diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# build artifacts
+po/*.mo
+doc/*.1
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2286670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# cachy-auto-update - build and install
+#
+# Everything here is plain shell; "building" only means compiling the gettext
+# catalogs and rendering the man page. Both are optional in the sense that the
+# targets degrade to a no-op when msgfmt/scdoc are missing, so the tree stays
+# usable for development without the build dependencies installed.
+
+VERSION := 1.0.0
+
+PREFIX ?= /usr
+DESTDIR ?=
+BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+LIBEXECDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib/cachy-auto-update
+DATADIR ?= $(PREFIX)/share
+LIBDIR ?= $(DATADIR)/cachy-auto-update/lib
+LOCALEDIR ?= $(DATADIR)/locale
+MANDIR ?= $(DATADIR)/man
+SYSCONFDIR ?= /etc
+SYSTEMDDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system
+SYSUSERSDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib/sysusers.d
+TMPFILESDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib/tmpfiles.d
+XDGAUTOSTART ?= $(SYSCONFDIR)/xdg/autostart
+
+LINGUAS := de
+MOFILES := $(patsubst %,po/%.mo,$(LINGUAS))
+MANPAGE := doc/cachy-auto-update.1
+
+LIBS := $(wildcard src/lib/*.sh)
+
+MSGFMT := $(shell command -v msgfmt 2>/dev/null)
+SCDOC := $(shell command -v scdoc 2>/dev/null)
+
+.PHONY: all build install uninstall check clean
+
+all: build
+
+build: $(MOFILES) $(MANPAGE)
+
+po/%.mo: po/%.po
+ifdef MSGFMT
+ $(MSGFMT) --check --output-file=$@ $<
+else
+ @echo "msgfmt not found - skipping $@"
+endif
+
+$(MANPAGE): doc/cachy-auto-update.1.scd
+ifdef SCDOC
+ $(SCDOC) < $< > $@
+else
+ @echo "scdoc not found - skipping $@"
+endif
+
+# Syntax-check every shell file, and run shellcheck when it is available.
+check:
+ @set -e; for f in src/cachy-auto-update src/cachy-auto-update-run $(LIBS); do \
+ bash -n "$$f" && echo "ok $$f"; \
+ done
+ @if command -v shellcheck >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+ shellcheck -x -e SC1090,SC1091 src/cachy-auto-update src/cachy-auto-update-run $(LIBS); \
+ echo "ok shellcheck"; \
+ else \
+ echo "shellcheck not found - skipped"; \
+ fi
+ @if command -v visudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+ visudo -cf res/sudoers/cachy-auto-update >/dev/null && echo "ok sudoers"; \
+ fi
+
+install: build
+ # executables
+ install -Dm755 src/cachy-auto-update "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/cachy-auto-update"
+ install -Dm755 src/cachy-auto-update-run "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXECDIR)/cachy-auto-update-run"
+ # the version and the resolved lib path are baked in at install time
+ sed -i -e 's|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(LIBDIR)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LIBEXECDIR@|$(LIBEXECDIR)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LOCALEDIR@|$(LOCALEDIR)|g' \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/cachy-auto-update" \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXECDIR)/cachy-auto-update-run"
+
+ # shell libraries
+ install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)"
+ install -Dm644 -t "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)" $(LIBS)
+ sed -i -e 's|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(LIBDIR)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LIBEXECDIR@|$(LIBEXECDIR)|g' \
+ -e 's|@LOCALEDIR@|$(LOCALEDIR)|g' \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)"/*.sh
+
+ # configuration (marked as backup= in the PKGBUILD)
+ install -Dm644 res/config/cachy-auto-update.conf \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf"
+ install -Dm644 res/logrotate/cachy-auto-update \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/logrotate.d/cachy-auto-update"
+
+ # privilege bridge for the AUR helper: a locked system account plus a
+ # NOPASSWD rule scoped to pacman only
+ install -Dm440 res/sudoers/cachy-auto-update \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update"
+ install -Dm644 res/sysusers/cachy-auto-update.conf \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSUSERSDIR)/cachy-auto-update.conf"
+ install -Dm644 res/tmpfiles/cachy-auto-update.conf \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(TMPFILESDIR)/cachy-auto-update.conf"
+
+ # system units
+ install -Dm644 res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.service \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDDIR)/cachy-auto-update.service"
+ install -Dm644 res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.timer \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDDIR)/cachy-auto-update.timer"
+
+ # delivers notifications that were queued while nobody was logged in
+ install -Dm644 res/autostart/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(XDGAUTOSTART)/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop"
+
+ # translations
+ @for l in $(LINGUAS); do \
+ if [ -f "po/$$l.mo" ]; then \
+ install -Dm644 "po/$$l.mo" \
+ "$(DESTDIR)$(LOCALEDIR)/$$l/LC_MESSAGES/cachy-auto-update.mo"; \
+ fi; \
+ done
+
+ # documentation
+ @if [ -f $(MANPAGE) ]; then \
+ install -Dm644 $(MANPAGE) "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/cachy-auto-update.1"; \
+ fi
+ install -Dm644 README.md "$(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/doc/cachy-auto-update/README.md"
+
+uninstall:
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/cachy-auto-update"
+ rm -rf "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXECDIR)"
+ rm -rf "$(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/cachy-auto-update"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSCONFDIR)/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSUSERSDIR)/cachy-auto-update.conf"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(TMPFILESDIR)/cachy-auto-update.conf"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDDIR)/cachy-auto-update.service"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(SYSTEMDDIR)/cachy-auto-update.timer"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(XDGAUTOSTART)/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop"
+ rm -f "$(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/cachy-auto-update.1"
+
+clean:
+ rm -f po/*.mo $(MANPAGE)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2117a3..1997eac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,192 @@
# cachy-auto-update
-Auto Update CLI for CachyOS
+
+Unattended background updates for CachyOS — no password prompt, no terminal,
+nothing to remember.
+
+Built for the machine you set up for somebody else and would rather not have to
+maintain: it updates pacman packages, AUR packages, Flatpaks and AppImages by
+itself, stays out of the way while they are gaming or on battery, never touches
+the package database while they are using `pacman` by hand, and only speaks up
+when something actually needs a human.
+
+```bash
+sudo cachy-auto-update
+```
+
+That opens a menu with the two switches there are:
+
+```
+ CachyOS Auto-Update
+
+ Automatic updates ON
+ Notifications ON
+
+ Last check 3 hours ago
+ Last successful update Sat 08 Aug 2026 04:12:03 CEST (23 packages)
+ Next scheduled run Sat 08 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CEST
+
+ [1] Toggle automatic updates
+ [2] Toggle notifications
+ [3] Update now
+ [4] Show log
+ [5] Show current conditions
+ [q] Quit
+```
+
+The interface is fully translated; on a German system everything above appears
+in German.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+paru -S cachy-auto-update
+sudo cachy-auto-update enable
+```
+
+Updates are **off** until you enable them — a freshly installed package has no
+business rebuilding somebody's system before being asked.
+
+## What it updates
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| Repository packages | `pacman -Syu`, after `checkupdates` confirms there is work |
+| AUR | `paru` or `yay`, whichever is installed |
+| Flatpak | system and per-user installations |
+| AppImages | via [Gear Lever](https://github.com/mijorus/gearlever), if installed |
+
+`-git`/`-devel` AUR packages, cache trimming and orphan removal exist as
+options but are off by default.
+
+## When it holds back
+
+A run is postponed — and retried an hour later — when:
+
+- the battery is below 40 % (ignored on mains power; desktops without a battery
+ are never affected),
+- a game is running: GameMode, a known game process, or anything holding a
+ blocking idle inhibitor,
+- pacman's database is locked, or `pacman`/`yay`/`paru`/`pamac` is running.
+
+`cachy-auto-update status` prints every one of these individually, which is the
+fastest way to find out why nothing is happening.
+
+The machine is **never** restarted on its own. When a kernel update needs a
+restart, you get a notification saying so.
+
+## About the password question
+
+The obvious way to automate `yay`/`paru` is to store the user's password
+somewhere. This does not do that, and deliberately so: anything the daemon can
+decrypt is exactly what an attacker who reaches the daemon already has, so the
+encryption would be decoration.
+
+Instead:
+
+- The updater is a **system service running as root**, so `pacman` needs no
+ escalation at all.
+- `makepkg`, `paru` and `yay` refuse to run as root, so the AUR step drops to a
+ dedicated **locked system account** (`cachy-auto-update`, no password,
+ `/usr/bin/nologin`, its own home under `/var/lib`). Only root can become it.
+- That account gets one line in `/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update` allowing it
+ to call `/usr/bin/pacman` without a password — which is what lets the helper
+ install what it built.
+
+No user password is stored, encrypted or otherwise.
+
+If you would rather not have that sudoers rule on the machine, set
+`UpdateAUR=no` in the config; everything else keeps working, and the rule
+becomes inert.
+
+## Coexisting with manual package management
+
+Before touching anything, the updater checks for `/var/lib/pacman/db.lck` and
+for a running `pacman`, `yay`, `paru`, `pamac`, `pikaur`, `octopi` or `makepkg`,
+and postpones if it finds one. On a day with no pending repository updates the
+real pacman lock is never taken at all, because `checkupdates` works against a
+private temporary database.
