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Bug 1: packaged app boots in development mode, not production

The packaged macOS .app (built via npm run package:mac) silently boots in
development/keyless mode even when the repo's .env has real production
credentials. Verified by launching the actual packaged binary via Playwright/CDP
and reading window.appStore.backendConfig():

  • dev tree: environment: production, apiKey present, baseUrl set ✅
  • packaged .app (before this fix): environment: development, apiKey absent ❌

Root cause: electron-builder.yml's files: allowlist never ships a loose .env,
and src/main/paths.ts's APP_ROOT resolves inside app.asar for a packaged
build anyway, where a loose file doesn't really live.

Fix

scripts/generate-env.mjs runs immediately before each package/package:mac/
package:win script and writes src/main/generated-env.ts (a normal compiled
main-process module, shipped inside out/** like everything else) from .env /
real environment variables on the packaging machine. backendConfig() in
src/main/env.ts now falls back to that baked-in default only when the runtime
.env file lookup comes up empty — real env vars and a runtime .env still win,
so nothing about the existing dev-tree behavior changes.

The committed src/main/generated-env.ts is intentionally blank — that's what a
fresh clone typechecks against and what a credential-less package build produces.
It's only ever regenerated with real values locally (never committed) on a
machine that has RUNANYWHERE_API_KEY/RUNANYWHERE_BASE_URL set at package time.

Also folded in the AGENTS.md "Production release requirements" section that
was already staged in this checkout, documenting the credential/signing/Windows
gates for a production release.

Verification

  • npm run typecheck, npm run lint, npm test, npm run build — all pass
  • npx playwright test test/e2e/shell.spec.ts test/e2e/screens.spec.ts — 13/13 pass
  • npx playwright test test/e2e/inference.spec.ts — 6 passed / 1 skipped (QHEXRT
    skip is expected — no Hexagon NPU on this Mac), including the NeuRT/Apple Neural
    Engine backend
  • Rebuilt the actual .dmg/.zip via npm run package:mac, launched the packaged
    .app directly (not dev output) via Playwright/CDP, and confirmed
    window.appStore.backendConfig() now reports environment: 'production' with
    the real apiKey (length 53) and baseUrl
    (https://runanywhere-backend-production.up.railway.app)

Bug 2: macOS app icon below electron-builder's minimum size

assets/icon.png was 256x256 — electron-builder requires ≥512px to build the
.icns, so package:mac failed with Icon must be at least 512x512 pixels.

Fix

No real >256px raster source exists anywhere in this repo or in
runanywhere-ios/runanywhere-android's asset folders, but a real 1024x1024
vector mark does: starters/runanywhere-web/public/runanywhere-logo.svg
(the same file is also bundled in runanywhere-ios's asset catalog as
runanywhere_logo.imageset/runanywhere_logo.svg) — the actual square brand
icon, not a wordmark, already at viewBox="0 0 1024 1024".

Rasterized it with qlmanage (macOS's native, WebKit-based SVG renderer) at
1024x1024. ImageMagick's magick/convert was tried first and silently
produced a blank, 1-color, fully-transparent image — its SVG delegate shells
out to rsvg-convert, which isn't installed on this machine, so it silently
fell back to a broken built-in renderer instead of erroring. Caught this by
checking the alpha channel stats (mean 0 throughout) before discarding that
output and switching renderers.

Replaced assets/icon.png with the qlmanage render (visually confirmed it
matches the existing icon's framing/proportions — same mark, just higher
resolution) and re-ran npm run package:mac: succeeds, and the actual
.icns inside the built .app
(Contents/Resources/icon.icns) converts back to a 1024x1024 PNG showing the
correct logo, not a blank/corrupt image.

Not in scope here

  • macOS code signing/notarization and Windows Authenticode signing are still
    unwired (mac.identity: null, no win.certificateFile) — separate follow-up,
    called out in the AGENTS.md section this PR adds.
  • Windows verification at SDK 0.20.24 — being run separately on a Windows host.

Not merging — left open for review per request.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added platform-specific packaging workflows for macOS and Windows.
    • Packaged applications can use configured API credentials and base URLs, with runtime settings taking precedence.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Packaging now restores default blank credentials after completion, including when packaging encounters an error.
  • Documentation
    • Added production release guidance for credentials, dependency requirements, smoke testing, Windows validation, and current signing status.

A packaged app has no loose .env to read: electron-builder's files:
allowlist never ships it, and main/paths.ts's APP_ROOT resolves inside
app.asar for a packaged build, where a loose file doesn't really live
anyway. The shipped .dmg silently booted keyless/development even with
real credentials sitting in the repo's .env.

scripts/generate-env.mjs now runs immediately before each package*
script and writes src/main/generated-env.ts from .env / real env vars.
backendConfig() falls back to that compiled-in default when the
runtime .env lookup comes up empty, so it ships inside out/** like any
other main-process file instead of needing a loose file inside the
asar. The committed generated-env.ts stays blank on purpose — that is
what a fresh clone typechecks against and what a credential-less
package build produces.

