From a2372858084ee8d3ac624305809ca5b5c1ba5cf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:04:19 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): resolve to Helper app for daemon child
 processes on macOS

When packaged, Electron's process.execPath points to the main app
binary which inherits the full app entitlements and UI lifecycle.
Resolve to the Helper binary instead so daemon child processes run
without inheriting the main app's entitlement/UI baggage.
---
 packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
index 5f6a4ea5c..18c09e9a6 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/runtime-paths.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,30 @@ export function resolveCliEntrypoint(): NodeEntrypointSpec {
   };
 }
 
+function resolveNodeExecPath(): string {
+  if (app.isPackaged && process.platform === "darwin") {
+    const marker = ".app/Contents/MacOS/";
+    const markerIndex = process.execPath.indexOf(marker);
+    if (markerIndex !== -1) {
+      const bundleRoot = process.execPath.substring(0, markerIndex + ".app".length);
+      const name = path.basename(process.execPath);
+      const helperPath = path.join(
+        bundleRoot,
+        "Contents",
+        "Frameworks",
+        `${name} Helper.app`,
+        "Contents",
+        "MacOS",
+        `${name} Helper`,
+      );
+      if (existsSync(helperPath)) {
+        return helperPath;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return process.execPath;
+}
+
 export function createNodeEntrypointInvocation(input: {
   entrypoint: NodeEntrypointSpec;
   argvMode: NodeEntrypointArgvMode;
@@ -175,7 +199,7 @@ export function createNodeEntrypointInvocation(input: {
   baseEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }): NodeEntrypointInvocation {
   return createSharedNodeEntrypointInvocation({
-    execPath: process.execPath,
+    execPath: resolveNodeExecPath(),
     isPackaged: app.isPackaged,
     packagedRunnerPath: app.isPackaged
       ? assertPathExists({