Skip the auto-update for a certain period of time

[contaoacademy]

For tests or in the case of problems with a new Contao Manager version, it would be helpful if the auto-update could be skipped.

I think it should not be possible to completely deactivate the auto-update, as otherwise there would be numerous different Manager versions that would generate additional support.

Under certain circumstances, however, a temporary suspension of the update would be helpful.

Here are a few ideas:

• Add a skip button next to the OK button
• Open the Contao Manager via a special route e.g. contao-manager.phar.php/noupdate
• An entry in the manager.json, which starts the manager without self-update. However, the value should be automatically cleaned up again, otherwise it will probably be forgotten to remove it.
• create a file in the Contao Manager directory, which is deleted after next startup.

There are certainly other ideas on how this can be technically implemented. But I would definitely welcome it if there was a way to skip the auto-update and stay on a previous version in the short term.

[aschempp]

If we would add something like this, my preferred option would be to allow no-update for a certain period after a new release, since this basically only happens if there are known issues in a new version before they are fixed. Last time this took less than 48 hours. However, the secondary problem would be that you cannot download the previous version, so once you click the button, you're stuck forever. Which isn't ideal if we do want to support running previous versions.

[aschempp]

Also, stuff like www.trakked.io would still force-upgrade your Manager to the latest version, ignoring the option completely…