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WalkthroughThe changes add macOS panel and notch-window APIs, revise Android and iOS secure storage, update platform event handling, improve changelog automation, harden CI workflows, and add examples, tests, documentation, and release metadata. ChangesCI and changelog validation
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Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The current change fixes Linux theme detection but also alters exported mobile storage contracts, macOS panel behavior, notarization credential setup, Android storage initialization, and changelog automation. Unresolved issues can break downstream builds, prevent keyboard input in panels, allow cancelled notarization work to continue changing credentials or defaults, intermittently report secure storage as unavailable, or skip failure reporting, so the PR is not ready to merge until these risks are fixed or explicitly accepted. Poem
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In @.github/workflows/changelog-v3.yml:
- Line 126: Update the report job condition to use
needs.validate.outputs.pr_number for pull-request events instead of
github.event.inputs.pr_number, and ensure needs.validate publishes a result
output on both successful and failed validation paths before exiting so failure
comments are not skipped.
In
`@v3/internal/commands/build_assets/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java`:
- Line 755: Synchronize the securePrefs() initialization path so concurrent
callers cannot observe an incomplete cache; assign cachedSecurePrefs before
setting securePrefsResolved, and preserve the existing secureSet, secureGet, and
secureDelete behavior once initialization finishes.
Apply the same fix in
`@v3/examples/mobile/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java`
at line 755: The example bridge contains the same initialization-order race and
remediation.
In `@v3/internal/setupwizard/notarize.go`:
- Around line 261-262: Update completeNotarizeJob and the corresponding
notarizeJob cancellation path to serialize completion with cancellation through
SaveGlobalDefaults. Hold the job’s synchronization mechanism across the final
state check and defaults persistence, ensuring a cancellation cannot occur
between snapshot and persistence, then release it after persistence completes.
In `@v3/pkg/application/mobile.go`:
- Around line 51-53: Update the exported MobileManager interface around
SecureGet and SecureSet to preserve compatibility for existing callers and
external implementations; avoid changing SecureGet’s established return contract
or making SecureSet newly mandatory, unless the release explicitly adopts and
documents a breaking migration.
In `@v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.go`:
- Around line 949-951: Update the isNonActivatingPanel branch in windowShow to
call makeKeyWindow immediately after orderFrontRegardless, ensuring the shown
panel receives keyboard input while preserving the existing early return.
In `@v3/scripts/validate-changelog.go`:
- Around line 218-222: Update the deleted-entry matching logic around
pullRequestReferenceFromLine so each matching deletedEntries item can be
consumed only once, preventing it from exempting multiple additions for the same
PR; add a regression test covering one deletion and two distinct additions
referencing that PR.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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For a GitHub Actions pull_requestevent, doesgithub.event.inputs.pr_number have a value?
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No, github.event.inputs.pr_number does not have a value for a pull_request event [1][2][3]. The inputs context and the github.event.inputs object are specifically reserved for workflows triggered by events that support custom input definitions, such as workflow_dispatch (manual triggers) or workflow_call (reusable workflows) [2][4][5]. For a pull_request event, the pull request number is located at github.event.pull_request.number [6][7][8]. Alternatively, you can often extract the pull request number from the GITHUB_REF environment variable, which typically follows the format refs/pull/<pr_number>/merge for pull request events [6][1][2].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows
- 2: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/contexts
- 3: https://docs.github.com/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows
- 4: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-when-workflows-run/trigger-a-workflow
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- 6: GitHub issue 58 in actions/checkout (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 7: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59077079/how-to-get-pull-request-number-within-github-actions-workflow
- 8: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63315089/how-to-get-the-github-pull-request-id-number
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For pull_request, github.event.inputs.pr_number is empty, so report is skipped. Use needs.validate.outputs.pr_number. Also, failed validation exits before setting needs.validate.outputs.result, so the failure comment remains skipped; publish a failure result before exiting or use an output available on both paths.
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In @.github/workflows/changelog-v3.yml at line 126, Update the report job
condition to use needs.validate.outputs.pr_number for pull-request events
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Synchronize first secure-storage initialization.
Both Android bridge copies publish securePrefsResolved before assigning cachedSecurePrefs. A concurrent first use can observe the resolved flag with a null cache and make secureSet, secureGet, or secureDelete report secure storage unavailable even though initialization succeeds. Synchronize initialization, or publish the flag only after the cache is assigned, in both copies.
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v3/internal/commands/build_assets/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java#L755-L755(this comment)v3/examples/mobile/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java#L755-L755
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In
`@v3/internal/commands/build_assets/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java`
at line 755, Synchronize the securePrefs() initialization path so concurrent
callers cannot observe an incomplete cache; assign cachedSecurePrefs before
setting securePrefsResolved, and preserve the existing secureSet, secureGet, and
secureDelete behavior once initialization finishes.
Apply the same fix in
`@v3/examples/mobile/build/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java`
at line 755: The example bridge contains the same initialization-order race and
remediation.
