fix(desktop): relaunch on Linux without setting no_new_privs

apps/desktop/src/backend/DesktopBackendPool.test.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ function layerPool(labelRef: Ref.Ref<string>): Layer.Layer<DesktopBackendPool.De
         DesktopState.layer,
         DesktopWslEnvironment.layerTest(),
         ElectronDialog.layer,
-        ElectronApp.layer,
+        ElectronApp.layer.pipe(
+          Layer.provide(
+            Layer.succeed(
+              ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner,
+              ChildProcessSpawner.make(() => Effect.die("unexpected child process spawn")),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
         Layer.succeed(DesktopWindow.DesktopWindow, {
           createMain: Effect.die("unexpected window create"),
           ensureMain: Effect.die("unexpected window ensure"),

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronApp.test.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
+// @effect-diagnostics nodeBuiltinImport:off -- The relaunch regression needs a separate parent process that really exits.
+import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
+import * as NodeEvents from "node:events";
+import * as NodeFSP from "node:fs/promises";
+import * as NodeNet from "node:net";
+import * as NodeOS from "node:os";
+import * as NodePath from "node:path";
+import * as NodeURL from "node:url";
+import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
 import { assert, describe, it } from "@effect/vitest";
 import * as HostProcess from "@t3tools/shared/HostProcess";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
 import { beforeEach, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
 
-const { getSystemLocaleMock, getUserDefaultMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+const { getSystemLocaleMock, getUserDefaultMock, relaunchMock } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  relaunchMock: vi.fn(),
   getSystemLocaleMock: vi.fn(() => "en-GB"),
   getUserDefaultMock: vi.fn((_key: string) => false),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("electron", () => ({
   app: {
     getSystemLocale: getSystemLocaleMock,
+    relaunch: relaunchMock,
   },
   systemPreferences: {
     getUserDefault: getUserDefaultMock,
@@ -19,10 +31,13 @@ vi.mock("electron", () => ({
 
 import * as ElectronApp from "./ElectronApp.ts";
 
+const electronAppLayer = ElectronApp.layer.pipe(Layer.provide(NodeServices.layer));
+
 describe("ElectronApp", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     getSystemLocaleMock.mockReset();
     getUserDefaultMock.mockReset();
+    relaunchMock.mockClear();
   });
 
   it("keeps the macOS region override and hour cycle in the locale tag", () => {
@@ -48,7 +63,7 @@ describe("ElectronApp", () => {
       );
 
       assert.strictEqual(systemLocale, "de-DE");
-    }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronApp.layer)),
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(electronAppLayer)),
   );
 
   it.effect("falls back to Chromium's locale on Linux when the time locale is C", () =>
@@ -61,7 +76,142 @@ describe("ElectronApp", () => {
       );
 
