fix(tauri): require standalone server in desktop bundles

.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yml

@@ -652,42 +652,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Linux bundle (Tauri)
         working-directory: packages/tauri-app
-        shell: bash
+        run: npm exec -- tauri build
-        env:
-          RUST_BACKTRACE: full
-          RUST_LOG: tauri_bundler=trace
-          TAURI_LOG_LEVEL: debug
-        run: |
-          set -uo pipefail
-
-          build_log="$RUNNER_TEMP/tauri-linux-build.log"
-          status=0
-
-          npm exec -- tauri build 2>&1 | tee "$build_log" || status=$?
-
-          if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          echo "Tauri Linux bundle failed with exit code $status" >&2
-
-          echo "::group::Tauri build log tail"
-          tail -n 200 "$build_log" || true
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          echo "::group::Bundle output tree"
-          find target -maxdepth 6 \( -type d -o -type f \) | sort || true
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          echo "::group::Likely linuxdeploy temp files"
-          find /tmp -maxdepth 3 \( -iname '*linuxdeploy*' -o -iname '*appimage*' -o -iname '*.desktop' -o -iname '*.log' \) | sort || true
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          echo "::group::Bundle metadata files"
-          find target -maxdepth 8 -type f \( -name '*.desktop' -o -name 'AppRun' -o -name '*.AppImage' -o -name '*.log' -o -name '*.json' \) | sort || true
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-
-          exit "$status"
 
       - name: Package Tauri artifacts (Linux)
         if: ${{ inputs.upload || inputs.upload_actions_artifacts }}

packages/tauri-app/scripts/prebuild.js

@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ function ensureStandaloneServerBuild() {
   })
 }
 
-function shouldBuildStandaloneServer() {
-  return process.platform !== "linux"
-}
-
 function ensureUiBuild() {
   const loadingHtml = path.join(uiDist, "loading.html")
   if (fs.existsSync(loadingHtml)) {
@@ -146,17 +142,6 @@ function ensureServerDependencies() {
   }
 }
 
-function removeStaleStandaloneServerBuild() {
-  const staleNames = ["codenomad-server", "codenomad-server.exe"]
-  for (const name of staleNames) {
-    const stalePath = path.join(serverRoot, "dist", name)
-    if (fs.existsSync(stalePath)) {
-      fs.rmSync(stalePath, { force: true })
-      console.log(`[prebuild] removed stale standalone server artifact ${stalePath}`)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 function ensureUiDevDependencies() {
   if (fs.existsSync(viteBinPath)) {
     return
@@ -328,12 +313,7 @@ function copyUiLoadingAssets() {
   ensureRollupPlatformBinary()
   ensureEsbuildPlatformBinary()
   ensureServerBuild()
-  if (shouldBuildStandaloneServer()) {
+  ensureStandaloneServerBuild()
-    ensureStandaloneServerBuild()
-  } else {
-    removeStaleStandaloneServerBuild()
-    console.log("[prebuild] skipping standalone server executable for Linux packaging; linuxdeploy fails on the bundled ELF")
-  }
   ensureServerDependencies()
   ensureUiBuild()
   syncServerUiBundle()

packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs

@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
 
         let use_user_shell = supports_user_shell();
 
-        if resolution.runner != Runner::Standalone
+        if resolution.runner == Runner::Tsx
             && !use_user_shell
             && which::which(&resolution.node_binary).is_err()
         {
             return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                "Node binary '{}' not found. CodeNomad desktop currently requires Node.js installed on the system, or set NODE_BINARY to a valid runtime path.",
+                "Node binary '{}' not found. CodeNomad development mode requires Node.js installed on the system, or set NODE_BINARY to a valid runtime path.",
                 resolution.node_binary
             ));
         }
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                             let mut locked = status.lock();
                             if locked.error.is_none() {
                                 locked.error = Some(format!(
-                                    "Node binary '{}' not found in the desktop shell environment. CodeNomad desktop currently requires Node.js installed on the system, or set NODE_BINARY to a valid runtime path.",
+                                    "Node binary '{}' not found in the desktop shell environment. CodeNomad development mode requires Node.js installed on the system, or set NODE_BINARY to a valid runtime path.",
                                     node_binary.trim()
                                 ));
                             }
@@ -1066,7 +1066,6 @@ struct CliEntry {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 enum Runner {
-    Node,
     Standalone,
     Tsx,
 }
@@ -1097,17 +1096,8 @@ impl CliEntry {
             });
         }
 
-        if let Some(entry) = resolve_dist_entry(app) {
-            return Ok(Self {
-                entry,
-                runner: Runner::Node,
-                runner_path: None,
-                node_binary,
-            });
-        }
-
         Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-            "Unable to locate CodeNomad CLI build. Please run `npm run build --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad`."
+            "Unable to locate the packaged CodeNomad standalone server. Please rebuild the desktop bundle."
         ))
     }
 
@@ -1275,52 +1265,6 @@ fn resolve_standalone_entry(_app: &AppHandle) -> Option<String> {
     first_existing(candidates)
 }
 
-fn resolve_dist_entry(_app: &AppHandle) -> Option<String> {
-    let base = workspace_root();
-    let mut candidates: Vec<Option<PathBuf>> = vec![
-        base.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("packages/server/dist/bin.js")),
-        base.as_ref()
-            .map(|p| p.join("packages/server/dist/index.js")),
-        base.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("server/dist/bin.js")),
-        base.as_ref().map(|p| p.join("server/dist/index.js")),
-    ];
-
-    if let Ok(exe) = std::env::current_exe() {
-        if let Some(dir) = exe.parent() {
-            candidates.push(Some(dir.join("resources/server/dist/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(dir.join("resources/server/dist/index.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(dir.join("resources/server/dist/server/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(dir.join("resources/server/dist/server/index.js")));
-
-            let resources = dir.join("../Resources");
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("server/dist/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("server/dist/index.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("server/dist/server/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("server/dist/server/index.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("resources/server/dist/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("resources/server/dist/index.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(resources.join("resources/server/dist/server/bin.js")));
-            candidates.push(Some(
-                resources.join("resources/server/dist/server/index.js"),
-            ));
-
-            let linux_resource_roots = [dir.join("../lib/CodeNomad"), dir.join("../lib/codenomad")];
-            for root in linux_resource_roots {
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("server/dist/bin.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("server/dist/index.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("server/dist/server/bin.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("server/dist/server/index.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("resources/server/dist/bin.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("resources/server/dist/index.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("resources/server/dist/server/bin.js")));
-                candidates.push(Some(root.join("resources/server/dist/server/index.js")));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    first_existing(candidates)
-}
-
 fn build_shell_command_string(
     entry: &CliEntry,
     cli_args: &[String],