Sync launcher: stop phantom update prompt, forum News panel, hardware-aware render distance

Squashed sync from upstream. Highlights:
- Updater no longer reports already-applied deletes as a pending update on
  every launch (guard the del branch on the target still existing)
- Derive the packaged CSP image origin from the configured server URL
- Forum Announcements panel + News tab; hardware-aware farClip recommendation;
  parchment UI; localization and tweak updates
- Addon source refresh; schema and mod-state fixes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/main/api/routers/forum.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import Logger from 'electron-log/main';
+
+import { ForumAnnouncementSchema, type ForumAnnouncement } from '~common/schemas';
+
+import { createTRPCRouter, publicProcedure } from '../trpc';
+
+const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
+
+const fetchLatestAnnouncement = async (): Promise<ForumAnnouncement | null> => {
+	const url = `${
+		import.meta.env.MAIN_VITE_SERVER_URL || 'https://octowow.st'
+	}/forum/octonews.php?forum=35&mode=full`;
+	const controller = new AbortController();
+	const t = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS);
+	try {
+		const res = await fetch(url, { signal: controller.signal });
+		if (!res.ok) throw Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
+		const json = (await res.json()) as unknown;
+		if (!json || typeof json !== 'object' || !('id' in json)) return null;
+		const parsed = ForumAnnouncementSchema.safeParse(json);
+		if (!parsed.success) {
+			Logger.error(
+				'Forum announcement failed schema validation',
+				parsed.error.flatten()
+			);
+			throw Error('Malformed forum announcement');
+		}
+		return parsed.data;
+	} finally {
+		clearTimeout(t);
+	}
+};
+
+export const forumRouter = createTRPCRouter({
+	latestAnnouncement: publicProcedure.query(async () => {
+		try {
+			return await fetchLatestAnnouncement();
+		} catch (e) {
+			Logger.error('Failed to fetch forum announcement', e);
+			throw e;
+		}
+	})
+});

src/main/api/routers/general.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,21 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import { mainWindow } from '~main/index';
 import Preferences from '~main/modules/preferences';
 import { addDefenderExclusions } from '~main/modules/defender';
+import { detectHardware, recommendFarClip } from '~main/modules/hardware';
 
 import { createTRPCRouter, publicProcedure } from '../trpc';
 
 export const generalRouter = createTRPCRouter({
 	appVersion: publicProcedure.query(() => app.getVersion()),
+	hardware: publicProcedure.query(() => {
+		const hardware = Preferences.data.hardware ?? null;
+		return { hardware, recommendedFarClip: recommendFarClip(hardware) };
+	}),
+	redetectHardware: publicProcedure.mutation(async () => {
+		const hardware = await detectHardware();
+		Preferences.data = { hardware };
+		return { hardware, recommendedFarClip: recommendFarClip(hardware) };
+	}),
 	quit: publicProcedure.mutation(() => app.quit()),
 	minimize: publicProcedure.mutation(() => mainWindow?.minimize()),
 	openLink: publicProcedure

src/main/api/routers/mods.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import path from 'path';
+
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import Mods from '~main/modules/mods';
+import Preferences from '~main/modules/preferences';
+import { isGameRunning } from '~main/modules/updater';
 import { ModIdSchema } from '~common/mods';
 
 import { createTRPCRouter, publicProcedure } from '../trpc';
@@ -15,5 +19,14 @@ export const modsRouter = createTRPCRouter({
 		.input(z.object({ id: ModIdSchema, ignore: z.boolean() }))
 		.mutation(({ input }) => Mods.setIgnoreUpdates(input.id, input.ignore)),
 	applyAll: publicProcedure.mutation(() => Mods.applyAll()),
+	repair: publicProcedure.mutation(async () => {
+		const clientDir = Preferences.data?.clientDir;
+		if (clientDir) {
+			const exePath = path.join(clientDir, 'WoW.exe');
+			if (await isGameRunning(exePath))
+				throw new Error('Please close WoW first before verifying files.');
+		}
+		return Mods.applyAll({ repairOnly: true });
+	}),
 	observe: publicProcedure.subscription(() => Mods.observe())
 });

src/main/api/routers/news.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import { createTRPCRouter, publicProcedure } from '../trpc';
 const FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
 
 const fetchNews = async (): Promise<NewsItem[]> => {
-	const url = `${import.meta.env.MAIN_VITE_SERVER_URL || 'https://octowow.st'}/news.json`;
+	const url = `${
+		import.meta.env.MAIN_VITE_SERVER_URL || 'https://octowow.st'
+	}/forum/octonews.php?mode=list&forum=2&limit=3`;
 	const controller = new AbortController();
 	const t = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS);
 	try {