feat: runtime .env

Author: gabrielste1n

src/helpers/ipcHandlers.js

@@ -1005,10 +1005,22 @@ class IPCHandlers {
 
     // --- OpenWhispr Cloud API handlers ---
 
+    // In production, VITE_* env vars aren't available in the main process because
+    // Vite only inlines them into the renderer bundle at build time. Load the
+    // runtime-env.json that the Vite build writes to src/dist/ as a fallback.
+    const runtimeEnv = (() => {
+      const fs = require("fs");
+      const envPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", "runtime-env.json");
+      try {
+        if (fs.existsSync(envPath)) return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(envPath, "utf8"));
+      } catch {}
+      return {};
+    })();
+
     const getApiUrl = () =>
-      process.env.OPENWHISPR_API_URL || process.env.VITE_OPENWHISPR_API_URL || "";
+      process.env.OPENWHISPR_API_URL || process.env.VITE_OPENWHISPR_API_URL || runtimeEnv.VITE_OPENWHISPR_API_URL || "";
 
-    const getAuthUrl = () => process.env.NEON_AUTH_URL || process.env.VITE_NEON_AUTH_URL || "";
+    const getAuthUrl = () => process.env.NEON_AUTH_URL || process.env.VITE_NEON_AUTH_URL || runtimeEnv.VITE_NEON_AUTH_URL || "";
 
     const getSessionCookies = async (event) => {
       const win = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender);

src/vite.config.mjs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite'
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
 import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite'
 import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
@@ -27,7 +28,23 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   const devServerPort = parseDevServerPort(rawPort)
 
   return {
-    plugins: [react(), tailwindcss()],
+    plugins: [
+      react(),
+      tailwindcss(),
+      {
+        name: 'write-runtime-env',
+        writeBundle() {
+          const runtimeEnv = {
+            VITE_OPENWHISPR_API_URL: env.VITE_OPENWHISPR_API_URL || '',
+            VITE_NEON_AUTH_URL: env.VITE_NEON_AUTH_URL || '',
+          }
+          fs.writeFileSync(
+            path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist', 'runtime-env.json'),
+            JSON.stringify(runtimeEnv)
+          )
+        },
+      },
+    ],
     base: './', // Use relative paths for file:// protocol in Electron
     envDir, // Load .env from project root
     resolve: {