From fa535575c508a36ea3164aa73ba2cdd702b46f38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajay Ghanwat <ghanwat.ajay@workroot.in>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:23:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): resolve package updates on Windows

---
 bun.lock                   |  2 +-
 packages/cli/package.json  |  2 +-
 packages/cli/src/update.ts | 17 +++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 38455ae7..8678b3ac 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     },
     "packages/cli": {
       "name": "@wrnexus/cli",
-      "version": "0.8.63",
+      "version": "0.8.64",
       "bin": {
         "wrnexus": "src/index.ts",
       },
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index d814d2ac..67bec01b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wrnexus/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.63",
+  "version": "0.8.64",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/update.ts b/packages/cli/src/update.ts
index 6c3f1566..1cf97cf0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/update.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/update.ts
@@ -63,14 +63,16 @@ const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 /** Resolve every installed WRNexus dependency independently and in parallel. */
 export async function latestPackageVersions(names: string[]): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
-  const npm = process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm";
   const unique = [...new Set(names.filter((name) => name.startsWith("@wrnexus/")))];
   const entries = await Promise.all(
     unique.map(async (name) => {
       try {
-        const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(npm, ["view", name, "version", "--json"], {
-          encoding: "utf8",
-        });
+        const command = process.platform === "win32" ? (process.env.ComSpec ?? "cmd.exe") : "npm";
+        const args =
+          process.platform === "win32"
+            ? ["/d", "/s", "/c", "npm", "view", name, "version", "--json"]
+            : ["view", name, "version", "--json"];
+        const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(command, args, { encoding: "utf8" });
         const parsed = JSON.parse(stdout.trim()) as string | string[];
         const version = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed.at(-1) : parsed;
         return typeof version === "string" && /^\d+\.\d+\.\d+/.test(version)
@@ -1274,6 +1276,13 @@ export async function runUpdate(dir: string, args: string[]): Promise<void> {
     ? new Map<string, string>()
     : await latestPackageVersions(dependencyNames);
 
+  if (!versionArg && dependencyNames.length > 0 && packageVersions.size === 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to resolve any of ${new Set(dependencyNames).size} installed WRNexus package ` +
+        `version(s) from npm. Check the @wrnexus registry and authentication before retrying.`,
+    );
+  }
+
   console.log(`\n  ⚡ wrnexus update → migrations ${target}${dryRun ? "  (dry run)" : ""}`);
   if (!versionArg) {
     console.log(