Install Omaha v1.3.361.151 for new users

[mherrmann]

Description

Our automatic update mechanism on Windows is implemented via a fork of Google's "Omaha" technology. Google have released several new versions. We want to pull in those improvements by releasing a new version of our copy of Omaha with the new changes.

Omaha runs as a separate application on users' systems. It gets installed when the user first installs Brave. The goal of this issue is to make Brave's Windows installers install our new version 1.3.361.151 of Omaha. There are no functional changes in the new version of the updater.

After the implementation for this issue has hit Release, we should also install the new Omaha version for existing users. This is captured by #38602.

[MadhaviSeelam]

Verification PASSED using

Brave | 1.68.87 Chromium: 126.0.6478.56 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
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Revision | 786b6b66ebe624e5c4ef760b3fe3047ea61932de
OS | Windows 11 Version 23H2 (Build 22631.3737)

• Verified the test plan from Bump DEP Omaha to 1.3.361.151 brave-core#23842 (comment)

Windows 11x64

Test Case 1: Verify Brave's various Windows installers on a new install.- PASSED

Case 1: Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with Standalone installer - PASSED

1. Uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. downloaded and installed BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe installer for 1.68.87
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.87/BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe
3. confirmed 1.68.87 installed with admin privileges successfully
4. confirmed that the new Omaha updater 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry path as below as expected
   • Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\BraveSoftware\Update
5. confirmed new Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update
6. Uninstall the 1.68.87 from control panel and remove the profile folder from the %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
7. Install the 1.68.85 and confirmed that the brave installed successfully
8. open brave://settings/help and wait for the update and click on the Relaunch
9. confirmed that brave is upgraded to latest public version - 1.68.87

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Case 2: Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with StandaloneSilent installer - PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. downloaded and installed BraveBrowserStandaloneSilentBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.87
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.87/BraveBrowserStandaloneSilentBetaSetup.exe
3. confirmed 1.68.87 installed successfully (UAC modal is not shown)
4. confirmed that the new Omaha updater 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry path as below as expected
   • Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Update
5. confirmed new Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update
6. opened brave://settings/help and confirmed correct version details 1.68.87

step 4	step 5	step 6	step 7

Case 3: Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with `Stub installer` - PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. Remove local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. downloaded and installed BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.87
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.87/BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe
4. confirmed 1.68.87 installed successfully with admin privileges
5. confirmed that the new Omaha updater 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry path as below as expected
   • Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\BraveSoftware\Update
6. confirmed new Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update
7. confirmed stub installer BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe installed Brave successfully and latest public released beta version is fetched as expected - 1.68.87

step 4	step 5	step 6

Case 4: Verify standalone installer can be installed without admin rights and updater works - PASSED

1. Uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. downloaded BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe installer for 1.68.87 - (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.87/BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe)
3. declined the Admin rights in UAC while installing Brave
4. confirmed 1.68.87 installed without admin privileges successfully
5. confirmed that the new Omaha updater 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry path as below as expected
   • Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Update
6. confirmed new Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update
7. open brave://settings/help and confirmed latest public version shown - 1.68.87

step 3	step 4	step 5	step 6	step 7

Case 5: Verify stub installer can be installed without admin rights-PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. Remove local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. downloaded BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.87
   - https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.87/BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe
4. declined the admin rights in UAC while installing Brave
5. confirmed 1.68.87installed successfully without admin privileges
6. confirmed that the new Omaha updater 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry path as below as expected
   • Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Update
7. confirmed new Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update
8. confirmed stub installer BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe installed Brave successfully and latest public release beta version is fetched - 1.68.87

step 4	step 5	step 6	step 7

Test Case 2: Verify Brave's various Windows installers for on demand update- PASSED

Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with Standalone installer for on demand update-PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. removed local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. downloaded and installed previous public beta version
   BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.85
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.85/BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe
4. confirmed 1.68.85 installed successfully with admin privileges
5. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry as expected
6. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update
7. go to brave://settings/help and wait for update and click on Relaunch
8. confirmed brave is updated to the latest public beta version 1.68.87
9. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown in the registry as expected
10. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update

step 4	step 5	step 6	step 7	step 8	step 9	step 10

Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with StandaloneSilent installer for on demand update-PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. removed local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. downloaded and installed previous public beta version BraveBrowserStandaloneSilentBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.85
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.85/BraveBrowserStandaloneSilentBetaSetup.exe
4. confirmed 1.68.85 installed
5. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry as expected
6. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update
7. go to brave://settings/help and wait for update and click on Relaunch
8. confirmed brave is updated to the latest public beta version 1.68.87
9. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown in the registry as expected
10. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update

step 4	step 5	step 6	step 7	step 8	step 9	step 10

Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with Stub installer for on demand update - PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. removed local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. downloaded and installed previous public beta version BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe installer 1.68.85
   - https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.85/BraveBrowserBetaSetup.exe
4. confirmed stub installer for latest public beta release 1.68.87 installed successfully with admin privileges
5. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown in the registry as expected
6. verified Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is shown %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Update
7. go to brave://settings/help and wait for update and click on Relaunch
8. confirmed latest public beta version 1.68.87 is shown
9. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown in the registry as expected
10. confirmed Omaha updater version 1.3.361.151 is still shown C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Update

step 4	step 5	step 6	step 8	step 9	step 10

Testcase 3 : Background updates via Windows Task Scheduler - PASSED

Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with `Standalone` installer for Background updates - PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. Remove local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. Download an offline (“standalone”) installer for previous non-public version of Brave Beta 1.68.91
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.91/BraveBrowserStandaloneBetaSetup.exe
4. Disconnect from the internet to prevent accidental automatic updates.
5. Installed Brave successfully 1.68.91 and close Brave
6. Check that the registry value
   • BraveSoftware\Update\Clients{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}\pv is 1.3.361.151.
7. Connect to the internet.
8. Delete the registry value BraveSoftware\Update\LastChecked if it exists.
9. Run the “UA” task in the Windows Task Scheduler. This can take 2-3 minutes. Refresh with F5 until the task status has switched back from Running to Ready.
10. Check the registry value BraveSoftware\Update\Clients\{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}\pv. Verified omaha version still shows 1.3.361.151.
11. Check that BraveUpdate.exe in Omaha’s installation directory has a digital signature that expires in August 2027. (Right-click -> Properties -> Digital Signatures -> sha1 / sha256 -> Details-> View Certificate -> Valid from … to.)
12. Open Brave.
13. Confirmed Brave updated to latest public version 1.68.92

step 5	step 6	step 8	step 9	step 10	step 11	step 13

Verify correct Omaha updater version installed with `StandaloneSilent` installer for Background updates - PASSED

1. uninstalled all the brave versions (Release, Beta and Nightly) via Brave Manager
   
2. Remove local profile folders from %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware
3. Download an silent (“StandaloneSilent”) installer for previous non-public version of Brave Beta 1.68.91
   • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v1.68.91/BraveBrowserStandaloneSilentBetaSetup.exe
4. Disconnect from the internet to prevent accidental automatic updates.
5. Installed Brave successfully 1.68.91 and close Brave
6. Check that the registry value
   • Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BraveSoftware\Update\Clients{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}\pv is 1.3.361.151.
7. Verified BraveSoftware\Update\ClientState\{103BD053-949B-43A8-9120-2E424887DE11}\ap - beta
8. Connect to the internet.
9. Delete the registry value BraveSoftware\Update\LastChecked if it exists.
10. Run the “TaskUser” task in the Windows Task Scheduler. This can take 2-3 minutes. Refresh with F5 until the task status has switched back from Running to Ready.
11. Check the registry value BraveSoftware\Update\Clients\{B131C935-9BE6-41DA-9599-1F776BEB8019}\pv. Verified it still shown 1.3.361.151.
12. Check that BraveUpdate.exe in Omaha’s installation directory has a digital signature that expires in August 2027. (Right-click -> Properties -> Digital Signatures -> sha1 / sha256 -> Details-> View Certificate -> Valid from … to.)
13. Open Brave.
14. Confirmed Brave updated to latest public version 1.68.92

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