From 02928e10cb2b0cdcbf43354a3e98b7cb437d2207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaun Hamilton <shauhami020@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:55:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(client): fetch non-prod exam links on deploymentEnv
 (#63978)

---
 .../Challenges/exam-download/show.tsx         | 83 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/exam-download/show.tsx b/client/src/templates/Challenges/exam-download/show.tsx
index 50fc9d64797..6ae9b4a7302 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/exam-download/show.tsx
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/exam-download/show.tsx
@@ -32,16 +32,22 @@ import {
 import { examAttempts } from '../../../utils/ajax';
 import MissingPrerequisites from '../exam/components/missing-prerequisites';
 import { isChallengeCompletedSelector } from '../redux/selectors';
+import envData from '../../../../config/env.json';
 import { Attempts } from './attempts';
 import ExamTokenControls from './exam-token-controls';
 
 import './show.css';
 
+const { deploymentEnv } = envData;
+
 interface GitProps {
   tag_name: string;
   assets: {
     browser_download_url: string;
   }[];
+  name: string;
+  draft: boolean;
+  prerelease: boolean;
 }
 
 const mapStateToProps = createSelector(
@@ -154,23 +160,53 @@ function ShowExamDownload({
   useEffect(() => {
     async function checkLatestVersion() {
       try {
-        const response = await fetch(
-          'https://api.github.com/repos/freeCodeCamp/exam-env/releases/latest'
-        );
-        if (response.ok) {
+        let latest: GitProps;
+
+        if (deploymentEnv !== 'production') {
+          const response = await fetch(
+            'https://api.github.com/repos/freeCodeCamp/exam-env/releases'
+          );
+
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            setLatestVersion(null);
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const data = (await response.json()) as GitProps[];
+          if (!data || data.length === 0) {
+            setLatestVersion(null);
+            return;
+          }
+          latest = getLatest(data);
+        } else {
+          const response = await fetch(
+            'https://api.github.com/repos/freeCodeCamp/exam-env/releases/latest'
+          );
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            setLatestVersion(null);
+            return;
+          }
           const data = (await response.json()) as GitProps;
-          const { tag_name, assets } = data;
-          setLatestVersion(tag_name);
-          const urls = assets.map(link => link.browser_download_url);
-          setDownloadLink(handleDownloadLink(urls));
-          setDownloadLinks(urls);
+          if (!data) {
+            setLatestVersion(null);
+            return;
+          }
+          latest = data;
         }
+
+        const { tag_name, assets } = latest;
+        setLatestVersion(tag_name);
+        const urls = assets.map(link => link.browser_download_url);
+        setDownloadLink(handleDownloadLink(urls));
+        setDownloadLinks(urls);
       } catch {
-        setLatestVersion('...');
+        setLatestVersion(null);
       }
     }
 
-    void checkLatestVersion();
+    if (os.os) {
+      void checkLatestVersion();
+    }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [os]);
 
@@ -235,7 +271,6 @@ function ShowExamDownload({
                 version: latestVersion || '...'
               })}
             </p>
-            {/* TODO: confirm this works on MacOS */}
             <Button href={'exam-environment://'}>
               {t('exam.open-exam-application')}
             </Button>
@@ -283,6 +318,30 @@ function ShowExamDownload({
   );
 }
 
+function getLatest(releases: GitProps[]): GitProps {
+  switch (deploymentEnv) {
+    case 'staging':
+      return (
+        releases.find(r => {
+          return !r.draft && r.name.endsWith('/staging');
+        }) || releases[0]
+      );
+    // Currently, this is never the case
+    case 'development':
+      return (
+        releases.find(r => {
+          return !r.draft && r.name.endsWith('/development');
+        }) || releases[0]
+      );
+    default:
+      return (
+        releases.find(r => {
+          return !r.prerelease && !r.draft && r.name.endsWith('/production');
+        }) || releases[0]
+      );
+  }
+}
+
 export default connect(mapStateToProps)(withTranslation()(ShowExamDownload));
 
 // GraphQL