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/defaultmodules/updatenotification/update_helper.js b/defaultmodules/updatenotification/update_helper.js
index dd92c4ffe1..095f241e00 100644
--- a/defaultmodules/updatenotification/update_helper.js
+++ b/defaultmodules/updatenotification/update_helper.js
@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ class Updater {
 		const out = process.stdout;
 		const err = process.stderr;
 
-		// Get the current process command line
-		const currentCommand = process.argv.slice(1).join(" ");
-		const subprocess = Spawn(`node ${currentCommand}`, { cwd: this.root_path, shell: true, detached: true, stdio: ["ignore", out, err] });
-		subprocess.unref(); // detach the newly launched process from the master process
+		// Restart with the same binary and arguments as the current process
+		const binary = process.argv[0];
+		const args = process.argv.slice(1);
+		const options = { cwd: this.root_path, detached: true, stdio: ["ignore", out, err] };
+		const subprocess = Spawn(binary, args, options);
+		subprocess.unref(); // allow the current process to exit without waiting for the subprocess
 		process.exit();
 	}