init.sh

@@ -1574,13 +1574,7 @@ completeInitMessage()
 	isNotice "Starting LibrePortal installation as $sudo_user_name user..."
 	
 	# Switch to libreportal user and run the install command
-	# LIBREPORTAL_INITIAL_INSTALL=1 tells the runtime entry (check_files.sh) to
-	# skip the routine update check on this very first run — we just installed
-	# the latest code from this very tree, and the update path would otherwise
-	# try to git-pull (no .git in the deployed install dir) or lpFetchRelease
-	# (no release manifest reachable yet), failing in ways that leave the
-	# WebUI / task-processor uninstalled.
-	if sudo -u "$sudo_user_name" LIBREPORTAL_SKIP_LOGO=1 LIBREPORTAL_INITIAL_INSTALL=1 bash -c "libreportal run install"; then
+	if sudo -u "$sudo_user_name" LIBREPORTAL_SKIP_LOGO=1 bash -c "libreportal run install"; then
 		# Install done — tighten the manager's broad install-phase sudo down to
 		# the scoped runtime allowlist.
 		initScopedSudoers

scripts/source/loading/check_files.sh

@@ -20,18 +20,7 @@ sourceCheckFiles()
         if [[ $flag == "run" ]]; then
             isSuccessful "All files found and loaded for startup."
             detectOS;
-            # Fresh install (set by init.sh's completeInitMessage handoff): skip
-            # the routine update check and go straight to startLoad. We just
-            # installed the latest code — the update path's git-pull / release
-            # re-fetch would fail on a tree without .git or a reachable manifest
-            # and leave the WebUI / task-processor uninstalled. All of
-            # checkUpdates' own success branches converge on startLoad anyway;
-            # we just bypass the recovery gauntlet that doesn't apply here.
-            if [[ "$LIBREPORTAL_INITIAL_INSTALL" == "1" ]]; then
-                startLoad
-            else
-                checkUpdates
-            fi
+            checkUpdates;
         # This is where the CLI command starts
         elif [[ $flag == "cli" ]]; then
             detectOS;