frontend-release.yml

name: Desktop release

# Builds and publishes the Electron desktop app via electron-forge.
# Generates a GitHub Release (draft) with installers + update manifests.
# Triggered by a `desktop-v*` tag or manually.
#
# Each target OS builds on its own runner so the bundled `ao` daemon is compiled
# natively for that platform. build-daemon.mjs keys the binary off the build
# host's platform, so cross-OS packaging (e.g. building the Windows installer on
# macOS) would ship a non-Windows binary named `ao` and the app could not launch
# the daemon (issues #235/#256). The per-OS matrix keeps host == target.
#
# ⚠️ Until macOS code signing + notarization secrets are configured (see
# frontend/docs/desktop-release.md), published builds are UNSIGNED and will
# NOT auto-update on macOS. The workflow still produces installable artifacts.

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "desktop-v*"
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  release:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    permissions:
      contents: write
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: frontend
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
          cache-dependency-path: frontend/package-lock.json
      # The daemon is compiled by build-daemon.mjs during prepackage/premake, so
      # the Go toolchain must be present and pinned on every runner.
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version-file: backend/go.mod
          cache-dependency-path: backend/go.sum
      - run: npm ci
      - name: Publish
        run: npm run publish
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # macOS signing + notarization — add as repository secrets and
          # set osxSign/osxNotarize in forge.config.ts to enable.
          CSC_LINK: ${{ secrets.CSC_LINK }}
          CSC_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CSC_KEY_PASSWORD }}
          APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_ID }}
          APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD }}
          APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}