fixed workflow

.github/workflows/electron-build.yml

@@ -163,12 +163,25 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
         working-directory: apps/x
 
+      - name: Build node-pty native binary for Linux
+        working-directory: apps/x
+        run: |
+          # node-pty ships prebuilt binaries only for darwin/win32; compile the
+          # linux-x64 binary so bundle.mjs can stage it into the package. Without
+          # this the Linux app crashes on launch (missing prebuilds/linux-x64/pty.node).
+          PTY="node_modules/.pnpm/node-pty@1.1.0/node_modules/node-pty"
+          cd "$PTY"
+          npx node-gyp rebuild
+          mkdir -p prebuilds/linux-x64
+          cp build/Release/pty.node prebuilds/linux-x64/
+
       - name: Build electron app
         env:
           VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY: ${{ secrets.VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_KEY }}
           VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST: ${{ secrets.VITE_PUBLIC_POSTHOG_HOST }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: npx electron-forge publish --arch=x64,arm64 --platform=linux
+          ROWBOAT_SKIP_PACMAN: '1'  # Arch Linux package is built locally only, never in CI
+        run: npx electron-forge publish --arch=x64 --platform=linux
         working-directory: apps/x/apps/main
 
       - name: Upload workflow artifacts

apps/x/apps/main/bundle.mjs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import * as esbuild from 'esbuild';
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
@@ -66,6 +67,28 @@ for (const dir of fs.readdirSync(prebuildsDir)) {
   const helper = path.join(prebuildsDir, dir, 'spawn-helper');
   if (fs.existsSync(helper)) fs.chmodSync(helper, 0o755);
 }
+
+// Self-heal: node-pty ships prebuilt binaries only for darwin/win32, so on any
+// host whose prebuild is absent (notably Linux) the staged package has no loadable
+// pty.node and the app crashes on launch. Compile the native module for the host
+// platform+arch if needed and stage it under prebuilds/<platform>-<arch>/, where
+// node-pty's loader looks first. Keeps dev and CI working without a manual node-gyp
+// step (the CI workflow's explicit build is the fast path; this is the safety net).
+const hostTriple = `${process.platform}-${process.arch}`;
+const stagedBinary = path.join(prebuildsDir, hostTriple, 'pty.node');
+if (!fs.existsSync(stagedBinary)) {
+  const builtBinary = path.join(ptySrc, 'build', 'Release', 'pty.node');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(builtBinary)) {
+    console.log(`node-pty: no prebuilt binary for ${hostTriple}; compiling with node-gyp…`);
+    execSync('npx node-gyp rebuild', { cwd: ptySrc, stdio: 'inherit' });
+  }
+  if (!fs.existsSync(builtBinary)) {
+    throw new Error(`node-pty: failed to produce a native binary for ${hostTriple}`);
+  }
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(stagedBinary), { recursive: true });
+  fs.copyFileSync(builtBinary, stagedBinary);
+  console.log(`✅ node-pty: staged ${hostTriple}/pty.node`);
+}
 console.log('✅ node-pty staged in .package/node_modules');
 
 // Bundle the vendored agent-slack CLI into a single self-contained script next

apps/x/apps/main/forge.config.cjs

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const pkg = require('./package.json');
 
+// The Arch Linux (pacman) package is meant only for local builds on an Arch host
+// with makepkg. It already self-skips elsewhere (maker-pacman checks for makepkg),
+// but CI sets ROWBOAT_SKIP_PACMAN=1 to disable it explicitly — GitHub runners are
+// Ubuntu and shouldn't attempt to ship an Arch package.
+const SKIP_PACMAN = process.env.ROWBOAT_SKIP_PACMAN === '1';
+
 // Stage the ACP coding-adapters (@agentclientprotocol/*-acp) and their full
 // production dependency closure into the packaged app.
 //
@@ -178,7 +184,8 @@ module.exports = {
                 }
             }
         },
-        {
+        // Arch Linux package — local-only; disabled in CI via ROWBOAT_SKIP_PACMAN.
+        ...(SKIP_PACMAN ? [] : [{
             name: require.resolve('./makers/maker-pacman.cjs'),
             platforms: ['linux'],
             config: {
@@ -192,7 +199,7 @@ module.exports = {
                 icon: path.join(__dirname, 'icons/icon.png'),
                 mimeType: ['x-scheme-handler/rowboat'],
             }
-        },
+        }]),
         {
             name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
             platform: ["darwin", "win32", "linux"],