From 62f9c3a458bd101df1d059eeaf8bce43e7c97c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Emery <mintsoft@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 22:11:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: linux service should restart when upgrading (#5001)

* When upgrading packages this should restart the service

* We need to specify configfile otherwise this command doesn't work
---
 release/linux/postinstall.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/release/linux/postinstall.sh b/release/linux/postinstall.sh
index f3d9c9277..ed39fb127 100644
--- a/release/linux/postinstall.sh
+++ b/release/linux/postinstall.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$postinstall_flag" ]; then
     # and not by root
     chown navidrome:navidrome /var/lib/navidrome/cache
     touch "$postinstall_flag"
+else
+    navidrome service stop --configfile /etc/navidrome/navidrome.toml && navidrome service start --configfile /etc/navidrome/navidrome.toml
 fi