hermes-agent/apps/desktop/electron/update-relaunch.cjs
Carl e5e2583635 fix(desktop): relaunch on Linux after in-app update instead of hanging (#45205)
On a Linux source install the in-app updater ran the full backend update +
desktop rebuild successfully but never restarted the app — it hung forever on
the applying overlay with no close button. Two causes:

- applyUpdatesPosixInApp() only handled the macOS .app bundle swap;
  runningAppBundle() is null off macOS, so Linux fell through to
  { ok: true, backendUpdated: true } without ever relaunching.
- The renderer store had no terminal state for that result shape, so
  $updateApply stayed { applying: true } and the overlay's close button
  (hidden while applying) never appeared.

Fix (new electron/update-relaunch.cjs, pure + unit-tested):
- Decide the Linux outcome from whether the *running* binary is the one we
  just rebuilt (execPath under release/<plat>-unpacked, path-segment-aware so
  linux-unpacked-evil can't masquerade) and whether its chrome-sandbox helper
  is launchable (root:root + setuid, or an --no-sandbox / ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX
  opt-out):
    relaunch — detached watcher waits for this PID to exit (graceful, then
      SIGKILL), self-deletes, and re-execs the rebuilt binary with the original
      launch context (filtered args + HERMES_*/sandbox env + cwd) restored.
    guiSkew  — AppImage/.deb/.rpm/dev: backend updated but this GUI package was
      NOT changed; surface an honest closeable 'reinstall the desktop app'
      terminal state instead of lying that it loads next launch (#37541 skew).
    manual   — rebuilt binary but sandbox helper not launchable: keep the
      working window, don't quit into a dead app.
- store/updates.ts lands a terminal, closeable state for EVERY resolved apply
  outcome (handedOff / guiSkew / manualRestart / updated-not-relaunched / error)
  so the hang is impossible regardless of platform or result.
- New DesktopUpdateStage values (update/rebuild/done/guiSkew) + GuiSkewView so
  progress reads correctly and the skew state is closeable. i18n in all four
  locales (en/ja/zh/zh-hant) in parity.
- electron/update-relaunch.test.cjs (16 tests) + store outcome tests.

Salvaged from #45205 onto current main. Linux quit dwell uses the shared
UPDATE_HANDOFF_DWELL_MS (2.5s) from #50448 for consistency. Four-locale i18n
parity, AUTHOR_MAP entry, and the test wiring added on top.

