fix(mas): add application-groups entitlement so the sandboxed app launches#35
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…nches The Mac App Store build crashed on launch (Apple guideline 2.1(a): no window or menu bar item appeared). Electron communicates with its helper processes over a Mach service named <TeamID>.<BundleID>.MachPortRendezvousServer, and a sandboxed app can only register that service if the name is covered by an App Group. Without com.apple.security.application-groups the main process aborted at startup (bootstrap_check_in: Permission denied) before creating any UI. Add the entitlement (value = the app-identifier, TeamID.BundleID, per the Electron MAS guide) and bump the MAS build number to 2.1.1 for a fresh upload. Verified locally: an ad-hoc sandboxed re-sign now launches fully (main window + all helper processes) instead of crashing instantly. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
The Mac App Store build crashed on launch (Apple guideline 2.1(a) — no window or menu bar item appeared).
Root cause
Electron communicates with its helper processes over a Mach service named
<TeamID>.<BundleID>.MachPortRendezvousServer. A sandboxed app can only register that service if the name is covered by an App Group. The MAS entitlements were missingcom.apple.security.application-groups, so the main process aborted at startup:…before creating any UI.
Fix
com.apple.security.application-groups=8Y2UTZ2NBZ.io.out-loud.outloud(the app-identifier form per the Electron MAS guide).buildVersion→ 2.1.1 for a fresh App Store Connect upload.Verification
Reproduced the crash by ad-hoc re-signing the built app with the sandbox entitlements and launching it (died instantly, exit 133). After adding the entitlement, the same test launches fully — main process + GPU/renderer/network helpers spawn and the TTS model loads.
verify:maspasses; the distribution-signed universal pkg embeds the entitlement.🤖 Generated with Claude Code