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Microsoft Store version is so old that migration from WinGet to Microsoft Store fails #3242

Description

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Short summary

Since GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft, the latest version of the Copilot App must be published to the Microsoft Store simultaneously with the desktop version.

Affected version or release

v1.1.6

Installation context

Switch from WinGet to Microsoft Store

What happened?

Copilot App doesn't launch and the following error message box appears:

[Window Title]
Update required

[Content]
Your data was created by a newer version of this app than the one you have installed (version 1.1.6).

Please update to the latest version to continue. Your data has not been modified.

For more details, see: ($USERPROFILE)\.copilot\logs\github-app.13724.log

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Copilot App via WinGet
  2. Use it to save user data
  3. Uninstall it
  4. Re-install it via Microsoft Store
  5. Launch it

Expected behavior

The migration succeeds and you can use the latest version of Copilot App installed from Microsoft Store

Additional context

PS> winget search GitHub.CopilotApp
名前           ID                バージョン ソース
---------------------------------------------------
GitHub Copilot GitHub.CopilotApp 1.1.14     winget
PS> winget list XPDCK2L0R6V76J
名前           ID             バージョン ソース
-------------------------------------------------
GitHub Copilot XPDCK2L0R6V76J 1.1.6      msstore

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