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Serialize cancellation with defaults persistence.
A cancel can mark job as failed after this snapshot and before SaveGlobalDefaults. completeNotarizeJob then still persists the cancelled profile and Team ID. Serialize completion and cancellation for the same notarizeJob until persistence completes.
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In `@v3/internal/setupwizard/notarize.go` around lines 261 - 262, Update
completeNotarizeJob and the corresponding notarizeJob cancellation path to
serialize completion with cancellation through SaveGlobalDefaults. Hold the
job’s synchronization mechanism across the final state check and defaults
persistence, ensuring a cancellation cannot occur between snapshot and
persistence, then release it after persistence completes.
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Treat this as a breaking exported API change.
MobileManager is exported. Existing code that assigns the old SecureGet result to one variable will not compile. External implementations also stop satisfying the interface because SecureSet is now required.
Preserve compatible methods, or declare and document a breaking migration before release.
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In `@v3/pkg/application/mobile.go` around lines 51 - 53, Update the exported
MobileManager interface around SecureGet and SecureSet to preserve compatibility
for existing callers and external implementations; avoid changing SecureGet’s
established return contract or making SecureSet newly mandatory, unless the
release explicitly adopts and documents a breaking migration.
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According to official Apple documentation, the NSWindow method orderFrontRegardless moves the window to the front of its level, even if the application is not active, without changing the key window or the main window [1][2][3]. Therefore, it does not make the window key [1][2]. The method is specifically designed for scenarios where an application is cooperating with another, such as when an active application is using a secondary application to display data [1][2]. In contrast, if you need a method that both displays the window and makes it the key window, you should use makeKeyAndOrderFront(_:) [4].
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- 1: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/orderfrontregardless()
- 2: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/orderfrontregardless()?changes=_9
- 3: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/orderfrontregardless()?changes=_3_8_5&language=objc
- 4: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nswindow/orderfront(_:)
Make a shown non-activating panel key.
orderFrontRegardless does not change the key window. Because windowShow does not call makeKeyWindow, keyboard input may not reach the panel's webview. Call makeKeyWindow after orderFrontRegardless.
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In `@v3/pkg/application/webview_window_darwin.go` around lines 949 - 951, Update
the isNonActivatingPanel branch in windowShow to call makeKeyWindow immediately
after orderFrontRegardless, ensuring the shown panel receives keyboard input
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Consume the matched deleted entry.
One deleted entry can currently exempt multiple new lines in the same released section when they cite the same PR. The validator then accepts an extra historical release-note entry as a correction.
Track matched deletedEntries and allow each entry to exempt only one replacement line. Add a regression test with one deletion and two distinct additions for the same PR.
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Description
On Linux, both
Env.IsDarkMode()and thelinux:SystemThemeChangedevent were unreliable, in a different way on each backend. This consolidates the two divergent implementations into one portal-backed pair inapplication_linux_dbus.go, shared by the GTK3 and GTK4 builds.Three distinct problems, all in the same subsystem:
1. GTK3 reported light on every desktop until the first signal arrived.
a.themewas only ever written by theSettingChangedhandler, so it was""at launch. An app started on a dark desktop came up light and stayed light until the user toggled their colour scheme. GTK4 already read the portal directly and did not have this problem.2. GTK4 never started its theme monitor at all.
The watcher was started from
(*linuxApp).init(_ *App, options Options). That method is not part of theplatformAppinterface (application.go), and the only.init(call sites in the repo are the zero-argument(*App).init()inapplication_production.goandapplication_debug.go. Nothing calls the two-argumentlinuxApp.init, so on GTK4linux:SystemThemeChangednever fired. It is now started fromrun(), which is how the GTK3 path already did it.3. The shared watcher matched the wrong namespace.
monitorThemeChangesfiltered on GNOME'sorg.gnome.desktop.interfacerather than the standardisedorg.freedesktop.appearance, and trusted the signal body's value instead of re-reading the portal.What this changes
application_linux_dbus.gois now the single source of truth for both backends:isDarkMode()readsorg.freedesktop.appearance/color-schemefrom the Settings portal on demand. This is deliberately not cached: the value is correct whether or not the monitor is running, which matters given problem 2 above went unnoticed.portalColorScheme()returns(uint32, bool)so "portal unreachable" is distinguishable from "prefers light", and accepts both a doubly-wrappedv{v{u}}reply (portal v1Read) and a singly-wrappedv{u}one (ReadOneand some implementations). Rejecting either shape would silently report light, which is the failure this change exists to remove.monitorThemeChanges()filters on sender, object path, interface and member, then re-reads the portal rather than trusting the signal body, and de-duplicates on the resolved boolean.The per-backend copies (
isDarkModein both platform files,listenForSystemThemeChangesin the GTK4 file) and the now-unusedthemestruct field are removed.monitorThemeChangesis consequently the sole emitter oflinux:SystemThemeChanged, which makes thecase uint(events.Linux.SystemThemeChanged)arm inprocessApplicationEventunreachable in bothlinux_cgo.goandlinux_cgo_gtk3.go; those are deleted too. No Linux C source callsprocessApplicationEvent, so there is no remaining producer. Removing them also drops aEnv.IsDarkMode()call that ran on the GTK main thread.Net effect is a deletion: +94 / −116 across 5 files.
