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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:47:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): launch server with unrestricted root (#283)

## Summary
- launch the Electron-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by
default
- launch the Tauri-managed server with `--unrestricted-root` by default
- stop relying on the server's `process.cwd()` fallback for desktop
filesystem browsing

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Co-authored-by: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
---
 packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts | 2 +-
 packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs        | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts
index 7790be39..9cb4a041 100644
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ export class CliProcessManager extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   private buildCliArgs(options: StartOptions, host: string): string[] {
-    const args = ["serve", "--host", host, "--generate-token", "--auth-cookie-name", this.authCookieName]
+    const args = ["serve", "--host", host, "--generate-token", "--auth-cookie-name", this.authCookieName, "--unrestricted-root"]
 
     if (options.dev) {
       // Dev: run plain HTTP + Vite dev server proxy.
diff --git a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs
index f44dffd9..5844566e 100644
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ impl CliEntry {
             "--auth-cookie-name".to_string(),
             auth_cookie_name.to_string(),
             "--generate-token".to_string(),
+            "--unrestricted-root".to_string(),
         ];
 
         if dev {