From 42b2f9e3b73fc8204b5405e50a8285485857a0ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: OBarronCS <55004530+OBarronCS@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:10:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Install script sudo check edge case (#3402)

* Before running refreshing sudo credentials in install script, check ifuser has passwordless sudo or credentials are already cached

* lint
---
 docs/install.sh | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/install.sh b/docs/install.sh
index 40b45cd68..fe46c5ba7 100755
--- a/docs/install.sh
+++ b/docs/install.sh
@@ -137,8 +137,12 @@ else
             ${*}
         }
     else
-        echoinfo "Requesting 'sudo' privileges. You may be prompted for your password..."
-        sudo -v
+        # Before prompting, check if the user can run sudo without password,
+        # or if the credentials are already cached
+        if ! sudo -n true 2> /dev/null; then
+            echoinfo "Requesting 'sudo' privileges. You may be prompted for your password..."
+            sudo -v
+        fi
     fi
 fi