feat: optional tauri auto-updater behind cargo feature

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ tauri-plugin-notifications = { git = "https://github.com/SableClient/tauri-plugi
 tauri-plugin-notifications = { git = "https://github.com/SableClient/tauri-plugin-notifications.git", rev = "df09f08e64b840e4d51cde2720030836eed40f4c", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "ios")))'.dependencies]
-tauri-plugin-updater = "2"
+tauri-plugin-updater = { version = "2", optional = true }
 tauri-plugin-process = "2"
 tauri-plugin-dialog = "2"
 tauri-plugin-window-state = "2.4.1"
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ tauri-plugin-android-fs = { version = "=28.4.0", features = ["legacy-storage-per
 jni = "0.21"
 
 [features]
-default = ["wry"]
+default = ["wry", "updater"]
 custom-protocol = ["tauri/custom-protocol"]
 wry = ["tauri/wry"]
+# Tauri auto-updater. Disable with --no-default-features --features wry,cef.
+updater = ["dep:tauri-plugin-updater"]
 # CEF (Chromium) runtime. Build with --no-default-features --features cef.
 cef = ["dep:tauri-runtime-cef", "dep:cef"]
 [patch.crates-io]

src-tauri/build.rs

@@ -16,5 +16,14 @@ fn main() {
     tauri_typegen::BuildSystem::generate_at_build_time()
         .expect("Failed to generate TypeScript bindings");
 
-    tauri_build::build()
+    // tauri-build fails on permissions from missing plugins, so only glob the
+    // updater capability file when the `updater` feature is on.
+    #[cfg(feature = "updater")]
+    let tauri_attrs =
+        tauri_build::Attributes::new().capabilities_path_pattern("./capabilities/**/*.json");
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "updater"))]
+    let tauri_attrs =
+        tauri_build::Attributes::new().capabilities_path_pattern("./capabilities/*.json");
+
+    tauri_build::try_build(tauri_attrs).expect("tauri-build failed");
 }

src-tauri/capabilities/desktop.json

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "window-state:default",
     "store:default",
     "notifications:default",
-    "updater:default",
     "process:default",
     "dialog:default"
   ]

src-tauri/capabilities/updater/updater.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
+  "identifier": "updater-capability",
+  "platforms": ["macOS", "windows", "linux"],
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": ["updater:default"]
+}

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ pub fn run() {
     #[cfg(any(mobile, desktop))]
     let builder = builder.plugin(tauri_plugin_notifications::init());
 
+    #[cfg(all(desktop, feature = "updater"))]
+    let builder = builder.plugin(tauri_plugin_updater::Builder::new().build());
+
     #[cfg(desktop)]
     let builder = builder
-        .plugin(tauri_plugin_updater::Builder::new().build())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_process::init())
         .plugin(tauri_plugin_dialog::init());
 

src/app/generated/tauri/commands.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Auto-generated TypeScript bindings for Tauri commands
  * Generated by tauri-typegen v0.5.0
- * Generated at: 2026-07-20T05:55:07.154868857+00:00
+ * Generated at: 2026-07-20T16:38:06.342501881+00:00
  * Generator: none
  *
  * Do not edit manually - regenerate using: cargo tauri-typegen generate

src/app/generated/tauri/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Auto-generated TypeScript bindings for Tauri commands
  * Generated by tauri-typegen v0.5.0
- * Generated at: 2026-07-20T05:55:07.155133577+00:00
+ * Generated at: 2026-07-20T16:38:06.342846421+00:00
  * Generator: none
  *
  * Do not edit manually - regenerate using: cargo tauri-typegen generate

src/app/generated/tauri/types.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Auto-generated TypeScript bindings for Tauri commands
  * Generated by tauri-typegen v0.5.0
- * Generated at: 2026-07-20T05:55:07.154428637+00:00
+ * Generated at: 2026-07-20T16:38:06.341992373+00:00
  * Generator: none
  *
  * Do not edit manually - regenerate using: cargo tauri-typegen generate