Fix desktop CLI environment boundary

packages/desktop/src/daemon/node-entrypoint-runner.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { sanitizeNodeEntrypointEnv } from "./node-entrypoint-runner";
+
+describe("node-entrypoint-runner", () => {
+  it("removes Electron node-mode env before loading the target entrypoint", () => {
+    const env = {
+      ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: "1",
+      ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE: "1",
+      PATH: "/usr/bin",
+    };
+
+    sanitizeNodeEntrypointEnv(env);
+
+    expect(env).toEqual({
+      PATH: "/usr/bin",
+    });
+  });
+});

packages/desktop/src/daemon/node-entrypoint-runner.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
-async function main(): Promise<void> {
+export function sanitizeNodeEntrypointEnv(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): void {
+  delete env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE;
+  delete env.ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE;
+}
+
+export async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const [argvMode, entryPath, ...args] = process.argv.slice(2);
   if (argvMode !== "bare" && argvMode !== "node-script") {
     throw new Error(`Unsupported node entrypoint argv mode: ${argvMode ?? "<missing>"}`);
@@ -13,11 +18,14 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     argvMode === "bare"
       ? [process.argv[0] ?? "node", ...args]
       : [process.argv[0] ?? "node", entryPath, ...args];
+  sanitizeNodeEntrypointEnv();
   await import(pathToFileURL(entryPath).href);
 }
 
-void main().catch((error) => {
+if (require.main === module) {
-  const message = error instanceof Error ? (error.stack ?? error.message) : String(error);
+  void main().catch((error) => {
-  process.stderr.write(`${message}\n`);
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? (error.stack ?? error.message) : String(error);
-  process.exit(1);
+    process.stderr.write(`${message}\n`);
-});
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+}

packages/desktop/src/integrations/cli-install-path.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { resolveCliInstallSourcePath } from "./cli-install-path";
 
 describe("cli-install-path", () => {
-  it("uses the packaged executable on supported unix platforms", () => {
+  it("uses the bundled shim for packaged macOS installs", () => {
     expect(
       resolveCliInstallSourcePath({
         platform: "darwin",
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe("cli-install-path", () => {
         executablePath: "/Applications/Paseo.app/Contents/MacOS/Paseo",
         shimPath: "/Applications/Paseo.app/Contents/Resources/bin/paseo",
       }),
-    ).toBe("/Applications/Paseo.app/Contents/MacOS/Paseo");
+    ).toBe("/Applications/Paseo.app/Contents/Resources/bin/paseo");
   });
 
   it("prefers the original AppImage path on linux", () => {

packages/desktop/src/integrations/cli-install-path.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export function resolveCliInstallSourcePath(input: {
     return input.shimPath;
   }
 
+  if (input.platform === "darwin") {
+    return input.shimPath;
+  }
+
   if (input.platform === "linux") {
     const appImagePath = input.appImagePath?.trim();
     if (appImagePath) {