Verified: packaged .app now reports backendConfig().environment ===
'production' with the real apiKey/baseUrl (checked via the existing
window.appStore.backendConfig() bridge). typecheck/lint/test/build and
the full e2e suite (shell, screens, real-model inference) all still
pass.
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Packaging scripts now generate environment defaults before builds and restore blank defaults after packaging. Runtime configuration resolves credentials from process variables, .env, or generated fallbacks. Release guidance documents credential, validation, and packaging requirements.

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Packaging environment configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Environment generation and packaging wiring
scripts/generate-env.mjs, scripts/package.mjs, package.json, AGENTS.md
Packaging parses .env and process variables, writes BUILT_IN_ENV, runs the build and platform packaging commands, and restores blank defaults. Release guidance documents credential, package, and validation requirements.
Runtime credential resolution
src/main/generated-env.ts, src/main/env.ts
BUILT_IN_ENV provides generated defaults. backendConfig resolves each value in the order process environment, .env, then generated defaults, and trims the result.

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The packaging flow can report success even when it fails to remove baked production credentials, and it can obscure the original failure status of packaging steps. The PR should not merge until these exit-status and credential-restoration failures are propagated reliably.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PackageScript
  participant GenerateEnv
  participant Build
  participant ElectronBuilder
  PackageScript->>GenerateEnv: Generate BUILT_IN_ENV
  GenerateEnv->>Build: Supply generated defaults
  Build->>ElectronBuilder: Package the application
  PackageScript->>GenerateEnv: Restore blank defaults
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In `@scripts/generate-env.mjs`:
- Around line 66-73: Update the generate-env script around BUILT_IN_ENV and its
fs.writeFileSync call so production credentials are never persisted: use only a
public tightly scoped token or short-lived per-install credential, and ensure
src/main/generated-env.ts is restored to its blank state on both successful and
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assets/icon.png was 256x256 — below electron-builder's 512px minimum for
.icns generation, so package:mac failed outright. There is no >256px
raster source anywhere in the repo, but a real 1024x1024 vector mark
exists at starters/runanywhere-web/public/runanywhere-logo.svg (same
file also lives in runanywhere-ios's asset catalog) — the actual square
brand icon, not a wordmark.

Rasterized it via qlmanage (macOS's native, WebKit-based SVG renderer):
ImageMagick's `magick`/`convert` was tried first and silently produced a
blank, 1-color image (its svg delegate shells out to rsvg-convert, which
is not installed on this machine, and it fell back to a broken built-in
renderer instead of erroring) — verified by inspecting the alpha channel
(mean 0 across the board) before discarding that output.

Verified the qlmanage render visually matches the existing icon's
framing/proportions, then re-ran `npm run package:mac`: it succeeds, and
the actual .icns inside the built .app (Contents/Resources/icon.icns)
converts back to a 1024x1024 PNG showing the correct logo, not a blank
or corrupt image.
Addresses CodeRabbit review comment on #15: the real production
credential was baked into src/main/generated-env.ts by generate-env.mjs
but never cleaned up, so it sat in the tracked working tree after every
local `npm run package*` — a later `npm start` would silently reuse it
instead of running keyless/dev, and an accidental `git add -A` could
commit a real credential.

scripts/package.mjs now wraps generate-env -> build -> electron-builder
and always calls `generate-env.mjs --restore` afterward in a
finally-equivalent, regardless of success or failure, before exiting
with the real step's exit code. Verified end-to-end: a real
`npm run package:mac` bakes the key into the compiled output and the
packaged app.asar (confirmed via `asar list` + grep), then leaves
src/main/generated-env.ts back at its blank, committed state.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RXUr4kJRgkLvkVGi3LnpKi

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In `@scripts/package.mjs`:
- Around line 29-32: Update the subprocess handling in the package-generation
flow so failures from generate-env and build preserve their original exitCode
instead of being replaced by an uncaught Error status. Adjust the try/catch or
nonzero-result handling around the existing run calls and ensure the final
exit-status propagation still executes with the failed subprocess code.
- Around line 38-41: Update the restoreCode handling in the package command so a
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Addresses two CodeRabbit comments on #15:

1. Throwing inside the try block on a nonzero generate-env/build exit
   code meant an uncaught exception replaced the real exit code with
   Node's generic 1 before process.exit(exitCode) ever ran. Replaced
   the throw-based short-circuit with plain exitCode checks, so a
   failing step's real code (verified: 2, from tsc) now propagates.

2. A failed --restore call after an otherwise-successful package left
   the wrapper exiting 0 while a real credential could still be sitting
   in the tracked src/main/generated-env.ts. Now folds a nonzero
   restoreCode into exitCode when packaging itself succeeded, without
   clobbering an earlier package failure's code.

Verified: deliberately broke the TypeScript build, confirmed the
wrapper exits 2 (tsc's real code, not 1) and still restores
generated-env.ts to blank. Lint and typecheck clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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