       assert.strictEqual(systemLocale, "fr-FR");
-    }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronApp.layer)),
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(electronAppLayer)),
+  );
+
+  it.effect("relaunches through app.relaunch() off Linux", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const electronApp = yield* ElectronApp.ElectronApp;
+      yield* electronApp.relaunch({ args: ["--flag"] });
+
+      assert.deepEqual(relaunchMock.mock.calls, [[{ args: ["--flag"] }]]);
+    }).pipe(
+      Effect.provide(electronAppLayer),
+      Effect.provideService(HostProcess.Platform, "darwin"),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  it.skipIf(HostProcess.Platform.defaultValue() !== "linux")(
+    "keeps the detached Linux relaunch alive until parent exit without setting NoNewPrivs",
+    async () => {
+      const directory = await NodeFSP.mkdtemp(NodePath.join(NodeOS.tmpdir(), "t3 relaunch "));
+      const executable = NodePath.join(directory, "node $HOME (Nightly)");
+      await NodeFSP.symlink(process.execPath, executable);
+      const server = NodeNet.createServer();
+      const listening = NodeEvents.EventEmitter.once(server, "listening");
+      server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1");
+      await listening;
+      const address = server.address();
+      if (address === null || typeof address === "string") throw new Error("Missing TCP port");
+      let restarted = false;
+      const result = new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+        server.once("connection", (socket) => {
+          restarted = true;
+          let output = "";
+          socket.setEncoding("utf8");
+          socket.on("data", (chunk) => {
+            output += chunk;
+          });
+          socket.once("end", () => resolve(output));
+          socket.once("error", reject);
+        });
+      });
+      const args = ["two words", "$HOME", "$(printf expanded)", "'quoted'", "", "line\nbreak"];
+      // Node stands in for the relaunched executable; Electron itself is never launched.
+      const restartedScript = `
+        const fs = require("node:fs");
+        const net = require("node:net");
+        const socket = net.connect(Number(process.argv[1]), "127.0.0.1", () => {
+          socket.end(JSON.stringify({
+            args: process.argv.slice(2),
+            status: fs.readFileSync("/proc/self/status", "utf8"),
+          }));
+        });
+      `;
+      const parentScript = `
+        import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+        import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
+        import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
+        import * as Spawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";
+        import * as App from "./src/electron/ElectronApp.ts";
+        import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+        let handle;
+        const capture = Layer.effect(Spawner.ChildProcessSpawner, Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const actual = yield* Spawner.ChildProcessSpawner;
+          return Spawner.make(command => actual.spawn(command).pipe(Effect.tap(value => {
+            handle = value;
+            return Effect.void;
+          })));
+        })).pipe(Layer.provide(NodeServices.layer));
+        await Effect.runPromise(Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const app = yield* App.ElectronApp;
+          yield* app.relaunch(${JSON.stringify({ execPath: executable, args: ["-e", restartedScript, String(address.port), ...args] })});
+        }).pipe(Effect.provide(App.layer.pipe(Layer.provide(capture)))));
+        process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+          pid: handle.pid,
+          running: await Effect.runPromise(handle.isRunning),
+          status: readFileSync("/proc/self/status", "utf8"),
+        }) + "\\n");
+        process.stdin.resume();
+        process.stdin.once("end", () => process.exit(0));
+      `;
+      const parent = NodeChildProcess.spawn(
+        process.execPath,
+        ["--input-type=module", "-e", parentScript],
+        {
+          cwd: NodeURL.fileURLToPath(new URL("../..", import.meta.url)),
+          stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        },
+      );
+      const exited = NodeEvents.EventEmitter.once(parent, "exit");
+      let stderr = "";
+      parent.stderr.setEncoding("utf8").on("data", (chunk) => {
+        stderr += chunk;
+      });
+      let shellPid: number | undefined;
+      try {
+        const ready = await Promise.race([
+          NodeEvents.EventEmitter.once(parent.stdout, "data").then(([data]) =>
+            JSON.parse(String(data)),
+          ),
+          exited.then(([code]) => {
+            throw new Error(`Relaunch parent exited: ${code} ${stderr}`);
+          }),
+        ]);
+        shellPid = ready.pid;
+        assert.isNumber(shellPid);
+        assert.isTrue(ready.running, "relauncher survives its Effect scope closing");
+        assert.match(ready.status, /^NoNewPrivs:\s+0$/m);
+        const stat = await NodeFSP.readFile(`/proc/${shellPid}/stat`, "utf8");
+        const [, ppid, group, session] = stat.slice(stat.lastIndexOf(")") + 2).split(" ");
+        assert.equal(Number(ppid), parent.pid);
+        assert.equal(Number(group), shellPid, "detached process group");
+        assert.equal(Number(session), shellPid, "detached session");
+        assert.equal(
+          await NodeFSP.readlink(`/proc/${shellPid}/exe`),
+          await NodeFSP.realpath("/bin/sh"),
+          "the shell must still be waiting, even if the replacement executable starts slowly",
+        );
+        assert.isFalse(restarted, "stdin remains open after the relaunch scope closes");
+
+        parent.stdin.end();
+        assert.deepEqual(await exited, [0, null]);
+        const launched = JSON.parse(await result);
+        assert.deepEqual(launched.args, args);
+        assert.match(launched.status, /^NoNewPrivs:\s+0$/m);
+      } finally {
+        if (parent.exitCode === null) parent.kill();
+        if (shellPid !== undefined) {
+          try {
+            process.kill(shellPid, "SIGKILL");
+          } catch {
+            // The stand-in normally exits as soon as it sends its result.
+          }
+        }
+        server.close();
+        await NodeFSP.rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      }
+    },
   );
 });
 

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronApp.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import * as Scope from "effect/Scope";
+import * as ChildProcess from "effect/process/ChildProcess";
+import * as ChildProcessSpawner from "effect/process/ChildProcessSpawner";
 
 import * as Electron from "electron";
 
@@ -250,4 +252,39 @@ export const make = ElectronApp.of({
   on: addScopedAppListener,
 });
 
