From 0511d92cbf45b277710b19c668b9a09e0c5e7499 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:56:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(electron): start CLI in dev when renderer dev server set

---
 packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts
index 72c7a4de..47684107 100644
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ async function exchangeBootstrapToken(baseUrl: string, token: string): Promise<b
 
 async function startCli() {
   try {
-    const devMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+    const devMode =
+      !app.isPackaged && Boolean(process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL || process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL || process.env.NODE_ENV === "development")
     console.info("[cli] start requested (dev mode:", devMode, ")")
     await cliManager.start({ dev: devMode })
   } catch (error) {