fix(desktop): allow remote gateway token storage on keyring-less Linux (salvage #62319) - #84878
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On Linux without a Secret Service keyring (e.g. Hyprland/Sway with no
GNOME Keyring or KWallet), safeStorage.isEncryptionAvailable() is false,
so saving a remote gateway session token from Settings -> Gateway failed
hard with no in-app way forward.
- encryptDesktopSecret gains an explicit allowPlainText opt-in: when
secure storage is unavailable and the user confirmed the prompt, the
token persists as { encoding: 'plain' } in connection.json (which
decryptDesktopSecret already round-trips).
- Settings -> Gateway now surfaces the opt-in: a destructive confirm
dialog before persisting a token in plain text, and a persistent
warning banner while the saved token is stored unencrypted. Localized
in en/ja/zh/zh-hant.
- The connection-config IPC response reports secureTokenStorage and
remoteTokenPlainText so the renderer can drive both affordances.
- Launching with --password-store=basic now works: on Linux the app
calls safeStorage.setUsePlainTextEncryption(true) at startup when the
switch is set, which Electron requires for the basic backend to count
as available.
- The no-opt-in error now spells out all three remedies (enable an OS
keyring, confirm plain-text storage, or use HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_URL/
HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_TOKEN).
Fixes #62294
…ore startup Review feedback asked for regression coverage of the main process pieces: the connection-config save and apply IPC path that carries allowPlainTextToken down to encryptDesktopSecret, and the Linux --password-store=basic startup branch. main.ts has no exports, so both pieces now live as small injected helpers in hardening.ts next to encryptDesktopSecret. The whenReady block became enableBasicPasswordStoreEncryption, which only acts on linux with the exact basic switch value, tolerates a missing or throwing setUsePlainTextEncryption, and reports whether it actually flipped the flag. The token persistence ternary became resolvePersistedRemoteToken, which owns the strict opt-in coercion in one place: a truthy value that is not exactly true never enables plain text storage. main.ts passes the raw payload field through, so the strictness itself is what the tests pin. hardening.test.ts grows behavioral cases for both helpers, including the full path through the real encryptDesktopSecret for the opt-in, the never downgrade rule when the keyring is available, and the transient test connection passthrough. The wiring inside main.ts (save and apply routing through coerceDesktopConnectionConfig, the raw field handoff, the startup call ordered before createWindow, and the secureTokenStorage and remoteTokenPlainText fields in the sanitized response) is pinned with the repo's source assertion pattern.
# Conflicts: # apps/desktop/electron/main.ts # apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.tsx
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Summary
Desktop can now store a remote gateway token on keyring-less Linux (Hyprland/Sway without GNOME Keyring/KWallet) via an explicit plain-text opt-in — previously
encryptDesktopSecretthrew and the Settings → Gateway form could not save a token at all.Salvages #62319 by @Zeus-Deus (fixes #62294) onto current main with authorship preserved.
Changes
apps/desktop/electron/hardening.ts:encryptDesktopSecretgainsallowPlainText; when safeStorage is unavailable AND the user opted in, the token persists as{encoding: 'plain'}(already round-tripped bydecryptDesktopSecret). When encryption IS available the opt-in never downgrades.enableBasicPasswordStoreEncryptioncallssetUsePlainTextEncryption(true)on Linux so Chromium's basic password store counts as available.apps/desktop/src/app/settings/gateway-settings.tsx: consent dialog + warning banner before any plain-text persist; works in both the standalone page and the embedded panel.hardening.test.ts+boot-failure-reauth.test.ts.main.ts, object spread ingateway-settings.tsx) — kept both sides.Validation
tsc --noEmit(apps/desktop)vitest hardening.test.ts + boot-failure-reauth.test.tsInfographic