Merge branch 'disable-version-check'

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6bf8a3923..68bee316f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Line wrap the file at 100 chars.                                              Th
 ### Added
 - Added possibility to filter locations by provider in the desktop app.
 - Add WireGuard over TCP CLI option for all relays.
+- Add GUI environment variable `MULLVAD_DISABLE_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION`. If set to `1`, GUI
+  notification will be disabled when an update is available.
 
 #### Android
 - Added toggle for Split tunneling view to be able to show system apps
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91bac93396..c562d4cd4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ to do that before starting the GUI.
 
 1. `MULLVAD_PATH` - Allows changing the path to the folder with the `mullvad-problem-report` tool
     when running in development mode. Defaults to: `<repo>/target/debug/`.
+2. `MULLVAD_DISABLE_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION` - If set to `1`, GUI notification will be disabled when
+    an update is available.
 
 
 ## Making a release
diff --git a/gui/src/main/index.ts b/gui/src/main/index.ts
index 94702ce979..8845422e6b 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/index.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ const GUI_VERSION = app.getVersion().replace('.0', '');
 /// Mirrors the beta check regex in the daemon. Matches only well formed beta versions
 const IS_BETA = /^(\d{4})\.(\d+)-beta(\d+)$/;
 
+const UPDATE_NOTIFICATION_DISABLED = process.env.MULLVAD_DISABLE_UPDATE_NOTIFICATION === '1';
+
 const SANDBOX_DISABLED = app.commandLine.hasSwitch('no-sandbox');
 
 enum AppQuitStage {
@@ -588,7 +590,9 @@ class ApplicationMain {
     }
 
     // fetch the latest version info in background
-    void this.fetchLatestVersion();
+    if (!UPDATE_NOTIFICATION_DISABLED) {
+      void this.fetchLatestVersion();
+    }
 
     // reset the reconnect backoff when connection established.
     this.reconnectBackoff.reset();
@@ -929,6 +933,10 @@ class ApplicationMain {
   }
 
   private setLatestVersion(latestVersionInfo: IAppVersionInfo) {
+    if (UPDATE_NOTIFICATION_DISABLED) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const suggestedIsBeta =
       latestVersionInfo.suggestedUpgrade !== undefined &&
       IS_BETA.test(latestVersionInfo.suggestedUpgrade);