fix: drop blocking call to check updates (#3160)

Author: tusharmath

src/cli/tc/run.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub async fn run() -> Result<()> {
         tracing::info!("Env file: {:?} loaded", path);
     }
     let cli = Cli::parse();
-    update_checker::check_for_update().await;
+    tokio::task::spawn(update_checker::check_for_update());
     // Initialize ping event every 60 seconds
     let _ = TRACKER
         .init_ping(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(60))

src/cli/update_checker.rs

@@ -75,22 +75,20 @@ fn show_update_message(name: &str, latest_version: Version) {
 }
 
 pub async fn check_for_update() {
-    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
-        if VERSION.is_dev() {
-            // skip validation if it's not a release
-            return;
-        }
+    if VERSION.is_dev() {
+        // skip validation if it's not a release
+        return;
+    }
 
-        let name: &str = "tailcallhq/tailcall";
+    let name: &str = "tailcallhq/tailcall";
 
-        let informer = update_informer::new(registry::GitHub, name, VERSION.as_str());
+    let informer = update_informer::new(registry::GitHub, name, VERSION.as_str());
 
-        if let Some(latest_version) = informer.check_version().ok().flatten() {
-            // schedules the update message to be shown when the user presses Ctrl+C on cli.
-            let _ = set_handler(move || {
-                show_update_message(name, latest_version.clone());
-                std::process::exit(exitcode::OK);
-            });
-        }
-    });
+    if let Some(latest_version) = informer.check_version().ok().flatten() {
+        // schedules the update message to be shown when the user presses Ctrl+C on cli.
+        let _ = set_handler(move || {
+            show_update_message(name, latest_version.clone());
+            std::process::exit(exitcode::OK);
+        });
+    }
 }