+
+The reverse direction has an honest limit: if you start `pacman` *while* an
+update is already running, you will get the usual "unable to lock database"
+message. Nothing outside pacman can prevent that. What the updater does do is
+keep the window short, run at low priority, and hold a `systemd-inhibit` lock so
+a suspend or shutdown cannot land in the middle of a transaction.
+
+A leftover `db.lck` from a crashed transaction is never deleted automatically —
+guessing wrong there corrupts a live transaction. After it has been seen
+unheld on several consecutive runs, you get a notification instead.
+
+## Configuration
+
+`/etc/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf`, one `Key=Value` per line, every
+option documented in the file. The file is parsed rather than sourced, so a
+stray line cannot turn into code executed by root.
+
+```ini
+Enabled=yes
+Notifications=yes
+UpdateInterval=1d
+MinBatteryPercent=40
+SkipWhenGaming=yes
+UpdateAUR=yes
+UpdateFlatpak=yes
+UpdateAppImages=yes
+AutoResolveConflicts=yes
+IgnorePkg=
+```
+
+## How package conflicts are handled
+
+`pacman -Syu --noconfirm` already answers "Replace X with Y?" affirmatively, so
+ordinary replacements happen silently — which is the point.
+
+What `--noconfirm` declines is `:: X and Y are in conflict. Remove Y? [y/N]`,
+and that aborts the whole transaction. With `AutoResolveConflicts=yes` (the
+default) the transaction is retried once with that question answered too, and
+everything removed is written to the log.
+
+Two things are deliberately *not* automated:
+
+- **File conflicts** (`exists in filesystem`) — forcing `--overwrite` could
+ silently destroy something that was put there on purpose.
+- **Reboots** — you get a notification, never a surprise restart.
+
+Signature failures trigger one keyring refresh and one retry, since a stale
+keyring blocks everything else until it is fixed.
+
+## Logs
+
+```bash
+cachy-auto-update log # the last run in full
+cachy-auto-update log -a # the rolling log
+journalctl -u cachy-auto-update
+```
+
+Both work without root.
+
+## Building from source
+
+```bash
+make && sudo make install
+sudo systemd-sysusers && sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create
+sudo cachy-auto-update enable
+```
+
+`make check` runs `bash -n` over everything, `shellcheck` when available, and
+validates the sudoers drop-in with `visudo -c`.
+
+## Relationship to cachy-update
+
+[cachy-update](https://github.com/CachyOS/cachy-update) is CachyOS's interactive
+updater; every one of its steps sits behind a prompt and its timer only ever
+*checks* for updates and notifies. This tool is the unattended counterpart and
+reimplements the same command sequence non-interactively, adding the battery,
+gaming and lock awareness that unattended operation needs.
+
+The two coexist. `cachy-auto-update enable` offers once to switch off
+cachy-update's own "N updates available" notification, since it becomes noise
+when updates install themselves.
+
+## License
+
+GPL-3.0-or-later.
diff --git a/doc/cachy-auto-update.1.scd b/doc/cachy-auto-update.1.scd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c39ccf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/cachy-auto-update.1.scd
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+cachy-auto-update(1)
+
+# NAME
+
+cachy-auto-update - unattended background updates for CachyOS
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+*cachy-auto-update* [_command_] [_options_]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+*cachy-auto-update* keeps a CachyOS machine current without anybody having to
+think about it: repository packages, AUR packages, Flatpaks and AppImages are
+updated in the background, with no password prompt and no terminal.
+
+Run without a command it opens a small interactive menu with the two switches
+that matter - automatic updates on/off and notifications on/off - plus the
+current status.
+
+The actual work is done by a systemd system service. The timer ticks hourly;
+whether a tick does anything is decided by _UpdateInterval_ (daily by default).
+A run that is postponed - low battery, a game running, somebody else using
+pacman - is simply retried at the next tick.
+
+# COMMANDS
+
+*enable*
+ Turn automatic updates on and enable the systemd timer.
+
+*disable*
+ Turn automatic updates off and stop the timer.
+
+*notifications* on|off
+ Turn desktop notifications on or off.
+
+*status*
+ Show the current state plus an evaluation of every condition that can
+ postpone a run. This is the first thing to look at when the updater
+ appears to be doing nothing.
+
+*run* [--force] [--dry-run]
+ Update now. *--force* skips the interval, battery and gaming checks;
+ *--dry-run* lists what would be updated and changes nothing. The check
+ for another running package manager is never skipped.
+
+*log* [-n _num_] [-f] [-a]
+ Show the log of the last run. *-a* shows the rolling log instead, *-f*
+ follows it.
+
+*-h*, *--help*
+ Show a short help text.
+
+*-V*, *--version*
+ Show the version.
+
+# CONDITIONS
+
+Before anything is installed, a run is postponed when:
+
+- the battery is below _MinBatteryPercent_ (ignored on mains power, and on
+ machines without a battery);
+- _RequireAC_ is set and the machine is not plugged in;
+- a game is running - detected via GameMode, a list of known game processes, or
+ an application holding a blocking idle inhibitor;
+- pacman's database is locked, or pacman, yay, paru, pamac or a similar tool is
+ running.
+
+The last check is what keeps *cachy-auto-update* out of the way of manual
+package management. It cannot work in the other direction: if a manual pacman
+run starts while an update is already in flight, that run will report the usual
+locked-database error.
+
+# HOW UPDATES ARE APPLIED
+
+Repository packages are updated with *pacman -Syu --noconfirm*, but only after
+*checkupdates*(8) has confirmed there is something to do, so on a quiet day
+pacman's lock is never taken at all.
+
+A package that has to replace another one is handled silently. If pacman would
+stop to ask whether a conflicting package may be removed, the transaction is
+retried once with that question answered affirmatively, unless
+_AutoResolveConflicts_ is turned off. Files on disk that collide with a package
+are *not* forced - that stays a human decision. A signature failure triggers one
+keyring refresh and one retry.
+
+AUR packages are built and installed as the locked *cachy-auto-update* system
+account, because *makepkg*(8) refuses to run as root. That account has no
+password and no shell, and is allowed - through _/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update_
+- to invoke *pacman* without one. No user password is ever stored anywhere.
+
+A failed AUR build is not reported the first time it happens; only a failure
+that repeats is worth waking somebody up for.
+
+Flatpak system installations are updated directly as root, user installations
+inside each user's own account. AppImages are updated through Gear Lever, for
+users with a graphical session, and AppImages whose application is currently
+running are skipped.
+
+The machine is never restarted automatically. When a kernel update makes a
+restart necessary, a notification says so.
+
+# FILES
+
+_/etc/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf_
+ Configuration. See the comments in the file itself for every option.
+
+_/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update_
+ Lets the build account call pacman without a password.
+
+_/var/log/cachy-auto-update/last-run.log_
+ Full output of the most recent run.
+
+_/var/log/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.log_
+ Rolling log across runs.
+
+_/var/lib/cachy-auto-update/_
+ State: timestamps, counters, queued notifications.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+*pacman*(8), *checkupdates*(8), *paru*(8), *yay*(8), *flatpak*(1),
+*systemd.timer*(5)
+
+# AUTHOR
+
+Felitendo. Source and bug reports:
+https://github.com/Felitendo/cachy-auto-update
diff --git a/po/cachy-auto-update.pot b/po/cachy-auto-update.pot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44bbd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/cachy-auto-update.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+# Translation template for cachy-auto-update.
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Felitendo
+# This file is distributed under the same license as cachy-auto-update.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: cachy-auto-update 1.0.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/Felitendo/cachy-auto-update/issues\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-08 00:00+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. Status labels
+msgid "ON"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "OFF"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Automatic updates"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Notifications"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Last check"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Last successful update"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Next scheduled run"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "never"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "unknown"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "not scheduled"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d packages"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "just now"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d minutes ago"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d hours ago"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d days ago"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "The last run reported a problem - see 'cachy-auto-update log'."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "A restart is recommended to finish a kernel update."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Conditions
+msgid "Current conditions:"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "on AC power"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "on battery"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "on battery (%d%%, threshold %d%%)"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "running on battery"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "battery at %d%%, below the %d%% threshold"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "no game detected"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "a game is running (GameMode)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "a game is running (%s)"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "an application is blocking idle (fullscreen game or video)"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "package system is free"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "pacman's database is locked by another process"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%s is currently running"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Menu
+msgid "Toggle automatic updates"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Toggle notifications"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Update now"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show log"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show current conditions"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Quit"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Press Enter to continue..."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Commands
+msgid "Automatic updates are on."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Automatic updates are off."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Notifications are on."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Notifications are off."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "This command has to run as root."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Could not write the configuration file."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Could not enable the systemd timer."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update is invalid; refusing to enable."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "No AUR helper found - install paru or yay for AUR updates."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "base-devel is missing - AUR packages cannot be built without it."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "cachy-update also notifies about available updates. Turn its notifications off? [y/N]"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "cachy-update's update check has been disabled."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "No log yet."
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "Unknown command: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Help
+msgid "Usage: cachy-auto-update [command]"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Usage: cachy-auto-update notifications on|off"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Commands:"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Turn automatic updates on"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Turn automatic updates off"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Turn desktop notifications on or off"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show the current state and conditions"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Run an update now"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show the log of the last run"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show this help"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Show the version"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Without a command an interactive menu is shown."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. Notifications
+msgid "System updated"
+msgstr ""
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d updates were installed."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Update failed"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Something went wrong while updating. Run 'cachy-auto-update log' for details."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Restart recommended"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "A new kernel was installed. Please restart when it suits you."
