fix: rename product executable on macOS

.vscode/extensions/vscode-selfhost-test-provider/src/vscodeTestRunner.ts

@@ -312,10 +312,10 @@ export class DarwinTestRunner extends PosixTestRunner {
 
 	/** @override */
 	protected override async binaryPath() {
-		const { nameLong } = await this.readProductJson();
+		const { nameLong, nameShort } = await this.readProductJson();
 		return path.join(
 			this.repoLocation.uri.fsPath,
-			`.build/electron/${nameLong}.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron`
+			`.build/electron/${nameLong}.app/Contents/MacOS/${nameShort}`
 		);
 	}
 }

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 			"request": "launch",
 			"name": "Run Unit Tests",
 			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/test/unit/electron/index.js",
-			"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron",
+			"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Code - OSS",
 			"windows": {
 				"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.exe"
 			},
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 			"request": "launch",
 			"name": "Run Unit Tests For Current File",
 			"program": "${workspaceFolder}/test/unit/electron/index.js",
-			"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron",
+			"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Code - OSS",
 			"windows": {
 				"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.exe"
 			},
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
 			"timeout": 240000,
 			"args": [
 				"-l",
-				"${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+				"${workspaceFolder}/.build/electron/Code - OSS.app/Contents/MacOS/Code - OSS"
 			],
 			"outFiles": [
 				"${cwd}/out/**/*.js"

build/azure-pipelines/darwin/product-build-darwin-universal.yml

@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ jobs:
           DEBUG=* node build/darwin/create-universal-app.ts $(agent.builddirectory)
         displayName: Create Universal App
 
+      - script: |
+          set -e
+          APP_ROOT="$(Agent.BuildDirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)"
+          APP_NAME="`ls $APP_ROOT | head -n 1`"
+          APP_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME"
+          EXEC_NAME=$(node -p "require(\"$APP_PATH/Contents/Resources/app/product.json\").nameShort")
+          # Create a symlink from 'Electron' to the actual executable for backward compatibility
+          # This ensures apps that relied on the hardcoded path 'Contents/MacOS/Electron' continue to work
+          # Remove this step once main branch is on 1.112 release.
+          if [ "$EXEC_NAME" != "Electron" ] && [ ! -L "$APP_PATH/Contents/MacOS/Electron" ]; then
+            ln -s "$EXEC_NAME" "$APP_PATH/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+          fi
+        displayName: Create Electron symlink for backward compatibility
+
       - script: |
           set -e
           APP_ROOT="$(Agent.BuildDirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)"

build/azure-pipelines/darwin/steps/product-build-darwin-compile.yml

@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ steps:
         chmod +x "$APP_PATH/Contents/Resources/app/bin/$CLI_APP_NAME"
       displayName: Make CLI executable
 
+    - script: |
+        set -e
+        APP_ROOT="$(Agent.BuildDirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)"
+        APP_NAME="`ls $APP_ROOT | head -n 1`"
+        APP_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME"
+        EXEC_NAME=$(node -p "require(\"$APP_PATH/Contents/Resources/app/product.json\").nameShort")
+        # Create a symlink from 'Electron' to the actual executable for backward compatibility
+        # This ensures apps that relied on the hardcoded path 'Contents/MacOS/Electron' continue to work
+        # Remove this step once main branch is on 1.112 release.
+        if [ "$EXEC_NAME" != "Electron" ] && [ ! -L "$APP_PATH/Contents/MacOS/Electron" ]; then
+          ln -s "$EXEC_NAME" "$APP_PATH/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+        fi
+      condition: eq(variables['BUILT_CLIENT'], 'true')
+      displayName: Create Electron symlink for backward compatibility
+
     - script: |
         set -e
         APP_ROOT="$(Agent.BuildDirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)"

