From f783b00d2e287a488b5129e4fe2cbc652c175ab6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CREDO23 <thierrybakera12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:40:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): bind to 0.0.0.0 and silence auto-updater 404

---
 surfsense_desktop/src/modules/auto-updater.ts | 4 ++--
 surfsense_desktop/src/modules/server.ts       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/auto-updater.ts b/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/auto-updater.ts
index f895516c0..2e7680953 100644
--- a/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/auto-updater.ts
+++ b/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/auto-updater.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export function setupAutoUpdater(): void {
   });
 
   autoUpdater.on('error', (err) => {
-    console.error('Auto-updater error:', err);
+    console.log('Auto-updater: update check skipped —', err.message?.split('\n')[0]);
   });
 
-  autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdates().catch(() => {});
 }
diff --git a/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/server.ts b/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/server.ts
index 969478e4a..e2f078a8c 100644
--- a/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/server.ts
+++ b/surfsense_desktop/src/modules/server.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function startNextServer(): Promise<void> {
   const serverScript = path.join(standalonePath, 'server.js');
 
   process.env.PORT = String(serverPort);
-  process.env.HOSTNAME = 'localhost';
+  process.env.HOSTNAME = '0.0.0.0';
   process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
   process.chdir(standalonePath);