What's new and the updater come from AppGraph (no new singleton; singletons_test back at its baseline)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

apps/desktop/lib/src/app/app_graph.dart

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import '../sfx/sound_bank.dart';
 import '../sfx/synth_sfx.dart';
 import '../state/connect_prefs.dart';
 import '../state/settings.dart';
+import '../update/update_controller.dart';
+import '../update/whats_new.dart';
 import '../watch/watch_history.dart';
 import '../watch/watch_tracker.dart';
 
@@ -57,6 +59,12 @@ class AppGraph {
   /// Watch tracking and the device's watch history (D3).
   final WatchTracker watch;
 
+  /// The app's updater (checks, the update band, install and restart).
+  final UpdateController updates;
+
+  /// What's new once after an update; keeps the notes the updater saves.
+  final WhatsNew whatsNew;
+
   AppGraph._({
     required this.ports,
     required this.sfx,
@@ -68,6 +76,8 @@ class AppGraph {
     required this.navigation,
     required this.library,
     required this.watch,
+    required this.updates,
+    required this.whatsNew,
   });
 
   /// The desktop app's graph. Tests pass their own [ports], [identity]
@@ -146,6 +156,9 @@ class AppGraph {
       ..push = ({String? name, String? avatar}) {
         if (navigation.online.peek()) coordinator.updateProfile(name: name, avatar: avatar);
       };
+    final updates = UpdateController.instance;
+    final whatsNew = WhatsNew(store: SettingsWhatsNewStore(settings));
+    updates.beforeRestart ??= whatsNew.installing;
     return AppGraph._(
       ports: p,
       sfx: sfx,
@@ -157,6 +170,8 @@ class AppGraph {
       navigation: navigation,
       library: matcher,
       watch: watch,
+      updates: updates,
+      whatsNew: whatsNew,
     );
   }
 

apps/desktop/lib/src/screens/home/about_page.dart

@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ class AboutPanel extends StatelessWidget {
               UpdateStatusLine(controller: updates),
               // This version's notes, once kept (the install, a check).
               ValueListenableBuilder(
-                valueListenable: (updates ?? UpdateController.instance).latest,
+                valueListenable: (updates ?? AppScope.of(context).updates).latest,
                 builder: (context, _, _) {
-                  final notes = (whatsNew ?? WhatsNew.instance).current;
+                  final notes = (whatsNew ?? AppScope.of(context).whatsNew).current;
                   if (notes == null) return const SizedBox.shrink();
                   return Padding(
                     padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 8),

apps/desktop/lib/src/shell/app_shell.dart

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import 'welcome.dart';
 class AppShell extends StatefulWidget {
   final UpdateController? updates;
   final bool autoUpdateCheck;
-  /// The card once after an update; defaults to [WhatsNew.instance] when
+  /// The card once after an update; defaults to the graph's [WhatsNew] when
   /// [autoUpdateCheck] is on (off in tests unless given).
   final WhatsNew? whatsNew;
   /// Off in tests: the drag area, window buttons and fullscreen need
@@ -293,16 +293,16 @@ class AppShellState extends State<AppShell> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin
   /// What's new once after an update: due now (notes kept by the install)
   /// or once a check reads this version's manifest.
   Future<void> _startWhatsNew() async {
-    await AppSettings.instance.ensureLoaded();
+    await _graph.coordinator.settings.ensureLoaded();
     if (!mounted) return;
-    final w = _whatsNewSource = widget.whatsNew ?? WhatsNew.instance;
+    final w = _whatsNewSource = widget.whatsNew ?? _graph.whatsNew;
     w.due.addListener(_maybeWhatsNew);
     // Not over the full player while a video is on: once it ends or minimises.
     _stops.add(effect(() {
       _watching.value;
       untracked(() => _later(_maybeWhatsNew));
     }));
-    w.start(widget.updates ?? UpdateController.instance);
+    w.start(widget.updates ?? _graph.updates);
     _maybeWhatsNew();
   }
 

apps/desktop/lib/src/update/update_controller.dart

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import 'package:hive_ce_flutter/hive_flutter.dart';
 import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
 
 import '../platform/app_shutdown.dart';
-import 'whats_new.dart';
 
 // In-app update flow behind the update bar (UpdateBar). Same code path as
 // `--upgrade` (core's updater, downloadAndApply); this adds state for the
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@ class UpdateController {
   final RestartFn restart;
   final bool skipDevBuilds;
   /// Awaited after the apply, before [restart]: keeps the new version's
-  /// notes for its first start ([WhatsNew.installing]).
-  final Future<void> Function(UpdateManifest manifest)? beforeRestart;
+  /// notes for its first start ([WhatsNew.installing], wired by `AppGraph`).
+  Future<void> Function(UpdateManifest manifest)? beforeRestart;
 
   UpdateController(
       {this.currentVersion = appVersion,
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@ class UpdateController {
       this.installRoot,
       this.restart = _closeAndRestart,
       this.skipDevBuilds = true,
-      Future<void> Function(UpdateManifest manifest)? beforeRestart})
-      : beforeRestart = beforeRestart ?? WhatsNew.instance.installing;
+      this.beforeRestart});
 
   final status = ValueNotifier(const UpdateStatus(UpdatePhase.idle));
   /// The manifest of the last check that read one, newer or not (What's

apps/desktop/lib/src/update/whats_new.dart

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ abstract class WhatsNewStore {
 
 class SettingsWhatsNewStore implements WhatsNewStore {
   final AppSettings settings;
-  SettingsWhatsNewStore([AppSettings? settings]) : settings = settings ?? AppSettings.instance;
+  SettingsWhatsNewStore(this.settings);
   @override
   String? get seen => settings.whatsNewSeen;
   @override
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ class MemoryWhatsNewStore implements WhatsNewStore {
   Future<void> setNotes(ReleaseNotes notes) async => this.notes = notes;
 }
 
+/// Made once by `AppGraph` (the shell and About read it from there).
 class WhatsNew {
-  static final instance = WhatsNew();
 
   final String currentVersion;
 
   final WhatsNewStore store;
 
-  WhatsNew({this.currentVersion = appVersion, WhatsNewStore? store}) : store = store ?? SettingsWhatsNewStore();
+  WhatsNew({this.currentVersion = appVersion, required this.store});
 
   /// The card to show now (once); null when there is none.
   final due = ValueNotifier<ReleaseNotes?>(null);