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flatpak-auto-update.md
  1. Create a systemd service and a timer unit with the below contents
  2. The unit runs with the user so create the unit and timer under $HOME/.config/systemd/user/
  3. Enable the timer only (systemctl enable --user --now update-user-flatpaks.timer)
  4. Flatpaks will update automatically daily, if an update missed - cause the box was off for instance - it will try it again as soon as it can run again.

Contents of update-user-flatpaks.service:

[Unit]
Description=Update user Flatpaks

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/flatpak --user update -y

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Contents of update-user-flatpaks.timer:

[Unit]
Description=Update user Flatpaks daily

[Timer]
OnCalendar=daily
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
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