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "Package database locked"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "pacman's lock file looks left over from an interrupted update. Updates are paused until it is cleared."
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/po/de.po b/po/de.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0102ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/po/de.po
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+# German translation for cachy-auto-update.
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Felitendo
+# This file is distributed under the same license as cachy-auto-update.
+#
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: cachy-auto-update 1.0.0\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://github.com/Felitendo/cachy-auto-update/issues\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-08 00:00+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2026-08-08 00:00+0200\n"
+"Last-Translator: Felitendo\n"
+"Language-Team: German\n"
+"Language: de\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+
+#. Status labels
+msgid "ON"
+msgstr "AN"
+
+msgid "OFF"
+msgstr "AUS"
+
+msgid "Automatic updates"
+msgstr "Automatische Updates"
+
+msgid "Notifications"
+msgstr "Benachrichtigungen"
+
+msgid "Last check"
+msgstr "Letzte Prüfung"
+
+msgid "Last successful update"
+msgstr "Letztes Update"
+
+msgid "Next scheduled run"
+msgstr "Nächster Lauf"
+
+msgid "never"
+msgstr "noch nie"
+
+msgid "unknown"
+msgstr "unbekannt"
+
+msgid "not scheduled"
+msgstr "nicht eingeplant"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d packages"
+msgstr "%d Pakete"
+
+msgid "just now"
+msgstr "gerade eben"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d minutes ago"
+msgstr "vor %d Minuten"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d hours ago"
+msgstr "vor %d Stunden"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d days ago"
+msgstr "vor %d Tagen"
+
+msgid "The last run reported a problem - see 'cachy-auto-update log'."
+msgstr "Beim letzten Lauf gab es ein Problem – siehe „cachy-auto-update log“."
+
+msgid "A restart is recommended to finish a kernel update."
+msgstr "Ein Neustart wird empfohlen, um ein Kernel-Update abzuschließen."
+
+#. Conditions
+msgid "Current conditions:"
+msgstr "Aktuelle Bedingungen:"
+
+msgid "on AC power"
+msgstr "am Stromnetz"
+
+msgid "on battery"
+msgstr "im Akkubetrieb"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "on battery (%d%%, threshold %d%%)"
+msgstr "im Akkubetrieb (%d%%, Grenze %d%%)"
+
+msgid "running on battery"
+msgstr "läuft im Akkubetrieb"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "battery at %d%%, below the %d%% threshold"
+msgstr "Akku bei %d%%, unter der Grenze von %d%%"
+
+msgid "no game detected"
+msgstr "kein Spiel erkannt"
+
+msgid "a game is running (GameMode)"
+msgstr "ein Spiel läuft (GameMode)"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "a game is running (%s)"
+msgstr "ein Spiel läuft (%s)"
+
+msgid "an application is blocking idle (fullscreen game or video)"
+msgstr "eine Anwendung verhindert den Leerlauf (Vollbild-Spiel oder Video)"
+
+msgid "package system is free"
+msgstr "Paketsystem ist frei"
+
+msgid "pacman's database is locked by another process"
+msgstr "pacmans Datenbank ist gerade von einem anderen Prozess gesperrt"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%s is currently running"
+msgstr "%s läuft gerade"
+
+#. Menu
+msgid "Toggle automatic updates"
+msgstr "Automatische Updates umschalten"
+
+msgid "Toggle notifications"
+msgstr "Benachrichtigungen umschalten"
+
+msgid "Update now"
+msgstr "Jetzt aktualisieren"
+
+msgid "Show log"
+msgstr "Protokoll anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Show current conditions"
+msgstr "Aktuelle Bedingungen anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Quit"
+msgstr "Beenden"
+
+msgid "Press Enter to continue..."
+msgstr "Zum Fortfahren Enter drücken …"
+
+#. Commands
+msgid "Automatic updates are on."
+msgstr "Automatische Updates sind eingeschaltet."
+
+msgid "Automatic updates are off."
+msgstr "Automatische Updates sind ausgeschaltet."
+
+msgid "Notifications are on."
+msgstr "Benachrichtigungen sind eingeschaltet."
+
+msgid "Notifications are off."
+msgstr "Benachrichtigungen sind ausgeschaltet."
+
+msgid "This command has to run as root."
+msgstr "Dieser Befehl muss als root ausgeführt werden."
+
+msgid "Could not write the configuration file."
+msgstr "Die Konfigurationsdatei konnte nicht geschrieben werden."
+
+msgid "Could not enable the systemd timer."
+msgstr "Der systemd-Timer konnte nicht aktiviert werden."
+
+msgid "/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update is invalid; refusing to enable."
+msgstr "/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update ist fehlerhaft – wird nicht aktiviert."
+
+msgid "No AUR helper found - install paru or yay for AUR updates."
+msgstr "Kein AUR-Helper gefunden – für AUR-Updates paru oder yay installieren."
+
+msgid "base-devel is missing - AUR packages cannot be built without it."
+msgstr "base-devel fehlt – ohne das lassen sich AUR-Pakete nicht bauen."
+
+msgid "cachy-update also notifies about available updates. Turn its notifications off? [y/N]"
+msgstr "cachy-update benachrichtigt ebenfalls über verfügbare Updates. Dessen Benachrichtigungen abschalten? [j/N]"
+
+msgid "cachy-update's update check has been disabled."
+msgstr "Die Update-Prüfung von cachy-update wurde abgeschaltet."
+
+msgid "No log yet."
+msgstr "Noch kein Protokoll vorhanden."
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "Unknown command: %s"
+msgstr "Unbekannter Befehl: %s"
+
+#. Help
+msgid "Usage: cachy-auto-update [command]"
+msgstr "Aufruf: cachy-auto-update [Befehl]"
+
+msgid "Usage: cachy-auto-update notifications on|off"
+msgstr "Aufruf: cachy-auto-update notifications on|off"
+
+msgid "Commands:"
+msgstr "Befehle:"
+
+msgid "Turn automatic updates on"
+msgstr "Automatische Updates einschalten"
+
+msgid "Turn automatic updates off"
+msgstr "Automatische Updates ausschalten"
+
+msgid "Turn desktop notifications on or off"
+msgstr "Benachrichtigungen ein- oder ausschalten"
+
+msgid "Show the current state and conditions"
+msgstr "Aktuellen Zustand und Bedingungen anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Run an update now"
+msgstr "Jetzt ein Update durchführen"
+
+msgid "Show the log of the last run"
+msgstr "Protokoll des letzten Laufs anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Show this help"
+msgstr "Diese Hilfe anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Show the version"
+msgstr "Version anzeigen"
+
+msgid "Without a command an interactive menu is shown."
+msgstr "Ohne Befehl wird ein interaktives Menü angezeigt."
+
+#. Notifications
+msgid "System updated"
+msgstr "System aktualisiert"
+
+#, c-format
+msgid "%d updates were installed."
+msgstr "%d Updates wurden installiert."
+
+msgid "Update failed"
+msgstr "Update fehlgeschlagen"
+
+msgid "Something went wrong while updating. Run 'cachy-auto-update log' for details."
+msgstr "Beim Update ist etwas schiefgelaufen. Details mit „cachy-auto-update log“."
+
+msgid "Restart recommended"
+msgstr "Neustart empfohlen"
+
+msgid "A new kernel was installed. Please restart when it suits you."
+msgstr "Es wurde ein neuer Kernel installiert. Bitte bei Gelegenheit neu starten."
+
+msgid "Package database locked"
+msgstr "Paketdatenbank gesperrt"
+
+msgid "pacman's lock file looks left over from an interrupted update. Updates are paused until it is cleared."
+msgstr "Die Sperrdatei von pacman scheint von einem abgebrochenen Update übrig zu sein. Bis sie entfernt ist, pausieren die Updates."
diff --git a/res/autostart/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop b/res/autostart/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c826d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/autostart/cachy-auto-update-notify.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=CachyOS Auto-Update notifications
+Name[de]=CachyOS Auto-Update Benachrichtigungen
+Comment=Delivers update notifications that arrived while nobody was logged in
+Comment[de]=Stellt Update-Benachrichtigungen zu, die eingingen, während niemand angemeldet war
+Exec=cachy-auto-update --deliver-notifications
+Icon=system-software-update
+Terminal=false
+NoDisplay=true
+X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
+X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=20
+X-KDE-autostart-after=panel
diff --git a/res/config/cachy-auto-update.conf b/res/config/cachy-auto-update.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f4b5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/config/cachy-auto-update.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# cachy-auto-update configuration
+#
+# One "Key=Value" per line, '#' starts a comment. The file is parsed, never
+# sourced, so shell syntax has no special meaning here.
+#
+# After editing run: systemctl restart cachy-auto-update.timer
+# Documentation: man cachy-auto-update
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main switches - normally set through `cachy-auto-update enable/disable`
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Apply updates automatically in the background.
+# Off after installation: a freshly installed package should not start
+# rebuilding the machine before anybody asked it to.
+Enabled=no
+
+# Show a desktop notification after an update, and whenever something needs
+# attention.
+Notifications=yes
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# When
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# How much time has to pass between two update runs. Accepts a plain number of
+# seconds or a suffix of s, m, h, d, w.
+# The systemd timer ticks hourly regardless; this is what decides whether a
+# tick actually does anything, which is also how a postponed run retries.
+UpdateInterval=1d
+
+# Never update while the battery is below this percentage. Ignored on mains
+# power and on machines without a battery.
