Fix macOS app launch issues with ad-hoc signing #61
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Add missing entitlements required for Electron's crashpad to work properly on macOS when the app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized): - com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation - com.apple.security.get-task-allow Also add the entitlements config to electron-builder so entitlements are applied to the main app bundle, not just inherited by child processes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
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Does this degrade the app in any way? If not should it be the default on master or should we somehow aim for a "community signed" edition ? |
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Hey, thanks for this PR. I would appreciate the help of anyone with a MacOS device to test this PR :) |
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Summary
entitlementsconfig to electron-builder so entitlements are applied to the main app bundle, not just inherited by child processesProblem
When building MarkText without an Apple Developer certificate, the app is ad-hoc signed. On recent macOS versions, the app would bounce in the dock but never open a window, with crashpad errors like:
Solution
Added two entitlements to
build/mac/entitlements.mac.plist:com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validationcom.apple.security.get-task-allowAnd configured electron-builder to apply these entitlements to the main app bundle.
Testing
npm run build:macxattr -cror manualcodesigncodesign -d --entitlements - dist/mac-arm64/marktext.app🤖 Generated with Claude Code