From 3bcd55ccfd84bbaf6932817f8158c98c929904eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tibsfox <tibsfox@tibsfox.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:33:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): show latest version and bypass npm cache in update
 check

---
 src/update-cmd.ts | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/update-cmd.ts b/src/update-cmd.ts
index ac16a8209..9534fd9f6 100644
--- a/src/update-cmd.ts
+++ b/src/update-cmd.ts
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@ export async function runUpdate(): Promise<void> {
   process.stdout.write(`${dim}Current version:${reset} v${current}\n`)
   process.stdout.write(`${dim}Checking npm registry...${reset}\n`)
 
-  // Fetch latest version
+  // Fetch latest version — bypass npm client cache to avoid stale results (#3445)
   let latest: string
   try {
-    latest = execSync(`npm view ${NPM_PACKAGE} version`, {
+    latest = execSync(`npm view ${NPM_PACKAGE} version --fetch-retry-mintimeout=3000`, {
       encoding: 'utf-8',
       stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+      env: { ...process.env, npm_config_cache: '' },
     }).trim()
   } catch {
     process.stderr.write(`${yellow}Failed to reach npm registry.${reset}\n`)
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
+  process.stdout.write(`${dim}Latest version:${reset}  v${latest}\n`)
+
   if (compareSemver(latest, current) <= 0) {
     process.stdout.write(`${green}Already up to date.${reset}\n`)
     return