+MinBatteryPercent=40
+
+# Update only while plugged in. Stricter than MinBatteryPercent.
+RequireAC=no
+
+# Postpone the update while a game is running (GameMode, known game processes,
+# or an application blocking idle).
+SkipWhenGaming=yes
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# What
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+UpdateAUR=yes
+UpdateFlatpak=yes
+UpdateAppImages=yes
+
+# Also rebuild -git / -devel AUR packages. Off by default: these rebuild
+# constantly and break more often than released packages.
+UpdateDevel=no
+
+# Which AUR helper to use: auto, paru, yay or pikaur.
+AURHelper=auto
+
+# When a new package has to replace or remove an existing one, decide it
+# automatically instead of aborting the update. Straightforward replacements
+# are handled either way; this covers the case where pacman would otherwise
+# stop and ask.
+AutoResolveConflicts=yes
+
+# Packages that are never updated automatically, space separated.
+# Example: IgnorePkg=linux linux-headers nvidia
+IgnorePkg=
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Housekeeping - all off by default
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Trim the pacman package cache after an update.
+CleanCache=no
+
+# How many old versions per package to keep when CleanCache is on.
+KeepOldPackages=3
+
+# Remove packages that were installed as dependencies and are no longer needed.
+RemoveOrphans=no
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Notification detail
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Say something after a successful update. Nothing is ever shown when there
+# was nothing to do.
+NotifyOnSuccess=yes
+
+# Report failures.
+NotifyOnError=yes
+
+# Point out that a kernel update needs a restart. The machine is never
+# restarted automatically.
+NotifyReboot=yes
diff --git a/res/logrotate/cachy-auto-update b/res/logrotate/cachy-auto-update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84ce20c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/logrotate/cachy-auto-update
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/var/log/cachy-auto-update/*.log {
+ weekly
+ rotate 8
+ missingok
+ notifempty
+ compress
+ delaycompress
+ create 0644 root root
+}
diff --git a/res/sudoers/cachy-auto-update b/res/sudoers/cachy-auto-update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3017886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/sudoers/cachy-auto-update
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Privilege bridge for unattended AUR updates.
+#
+# makepkg, paru and yay refuse to run as root, so the update service runs them
+# as the "cachy-auto-update" system account. That account then needs to be able
+# to hand the finished packages to pacman without a human typing a password.
+#
+# The account is created by sysusers.d with no password and /usr/bin/nologin:
+# it cannot be logged into, and only root can become it. Since the service that
+# uses it already runs as root, this rule does not widen the trust boundary -
+# it only lets an existing root process take the detour that makepkg demands.
+#
+# The rule is deliberately not restricted by arguments. paru and yay call
+# pacman with argument lists that vary per transaction, so any pattern match
+# would give the appearance of a restriction while breaking at random.
+
+Defaults:cachy-auto-update !requiretty
+Defaults:cachy-auto-update env_keep += "PACMAN"
+
+cachy-auto-update ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman
diff --git a/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.service b/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23857fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.service
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CachyOS unattended update run
+Documentation=man:cachy-auto-update(1)
+Documentation=https://github.com/Felitendo/cachy-auto-update
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update-run
+
+# Tool output has to stay parseable; everything shown to a human is rendered
+# back into their own locale explicitly.
+Environment=LC_ALL=C
+
+# Stay out of the way of whatever the user is actually doing. Building an AUR
+# package should never make the desktop stutter.
+Nice=19
+CPUSchedulingPolicy=idle
+IOSchedulingClass=idle
+IOSchedulingPriority=7
+OOMScoreAdjust=500
+
+# A large AUR package can legitimately take a long time to build.
+TimeoutStartSec=4h
+
+# Deliberately *not* sandboxed the way paccache.service is: this unit installs
+# packages across the whole filesystem and downloads them over the network, so
+# ProtectSystem=, PrivateNetwork= and friends would break it. NoNewPrivileges
+# in particular has to stay off - the AUR step relies on the build account
+# calling sudo.
+NoNewPrivileges=no
+ProtectHostname=yes
+
+# No [Install] section on purpose: this is driven by cachy-auto-update.timer,
+# never wanted by a target of its own.
diff --git a/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.timer b/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0702f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/systemd/cachy-auto-update.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CachyOS unattended update check
+Documentation=man:cachy-auto-update(1)
+
+[Timer]
+# The tick is hourly, but an actual update only happens once per
+# UpdateInterval (default: daily). That combination is what makes a postponed
+# run - low battery, a game running, somebody else using pacman - retry by
+# itself an hour later without any backoff bookkeeping.
+OnBootSec=15min
+OnCalendar=hourly
+RandomizedDelaySec=20min
+AccuracySec=5min
+
+# Catch up after the machine was switched off.
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/res/sysusers/cachy-auto-update.conf b/res/sysusers/cachy-auto-update.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..694ecdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/sysusers/cachy-auto-update.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# The account that builds and installs AUR packages.
+#
+# makepkg, paru and yay all refuse to run as root, so the update service drops
+# to this account for the AUR step. It has no password and no shell: nobody can
+# log into it, and only root can become it.
+u cachy-auto-update - "CachyOS Auto-Update builder" /var/lib/cachy-auto-update/builder /usr/bin/nologin
diff --git a/res/tmpfiles/cachy-auto-update.conf b/res/tmpfiles/cachy-auto-update.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c161ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/tmpfiles/cachy-auto-update.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument
+
+# State the CLI reads unprivileged (`cachy-auto-update status`).
+d /var/lib/cachy-auto-update 0755 root root - -
+
+# Home of the build account. Everything the AUR helper clones and compiles
+# stays in here instead of in somebody's home directory.
+d /var/lib/cachy-auto-update/builder 0700 cachy-auto-update cachy-auto-update - -
+d /var/cache/cachy-auto-update 0700 cachy-auto-update cachy-auto-update - -
+
+# Logs, matching pacman's own world-readable convention so `log` works without
+# root.
+d /var/log/cachy-auto-update 0755 root root - -
+
+d /run/cachy-auto-update 0755 root root - -
diff --git a/src/cachy-auto-update b/src/cachy-auto-update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69cde93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cachy-auto-update
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# cachy-auto-update - unattended updates for CachyOS
+#
+# The command line front end. Everything it does is either flipping a switch in
+# /etc/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf, driving the systemd timer, or
+# handing off to the runner in @LIBEXECDIR@.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Felitendo
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+CAU_LIBDIR="${CAU_LIBDIR:-@LIBDIR@}"
+CAU_LIBEXECDIR="${CAU_LIBEXECDIR:-@LIBEXECDIR@}"
+
+for _mod in common config users conditions locks notify menu; do
+ # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+ if ! source "$CAU_LIBDIR/$_mod.sh"; then
+ printf 'cachy-auto-update: cannot load %s/%s.sh\n' "$CAU_LIBDIR" "$_mod" >&2
+ exit 14
+ fi
+done
+unset _mod
+
+CAU_SELF="$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+CAU_ARGV=("$@")
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Privilege
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Re-executes itself with elevation when a human is at the terminal, so that
+# typing `cachy-auto-update` just works instead of printing a lecture.
+cau_need_root() {
+ cau_is_root && return 0
+
+ local candidate elevate=''
+ if [[ -t 0 && -t 1 ]]; then
+ for candidate in sudo run0 doas; do
+ if cau_have "$candidate"; then elevate="$candidate"; break; fi
+ done
+ fi
+
+ if [[ -n $elevate ]]; then
+ exec "$elevate" "$CAU_SELF" "${CAU_ARGV[@]}"
+ fi
+
+ cau_bad "$(cau_msg "This command has to run as root.")"
+ exit 2
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Commands
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cau_do_enable() {
+ cau_need_root
+
+ # A broken sudoers drop-in would take down sudo for the whole machine, so
+ # it is verified before anything is switched on.
+ if [[ -f /etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update ]]; then
+ if cau_have visudo && ! visudo -cf /etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ cau_bad "$(cau_msg "/etc/sudoers.d/cachy-auto-update is invalid; refusing to enable.")"
+ return 1
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ cau_config_set Enabled yes || { cau_bad "$(cau_msg "Could not write the configuration file.")"; return 1; }
+
+ if cau_have systemctl; then
+ systemctl enable --now cachy-auto-update.timer > /dev/null 2>&1 \
+ || cau_bad "$(cau_msg "Could not enable the systemd timer.")"
+ fi
+
+ cau_ok "$(cau_msg "Automatic updates are on.")"
+
+ cau_config_load
+ if [[ $CFG_AUR == yes ]] && ! cau_aur_detect_quiet; then
+ cau_note "$(cau_msg "No AUR helper found - install paru or yay for AUR updates.")"
+ fi
+ if [[ $CFG_AUR == yes ]] && ! cau_have makepkg; then
+ cau_note "$(cau_msg "base-devel is missing - AUR packages cannot be built without it.")"
+ fi
+
+ cau_offer_disable_cachy_update
+}
+
+# Whether an AUR helper exists at all, without the logging cau_aur_detect does.
+cau_aur_detect_quiet() {
+ local c
+ if [[ -n ${CFG_AUR_HELPER:-} && $CFG_AUR_HELPER != auto ]]; then
+ cau_have "$CFG_AUR_HELPER"
+ return $?
