From 68ac3d651d94f904d8847dc3cefb85b2394aa0c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dentomologist <dentomologist@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:18:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] AutoUpdate: Only set triggered flag if process creation
 succeeds

Don't set `s_update_triggered` if the updater process fails to be
created. This will allow users in that situation to try to start an
update later without having to restart Dolphin first.
---
 Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
index 768f607803..4298382b32 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/AutoUpdate.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ void AutoUpdateChecker::TriggerUpdate(const AutoUpdateChecker::NewVersionInforma
     return;
   }
 
-  s_update_triggered = true;
 #ifdef OS_SUPPORTS_UPDATER
   std::map<std::string, std::string> updater_flags;
   updater_flags["this-manifest-url"] = info.this_manifest_url;
@@ -319,6 +318,7 @@ void AutoUpdateChecker::TriggerUpdate(const AutoUpdateChecker::NewVersionInforma
   {
     CloseHandle(pinfo.hThread);
     CloseHandle(pinfo.hProcess);
+    s_update_triggered = true;
   }
   else
   {
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ void AutoUpdateChecker::TriggerUpdate(const AutoUpdateChecker::NewVersionInforma
     const std::string error = Common::LastStrerrorString();
     CriticalAlertFmtT("Could not start updater process: {0}", error);
   }
+  else
+  {
+    s_update_triggered = true;
+  }
 #endif
 
 #endif