electron-builder's default npmRebuild pass scans the entire node_modules
tree (not just what's actually packaged) for native addons and tries to
recompile them against Electron's ABI via node-gyp. It caught
@parcel/watcher - a transitive devDependency of some dev tool, never
shipped in this app - and hard-failed packaging on any machine without a
full Xcode Command Line Tools install ("gyp: No Xcode or CLT version
detected!"). GitHub's macOS runners happen to have Xcode, which is
presumably why CI never caught this.
The packaged app is plain esbuild-bundled JS with no native modules of
its own; the one native dependency in the repo (@signalapp/sqlcipher,
used by lib/mail-index/) ships prebuilt .node binaries for every
platform and is copied in wholesale by scripts/assemble-standalone.mjs,
never rebuilt by electron-builder. Verified by execution: packaging
failed with npmRebuild at its default (true), succeeded once set false,
and the resulting .dmg launches and runs correctly.
Also adds e2e/electron-live-sandbox.spec.ts - a live-connectivity check
against the real sandbox JMAP backend (stalwart.sandbox.vnc.de), proving
the packaged/launched app reaches it with no TLS/network errors and gets
a real structured auth-rejection on a deliberately fake credential.
Deliberately NOT wired into playwright.electron.config.ts's default
testMatch (electron-smoke.spec.ts only) - this depends on a live external
service and is a manual/opt-in verification tool, not part of the regular
regression suite.
Also carries the pre-existing lib/smime-ca/ejbca.ts no-control-regex
eslint fix from MR !1's branch (not yet merged to dev) so this commit's
own pre-commit hook passes - unrelated to electron work otherwise.
Bernd Rodler
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