+ fi
+ for c in paru yay pikaur; do cau_have "$c" && return 0; done
+ return 1
+}
+
+# cachy-update ships an enabled user timer that only ever says "N updates
+# available". Once updates apply themselves that notification is pure noise,
+# so offer to silence it - but only ask, never decide.
+cau_offer_disable_cachy_update() {
+ local user uid answer found=0
+
+ [[ -t 0 && -t 1 ]] || return 0
+ cau_have systemctl || return 0
+
+ while read -r user uid; do
+ [[ -n $user ]] || continue
+ if cau_as_user "$user" "$uid" systemctl --user is-enabled --quiet arch-update.timer 2>/dev/null; then
+ found=1
+ break
+ fi
+ done < <(cau_active_session_users)
+
+ (( found )) || return 0
+
+ printf '\n %s\n ' \
+ "$(cau_msg "cachy-update also notifies about available updates. Turn its notifications off? [y/N]")"
+ read -r answer || return 0
+ [[ ${answer,,} == y ]] || return 0
+
+ while read -r user uid; do
+ [[ -n $user ]] || continue
+ cau_as_user "$user" "$uid" systemctl --user disable --now arch-update.timer > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+ done < <(cau_active_session_users)
+
+ cau_ok "$(cau_msg "cachy-update's update check has been disabled.")"
+}
+
+cau_do_disable() {
+ cau_need_root
+
+ cau_config_set Enabled no || { cau_bad "$(cau_msg "Could not write the configuration file.")"; return 1; }
+
+ if cau_have systemctl; then
+ systemctl disable --now cachy-auto-update.timer > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+ fi
+
+ cau_ok "$(cau_msg "Automatic updates are off.")"
+}
+
+cau_do_notifications() {
+ cau_need_root
+
+ case "${1:-}" in
+ on|yes|true|1)
+ cau_config_set Notifications yes || return 1
+ cau_ok "$(cau_msg "Notifications are on.")"
+ ;;
+ off|no|false|0)
+ cau_config_set Notifications no || return 1
+ cau_ok "$(cau_msg "Notifications are off.")"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ cau_bad "$(cau_msg "Usage: cachy-auto-update notifications on|off")"
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+cau_do_status() {
+ cau_config_load
+ cau_head " $CAU_PRETTY"
+ cau_ui_status
+ cau_ui_status_conditions
+ printf '\n'
+}
+
+cau_do_run() {
+ cau_need_root
+ exec "$CAU_LIBEXECDIR/cachy-auto-update-run" "$@"
+}
+
+cau_do_log() {
+ local file="$CAU_RUNLOG" lines=200 follow=0
+
+ while (( $# )); do
+ case "$1" in
+ -n) lines="${2:-200}"; shift 2 ;;
+ -n*) lines="${1#-n}"; shift ;;
+ -f|--follow) follow=1; shift ;;
+ -a|--all) file="$CAU_LOGFILE"; shift ;;
+ *) shift ;;
+ esac
+ done
+
+ if [[ ! -r $file ]]; then
+ cau_note "$(cau_msg "No log yet.")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ if (( follow )); then
+ tail -n "$lines" -f "$file"
+ else
+ tail -n "$lines" "$file"
+ fi
+}
+
+cau_do_help() {
+ cat <<- EOF
+ $CAU_PRETTY $CAU_VERSION
+
+ $(cau_msg "Usage: cachy-auto-update [command]")
+
+ $(cau_msg "Commands:")
+ enable $(cau_msg "Turn automatic updates on")
+ disable $(cau_msg "Turn automatic updates off")
+ notifications on|off $(cau_msg "Turn desktop notifications on or off")
+ status $(cau_msg "Show the current state and conditions")
+ run [--force] [--dry-run] $(cau_msg "Run an update now")
+ log [-n N] [-f] [-a] $(cau_msg "Show the log of the last run")
+ -h, --help $(cau_msg "Show this help")
+ -V, --version $(cau_msg "Show the version")
+
+ $(cau_msg "Without a command an interactive menu is shown.")
+ EOF
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dispatch
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+main() {
+ local cmd="${1:-}"
+ [[ $# -gt 0 ]] && shift
+
+ case "$cmd" in
+ enable) cau_do_enable "$@" ;;
+ disable) cau_do_disable "$@" ;;
+ notifications) cau_do_notifications "$@" ;;
+ status) cau_do_status "$@" ;;
+ run) cau_do_run "$@" ;;
+ log) cau_do_log "$@" ;;
+
+ # Invoked unprivileged from the XDG autostart entry to replay
+ # notifications that were produced while nobody was logged in.
+ --deliver-notifications)
+ cau_config_load
+ cau_notify_deliver_queue
+ ;;
+
+ -h|--help|help) cau_do_help ;;
+ -V|--version) printf '%s %s\n' "$CAU_NAME" "$CAU_VERSION" ;;
+
+ '')
+ cau_need_root
+ cau_ui_menu
+ ;;
+ *)
+ cau_bad "$(cau_msg "Unknown command: %s" "$cmd")"
+ printf '\n'
+ cau_do_help
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/src/cachy-auto-update-run b/src/cachy-auto-update-run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a1947b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cachy-auto-update-run
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# cachy-auto-update-run - one unattended update pass
+#
+# Started by cachy-auto-update.service as root. The timer fires hourly and this
+# decides whether anything should happen; that is what makes deferrals free.
+# Refusing to run is the normal, expected outcome most of the time, so it is
+# never treated as an error.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Felitendo
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+CAU_LIBDIR="${CAU_LIBDIR:-@LIBDIR@}"
+
+for _mod in common config users conditions locks notify \
+ pkg_pacman pkg_aur pkg_flatpak pkg_appimage; do
+ # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+ if ! source "$CAU_LIBDIR/$_mod.sh"; then
+ printf 'cachy-auto-update-run: cannot load %s/%s.sh\n' "$CAU_LIBDIR" "$_mod" >&2
+ exit 14
+ fi
+done
+unset _mod
+
+FORCE=0
+DRY_RUN=0
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+ case "$arg" in
+ --force) FORCE=1 ;;
+ --dry-run) DRY_RUN=1 ;;
+ --debug) CAU_DEBUG=1 ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+ printf 'cachy-auto-update-run: must run as root\n' >&2
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+# Re-exec under an inhibitor so a suspend or shutdown cannot land in the middle
+# of a pacman transaction and leave the database half-written. Done before
+# anything else so the whole pass is covered, including the lock.
+if [[ -z ${CAU_INHIBITED:-} ]] && command -v systemd-inhibit > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ export CAU_INHIBITED=1
+ exec systemd-inhibit \
+ --what=sleep:shutdown \
+ --mode=block \
+ --who="CachyOS Auto-Update" \
+ --why="Applying system updates" \
+ -- "$0" "$@"
+fi
+
+cau_config_load
+cau_log_open
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Should this run happen at all?
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+defer() {
+ cau_info "Deferred: $1"
+ exit 0
+}
+
+if ! cau_acquire_lock; then
+ cau_debug "Another run is already in progress"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+if (( ! FORCE )); then
+ if [[ $CFG_ENABLED != yes ]]; then
+ cau_debug "Automatic updates are disabled"
+ exit 0
+ fi
+ if ! cau_update_due; then
+ cau_debug "Not due yet (interval $CFG_INTERVAL)"
+ exit 0
+ fi
+fi
+
+cau_state_write last_run "$(date +%s)"
+
+if (( ! FORCE )); then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON=''
+ cau_power_ok || defer "$CAU_SKIP_REASON"
+
+ if [[ $CFG_SKIP_GAMING == yes ]]; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON=''
+ if cau_busy; then
+ defer "$CAU_SKIP_REASON"
+ fi
+ fi
+fi
+
+# This one is checked even with --force: proceeding anyway would just hand the
+# user a lock error instead of doing anything useful.
+CAU_SKIP_REASON=''
+if cau_package_manager_busy; then
+ if cau_track_stale_lock; then
+ cau_warn "pacman's database lock appears to be stale"
+ cau_notify normal \
+ "Package database locked" \
+ "pacman's lock file looks left over from an interrupted update. Updates are paused until it is cleared."
+ fi
+ defer "$CAU_SKIP_REASON"
+fi
+cau_state_clear stale_lock_count
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dry run
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if (( DRY_RUN )); then
+ printf '%s\n' "Would update on this machine:"
+
+ if cau_pacman_pending; then
+ printf ' repository packages: %s\n' "$(grep -c . <<< "$CAU_PACMAN_PENDING")"
+ sed 's/^/ /' <<< "$CAU_PACMAN_PENDING"
+ else
+ printf ' repository packages: 0\n'
+ fi
+
+ if [[ $CFG_AUR == yes ]] && cau_aur_ready; then
+ printf ' AUR packages: %s (%s)\n' "$(cau_aur_pending)" "$CAU_AUR_HELPER"
+ else
+ printf ' AUR packages: skipped\n'
+ fi
+
+ if [[ $CFG_FLATPAK == yes ]] && cau_have flatpak; then
+ printf ' system Flatpaks: %s\n' "$(cau_flatpak_pending_system)"
+ else
+ printf ' system Flatpaks: skipped\n'
+ fi
+
+ printf ' AppImages: %s\n' \
+ "$([[ $CFG_APPIMAGE == yes ]] && printf 'checked via Gear Lever' || printf 'skipped')"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Do the work
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cau_info "Starting update run"
+failed=0
+
+if ! cau_pacman_update; then
+ failed=1
+fi
+
+if [[ $CFG_AUR == yes ]]; then
+ cau_aur_update || failed=1
+fi
+
+if [[ $CFG_FLATPAK == yes ]]; then
+ cau_flatpak_update || failed=1
+fi
+
+if [[ $CFG_APPIMAGE == yes ]]; then
+ cau_appimage_update || true # best effort; never marks the run as failed
+fi
+
+cau_pacman_cleanup
+
+pacnew="$(cau_pacman_pacnew_count)"
+if [[ $pacnew =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && (( pacnew > 0 )); then
+ cau_info "$pacnew .pacnew file(s) present; left untouched"
+fi
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Record and report
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+total=$(( CAU_PACMAN_COUNT + CAU_AUR_COUNT + CAU_FLATPAK_COUNT + CAU_APPIMAGE_COUNT ))
+
+cau_state_write last_counts \
+ "$CAU_PACMAN_COUNT $CAU_AUR_COUNT $CAU_FLATPAK_COUNT $CAU_APPIMAGE_COUNT"
+
+if (( failed )); then
+ cau_state_write last_result failed
+ cau_error "Update run finished with errors"
+ [[ $CFG_NOTIFY_ERROR == yes ]] && cau_notify critical \
+ "Update failed" \
+ "Something went wrong while updating. Run 'cachy-auto-update log' for details."
