From af5c50b799acc6298e4d6440d666ce7818414f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dusk-92 <romain.thomas92@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 14:24:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Keep update cache metadata non-critical

---
 remote_packages.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/remote_packages.py b/remote_packages.py
index e7d02c1..43616ff 100644
--- a/remote_packages.py
+++ b/remote_packages.py
@@ -1037,6 +1037,16 @@ def _package_state_is_current(target_dir, package_id, revision):
     return current == paths
 
 
+def _record_package_state_safely(target_dir, package_id, revision, relative_paths):
+    try:
+        _record_package_state(target_dir, package_id, revision, relative_paths)
+        return True
+    except OSError:
+        # Update metadata is an optimization only. A successful component
+        # install must remain usable even if its cache state cannot be saved.
+        return False
+
+
 def _record_release_asset_state_if_matching(
     target_dir,
     package_id,