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fix: Improve password store detection on Linux tiling WMs #2785

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import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';

import { app } from 'electron';
import log from 'electron-log';
import { menubar } from 'menubar';

// On Linux tiling WMs (Hyprland, Sway, i3, etc.), Electron fails to detect the
// correct password storage backend because XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP doesn't match a
// known DE. Query D-Bus for an active Secret Service provider and, if found, tell
// Electron to use gnome-libsecret so safeStorage works correctly.
if (
process.platform === 'linux' &&
!app.commandLine.hasSwitch('password-store')
) {
try {
execFileSync(
'dbus-send',
[
'--session',
'--dest=org.freedesktop.DBus',
'--type=method_call',
'--print-reply',
'/org/freedesktop/DBus',
'org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner',
'string:org.freedesktop.secrets',
],
{ timeout: 2000, stdio: 'ignore' },
);
app.commandLine.appendSwitch('password-store', 'gnome-libsecret');
} catch {
// D-Bus not available or no Secret Service provider — let Electron fall back
}
}

import { Paths, WindowConfig } from './config';
import {
registerAppHandlers,
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