the installer to use for the latest release is not necessarily the sa…

…me as the package

packages/compass-smoke-tests/src/cli.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { createSandbox } from './directories';
 import { downloadFile } from './downloads';
 import { type PackageKind, SUPPORTED_PACKAGES } from './packages';
-import { getLatestRelease } from './releases';
+import { getLatestRelease, getLatestReleaseKindByKind } from './releases';
 import { SUPPORTED_TESTS } from './tests/types';
 import { type SmokeTestsContext } from './context';
 
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ async function run() {
     buildInfo: { channel, version },
     autoUpdatable,
   } = await getTestSubject(context);
-  const install = getInstaller(kind);
 
   try {
     if (context.tests.length === 0) {
@@ -225,6 +224,10 @@ async function run() {
             )
           : filepath;
 
+      const install = getInstaller(
+        testName === 'auto-update-to' ? getLatestReleaseKindByKind(kind) : kind
+      );
+
       const { appPath, uninstall } = install({
         appName,
         filepath: installerPath,

packages/compass-smoke-tests/src/releases.ts

@@ -89,3 +89,27 @@ export async function getLatestRelease(
     clearCache: forceDownload,
   });
 }
+
+export function getLatestReleaseKindByKind(kind: PackageKind): PackageKind {
+  if (kind === 'osx_dmg' || kind === 'osx_zip') {
+    return 'osx_dmg';
+  }
+
+  if (
+    kind === 'windows_setup' ||
+    kind === 'windows_msi' ||
+    kind === 'windows_zip'
+  ) {
+    return 'windows_setup';
+  }
+
+  if (kind === 'linux_deb' || kind === 'linux_tar') {
+    return 'linux_deb';
+  }
+
+  if (kind === 'linux_rpm' || kind === 'rhel_tar') {
+    return 'linux_rpm';
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Unsupported kind: ${kind as string}`);
+}