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brooklyn!	c1f9eb0ec4	fix(desktop): resolve electronDist dynamically + self-heal blocked installs (supersedes #48081/#48082) (#48091) ... * fix(desktop): resolve electronDist dynamically + self-heal blocked installs Supersedes the static-path approach (#48081) and the install-step self-heal (#48082) with a fix that removes the whole failure class instead of chasing each symptom. Three distinct faults converged into the June desktop-build outage; this closes all three. Root cause (the part #48081 left open — "Gap B"): build.electronDist was a static relative path in apps/desktop/package.json, but npm workspace hoisting is NOT deterministic — depending on the npm version and what else is installed, npm nests the workspace-only electron devDep under apps/desktop/node_modules/electron OR hoists it to the repo root. A static path matches only one layout, so a clean install intermittently fails with "The specified electronDist does not exist". #48081 re-pointed the path at the nested layout (correct today) but electron-builder reads electronDist STATICALLY, so any future hoist change silently breaks it again — only caught by a CI invariant, never self-corrected. Fix: - scripts/run-electron-builder.cjs: resolve electron the way Node's runtime does — require.resolve("electron/package.json") walks node_modules from the desktop project upward and finds electron wherever npm actually put it. The path can never drift out of sync with the install layout again, on any OS/npm version. * dist present -> pass -c.electronDist=<abs>/dist so electron-builder reuses the unpacked runtime (keeps the #38673 fast path that dodges the 26.8.x missing-binary re-unpack bug). * dist absent -> omit electronDist; electron-builder fetches Electron itself via @electron/get honoring electronVersion + ELECTRON_MIRROR. package.json: builder script now runs the wrapper; the static build.electronDist is removed (the resolver owns it). - main.py / install.sh / install.ps1: on a dependency-install failure where the electron package staged but its dist is missing (electron's install.js process.exit(1) on a blocked/throttled binary download — #47266/#47917/#48021), repopulate the dist via electron's downloader (canonical, then npmmirror.com) and CONTINUE to the build instead of aborting. npm runs postinstall LAST, so the only casualty is electron/dist; bailing here is what made the pack-time mirror self-heal unreachable on a blocked network. Hard-fail only when electron never staged at all (a genuine dependency error). - The pack-time mirror fallback now retries the build even when the pre-fetch can't populate the dist: the wrapper lets electron-builder download Electron itself via the mirror, so the retry is no longer a no-op (it was, when electronDist was a static path). The exact 40.10.2 pin (already on main) keeps the third mode — the native @electron-internal/extract-zip win32 binding that 40.10.3/40.10.4 ship without a published prebuild — from recurring. Tests: - test_desktop_electron_pin.py: replace the static-path-matches-lockfile invariant with contracts that there is no hardcoded electronDist to drift, the builder script routes through the resolver, and the resolver uses Node module resolution + injects -c.electronDist. - test_gui_command.py: install-failure self-heal continues to build; genuine (electron-never-staged) install failure still hard-fails; pack retries under the mirror even when the pre-fetch is blocked. Salvages/supersedes the overlapping community work in #48003 (sitkarev), #48012 (omegazheng), #48033 (james47kjv), and #48082. Co-authored-by: sitkarev <59806492+sitkarev@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: omegazheng <zheng@omegasys.eu> Co-authored-by: james47kjv <220877172+james47kjv@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(desktop): narrow Electron self-heal to real missing-dist failures Follow-up on #48091 to remove the remaining misdiagnosis risk from the installer/build fallback path (#46785 concern): only take the Electron repair/retry path when Electron's package files are staged and dist is actually missing/corrupt. - main.py: add _electron_pkg_staged_missing_dist() and use it to gate install failure recovery; fail fast for unrelated npm install errors. - main.py/install.sh/install.ps1: run cache purge + retry only when dist is missing; do not retry unrelated tsc/vite/build failures under an Electron-specific narrative. - install.sh/install.ps1: tighten install-stage self-heal guard to require both package.json + install.js and missing dist. - tests: add coverage that install failure hard-fails when Electron dist already exists, and update retry test to reflect the tightened recovery condition. Validation: - Python tests: 64 passed - install.sh-related tests included in the run - Real mac build on this machine: - npm ci at repo root: success - cd apps/desktop && npm run pack: success - electron-builder packaged darwin arm64 and used custom unpacked Electron dist * refactor(desktop): trim electron self-heal helpers and comments Deduplicate mirror-retry into _try_redownload_electron_dist / shell counterparts; shorten wrapper and install-script commentary without changing recovery semantics. --------- Co-authored-by: sitkarev <59806492+sitkarev@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: omegazheng <zheng@omegasys.eu> Co-authored-by: james47kjv <220877172+james47kjv@users.noreply.github.com>	2026-06-17 18:48:35 -05:00