## Describe your changes
In unattended installs/updates there may be no logged-in user, so
there's no context to start the GUI (nor anyone to see it).
The bug is the GUI being started in the wrong user context / inheriting
the wrong `$HOME` (OS mechanics aside).
Today the GUI is started by a per-user LaunchAgent, i.e. on behalf of
the user who logs in — no login ⇒ no GUI.
The patch aligns to this: it launches the GUI on behalf of the logged-in
console user if one exists, otherwise it delegates the launch to the
per-user LaunchAgent at next login.
Additionally it logs when default UI settings are applied.
Note (small caveat): the LaunchAgent auto-starts the GUI at login only
once it's been registered — which happens on the first GUI launch in the
user's context. On an MDM/unattended fresh install done with no user
logged in (where the user has never run the GUI before), they may need
to start it manually once; it self-registers from then on.
## Issue ticket number and link
No public issue — reported internally (community report on Slack: macOS
advanced-view + onboarding reset on every update, esp. via MDM/Munki).
Buggy line on main:
dd2bdc0de3/release_files/darwin_pkg/postinstall (L33)
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### Checklist
- [x] Is it a bug fix
- [ ] Is a typo/documentation fix
- [ ] Is a feature enhancement
- [ ] It is a refactor
- [ ] Created tests that fail without the change (if possible)
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## Documentation
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- [ ] I added/updated documentation for this change
- [x] Documentation is **not needed** for this change (explain why)
Internal macOS installer / GUI-launch behavior. No public API, CLI, or
configuration change: the fix only changes the user context the desktop
GUI is launched in after a pkg install/update.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
- **Bug Fixes**
- Improved macOS installation and updater UI launching to occur only
when an active, valid GUI console session is detected.
- Prevented UI launches during unattended/system, root, or
login-window-related installs.
- Ensured the app is launched in the correct console-user context, and
skips cleanly when username/UID resolution fails.
- **Improvements**
- Added clearer informational logging when the UI preferences file is
not found and default preferences are used.
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Periodically fetch the latest available version, and the UI will shows a new menu for the download link. It checks both the daemon version and the UI version.
Prevent peer updates if the status is not changing from disconnected to connected and vice versa.
Fixed route score calculation, added tests and changed the log message
fixed installer /usr/local/bin creation
