From 4e730832c704b562ee6f6361df32f48ed3d29e68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hampus <hampus@fluxer.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 02:37:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(installer): pull images before the first start (#3248)

---
 fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.ps1 | 6 +++++-
 fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.sh  | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.ps1 b/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.ps1
index 35197e8b5..781ffc6f7 100644
--- a/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.ps1
+++ b/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.ps1
@@ -2267,10 +2267,14 @@ function Invoke-FluxerInstall {
 			exit 0
 		}
 
+		Write-FluxerLine 'Pulling images. The first start pulls eighteen of them, which takes several minutes.'
+		if ((Invoke-FluxerDocker @('compose', 'pull')) -ne 0) {
+			Stop-Fluxer 'docker compose pull failed. Nothing was started.' $FluxerExitDownload
+		}
 		if ((Invoke-FluxerDocker @('compose', 'up', '-d')) -ne 0) {
 			Stop-Fluxer 'docker compose up -d failed.' $FluxerExitUnhealthy
 		}
-		Wait-FluxerStack 'Waiting for the stack to report healthy. The first start pulls images and takes several minutes.'
+		Wait-FluxerStack 'Waiting for the stack to report healthy.'
 		$readyOrigin = Get-FluxerPublicOrigin $envPath
 		if ($readyOrigin.Length -eq 0) {
 			$readyOrigin = "https://$domainValue"
diff --git a/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.sh b/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.sh
index 32d53feaf..ebd1dbe3e 100644
--- a/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.sh
+++ b/fluxer_docs/src/installer/install.sh
@@ -2245,11 +2245,15 @@ if [ "$opt_no_start" -eq 1 ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+fluxer_say 'Pulling images. The first start pulls eighteen of them, which takes several minutes.'
+if ! $fluxer_engine compose pull; then
+	fluxer_fail 4 "$fluxer_engine compose pull failed in $opt_dir. Nothing was started."
+fi
 fluxer_say 'Starting the stack.'
 if ! $fluxer_engine compose up -d; then
 	fluxer_fail 6 "$fluxer_engine compose up -d failed in $opt_dir. Read $fluxer_engine compose logs there."
 fi
-fluxer_say 'Waiting for every service to report ready. This takes several minutes on the first start, which pulls eighteen images.'
+fluxer_say 'Waiting for every service to report ready.'
 if ! fluxer_wait_ready; then
 	fluxer_fail 6 "The stack is not ready after $FLUXER_READY_TIMEOUT seconds. $(fluxer_not_ready_detail)
 Read $fluxer_engine compose logs in $opt_dir."