Closes #45205.
2026-06-21 17:04:52 -07:00

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JavaScript

'use strict'
/**
* update-relaunch.cjs — pure decision + script-generation helpers for the
* Linux in-app update relaunch (#45205).
*
* Extracted from main.cjs's `applyUpdatesPosixInApp` so the security- and
* correctness-critical "do we relaunch, or land on a manual terminal state?"
* decision is unit-testable without booting Electron (main.cjs
* `require('electron')` at load).
*
* Background
* ----------
* After `hermes update` + `hermes desktop --build-only`, the freshly-rebuilt
* GUI lives under `apps/desktop/release/<plat>-unpacked`. We can only honestly
* relaunch into the new GUI when the *running* binary is that rebuilt one —
* i.e. its execPath is under the rebuilt `release/<plat>-unpacked` dir.
*
* - Source / unpacked install (execPath under release/<plat>-unpacked):
* the running binary IS the thing we just rebuilt → relaunch it in place.
* - AppImage / .deb / .rpm / dev / unresolved (execPath elsewhere):
* the backend was updated but THIS GUI shell was NOT replaced. Claiming
* "the new version loads next launch" is a lie that produces GUI/backend
* skew (#37541): the user keeps running the old GUI against new backend
* code with no path to fix it from inside the app. Surface an explicit
* terminal state telling them the GUI package must be reinstalled.
*
* Sandbox preflight (#3 in the review)
* ------------------------------------
* A fresh `release/<plat>-unpacked` rebuild can leave `chrome-sandbox` without
* the required `root:root` + setuid (mode 4755). Electron then refuses to
* launch with "The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured
* correctly" and the relaunch yields "quit and never came back" — a dead app.
* Before we quit+hand off we preflight the rebuilt sandbox helper; if it is NOT
* launchable (and no working non-interactive fallback applies — see
* sandboxFallbackFromEnv) we DO NOT quit. We keep the working window and return
* the closeable manual-restart terminal state instead.
*/
const path = require('node:path')
// Map process.platform → electron-builder's `release/<dir>-unpacked` name.
function unpackedDirName(platform) {
if (platform === 'darwin') return 'mac-unpacked' // not used (mac swaps bundles)
if (platform === 'win32') return 'win-unpacked'
return 'linux-unpacked'
}
/**
* If `execPath` lives under `<updateRoot>/apps/desktop/release/<plat>-unpacked`,
* return that unpacked dir; otherwise null. A null result means the running
* binary is NOT the thing we just rebuilt (AppImage/.deb/.rpm/dev), so we must
* not claim a GUI relaunch.
*
* Match is a path-segment-aware prefix check (not a bare string startsWith) so
* `.../release/linux-unpacked-evil` can't masquerade as `.../release/linux-unpacked`.
*/
function resolveUnpackedRelease(execPath, updateRoot, platform) {
if (!execPath || !updateRoot) return null
const releaseDir = path.join(updateRoot, 'apps', 'desktop', 'release')
const unpacked = path.join(releaseDir, unpackedDirName(platform))
const normalizedExec = path.resolve(String(execPath))
// execPath must be the unpacked dir itself or a descendant of it.
const withSep = unpacked.endsWith(path.sep) ? unpacked : unpacked + path.sep
if (normalizedExec === unpacked || normalizedExec.startsWith(withSep)) {
return unpacked
}
return null
}
/**
* Pure decision: given whether the running binary is under the rebuilt
* unpacked release AND whether its sandbox helper is launchable, choose the
* terminal outcome.
*
* 'relaunch' — quit + detached watcher re-execs the rebuilt binary in place.
* 'guiSkew' — backend updated, GUI package NOT changed; user must reinstall
* the GUI. Closeable terminal state; does NOT claim a GUI update.
* 'manual' — running the rebuilt binary, but its sandbox helper is not
* launchable and no fallback applies; do NOT quit into a dead
* app. Closeable manual-restart terminal state.
*/
function decideRelaunchOutcome({ underUnpacked, sandboxOk }) {
if (!underUnpacked) return 'guiSkew'
if (!sandboxOk) return 'manual'
return 'relaunch'
}
/**
* Preflight the rebuilt sandbox helper. Returns
* { ok: boolean, reason: string, path: string }
*
* `ok` is true when chrome-sandbox is owned by uid 0 AND has the setuid bit
* (mode & 0o4000) — i.e. Electron can launch it. If chrome-sandbox does not
* exist at all we treat it as ok: this Electron build does not use the SUID
* sandbox helper (e.g. it ships the namespace sandbox), so the relaunch is not
* blocked on it.
*
* `statSync` is injectable so this is testable without a real setuid file.
*/
function sandboxPreflight(unpackedDir, statSync) {
if (!unpackedDir) return { ok: false, reason: 'no-unpacked-dir', path: null }
const sandboxPath = path.join(unpackedDir, 'chrome-sandbox')
let st
try {
st = statSync(sandboxPath)
} catch {
// No chrome-sandbox helper present → this build doesn't rely on the SUID
// sandbox; nothing to block the relaunch.
return { ok: true, reason: 'no-sandbox-helper', path: sandboxPath }
}
const ownedByRoot = st.uid === 0
const hasSetuid = (st.mode & 0o4000) !== 0
if (ownedByRoot && hasSetuid) {
return { ok: true, reason: 'launchable', path: sandboxPath }
}
if (!ownedByRoot && !hasSetuid) {
return { ok: false, reason: 'not-root-not-setuid', path: sandboxPath }
}
if (!ownedByRoot) return { ok: false, reason: 'not-root', path: sandboxPath }
return { ok: false, reason: 'not-setuid', path: sandboxPath }
}
/**
* Detect a non-interactive sandbox fallback the user has opted into via the
