From ae43b6c4cda83a84f92214b804d6c092481c60d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:08:36 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): skip packaged-app smoke when build arch differs
 from host

Cross-arch packaging (e.g. arm64 build on an x64 Windows runner)
can't smoke the unpacked binary because the host can't spawn it.
Skip the smoke instead of crashing with spawn UNKNOWN.
---
 packages/desktop/scripts/after-pack.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/desktop/scripts/after-pack.js b/packages/desktop/scripts/after-pack.js
index 473689763..139943763 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/scripts/after-pack.js
+++ b/packages/desktop/scripts/after-pack.js
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ exports.default = async function afterPack(context) {
   pruneNativeModules(context.appOutDir, platform, arch);
 
   if (platform === "linux" || platform === "win32") {
-    await smokeUnpackedAppIfRequested(context.appOutDir);
+    if (arch !== process.arch) {
+      console.log(
+        `Skipping packaged-app smoke: build arch ${arch} differs from host ${process.arch}.`,
+      );
+    } else {
+      await smokeUnpackedAppIfRequested(context.appOutDir);
+    }
   }
 };