From 50856885893dd8af996195429f7122a681fe2f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Micah <git@dekkonot.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 22:31:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add check for if you've denied the plugin permission to
 access api.github.com

---
 plugin/src/App/StatusPages/Settings/init.lua |  3 +++
 plugin/src/Version.lua                       | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugin/src/App/StatusPages/Settings/init.lua b/plugin/src/App/StatusPages/Settings/init.lua
index b63d30e5..b93eba3e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/App/StatusPages/Settings/init.lua
+++ b/plugin/src/App/StatusPages/Settings/init.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local Log = require(Packages.Log)
 local Assets = require(Plugin.Assets)
 local Settings = require(Plugin.Settings)
 local Theme = require(Plugin.App.Theme)
+local Version = require(Plugin.Version)
 
 local IconButton = require(Plugin.App.Components.IconButton)
 local ScrollingFrame = require(Plugin.App.Components.ScrollingFrame)
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ function SettingsPage:render()
 				id = "checkForUpdates",
 				name = "Check For Updates",
 				description = "Notify about newer compatible Rojo releases",
+				locked = Version.isApiBlocked(),
+				lockedTooltip = "(HTTP requests to api.github.com are blocked, Rojo cannot fetch what the latest version is.)",
 				transparency = self.props.transparency,
 				layoutOrder = layoutIncrement(),
 			}),
diff --git a/plugin/src/Version.lua b/plugin/src/Version.lua
index 197de133..8a43ba49 100644
--- a/plugin/src/Version.lua
+++ b/plugin/src/Version.lua
@@ -111,6 +111,23 @@ Version._cachedLatestCompatible = nil :: {
 	timestamp: number,
 }?
 
+--[[
+	A user may choose to reject requests to api.github.com. If they do, we want
+	to disable the option to enable checks altogether.
+]]
+Version._apiBlocked = nil :: boolean?
+
+function Version.isApiBlocked(): boolean
+	if Version._apiBlocked == nil then
+		local isLocalInstall = string.find(debug.traceback(), "\n[^\n]-user_.-$") ~= nil
+		Version.retrieveLatestCompatible({
+			version = Config.version,
+			includePrereleases = isLocalInstall and Settings:get("checkForPrereleases"),
+		})
+	end
+	return Version._apiBlocked
+end
+
 function Version.retrieveLatestCompatible(options: {
 	version: { number },
 	includePrereleases: boolean?,
@@ -136,8 +153,15 @@ function Version.retrieveLatestCompatible(options: {
 		:await()
 
 	if success == false or type(releases) ~= "table" or next(releases) ~= 1 then
+		-- Roblox's HTTP errors are weird!
+		if string.find(tostring(releases), "^Unknown HTTP error: HttpService permission denied") then
+			Log.debug("Requests to api.github were denied by user, disabling update check")
+			Settings:set("checkForUpdates", false)
+			Version._apiBlocked = true
+		end
 		return nil
 	end
+	Version._apiBlocked = false
 
 	-- Iterate through releases, looking for the latest compatible version
 	local latestCompatible: LatestReleaseInfo? = nil