build/azure-pipelines/darwin/steps/product-build-darwin-test.yml

@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ steps:
         set -e
         APP_ROOT="$(agent.builddirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)"
         APP_NAME="`ls $APP_ROOT | head -n 1`"
-        INTEGRATION_TEST_ELECTRON_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME/Contents/MacOS/Electron" \
+        ProductJsonPath=$(find "$APP_ROOT" -name "product.json" -type f | head -n 1)
+        BINARY_NAME=$(jq -r '.nameShort' "$ProductJsonPath")
+        INTEGRATION_TEST_ELECTRON_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME/Contents/MacOS/$BINARY_NAME" \
         ./scripts/test-integration.sh --build --tfs "Integration Tests"
       env:
         VSCODE_REMOTE_SERVER_PATH: $(agent.builddirectory)/vscode-server-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)
@@ -77,7 +79,9 @@ steps:
         set -e
         APP_ROOT=$(agent.builddirectory)/VSCode-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)
         APP_NAME="`ls $APP_ROOT | head -n 1`"
-        INTEGRATION_TEST_ELECTRON_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME/Contents/MacOS/Electron" \
+        ProductJsonPath=$(find "$APP_ROOT" -name "product.json" -type f | head -n 1)
+        BINARY_NAME=$(jq -r '.nameShort' "$ProductJsonPath")
+        INTEGRATION_TEST_ELECTRON_PATH="$APP_ROOT/$APP_NAME/Contents/MacOS/$BINARY_NAME" \
         ./scripts/test-remote-integration.sh
       env:
         VSCODE_REMOTE_SERVER_PATH: $(agent.builddirectory)/vscode-server-darwin-$(VSCODE_ARCH)

build/gulpfile.vscode.ts

@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ function packageTask(platform: string, arch: string, sourceFolderName: string, d
 		} else if (platform === 'darwin') {
 			const shortcut = gulp.src('resources/darwin/bin/code.sh')
 				.pipe(replace('@@APPNAME@@', product.applicationName))
+				.pipe(replace('@@NAME@@', product.nameShort))
 				.pipe(rename('bin/code'));
 			const policyDest = gulp.src('.build/policies/darwin/**', { base: '.build/policies/darwin' })
 				.pipe(rename(f => f.dirname = `policies/${f.dirname}`));

build/lib/electron.ts

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export const config = {
 	productAppName: product.nameLong,
 	companyName: 'Microsoft Corporation',
 	copyright: 'Copyright (C) 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved',
+	darwinExecutable: product.nameShort,
 	darwinIcon: 'resources/darwin/code.icns',
 	darwinBundleIdentifier: product.darwinBundleIdentifier,
 	darwinApplicationCategoryType: 'public.app-category.developer-tools',

resources/darwin/bin/code.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [ -z "$APP_PATH" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 CONTENTS="$APP_PATH/Contents"
-ELECTRON="$CONTENTS/MacOS/Electron"
+ELECTRON="$CONTENTS/MacOS/@@NAME@@"
 CLI="$CONTENTS/Resources/app/out/cli.js"
 export VSCODE_NODE_OPTIONS=$NODE_OPTIONS
 export VSCODE_NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE=$NODE_REPL_EXTERNAL_MODULE

scripts/code-cli.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ function code() {
 
 	if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 		NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameLong"`
-		CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+		EXE_NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameShort"`
+		CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/$EXE_NAME"
 	else
 		NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').applicationName"`
 		CODE=".build/electron/$NAME"

scripts/code-perf.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const perf = require('@vscode/vscode-perf');
 
 const VSCODE_FOLDER = path.join(__dirname, '..');
@@ -62,9 +63,14 @@ function getExePath(buildPath) {
 	}
 	let relativeExePath;
 	switch (process.platform) {
-		case 'darwin':
-			relativeExePath = path.join('Contents', 'MacOS', 'Electron');
+		case 'darwin': {
+			const product = require(path.join(buildPath, 'Contents', 'Resources', 'app', 'product.json'));
+			relativeExePath = path.join('Contents', 'MacOS', product.nameShort);
+			if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(buildPath, relativeExePath))) {
+				relativeExePath = path.join('Contents', 'MacOS', 'Electron');
+			}
 			break;
+		}
 		case 'linux': {
 			const product = require(path.join(buildPath, 'resources', 'app', 'product.json'));
 			relativeExePath = product.applicationName;

scripts/code.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ function code() {
 
 	if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 		NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameLong"`
-		CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+		EXE_NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameShort"`
+		CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/$EXE_NAME"
 	else
 		NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').applicationName"`
 		CODE=".build/electron/$NAME"

scripts/node-electron.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ pushd $ROOT
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 	NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameLong"`
-	CODE="$ROOT/.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+	EXE_NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameShort"`
+	CODE="$ROOT/.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/$EXE_NAME"
 else
 	NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').applicationName"`
 	CODE="$ROOT/.build/electron/$NAME"

scripts/test.sh

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ cd $ROOT
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 	NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameLong"`
-	CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron"
+	EXE_NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').nameShort"`
+	CODE="./.build/electron/$NAME.app/Contents/MacOS/$EXE_NAME"
 else
 	NAME=`node -p "require('./product.json').applicationName"`
 	CODE=".build/electron/$NAME"