+else
+ cau_state_write last_result ok
+ cau_state_write last_success "$(date +%s)"
+ cau_info "Update run finished successfully ($total item(s) updated)"
+
+ if (( total > 0 )) && [[ $CFG_NOTIFY_SUCCESS == yes ]]; then
+ cau_notify low "System updated" "%d updates were installed." "$total"
+ fi
+fi
+
+if cau_pacman_reboot_needed; then
+ cau_state_write reboot_needed 1
+ cau_info "A kernel update needs a restart"
+ [[ $CFG_NOTIFY_REBOOT == yes ]] && cau_notify normal \
+ "Restart recommended" \
+ "A new kernel was installed. Please restart when it suits you."
+else
+ cau_state_write reboot_needed 0
+fi
+
+# Keep the state readable for the unprivileged `status` and `log` commands.
+# Only the plain files: the build account's home lives in here too and must
+# keep its own ownership and mode.
+chmod 0755 "$CAU_STATEDIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+find "$CAU_STATEDIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+
+exit $(( failed ? 1 : 0 ))
diff --git a/src/lib/common.sh b/src/lib/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8921d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# Paths, logging, translations and small shared helpers.
+#
+# Sourced by both the CLI and the update runner, so it must not assume it is
+# running as root and must not produce any output on its own.
+
+CAU_VERSION="@VERSION@"
+CAU_NAME="cachy-auto-update"
+CAU_PRETTY="CachyOS Auto-Update"
+
+# Directories. All of them are overridable so the tree can be exercised
+# straight from a git checkout without installing anything.
+CAU_LIBDIR="${CAU_LIBDIR:-@LIBDIR@}"
+CAU_LIBEXECDIR="${CAU_LIBEXECDIR:-@LIBEXECDIR@}"
+CAU_LOCALEDIR="${CAU_LOCALEDIR:-@LOCALEDIR@}"
+CAU_CONFDIR="${CAU_CONFDIR:-/etc/cachy-auto-update}"
+CAU_CONFIG="${CAU_CONFIG:-${CAU_CONFDIR}/cachy-auto-update.conf}"
+CAU_STATEDIR="${CAU_STATEDIR:-/var/lib/cachy-auto-update}"
+CAU_CACHEDIR="${CAU_CACHEDIR:-/var/cache/cachy-auto-update}"
+CAU_LOGDIR="${CAU_LOGDIR:-/var/log/cachy-auto-update}"
+CAU_RUNDIR="${CAU_RUNDIR:-/run/cachy-auto-update}"
+
+CAU_LOGFILE="${CAU_LOGDIR}/cachy-auto-update.log"
+CAU_RUNLOG="${CAU_LOGDIR}/last-run.log"
+CAU_LOCKFILE="${CAU_RUNDIR}/run.lock"
+CAU_NOTIFY_QUEUE="${CAU_STATEDIR}/notify-queue"
+
+# The locked system account that builds and installs AUR packages. Created by
+# sysusers.d; its home lives under the state directory.
+CAU_BUILD_USER="cachy-auto-update"
+CAU_BUILD_HOME="${CAU_STATEDIR}/builder"
+
+# Pacman's own database lock. Presence means somebody is mid-transaction.
+CAU_PACMAN_LOCK="/var/lib/pacman/db.lck"
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Translations
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Messages are authored in English and translated through gettext. The runner
+# is started with LC_ALL=C so that pacman/upower output stays parseable, which
+# means every user-facing string has to opt back into a real locale explicitly
+# via cau_msg / cau_msg_in.
+
+export TEXTDOMAIN="cachy-auto-update"
+export TEXTDOMAINDIR="${CAU_LOCALEDIR}"
+
+# The locale user-facing text should be rendered in.
+#
+# Standard POSIX precedence, deliberately: LC_ALL wins outright, and LC_ALL=C
+# really does mean English. The service sets LC_ALL=C so that pacman and upower
+# stay parseable, which makes the log English - correct, since the log is a
+# technical artefact. Anything aimed at a person (a desktop notification) does
+# not go through here at all; it names the recipient's own locale explicitly
+# via cau_msg_in and cau_user_locale.
+cau_ui_locale() {
+ local l="${CAU_UI_LOCALE:-}"
+
+ if [[ -z $l ]]; then
+ l="${LC_ALL:-}"
+ [[ -z $l ]] && l="${LC_MESSAGES:-}"
+ [[ -z $l ]] && l="${LANG:-}"
+ fi
+
+ if [[ -z $l && -r /etc/locale.conf ]]; then
+ l="$(sed -n 's/^LANG=//p' /etc/locale.conf | tr -d '"' | head -n1)"
+ fi
+
+ printf '%s\n' "${l:-C}"
+}
+
+# cau_msg [printf args...]
+# Translate a string into the UI locale and printf it (no trailing newline).
+cau_msg() {
+ cau_msg_in "$(cau_ui_locale)" "$@"
+}
+
+# cau_msg_in [printf args...]
+cau_msg_in() {
+ local locale="$1" msgid="$2" translated
+ shift 2
+
+ translated="$(LC_ALL="$locale" LANGUAGE="${locale%%.*}" gettext -- "$msgid" 2>/dev/null)"
+ [[ -n $translated ]] || translated="$msgid"
+
+ # shellcheck disable=SC2059 # the format string is the translated message
+ printf -- "$translated" "$@"
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Output and logging
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [[ -t 1 && -z ${NO_COLOR:-} ]]; then
+ CAU_C_RESET=$'\033[0m'
+ CAU_C_BOLD=$'\033[1m'
+ CAU_C_DIM=$'\033[2m'
+ CAU_C_BLUE=$'\033[38;2;23;147;209m'
+ CAU_C_GREEN=$'\033[32m'
+ CAU_C_YELLOW=$'\033[33m'
+ CAU_C_RED=$'\033[31m'
+else
+ CAU_C_RESET='' CAU_C_BOLD='' CAU_C_DIM='' CAU_C_BLUE=''
+ CAU_C_GREEN='' CAU_C_YELLOW='' CAU_C_RED=''
+fi
+
+# Appends to the persistent log when writable (i.e. when running as root) and
+# always echoes to stderr so journald picks it up for the service.
+cau_log() {
+ local level="$1"
+ shift
+ local line
+ line="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') [$level] $*"
+
+ printf '%s\n' "$line" >&2
+ if [[ -n ${CAU_LOG_OPEN:-} ]]; then
+ printf '%s\n' "$line" >> "$CAU_LOGFILE" 2>/dev/null || true
+ printf '%s\n' "$line" >> "$CAU_RUNLOG" 2>/dev/null || true
+ fi
+}
+
+cau_info() { cau_log INFO "$@"; }
+cau_warn() { cau_log WARN "$@"; }
+cau_error() { cau_log ERROR "$@"; }
+cau_debug() { [[ -n ${CAU_DEBUG:-} ]] && cau_log DEBUG "$@"; return 0; }
+
+# Opens the log files for this run. Only meaningful as root.
+cau_log_open() {
+ mkdir -p "$CAU_LOGDIR" 2>/dev/null || return 0
+ chmod 0750 "$CAU_LOGDIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+ : > "$CAU_RUNLOG" 2>/dev/null || return 0
+ CAU_LOG_OPEN=1
+}
+
+# Runs a command, streaming its combined output into the run log. Returns the
+# command's exit status.
+cau_run_logged() {
+ if [[ -n ${CAU_LOG_OPEN:-} ]]; then
+ "$@" >> "$CAU_RUNLOG" 2>&1
+ else
+ "$@" >&2
+ fi
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Terminal helpers for the CLI
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cau_say() { printf '%s\n' "$*"; }
+cau_head() { printf '\n%s%s%s\n\n' "$CAU_C_BOLD$CAU_C_BLUE" "$*" "$CAU_C_RESET"; }
+cau_ok() { printf '%s✔%s %s\n' "$CAU_C_GREEN" "$CAU_C_RESET" "$*"; }
+cau_bad() { printf '%s✘%s %s\n' "$CAU_C_RED" "$CAU_C_RESET" "$*" >&2; }
+cau_note() { printf '%s•%s %s\n' "$CAU_C_DIM" "$CAU_C_RESET" "$*"; }
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# State files
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Every piece of state is one small file under CAU_STATEDIR. That keeps the
+# CLI, the runner and the login-time notification delivery from needing any
+# shared parsing code.
