From 80e153f861783bba7c25ee0c934e4362b9a7c2d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:22:40 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(desktop): add file logging with electron-log

Logs from both main and renderer processes now persist to
~/Library/Logs/Paseo/main.log (macOS) with automatic rotation.
Removes the unused webview_log IPC handler.
---
 package-lock.json                             | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/desktop/package.json                 |  1 +
 packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts |  6 ------
 packages/desktop/src/main.ts                  |  3 +++
 packages/desktop/src/preload.ts               |  1 +
 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 42e82697d..d11488b54 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16718,6 +16718,15 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/electron-log": {
+      "version": "5.4.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-log/-/electron-log-5.4.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sOUsM3LjZdugatazSQ/XTyNcw8dfvH1SYhXWiJyfYodAAKOZdHs0txPiLDXFzOZbhXgAgshQkshH2ccq0feyLQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/electron-publish": {
       "version": "26.8.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-publish/-/electron-publish-26.8.1.tgz",
@@ -35017,6 +35026,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@getpaseo/cli": "0.1.36",
         "@getpaseo/server": "0.1.36",
+        "electron-log": "^5.4.3",
         "electron-updater": "^6.6.2",
         "ws": "^8.14.2"
       },
diff --git a/packages/desktop/package.json b/packages/desktop/package.json
index 66bf29c59..0b6449440 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@getpaseo/cli": "0.1.36",
     "@getpaseo/server": "0.1.36",
+    "electron-log": "^5.4.3",
     "electron-updater": "^6.6.2",
     "ws": "^8.14.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts
index 607ac91a4..d678662c8 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/daemon/daemon-manager.ts
@@ -545,12 +545,6 @@ export function createDaemonCommandHandlers(): Record<string, DesktopCommandHand
       return downloadAndInstallUpdate(currentVersion);
     },
     get_local_daemon_version: () => getLocalDaemonVersion(),
-    webview_log: (args) => {
-      const level = typeof args?.level === "number" ? args.level : 1;
-      const message = typeof args?.message === "string" ? args.message : "";
-      const method = level === 0 ? "debug" : level === 2 ? "warn" : level >= 3 ? "error" : "info";
-      console[method]("[webview]", message);
-    },
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main.ts
index b27669934..6f0b43ba5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import log from "electron-log/main";
+log.initialize();
+
 import path from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/preload.ts b/packages/desktop/src/preload.ts
index e79096815..9d8f78b44 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import "electron-log/preload";
 import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer } from "electron";
 
 type EventHandler = (payload: unknown) => void;