Version checks: tolerate old version check data that can happen immediately after upgrading but forgetting to restart sidekiq/clockwork. Don't cache version check data along with other dashboard data.

app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Admin::DashboardController < Admin::AdminController
     dashboard_data = Rails.cache.fetch("admin-dashboard-data-#{Discourse::VERSION::STRING}", expires_in: 1.hour) do
       AdminDashboardData.fetch_all.as_json
     end
+    dashboard_data.merge!({version_check: DiscourseUpdates.check_version.as_json}) if SiteSetting.version_checks?
     render json: dashboard_data
   end
 

app/models/admin_dashboard_data.rb

@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ class AdminDashboardData
       top_referrers: IncomingLinksReport.find('top_referrers').as_json,
       top_traffic_sources: IncomingLinksReport.find('top_traffic_sources').as_json,
       top_referred_topics: IncomingLinksReport.find('top_referred_topics').as_json
-    }.merge(
-      SiteSetting.version_checks? ? {version_check: DiscourseUpdates.check_version.as_json} : {}
-    )
+    }
   end
 
   def rails_env_check

lib/discourse_updates.rb

@@ -20,10 +20,19 @@ module DiscourseUpdates
         )
       end
 
-      if version_info.updated_at.nil? or
-          (version_info.missing_versions_count == 0 and version_info.latest_version != version_info.installed_version)
-        # Version check data is out of date.
-        Jobs.enqueue(:version_check, all_sites: true)
+      if SiteSetting.version_checks?
+
+        # Handle cases when version check data is old so we report something that makes sense
+
+        if (version_info.updated_at.nil? or
+            (version_info.missing_versions_count == 0 and version_info.latest_version != version_info.installed_version) or
+            (version_info.missing_versions_count != 0 and version_info.latest_version == version_info.installed_version))
+          Jobs.enqueue(:version_check, all_sites: true)
+        end
+
+        if !version_info.updated_at.nil? and version_info.latest_version == version_info.installed_version
+          version_info.missing_versions_count = 0
+        end
       end
 
       version_info

lib/jobs/version_check.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Jobs
   class VersionCheck < Jobs::Base
 
     def execute(args)
-      if SiteSetting.version_checks and (DiscourseUpdates.updated_at.nil? or DiscourseUpdates.updated_at < 1.minute.ago)
+      if SiteSetting.version_checks? and (DiscourseUpdates.updated_at.nil? or DiscourseUpdates.updated_at < 1.minute.ago)
         begin
           json = DiscourseHub.discourse_version_check
           DiscourseUpdates.latest_version = json['latestVersion']

spec/components/discourse_updates_spec.rb

@@ -81,4 +81,28 @@ describe DiscourseUpdates do
     end
   end
 
+  context 'old version check data' do
+    context 'installed is latest' do
+      before { stub_data(Discourse::VERSION::STRING, 1, false, 8.hours.ago) }
+
+      it 'queues a version check' do
+        Jobs.expects(:enqueue).with(:version_check, anything)
+        subject
+      end
+
+      it 'reports 0 missing versions' do
+        subject['missing_versions_count'].should == 0
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'installed is not latest' do
+      before { stub_data('0.9.1', 0, false, 8.hours.ago) }
+
+      it 'queues a version check' do
+        Jobs.expects(:enqueue).with(:version_check, anything)
+        subject
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end