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fix: ensure AppImage files and launchers are world readable and execu…
DoodlesEpic Oct 7, 2026
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chore: bump @tauri-apps/cli to 2.12.1
DoodlesEpic Oct 7, 2026
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test: verify AppImage file modes in CI
DoodlesEpic Oct 7, 2026
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .github/workflows/build.yml
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run: |
appimage=(src-tauri/target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage)
bash scripts/fix-appimage.sh "${appimage[0]}"
bash scripts/check-appimage-modes.sh "${appimage[0]}"
dbus-run-session -- xvfb-run -a python3 tests/smoke-linux.py "${appimage[0]}"
- name: Archive macOS application
if: runner.os == 'macOS'
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32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions scripts/check-appimage-modes.sh
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Fail if an AppImage contains a file or directory with owner-only permissions.
set -euo pipefail

image="${1:?usage: $0 <file.AppImage>}"

command -v unsquashfs >/dev/null
[ -x "$image" ] || chmod +x "$image"
offset="$("$(realpath "$image")" --appimage-offset)"
[[ "$offset" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && (( offset > 0 ))

listing="$(unsquashfs -lln -o "$offset" "$image")"

bad="$(awk '
$1 ~ /^[-d]/ {
m = $1
owner_x = substr(m, 4, 1) ~ /[xs]/
other_r = substr(m, 8, 1) == "r"
other_x = substr(m, 10, 1) ~ /[xt]/
if ((owner_x && !other_x) || !other_r) {
path = $0; sub(/^.*squashfs-root\/?/, "", path)
print m, path
}
}' <<<"$listing")"

if [ -n "$bad" ]; then
echo "::error::AppImage contains owner-only permissions; non-root users cannot run it:"
echo "$bad"
exit 1
fi

echo "AppImage modes verified: all entries in $(basename "$image") are accessible by any user."
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions scripts/fix-appimage.sh
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$workdir"' EXIT

find "$workdir/squashfs-root/usr/lib" -name 'libwayland-*.so*' -print -delete

# Ensure all files and directories in AppDir are readable and executable
# for any user. Tauri may package AppRun.wrapped with mode 0770, causing
# permission denied when firejail or the AppImage catalog tests run as non-root.
chmod -R a+rX "$workdir/squashfs-root"
if [ -e "$workdir/squashfs-root/AppRun.wrapped" ]; then
chmod a+rx "$workdir/squashfs-root/AppRun.wrapped"
fi

# Retain the exact unsigned AppImage runtime generated by Tauri and replace
# only its SquashFS payload. No extra runtime download or FUSE mount is needed.
mksquashfs "$workdir/squashfs-root" "$workdir/payload.squashfs" \
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