fix(desktop): correct the Windows and macOS release verification - #167
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The 0.2.1 tag failed on both platforms, each for its own reason. Windows passed `--config.win.publisherName`, which Electron Builder 26 removed in favour of `signtoolOptions.publisherName`. `WindowsConfiguration` sets `additionalProperties: false`, so the unknown key invalidated the whole `win` object and the build died during schema validation, before packaging. The Azure path already carries the publisher in `azureSignOptions`, so it just drops the duplicate; the certificate path moves to the new location. This path had never run in CI before — the Azure secrets were only set today — and the unit tests asserted the argument array rather than the schema, so they agreed with the bug. They now validate every emitted option against the installed Electron Builder schema, which fails on the exact argument that broke the release. macOS verified the wrong artifact: Electron Builder notarizes and staples the .app and then packs the stapled bundle into the disk image, so the image itself never carries a ticket and `stapler validate` on it always fails. Notarization had in fact succeeded — spctl reported "Notarized Developer ID" for the mounted bundle in the same run. Validate the staple on the app inside the image.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe release workflow now validates the stapled macOS application bundle. Windows signing now uses nested Electron Builder options, with schema-based tests covering valid and invalid configuration paths. ChangesmacOS release validation
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…r schema (#168) ## Related Issue No issue — follow-up hardening for the release failure fixed in #167. ## Problem The `desktop-v0.2.1` build died at Electron Builder's schema validation on `--config.win.publisherName`, an option removed in v26. The suite was green throughout, because `package-win.spec.ts` compared the generated argument array to a hand-written expected array. Both copies carried the same mistake, so the test only detected *change*, never *invalidity* — Google's "change-detector test". The consequence is structural, not incidental: these arguments are only emitted when signing secrets are present, so a tag build is the first time they ever execute. A test that cannot judge them means the release is the first judge. ## What changed `package-win.spec.ts` now merges the generated `--config.*` arguments onto the packaged `build` configuration and validates the result with Ajv against the installed `app-builder-lib/scheme.json`, using the same Ajv options `app-builder-lib` itself validates with (`allErrors`, `verbose`, `coerceTypes`, `strict: false`). - **No new dependency.** Both `scheme.json` and `ajv` resolve through the existing `electron-builder` dependency (pnpm hides them from a direct resolve out of `apps/desktop`, so resolution is anchored at `require.resolve('electron-builder')`). - **Follows the installed version.** It reads whatever schema the pinned Electron Builder ships, so a future major that relocates these options fails here rather than at a tag. - Failure output is trimmed to the actionable errors instead of Ajv's verbose dump. Three cases: the packaged configuration alone, the configuration each signing method produces, and a negative case pinning the exact regression. ## Verification Mutation-tested, both caught: | Mutation | Result | |---|---| | Reintroduce `--config.win.publisherName` | 3 failed — `Electron Builder rejects unknown options: /win.publisherName` | | Drop required `azureSignOptions.certificateProfileName` | 3 failed — `must have required property 'certificateProfileName'` | | Restored | 17 passed | The second case is a class the previous test could not detect at all. - `pnpm exec vitest run tests/package-win.spec.ts` — 17 passed - `pnpm run typecheck` (apps/desktop) — clean, both tsconfigs - `oxlint --type-aware` — 0 warnings, 0 errors - `scripts/check-no-comments.mjs` — OK ## Checklist - [x] I have read the CONTRIBUTING document. - [ ] I have linked a related issue — none; follow-up to #167. - [x] I have added tests that prove my feature works. - [x] Ran `gen-changesets` skill, or this PR needs no changeset — no changeset: test-only, nothing users can perceive. - [x] Ran `gen-docs` skill, or this PR needs no doc update. <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **Tests** * Improved validation of desktop package configurations against the Electron Builder schema. * Added coverage for base configurations, signing modes, invalid options, and removed settings. * Enhanced error reporting for unknown or invalid configuration values. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