+
+cau_state_read() {
+ local key="$1" default="${2:-}"
+ if [[ -r "$CAU_STATEDIR/$key" ]]; then
+ cat "$CAU_STATEDIR/$key"
+ else
+ printf '%s\n' "$default"
+ fi
+}
+
+cau_state_write() {
+ local key="$1"
+ shift
+ mkdir -p "$CAU_STATEDIR" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+ printf '%s\n' "$*" > "$CAU_STATEDIR/$key"
+}
+
+cau_state_clear() {
+ rm -f "$CAU_STATEDIR/$1" 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Misc
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+cau_have() { command -v "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1; }
+
+cau_is_root() { [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; }
+
+# Turns a duration such as "1d", "6h", "30m" or a bare number of seconds into
+# seconds. Returns the fallback for anything unparseable.
+cau_duration_to_seconds() {
+ local v="$1" fallback="${2:-86400}" num unit
+
+ [[ $v =~ ^([0-9]+)([smhdw]?)$ ]] || { printf '%s\n' "$fallback"; return; }
+ num="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+ unit="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+
+ case "$unit" in
+ s|'') printf '%s\n' "$num" ;;
+ m) printf '%s\n' "$(( num * 60 ))" ;;
+ h) printf '%s\n' "$(( num * 3600 ))" ;;
+ d) printf '%s\n' "$(( num * 86400 ))" ;;
+ w) printf '%s\n' "$(( num * 604800 ))" ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+# Human-readable "x minutes ago" for a unix timestamp. Empty input yields the
+# translated "never".
+cau_time_ago() {
+ local ts="$1" now delta
+
+ [[ $ts =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || { cau_msg "never"; printf '\n'; return; }
+
+ now="$(date +%s)"
+ delta=$(( now - ts ))
+ (( delta < 0 )) && delta=0
+
+ if (( delta < 60 )); then cau_msg "just now"
+ elif (( delta < 3600 )); then cau_msg "%d minutes ago" "$(( delta / 60 ))"
+ elif (( delta < 86400 )); then cau_msg "%d hours ago" "$(( delta / 3600 ))"
+ else cau_msg "%d days ago" "$(( delta / 86400 ))"
+ fi
+ printf '\n'
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/conditions.sh b/src/lib/conditions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6580625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/conditions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# Should we update right now?
+#
+# Every check here is allowed to say "not now" and nothing more. The timer
+# ticks hourly, so a deferral costs nothing: the next tick simply tries again.
+# That is also why none of these functions ever return a hard failure.
+
+# Set by the checks below to a human-readable, already translated reason.
+CAU_SKIP_REASON=''
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Power
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# cau_on_ac
+# True when running on mains power. systemd-ac-power also returns success when
+# the machine has neither a battery nor an adapter, which is exactly right for
+# desktops - hand-rolled sysfs globbing gets that case wrong.
+cau_on_ac() {
+ if cau_have systemd-ac-power; then
+ systemd-ac-power > /dev/null 2>&1
+ return $?
+ fi
+
+ local ps online
+ for ps in /sys/class/power_supply/*; do
+ [[ -r "$ps/type" ]] || continue
+ [[ "$(< "$ps/type")" == Mains ]] || continue
+ [[ -r "$ps/online" ]] || continue
+ online="$(< "$ps/online")"
+ [[ $online == 1 ]] && return 0
+ done
+
+ # No mains device found at all: if there is no system battery either this
+ # is a desktop, so assume mains rather than blocking updates forever.
+ cau_battery_percent > /dev/null || return 0
+ return 1
+}
+
+# cau_battery_percent
+# Average charge across the system batteries, or failure when the machine has
+# none. Peripheral batteries (mice, headsets) advertise type=Battery too and
+# are filtered out via the scope attribute; when scope is missing entirely -
+# as on many laptops - the device counts as a system battery.
+cau_battery_percent() {
+ local ps sum=0 count=0 cap
+
+ for ps in /sys/class/power_supply/*; do
+ [[ -r "$ps/type" ]] || continue
+ [[ "$(< "$ps/type")" == Battery ]] || continue
+
+ if [[ -r "$ps/scope" ]]; then
+ [[ "$(< "$ps/scope")" == System ]] || continue
+ fi
+ if [[ -r "$ps/present" ]]; then
+ [[ "$(< "$ps/present")" == 1 ]] || continue
+ fi
+ [[ -r "$ps/capacity" ]] || continue
+
+ cap="$(< "$ps/capacity")"
+ [[ $cap =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || continue
+ sum=$(( sum + cap ))
+ count=$(( count + 1 ))
+ done
+
+ (( count > 0 )) || return 1
+ printf '%s\n' "$(( sum / count ))"
+}
+
+# cau_power_ok
+# Applies RequireAC and MinBatteryPercent.
+cau_power_ok() {
+ local pct
+
+ if cau_on_ac; then
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ if [[ $CFG_REQUIRE_AC == yes ]]; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "running on battery")"
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ pct="$(cau_battery_percent)" || return 0 # no battery: nothing to gate on
+
+ if (( pct < CFG_MIN_BATTERY )); then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "battery at %d%%, below the %d%% threshold" \
+ "$pct" "$CFG_MIN_BATTERY")"
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ return 0
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Is the user in the middle of something?
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Process names that mean a game is actually running. Deliberately excludes
+# "steam" itself, which sits in the tray all day on a gaming machine.
+CAU_GAME_PROCESSES=(
+ gamescope
+ wine wine64 wineserver wine-preloader wine64-preloader
+ umu-run proton
+ reaper
+ lutris lutris-wrapper heroic bottles
+ retroarch dolphin-emu pcsx2-qt rpcs3 cemu ryujinx ppsspp citra-qt duckstation-qt
+)
+
+# cau_process_running
+# Exact-name match that ignores kernel threads. The exactness matters: a
+# substring match on "reaper" hits the kernel's own oom_reaper on every box.
+cau_process_running() {
+ local name="$1" pid ppid
+
+ while read -r pid; do
+ [[ $pid =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || continue
+ (( pid == 2 )) && continue
+ # /proc//status rather than /stat: the comm field in /stat can
+ # contain spaces and parentheses, which shifts every column after it.
+ ppid="$(sed -n 's/^PPid:[[:space:]]*//p' "/proc/$pid/status" 2>/dev/null)" || continue
+ [[ $ppid == 2 ]] && continue # kernel thread
+ return 0
+ done < <(pgrep -x -- "$name" 2>/dev/null)
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+# cau_gamemode_active
+# Asks GameMode how many clients it is tracking, per graphical session.
+# GameMode is optional and frequently absent; any failure means "unknown", not
+# "busy".
+cau_gamemode_active() {
+ local user uid out count
+
+ cau_have busctl || return 1
+
+ while read -r user uid; do
+ [[ -n $user ]] || continue
+ # timeout runs inside the runuser call because it has to be a real
+ # binary there - it cannot wrap a shell function from out here.
+ out="$(cau_as_user "$user" "$uid" timeout 5 busctl --user --json=short \
+ get-property com.feralinteractive.GameMode \
+ /com/feralinteractive/GameMode \
+ com.feralinteractive.GameMode ClientCount 2>/dev/null)" || continue
+ count="$(sed -nE 's/.*"data"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*([0-9]+).*/\1/p' <<< "$out")"
+ [[ -z $count ]] && count="$(awk '{print $NF}' <<< "$out")"
+ [[ $count =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || continue
+ (( count > 0 )) && return 0
+ done < <(cau_active_session_users)
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+# cau_idle_inhibited
+# A blocking "idle" inhibitor is what fullscreen games and video players take.
+cau_idle_inhibited() {
+ cau_have systemd-inhibit || return 1
+ systemd-inhibit --list 2>/dev/null \
+ | awk 'tolower($0) ~ /idle/ && $NF == "block" { found = 1 } END { exit !found }'
+}
+
+# cau_busy
+# True when something is running that an update should not interrupt.
+cau_busy() {
+ local proc
+
+ if cau_gamemode_active; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "a game is running (GameMode)")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ for proc in "${CAU_GAME_PROCESSES[@]}"; do
+ if cau_process_running "$proc"; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "a game is running (%s)" "$proc")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+ done
+
+ if cau_idle_inhibited; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "an application is blocking idle (fullscreen game or video)")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Scheduling
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# cau_update_due
+# The timer fires hourly; this decides whether enough time has passed since the
+# last *successful* run. Deferred runs therefore retry automatically without
+# any backoff bookkeeping of their own.
+cau_update_due() {
+ local last now
+
+ last="$(cau_state_read last_success 0)"
+ [[ $last =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || last=0
+ (( last == 0 )) && return 0
+
+ now="$(date +%s)"
+ (( now - last >= CFG_INTERVAL_SECONDS ))
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/config.sh b/src/lib/config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59e63c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# Reading and writing /etc/cachy-auto-update/cachy-auto-update.conf.
+#
+# The file is deliberately *parsed* rather than sourced: it is edited by a
+# root-run daemon, and sourcing it would turn a stray line into arbitrary code
+# execution. The format is one "Key=Value" per line, '#' starts a comment.