* environment. The reviewer asked us to integrate with any existing
* `--no-sandbox` / chrome-sandbox handling. A repo grep found NO existing
* non-interactive sandbox fallback in the desktop app (the only chrome-sandbox
* reference is documentation in scripts/before-pack.cjs). The one signal that
* DOES exist is the standard Electron escape hatch: ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX=1
* (and the equivalent `--no-sandbox` already present in the launch args). If
* the user has set that, the rebuilt binary will start even with a broken
* chrome-sandbox, so the relaunch is safe.
*
* Returns true when a fallback makes the relaunch safe despite a failed
* sandbox preflight.
*/
function sandboxFallbackFromEnv(env, launchArgs) {
const disable = String((env && env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX) || '').trim()
if (disable === '1' || disable.toLowerCase() === 'true') return true
if (Array.isArray(launchArgs) && launchArgs.some(a => a === '--no-sandbox')) return true
return false
}
// POSIX single-quote a value for safe inclusion in the generated bash script.
function shellQuote(value) {
return `'${String(value).replace(/'/g, `'\\''`)}'`
}
// Electron / Chromium internal switches that must NOT be replayed on re-exec:
// they are runtime artifacts of THIS launch, not user intent, and re-passing
// them can change sandbox/zygote behavior or point at stale fds/dirs.
const INTERNAL_ARG_PREFIXES = [
'--type=', // renderer/gpu/zygote child markers
'--user-data-dir=',
'--enable-features=',
'--disable-features=',
'--field-trial-handle=',
'--enable-logging',
'--log-file=',
// NB: --no-sandbox is deliberately NOT stripped — it reflects the user's /
// environment's SUID-sandbox opt-out (some hardened kernels/containers require
// it) and is the signal sandboxFallbackFromEnv() uses to allow a relaunch when
// chrome-sandbox isn't setuid. Dropping it would make exactly that relaunch
// fail ("quit and never came back").
'--disable-gpu-sandbox',
'--lang=',
'--inspect',
'--remote-debugging-port='
]
/**
* Filter Electron internals out of the original launch args so we replay only
* meaningful user/launcher intent (deep-link URLs, app-specific flags).
* `argv` is expected to be process.argv.slice(1) for a PACKAGED app (argv[0] is
* the exec path itself; there is no entry-script arg as in a dev run).
*/
function collectRelaunchArgs(argv) {
if (!Array.isArray(argv)) return []
return argv.filter(arg => {
if (typeof arg !== 'string' || arg.length === 0) return false
return !INTERNAL_ARG_PREFIXES.some(prefix =>
prefix.endsWith('=') ? arg.startsWith(prefix) : arg === prefix || arg.startsWith(prefix + '=')
)
})
}
// Env keys whose values define the relaunched instance's context (which
// backend/profile/root it talks to). Anything HERMES_DESKTOP_* is preserved
// plus HERMES_HOME. We snapshot the values, not the live env, so the new
// instance comes up pointed at the same place this one was.
// ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX is preserved for the same reason --no-sandbox is kept
// in the replayed args: if a relaunch is only safe because the user opted out of
// the SUID sandbox, the relaunched instance must inherit that opt-out too.
const PRESERVED_ENV_KEYS = ['HERMES_HOME', 'ELECTRON_DISABLE_SANDBOX']
const PRESERVED_ENV_PREFIXES = ['HERMES_DESKTOP_']
function collectRelaunchEnv(env) {
const out = {}
if (!env || typeof env !== 'object') return out
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(env)) {
if (value == null) continue
if (PRESERVED_ENV_KEYS.includes(key) || PRESERVED_ENV_PREFIXES.some(p => key.startsWith(p))) {
out[key] = String(value)
}
}
return out
}
/**
* Build the detached bash watcher that waits for the parent to exit (graceful
* window then SIGKILL), self-deletes, and re-execs the rebuilt binary WITH the
* original launch context (cwd, env, args) restored.
*
* @param {object} o
* @param {number} o.pid parent (this) process pid to wait on
* @param {string} o.execPath binary to re-exec
* @param {string[]} o.args filtered launch args to replay
* @param {object} o.env env key→value to export before exec
* @param {string} o.cwd working directory to restore
*/
function buildRelaunchScript({ pid, execPath, args, env, cwd }) {
const exports = Object.entries(env || {})
.map(([k, v]) => `export ${k}=${shellQuote(v)}`)
.join('\n')
const quotedArgs = (args || []).map(shellQuote).join(' ')
const cwdLine = cwd ? `cd ${shellQuote(cwd)} 2>/dev/null || true` : ''
// NOTE: `exec` replaces the watcher process with the relaunched app, so the
// re-exec inherits exactly the env/cwd we set above.
return `#!/bin/bash
set -u
APP_PID=${Number(pid)}
# Wait up to ~30s for a graceful exit, then SIGKILL: a hung/zombie parent must
# be gone before we relaunch, or the new instance bails on the single-instance
# lock. (#45205)
for _ in $(seq 1 60); do
kill -0 "$APP_PID" 2>/dev/null || break
sleep 0.5
done
if kill -0 "$APP_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
kill -9 "$APP_PID" 2>/dev/null || true
sleep 0.5
fi
# Self-delete so temp watchers don't accumulate across updates.
rm -f -- "$0" 2>/dev/null || true
${cwdLine}
${exports}
exec ${shellQuote(execPath)}${quotedArgs ? ' ' + quotedArgs : ''}
`
}
module.exports = {
unpackedDirName,
resolveUnpackedRelease,
decideRelaunchOutcome,
sandboxPreflight,
sandboxFallbackFromEnv,
collectRelaunchArgs,
collectRelaunchEnv,
buildRelaunchScript,
shellQuote,
INTERNAL_ARG_PREFIXES,
PRESERVED_ENV_KEYS,
PRESERVED_ENV_PREFIXES
}