-export const layer = Layer.succeed(ElectronApp, make);
+const makeWithLinuxRelaunch = Effect.gen(function* () {
+  const platform = yield* HostProcess.Platform;
+  const spawner = yield* ChildProcessSpawner.ChildProcessSpawner;
+  if (platform !== "linux") return make;
+
+  return ElectronApp.of({
+    ...make,
+    // Electron's Linux relauncher sets irreversible no_new_privs, breaking pkexec updates.
+    // Keep stdin open until this process exits so the replacement can take its instance lock.
+    relaunch: Effect.fn("ElectronApp.relaunch")(function* (options) {
+      yield* spawner
+        .spawn(
+          ChildProcess.make(
+            "/bin/sh",
+            [
+              "-c",
+              'while read -r _; do :; done; exec "$@" </dev/null',
+              "t3code-relaunch",
+              options.execPath ?? process.execPath,
+              ...(options.args ?? process.argv.slice(1)),
+            ],
+            { detached: true, stdin: "pipe", stdout: "ignore", stderr: "ignore" },
+          ),
+        )
+        // Keeps the waiting shell alive when this scope closes.
+        .pipe(
+          Effect.flatMap((handle) => handle.unref),
+          Effect.asVoid,
+          Effect.scoped,
+          Effect.catch(() => make.relaunch(options)),
+        );
+    }),
+  });
+});
+
+export const layer = Layer.effect(ElectronApp, makeWithLinuxRelaunch);

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronUpdater.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { assert, describe, it } from "@effect/vitest";
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Cause from "effect/Cause";
+import { vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+const { installed } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  installed: { updater: undefined as typeof import("electron-updater").autoUpdater | undefined },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("electron-updater", () => ({
+  get autoUpdater() {
+    return installed.updater;
+  },
+}));
+
+import * as ElectronUpdater from "./ElectronUpdater.ts";
+import { makeInstalledDebUpdater } from "../updates/updatesTestHarness.ts";
+
+describe("ElectronUpdater", () => {
+  it.effect(
+    "rejects an install error emitted by the installed DebUpdater and removes its listener",
+    () =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const cause = new Error("pkexec exited with code 126: authentication cancelled");
+        const native = yield* Effect.promise(() => makeInstalledDebUpdater(cause));
+        installed.updater = native.updater;
+        try {
+          const updater = yield* ElectronUpdater.ElectronUpdater;
+          const listenersBefore = native.updater.listenerCount("error");
+          const exit = yield* updater
+            .quitAndInstall({ isSilent: true, isForceRunAfter: false })
+            .pipe(Effect.exit);
+          assert.equal(
+            exit._tag,
+            "Failure",
+            "the emitted installer error must fail the service call",
+          );
+          if (exit._tag === "Success") return;
+          const error = Cause.squash(exit.cause);
+          assert.instanceOf(error, ElectronUpdater.ElectronUpdaterQuitAndInstallError);
+          assert.strictEqual(error.cause, cause);
+          assert.deepEqual(native.steps, ["install"]);
+          assert.equal(native.updater.listenerCount("error"), listenersBefore);
+        } finally {
+          installed.updater = undefined;
+          native.restore();
+        }
+      }).pipe(Effect.provide(ElectronUpdater.layer)),
+  );
+});

apps/desktop/src/electron/ElectronUpdater.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as Context from "effect/Context";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
+import * as Option from "effect/Option";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import * as Scope from "effect/Scope";
 
@@ -154,7 +155,20 @@ export const make = ElectronUpdater.of({
     return Effect.suspend(() => {
       const channel = autoUpdater.channel;
       return Effect.try({
-        try: () => autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(isSilent, isForceRunAfter),
+        try: () => {
+          // BaseUpdater reports synchronous install failures via events and returns normally.
+          let installError = Option.none<unknown>();
+          const onError = (cause: unknown) => {
+            installError = Option.some(cause);
+          };
+          autoUpdater.on("error", onError);
+          try {
+            autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(isSilent, isForceRunAfter);
+            if (Option.isSome(installError)) throw installError.value;
+          } finally {
+            autoUpdater.removeListener("error", onError);
+          }
+        },
         catch: (cause) =>
           new ElectronUpdaterQuitAndInstallError({
             channel,

apps/desktop/src/ipc/methods/notificationBadge.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import * as NodeServices from "@effect/platform-node/NodeServices";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
+import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
 import { beforeEach, expect, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { it } from "@effect/vitest";
 import * as HostProcess from "@t3tools/shared/HostProcess";
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ it.effect("validates IPC and clears on native focus, quit, and disposal", () =>
     ).pipe(
       Effect.provideService(HostProcess.Platform, "linux"),
       Effect.provide([
-        ElectronApp.layer,
+        ElectronApp.layer.pipe(Layer.provide(NodeServices.layer)),
         DesktopIpc.layer({
           handle: (channel, handler) => {
             handlers.set(channel, handler);

apps/desktop/src/main.ts

@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ const layerDesktopClerk = DesktopClerk.layer.pipe(
   Layer.provide(DesktopPreReadyFileSystem.layer),
   Layer.provideMerge(ElectronShell.layer),
   Layer.provideMerge(layerDesktopEnvironment),
-  Layer.provideMerge(NodeServices.layer),
   Layer.provideMerge(ElectronApp.layer),
+  Layer.provideMerge(NodeServices.layer),
 );
 
 const layerDesktopApplicationRuntime = layerDesktopApplication.pipe(