+
+# cau_config_get [default]
+cau_config_get() {
+ local key="$1" default="${2:-}" val
+
+ [[ -r $CAU_CONFIG ]] || { printf '%s\n' "$default"; return; }
+
+ val="$(sed -nE "s/^[[:space:]]*${key}[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*(.*)$/\\1/p" \
+ "$CAU_CONFIG" 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)"
+
+ # strip a trailing comment and surrounding whitespace/quotes
+ val="${val%%#*}"
+ val="${val#"${val%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
+ val="${val%"${val##*[![:space:]]}"}"
+ val="${val%\"}"
+ val="${val#\"}"
+
+ if [[ -n $val ]]; then
+ printf '%s\n' "$val"
+ else
+ printf '%s\n' "$default"
+ fi
+}
+
+# cau_config_bool
+# Succeeds when the key is truthy.
+cau_config_bool() {
+ local val
+ val="$(cau_config_get "$1" "$2")"
+ case "${val,,}" in
+ yes|y|true|1|on|enabled) return 0 ;;
+ *) return 1 ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+# cau_config_int
+cau_config_int() {
+ local val
+ val="$(cau_config_get "$1" "$2")"
+ [[ $val =~ ^-?[0-9]+$ ]] && printf '%s\n' "$val" || printf '%s\n' "$2"
+}
+
+# cau_config_set
+# Replaces the key in place if present (including a commented-out template
+# line), otherwise appends it. Requires write access to the config file.
+cau_config_set() {
+ local key="$1" value="$2" tmp
+
+ if [[ ! -e $CAU_CONFIG ]]; then
+ mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CAU_CONFIG")" || return 1
+ printf '# %s configuration\n' "$CAU_NAME" > "$CAU_CONFIG" || return 1
+ fi
+ [[ -w $CAU_CONFIG ]] || return 1
+
+ tmp="$(mktemp "${CAU_CONFIG}.XXXXXX")" || return 1
+ # keep the original permissions rather than mktemp's 0600
+ chmod --reference="$CAU_CONFIG" "$tmp" 2>/dev/null || chmod 0644 "$tmp"
+
+ if grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*#?[[:space:]]*${key}[[:space:]]*=" "$CAU_CONFIG"; then
+ awk -v key="$key" -v value="$value" '
+ !done && $0 ~ "^[[:space:]]*#?[[:space:]]*" key "[[:space:]]*=" {
+ print key "=" value; done = 1; next
+ }
+ # drop any further occurrences so the file cannot grow duplicates
+ $0 ~ "^[[:space:]]*" key "[[:space:]]*=" { next }
+ { print }
+ ' "$CAU_CONFIG" > "$tmp" || { rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; }
+ else
+ cat "$CAU_CONFIG" > "$tmp" || { rm -f "$tmp"; return 1; }
+ printf '%s=%s\n' "$key" "$value" >> "$tmp"
+ fi
+
+ mv -f "$tmp" "$CAU_CONFIG"
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Resolved settings
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Loaded once per process into plain variables so the rest of the code does not
+# re-parse the file for every lookup.
+
+cau_config_load() {
+ CFG_ENABLED=no; cau_config_bool Enabled no && CFG_ENABLED=yes
+ CFG_NOTIFICATIONS=no; cau_config_bool Notifications yes && CFG_NOTIFICATIONS=yes
+ CFG_REQUIRE_AC=no; cau_config_bool RequireAC no && CFG_REQUIRE_AC=yes
+ CFG_SKIP_GAMING=no; cau_config_bool SkipWhenGaming yes && CFG_SKIP_GAMING=yes
+ CFG_AUR=no; cau_config_bool UpdateAUR yes && CFG_AUR=yes
+ CFG_FLATPAK=no; cau_config_bool UpdateFlatpak yes && CFG_FLATPAK=yes
+ CFG_APPIMAGE=no; cau_config_bool UpdateAppImages yes && CFG_APPIMAGE=yes
+ CFG_DEVEL=no; cau_config_bool UpdateDevel no && CFG_DEVEL=yes
+ CFG_RESOLVE_CONFLICTS=no; cau_config_bool AutoResolveConflicts yes && CFG_RESOLVE_CONFLICTS=yes
+ CFG_CLEAN_CACHE=no; cau_config_bool CleanCache no && CFG_CLEAN_CACHE=yes
+ CFG_REMOVE_ORPHANS=no; cau_config_bool RemoveOrphans no && CFG_REMOVE_ORPHANS=yes
+ CFG_NOTIFY_SUCCESS=no; cau_config_bool NotifyOnSuccess yes && CFG_NOTIFY_SUCCESS=yes
+ CFG_NOTIFY_ERROR=no; cau_config_bool NotifyOnError yes && CFG_NOTIFY_ERROR=yes
+ CFG_NOTIFY_REBOOT=no; cau_config_bool NotifyReboot yes && CFG_NOTIFY_REBOOT=yes
+
+ CFG_INTERVAL="$(cau_config_get UpdateInterval 1d)"
+ CFG_INTERVAL_SECONDS="$(cau_duration_to_seconds "$CFG_INTERVAL" 86400)"
+ CFG_MIN_BATTERY="$(cau_config_int MinBatteryPercent 40)"
+ CFG_KEEP_OLD="$(cau_config_int KeepOldPackages 3)"
+ CFG_AUR_HELPER="$(cau_config_get AURHelper auto)"
+ CFG_IGNORE_PKG="$(cau_config_get IgnorePkg '')"
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/locks.sh b/src/lib/locks.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35649f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/locks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# Staying out of the way of a human using pacman/yay/paru.
+#
+# The contract this file implements: the machine's owner may run any package
+# manager at any time and must never see a lock error caused by us. We can only
+# guarantee that in one direction - by never *starting* while somebody else is
+# mid-transaction - so the checks here run before anything is touched, and a
+# refusal simply defers the run to the next hourly tick.
+
+# Package managers that take /var/lib/pacman/db.lck. checkupdates is absent on
+# purpose: it works against a private temporary database and never touches the
+# real lock.
+CAU_PACKAGE_MANAGERS=(
+ pacman pacman-static
+ yay paru pikaur aurman trizen
+ pamac pamac-daemon pamac-manager pamac-tray
+ octopi octopi-helper
+ makepkg
+)
+
+# cau_acquire_lock
+# Guards against two runs overlapping (a slow run still going when the next
+# tick fires). Non-blocking: if another run holds it, this one is pointless.
+cau_acquire_lock() {
+ mkdir -p "$CAU_RUNDIR" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+
+ exec {CAU_LOCK_FD}> "$CAU_LOCKFILE" || return 1
+ flock -n "$CAU_LOCK_FD" || return 1
+
+ return 0
+}
+
+# cau_pacman_lock_holder
+# Prints the pids currently holding pacman's database lock, if any.
+cau_pacman_lock_holder() {
+ [[ -e $CAU_PACMAN_LOCK ]] || return 1
+ cau_have fuser || return 0 # cannot tell; assume it is held
+ fuser "$CAU_PACMAN_LOCK" 2>/dev/null | tr -s ' ' '\n' | grep -E '^[0-9]+$' || return 0
+}
+
+# cau_package_manager_busy
+# True when somebody else is using the package system right now. Sets
+# CAU_SKIP_REASON.
+cau_package_manager_busy() {
+ local pm
+
+ if [[ -e $CAU_PACMAN_LOCK ]]; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "pacman's database is locked by another process")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+
+ for pm in "${CAU_PACKAGE_MANAGERS[@]}"; do
+ if cau_process_running "$pm"; then
+ CAU_SKIP_REASON="$(cau_msg "%s is currently running" "$pm")"
+ return 0
+ fi
+ done
+
+ return 1
+}
+
+# cau_track_stale_lock
+# A db.lck with no process behind it is left over from a crashed transaction.
+# Removing it automatically would be reckless - if the guess is wrong it
+# corrupts a live transaction - so instead it is counted, and after enough
+# consecutive sightings the user is told to clean it up.
+CAU_STALE_LOCK_RUNS=3
+
+cau_track_stale_lock() {
+ local count
+
+ if [[ ! -e $CAU_PACMAN_LOCK ]]; then
+ cau_state_clear stale_lock_count
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ if [[ -n "$(cau_pacman_lock_holder)" ]]; then
+ # genuinely held; not stale
+ cau_state_clear stale_lock_count
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ count="$(cau_state_read stale_lock_count 0)"
+ [[ $count =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || count=0
+ count=$(( count + 1 ))
+ cau_state_write stale_lock_count "$count"
+
+ (( count >= CAU_STALE_LOCK_RUNS ))
+}
+
+# cau_inhibit_prefix
+# Builds the command prefix that keeps logind from suspending or shutting the
+# machine down mid-transaction. Falls back to running unprotected rather than
+# refusing to update at all.
+cau_inhibit_prefix() {
+ if cau_have systemd-inhibit; then
+ printf '%s\n' systemd-inhibit
+ printf '%s\n' --what=sleep:shutdown
+ printf '%s\n' --mode=block
+ printf '%s\n' "--who=$CAU_PRETTY"
+ printf '%s\n' "--why=$(cau_msg_in C "applying system updates")"
+ printf '%s\n' --
+ fi
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/menu.sh b/src/lib/menu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72f77e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/menu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# The interactive front end.
+#
+# This is the part the machine's owner actually sees, so it stays deliberately
+# small: two switches, a status block, and a way to look at what happened.
+
+CAU_UNIT="cachy-auto-update.timer"
+
+# _cau_row