No existing issue for this; happy to open one if you would prefer it tracked.
One point for maintainers on WEP scope
I have filed this as a bug fix rather than a WEP, because every case it changes was returning a wrong answer. There is one observable behaviour change worth your call:
GTK4 previously emitted
SystemThemeChangedon every appearancecolor-schemesignal. It now emits only when the resolved dark/light value actually changes, sono-preference↔prefer-lighttransitions no longer produce an event. I believe this is safe because the event's entire payload is theisDarkModeboolean, so a suppressed event carried no information a consumer could act on. If you consider that public behaviour, say so and I will split it out or raise a WEP.Changelog entry
Not yet added to
v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md, pending agreement on wording. Suggested:Type of change
No public API surface changes. Everything added is unexported, and both removed symbols (
listenForSystemThemeChanges, thethemefield) were unexported.How Has This Been Tested?
Windows and macOS are unaffected; every changed file is behind a
linuxbuild tag.Tested on three desktops covering three portal backends and both Linux backends, all Wayland sessions:
xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland1.4.1xdg-desktop-portal-gnome46.2xdg-desktop-portal-kde6.7.4Compile, vet and unit tests
Both tag combinations, on Linux:
gofmt -lclean on all five files. The onlyvetoutput is the pre-existingpossible misuse of unsafe.Pointerindialogs_linux.go, and the only build warnings are the pre-existing GTK4gdk_x11_*deprecations inlinux_cgo.c. No new warnings. Both variants were additionally compiled on all three distros above.Runtime: the bug, before the change
A real Wails app set to follow the system theme, launched on a dark desktop, then toggled light and back. On stock
v3.0.0-beta.3:Both failure modes reproduce on every desktop tested, which is what convinced me these are two independent defects rather than one desktop-specific quirk. GTK3 recovers after a toggle because it does call
monitorThemeChangesfromrun(); GTK4 never recovers because of problem 2.Runtime: after the change
Same procedure, same desktops:
Portal values observed
Worth recording, because the three backends disagree about how they express "light" and the fix has to treat all of them as not-dark:
org.freedesktop.appearancewhen lightuint32 0(no preference)uint32 1uint32 2(prefer light)uint32 1uint32 1All three also publish GNOME's
org.gnome.desktop.interfacecolor-schemeas a string. That is why dropping it from the signal filter is safe here: every backend tested serves the standardised namespace, so nothing depended on the GNOME-specific one.How the verdicts were measured
Light/dark was decided by counting pixels matching the app's known surface colours in each screenshot, not by overall image brightness. That matters: two runs were silently invalidated by the VM blanking its screen mid-test, and this method reports them as "no app surface found" instead of producing a confident wrong answer.
Reproducing the original bug
On a GTK3 build: set your desktop to prefer dark, launch an app that resolves its theme from
Env.IsDarkMode(), and observe it come up light. On a GTK4 build: launch it, then change your desktop colour scheme and observe that nothing happens. Confirm the desktop preference independently with:gdbus call --session --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop \ --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop \ --method org.freedesktop.portal.Settings.Read \ org.freedesktop.appearance color-scheme # expect (<<uint32 1>>,) when the desktop prefers darkNot covered
xdg-desktop-portalat all). The unreachable path is exercised only by inspection, where it returns light — matching the previous GTK4 behaviour.Test Configuration
wails3 doctoron the Arch host, where the build and vet runs above were done:The other two hosts ran Go 1.27.0 with their distro toolchains: Ubuntu 24.04.4
(gcc 13.3.0, GTK 3.24.41 / 4.14.5) and Fedora 44 (gcc 16.2.1, GTK 3.24.52 /
4.22.4). Between them the GTK4 runtimes exercised end-to-end are 4.14.5 and
4.22.4, eight releases apart, and the GTK3 runtimes are 3.24.41 and 3.24.52.
Note for anyone reproducing this on a VM
All three hosts are GPU-less QEMU guests, and GTK4 segfaults there under its default renderer — in
gtk_window_presenton Ubuntu (preceded byMESA: ZINK: failed to choose pdev) and ing_application_runon Fedora. This is unrelated to the change; the GTK4 runs above needed:Checklist:
website/src/pages/changelog.mdxwith details of this PR (v3 changelog entries are added automatically) — n/a, this is v3; suggested entry aboveOn the unchecked box: the fix is verified at runtime across the matrices above but not yet by an automated test.
isColorSchemeChangeis a pure function over a*dbus.Signaland is straightforwardly unit-testable without a session bus, alongside the existing*_linux_test.gofiles in this package. Happy to add that before merge — say the word.Licence and provenance
No third-party code is included in this change. It is offered under the project's MIT Licence.