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## Related Issue No issue — third and last hardening item from the `desktop-v0.2.1` release failure (#167, #168). ## Problem `Desktop Release` already supports `workflow_dispatch`, and both platforms already build with `--publish never`, so a manual run is safe. But every signing gate is tag-gated: - `Require signing for tagged releases` (mac) - `Verify macOS signatures and notarization` - `Require signing for tagged Windows releases` - `Verify Windows release signatures` So a manual run skipped precisely the steps worth rehearsing. Those checks first executed on the tag that depended on them — which is how `desktop-v0.2.1` burned two builds: an electron-builder option removed in v26, and a `stapler validate` aimed at the `.dmg` instead of the `.app`. Both were findable in a rehearsal; there was no rehearsal that could find them. ## What changed The four verification steps lose their `if:`. Everything touching the releases repository stays tag-gated: | Stays tag-gated | Now runs on a rehearsal | |---|---| | `Require the tagged commit to be on main` | `Require signing` (mac + win) | | `Mint releases-repo token` (×3) | `Verify macOS signatures and notarization` | | `Create the draft release unless it already exists` | `Verify Windows release signatures` | | `Upload verified {macOS,Windows} release assets` | | | `publish` job | | A manual run is now the whole release path minus publication, with installers attached to the run. Run it before any `desktop-v*` tag: ``` gh workflow run "Desktop Release" --ref main ``` It also closes the last untested corner: `packageManagerInvocation` adds literal quotes on Windows for values containing spaces, and until now only a tag build ever exercised that with a real publisher name. ## Verification A test pins the arrangement, since re-adding one `if:` would restore the hole without breaking anything visible. | | | |---|---| | Restore the tag gate on the Windows credential check | `× runs every signing gate on a manual rehearsal, not only on a tag` | | Restored | 9 passed | - `pnpm exec vitest run` (apps/desktop) — 155 passed, 14 files - `pnpm run typecheck` — clean, both tsconfigs - `oxlint --type-aware`, `check-no-comments.mjs` — clean ## Checklist - [x] I have read the CONTRIBUTING document. - [ ] I have linked a related issue — none; follow-up to #167 / #168. - [x] I have added tests that prove my feature works. - [x] Ran `gen-changesets` skill, or this PR needs no changeset — no changeset: CI-only, nothing users can perceive. - [x] Ran `gen-docs` skill, or this PR needs no doc update. <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **Release Process** * Manual release rehearsals now run macOS and Windows signing and signature verification without publishing releases. * Release creation, asset uploads, and publishing remain limited to tagged releases. * **Tests** * Updated workflow coverage to ensure signing and signature verification always run during rehearsals, without conditional gating. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
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Related Issue
No issue — this is a live release failure. The
desktop-v0.2.1tag build failed on both platforms (run 32647843142), leavingv0.2.1as an empty draft with no installers.Problem
Windows — the job passes
--config.win.publisherName. Electron Builder 26 removed that option in favour ofsigntoolOptions.publisherName, andWindowsConfigurationsetsadditionalProperties: false, so the unknown key invalidates the wholewinobject:The build dies during schema validation, before packaging. This path had never run in CI: it only emits those flags when Windows signing is configured, and the
AZURE_*secrets were set for the first time today. The unit tests compared the generated argument array against a hand-written expected array, so they encoded the bug rather than catching it.macOS — the verify step runs
xcrun stapler validateagainst the.dmg. Electron Builder notarizes and staples the.app, then packs the already-stapled bundle into the disk image; the image itself never receives a ticket, so that assertion can never pass. Notarization had actually succeeded — the same run loggedsource=Notarized Developer IDfor the mounted bundle immediately before failing.What changed
windowsSigningArgsdrops the duplicate publisher argument on the Azure path (the publisher is already carried inazureSignOptions.publisherName) and moves the certificate path to--config.win.signtoolOptions.publisherName.package-win.spec.tsnow resolves the installedapp-builder-lib/scheme.jsonthroughelectron-builderand walks every emitted--config.win.*path against it, so an option Electron Builder does not declare fails the suite instead of the release. No new dependency. Verified by reintroducing--config.win.publisherName: 3 tests fail withElectron Builder has no option 'publisherName' under win; restored, 16 pass.Verification
pnpm exec vitest run tests/package-win.spec.ts— 16 passedpnpm run typecheck(apps/desktop) — clean, both tsconfigsoxlint --type-awareon the touched files — 0 warnings, 0 errorsscripts/check-no-comments.mjs— OKsigning with Azure Trusted SigningChecklist
gen-changesetsskill, or this PR needs no changeset — no changeset: release-pipeline verification only, nothing users can perceive, anddesktop-v0.2.1is being re-cut at the same version.gen-docsskill, or this PR needs no doc update.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
Tests