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Niels Laute becc96f59c [Settings] Improve update-notification UX (#49872 )

## Summary of the Pull Request

Refreshes the Settings update experience with a shared update
coordinator, consistent state badges, and a compact floating status
surface available across pages. The surface supports checking, update
available, downloading, ready to install, network failure, and download
failure states; it can be dismissed and reopens when users return to
General while attention is still needed.



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## PR Checklist

- [ ] Closes: N/A
- [x] **Communication:** I've discussed this with core contributors
already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
- [x] **Tests:** Added/updated and all pass
- [x] **Localization:** All end-user-facing strings can be localized
- [ ] **Dev docs:** Added/updated
- [ ] **New binaries:** Added on the required places
- [ ] [JSON for
signing](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ESRPSigning_core.json)
for new binaries
- [ ] [WXS for
installer](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/installer/PowerToysSetup/Product.wxs)
for new binaries and localization folder
- [ ] [YML for CI
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/ci/templates/build-powertoys-steps.yml)
for new test projects
- [ ] [YML for signed
pipeline](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/.pipelines/release.yml)
- [ ] **Documentation updated:** If checked, please file a pull request
on [our docs
repo](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-uwp/tree/docs/hub/powertoys)
and link it here: N/A

## Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

- Centralizes persisted and transient update state in a shared
`UpdateViewModel` used by Dashboard, General, navigation, and the
floating surface.
- Adds reusable status, activity, and badge controls with stable layout,
dismissal/reopen behavior, in-app What's New navigation, and retry-safe
single-flight update actions.
- Keeps the existing General update glyph while adding an adjacent state
badge.
- Adds Debug-only controls for previewing every updater state and
running the complete state flow without affecting production
screenshots.
- Adds focused coverage for state mapping, activity visibility,
IPC/launch failures, transient operation recovery, and duplicate
installer-launch prevention.

## Validation Steps Performed

- Built `Settings.UI` for x64 Debug.
- Built `Settings.UI.UnitTests` for x64 Debug.
- Ran focused `ViewModelTests.Update` and `ViewModelTests.General` tests
with `vstest.console.exe`: 39 passed.
- Exercised the Debug updater flow across all states and verified that a
dismissed notification reopens after navigating back to General.

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