routers/web/repo/updateserver.go

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func validateUpdateKey(ctx *context.Context) (allowedChannels []string, ok bool)
 				channels = parsed
 			}
 		}
+		// Normalize shorthand names to full Joomla convention.
+		for i := range channels {
+			channels[i] = updateserver.NormalizeChannel(channels[i])
+		}
 		return channels, true
 	}
 

services/updateserver/dolibarr.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func GenerateDolibarrJSON(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository) (*Do
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, ch := range []string{"stable", "rc", "beta", "alpha", "dev"} {
+	for _, ch := range AllChannels {
 		rel, ok := bestByChannel[ch]
 		if !ok {
 			continue

services/updateserver/joomla.go

@@ -64,22 +64,54 @@ type xmlTargetPlat struct {
 	Version string `xml:"version,attr"`
 }
 
+// channelFromTag maps a release tag name to a Joomla update channel.
+// Joomla update stream names (full convention).
+const (
+	ChannelStable           = "stable"
+	ChannelReleaseCandidate = "release-candidate"
+	ChannelBeta             = "beta"
+	ChannelAlpha            = "alpha"
+	ChannelDevelopment      = "development"
+)
+
+// AllChannels in display order (most stable first).
+var AllChannels = []string{ChannelStable, ChannelReleaseCandidate, ChannelBeta, ChannelAlpha, ChannelDevelopment}
+
 // channelFromTag maps a release tag name to a Joomla update channel.
 func channelFromTag(tagName string, isPrerelease bool) string {
 	lower := strings.ToLower(tagName)
 	switch {
 	case strings.Contains(lower, "-dev") || strings.Contains(lower, "development"):
-		return "dev"
-	case strings.Contains(lower, "-alpha") || strings.Contains(lower, "alpha"):
-		return "alpha"
-	case strings.Contains(lower, "-beta") || strings.Contains(lower, "beta"):
-		return "beta"
+		return ChannelDevelopment
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "-alpha"):
+		return ChannelAlpha
+	case strings.Contains(lower, "-beta"):
+		return ChannelBeta
 	case strings.Contains(lower, "-rc") || strings.Contains(lower, "release-candidate"):
-		return "rc"
+		return ChannelReleaseCandidate
 	case isPrerelease:
-		return "rc"
+		return ChannelReleaseCandidate
 	default:
-		return "stable"
+		return ChannelStable
+	}
+}
+
+// NormalizeChannel maps shorthand channel names to the full Joomla convention.
+// Accepts both "rc" and "release-candidate", "dev" and "development", etc.
+func NormalizeChannel(ch string) string {
+	switch strings.ToLower(ch) {
+	case "rc", "release-candidate":
+		return ChannelReleaseCandidate
+	case "dev", "development":
+		return ChannelDevelopment
+	case "alpha":
+		return ChannelAlpha
+	case "beta":
+		return ChannelBeta
+	case "stable":
+		return ChannelStable
+	default:
+		return ch
 	}
 }
 
@@ -124,15 +156,16 @@ func GenerateJoomlaXML(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, allowed
 	}
 
 	// Build allowed channel set for filtering.
+	// Normalize shorthand names so both "rc" and "release-candidate" work.
 	channelAllowed := make(map[string]bool)
 	if len(allowedChannels) > 0 {
 		for _, c := range allowedChannels {
-			channelAllowed[strings.ToLower(c)] = true
+			channelAllowed[NormalizeChannel(c)] = true
 		}
 	}
 
 	var updates xmlUpdates
-	for _, ch := range []string{"stable", "rc", "beta", "alpha", "dev"} {
+	for _, ch := range AllChannels {
 		// Skip channels not in the allowed set (when filtering is active).
 		if len(channelAllowed) > 0 && !channelAllowed[ch] {
 			continue
@@ -223,13 +256,13 @@ func extractVersion(tagName string) string {
 // channelSuffix returns the version suffix for a channel.
 func channelSuffix(channel string) string {
 	switch channel {
-	case "dev":
+	case ChannelDevelopment:
 		return "-dev"
-	case "alpha":
+	case ChannelAlpha:
 		return "-alpha"
-	case "beta":
+	case ChannelBeta:
 		return "-beta"
-	case "rc":
+	case ChannelReleaseCandidate:
 		return "-rc"
 	default:
 		return ""