src/vs/code/node/cli.ts

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
 					tunnelProcess = spawn('cargo', ['run', '--', subcommand, ...tunnelArgs], { cwd: join(getAppRoot(), 'cli'), stdio, env });
 				} else {
 					const appPath = process.platform === 'darwin'
-						// ./Contents/MacOS/Electron => ./Contents/Resources/app/bin/code-tunnel-insiders
+						// ./Contents/MacOS/Code => ./Contents/Resources/app/bin/code-tunnel-insiders
 						? join(dirname(dirname(process.execPath)), 'Resources', 'app')
 						: dirname(process.execPath);
 					const tunnelCommand = join(appPath, 'bin', `${product.tunnelApplicationName}${isWindows ? '.exe' : ''}`);

test/automation/src/electron.ts

@@ -121,13 +121,22 @@ function findFilePath(root: string, path: string): string {
 	throw new Error(`Could not find ${path} in any subdirectory`);
 }
 
+function parseVersion(version: string) {
+	const match = /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/.exec(version);
+	if (!match) {
+		throw new Error(`Invalid version string: ${version}`);
+	}
+	const [, major, minor, patch] = match;
+	return { major: parseInt(major), minor: parseInt(minor), patch: parseInt(patch) };
+}
+
 export function getDevElectronPath(): string {
 	const buildPath = join(root, '.build');
 	const product = require(join(root, 'product.json'));
 
 	switch (process.platform) {
 		case 'darwin':
-			return join(buildPath, 'electron', `${product.nameLong}.app`, 'Contents', 'MacOS', 'Electron');
+			return join(buildPath, 'electron', `${product.nameLong}.app`, 'Contents', 'MacOS', `${product.nameShort}`);
 		case 'linux':
 			return join(buildPath, 'electron', `${product.applicationName}`);
 		case 'win32':
@@ -139,8 +148,20 @@ export function getDevElectronPath(): string {
 
 export function getBuildElectronPath(root: string): string {
 	switch (process.platform) {
-		case 'darwin':
-			return join(root, 'Contents', 'MacOS', 'Electron');
+		case 'darwin': {
+			const packageJson = require(join(root, 'Contents', 'Resources', 'app', 'package.json'));
+			const product = require(join(root, 'Contents', 'Resources', 'app', 'product.json'));
+			const { major, minor } = parseVersion(packageJson.version);
+			// For macOS builds using the legacy Electron binary name, versions up to and including
+			// 1.109.x ship the executable as "Electron". From later versions onward, the executable
+			// is renamed to match product.nameShort. This check preserves compatibility with older
+			// builds; update the cutoff here only if the binary naming scheme changes again.
+			if (major === 1 && minor <= 109) {
+				return join(root, 'Contents', 'MacOS', 'Electron');
+			} else {
+				return join(root, 'Contents', 'MacOS', product.nameShort);
+			}
+		}
 		case 'linux': {
 			const product = require(join(root, 'resources', 'app', 'product.json'));
 			return join(root, product.applicationName);

test/mcp/src/application.ts

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ async function ensureStableCode(): Promise<void> {
 		}));
 
 		if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
-			// Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron
+			// Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Code
 			stableCodePath = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(stableCodeExecutable)));
 		} else {
 			// VSCode/Code.exe (Windows) | VSCode/code (Linux)

test/sanity/src/context.ts

@@ -785,18 +785,22 @@ export class TestContext {
 		switch (os.platform()) {
 			case 'darwin': {
 				let appName: string;
+				let binaryName: string;
 				switch (this.options.quality) {
 					case 'stable':
 						appName = 'Visual Studio Code.app';
+						binaryName = 'Code';
 						break;
 					case 'insider':
 						appName = 'Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app';
+						binaryName = 'Code - Insiders';
 						break;
 					case 'exploration':
 						appName = 'Visual Studio Code - Exploration.app';
+						binaryName = 'Code - Exploration';
 						break;
 				}
-				filePath = path.join(dir, appName, 'Contents/MacOS/Electron');
+				filePath = path.join(dir, appName, 'Contents/MacOS', binaryName);
 				break;
 			}
 			case 'linux': {

test/smoke/src/main.ts

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ async function ensureStableCode(): Promise<void> {
 		});
 
 		if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
-			// Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron
+			// Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Code
 			stableCodePath = path.dirname(path.dirname(path.dirname(stableCodeExecutable)));
 		} else {
 			// VSCode/Code.exe (Windows) | VSCode/code (Linux)