[HOLD for payment 2025-02-04] [$250] Desktop builds sometimes failing

[mountiny]

Problem

The desktop builds seem to be flaky and sometimes they fail with similar errors to this:

Building Desktop App Archive Using Electron

  • electron-builder  version=25.0.0 os=23.6.0
  • loaded configuration  file=/Users/runner/work/App/App/config/electronBuilder.config.js
  • executing @electron/rebuild  electronVersion=32.2.3 arch=x64 buildFromSource=false appDir=desktop
  • installing native dependencies  arch=x64
  • completed installing native dependencies
  • packaging       platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=32.2.3 appOutDir=desktop-build/mac-universal-x64-temp
  ⨯ Get "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v32.2.3/electron-v32.2.3-darwin-x64.zip": EOF
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/download.(*Downloader).follow.func1
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/download/downloader.go:206
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/download.(*Downloader).follow
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/download/downloader.go:234
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/download.(*Downloader).DownloadNoRetry
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/download/downloader.go:[128](https://github.com/Expensify/App/actions/runs/12789494736/job/35653075390#step:5:129)
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/download.(*Downloader).Download
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/download/downloader.go:112
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/electron.(*ElectronDownloader).doDownload
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/electron/electronDownloader.go:203
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/electron.(*ElectronDownloader).Download
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/electron/electronDownloader.go:188
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/electron.downloadElectron.func1.1
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/electron/electronDownloader.go:73
github.com/develar/app-builder/pkg/util.MapAsyncConcurrency.func2
	/Users/runner/work/app-builder/app-builder/pkg/util/async.go:68
runtime.goexit
	/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/go/1.21.11/arm64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1650  
  ⨯ /Users/runner/work/App/App/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder_amd64 process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code:
1  failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: /Users/runner/work/App/App/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder_amd64 process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code:
1
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/runner/work/App/App/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:255:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:633:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1104:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:456:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:343:12)

Here is an example of the build run https://github.com/Expensify/App/actions/runs/12789494736/job/35653075390

Solution

Figure out why this is flaky and fix it

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @alexpensify

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Triggered auto assignment to @alexpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details. Please add this bug to a GH project, as outlined in the SO.

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Triggered auto assignment to Contributor-plus team member for initial proposal review - @sobitneupane (External)