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Related Issue

No issue — found while wiring up the first real macOS signing credentials.

Problem

Two gaps meant a remote release could never be properly signed:

  1. The API-key notarization path was unreachable in CI. The job exported only the Apple ID trio (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD / APPLE_TEAM_ID). The App Store Connect key is a file, so it cannot be passed as a plain secret string and had no handling at all.

  2. A tagged release could ship unsigned and still go green. With no certificate secret the job set CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY=false, printed No macOS signing certificate configured; building unsigned. and exited zero. macOS refuses updates from an unsigned app, so that publishes a release users cannot install or update from — while the pipeline reports success.

What changed

  • Accept APPLE_API_KEY_P8 as a base64 secret, decode it to $RUNNER_TEMP/AuthKey.p8 with mode 600, and export APPLE_API_KEY as the path electron-builder and notarytool expect. Kept outside the workspace so it cannot be swept into the packaged app.
  • Also export CSC_NAME, which the signing preflight requires whenever CSC_LINK supplies the certificate.
  • Add a Require signing for tagged releases step that runs only on desktop-v* tags and calls the existing assertMacReleaseReady preflight through a small entry script. Manual workflow_dispatch runs stay free to build unsigned for packaging checks.

The gate reuses the preflight rather than re-checking credentials, so CI and local dist:mac cannot drift apart.

Verification

The gate was exercised directly, all three paths:

no credentials     -> exit 1: "macOS notarization credentials are required: set
                      APPLE_KEYCHAIN_PROFILE, the Apple ID trio, or the App Store
                      Connect API key trio"
p12 + API key      -> exit 0: "signing via p12; notarization via api-key"
p12 without password -> exit 1: "CSC_KEY_PASSWORD is required when CSC_LINK
                      supplies a macOS signing certificate"
  • Workflow YAML parses; the gate lands after credential resolution and before packaging.
  • cd apps/desktop && npx vitest run — 97 passed
  • pnpm --filter @pymodel/pythinker-desktop run typecheck — clean
  • pnpm run lint — no : error lines

Known limitation

The DMG produced remotely is signed (via dmg.sign) and its .app is notarized and stapled, but the DMG itself is not stapled in CI. Stapling mutates the file after electron-builder has hashed it for latest-mac.yml, and the current job builds and publishes in one --publish always invocation, so there is no point at which the DMG can be stapled without invalidating the already-uploaded metadata. Doing it properly requires splitting build from publish. Local dist:mac does staple, because it controls that ordering. Left as follow-up rather than half-done.

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  • I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
  • I have linked a related issue, or explained the problem above.
  • I have added tests that prove my feature works.
  • Ran gen-changesets skill, or this PR needs no changeset.
  • Ran gen-docs skill, or this PR needs no doc update.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved MCP server form alignment and spacing for clearer configuration.
    • Long fields now span the full form width, with responsive layout support on smaller screens.
    • Provider manager dialogs now maintain clean rounded corners without content overflow.
  • Release Improvements

    • macOS releases now support signing and notarization through Apple API credentials.
    • Tagged macOS releases validate signing configuration and fail when required credentials are unavailable.

elkaix added 3 commits August 17, 2026 17:35
The form used an auto-fit grid, so on a wide pane the five fields packed four
to a row, mixed short inputs with taller textareas, and left the last row three
columns empty. Name and Transport now share the first row and every longer field
spans both columns, with the grid capped so the inputs stop stretching.

The provider dialog rounded its border but did not clip its children, so the
header background, the footer, and the list scrollbar painted square over the
top corners. The footer worked around this with its own radius; clipping at the
dialog covers all three.
The layout test only checked the stdio branch, so a regression in the URL or
Headers span could pass. It now asserts both branches. The three CSS assertions
also carry the u flag the repo uses everywhere else.
The release job exported only the Apple ID notarization trio, so the App
Store Connect API key path could not be used remotely. It also fell back to
an unsigned build whenever the certificate secret was absent, logged a note
and exited zero, which ships a release macOS refuses to install updates from.

Accept the API key as a base64 secret, materialize it outside the workspace,
and gate tagged releases on the existing signing preflight so a missing
credential fails the job with the name of what is missing.
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The pull request adds macOS signing and notarization validation for tagged desktop releases. It also updates MCP connector form layout and provider manager dialog corner styling, with corresponding changesets and tests.

Changes

macOS release signing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signing credential validation and workflow wiring
.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml, apps/desktop/scripts/assert-release-signing.ts, .changeset/ci-mac-release-signing.md
The workflow handles Apple API-key credentials and validates signing for tagged releases. The validation script checks macOS signing identities and release readiness. The changeset records the patch release.

Connector UI presentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Responsive MCP server form layout
apps/pythinker-web/src/components/settings/McpServerForm.vue, apps/pythinker-web/test/connectors-page.test.ts, .changeset/web-connectors-form-and-dialog-corners.md
Long MCP fields span both columns. The layout switches to one column at 640px or less. Tests verify stdio and HTTP field placement.
Provider manager dialog clipping
apps/pythinker-web/src/components/ProviderManager.vue, apps/pythinker-web/test/provider-manager-chrome.test.ts
The dialog clips overflow at its rounded boundary. Tests verify the dialog and footer CSS declarations.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 08a29

This PR makes tagged macOS releases require signing and adds API-key handling, but two bounded issues remain: an unusual multiline credential could be misparsed, and one regression test could pass without validating a complete CSS block. These should be fixed or explicitly accepted before relying on the workflow and test.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ReleaseWorkflow
  participant SigningScript
  participant macOSSecurity
  participant ReleaseReadiness
  ReleaseWorkflow->>SigningScript: Validate tagged macOS release
  SigningScript->>macOSSecurity: List code-signing identities
  macOSSecurity-->>SigningScript: Return identities or failure
  SigningScript->>ReleaseReadiness: Validate environment and platform
  ReleaseReadiness-->>SigningScript: Return configuration or error
  SigningScript-->>ReleaseWorkflow: Continue or exit with status 1
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml:
- Around line 147-150: Update the environment-export loop to generate a unique
delimiter once per step before iterating over the credential names, then use
that delimiter instead of the fixed __EOF__ marker for each GITHUB_ENV entry,
preserving the existing handling of empty values.

In `@apps/pythinker-web/test/provider-manager-chrome.test.ts`:
- Around line 14-19: Update the blockOf function to assert that the
closing-brace index returned by source.indexOf is greater than start before
calling source.slice, ensuring incomplete CSS blocks cannot pass footer
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A credential containing the fixed heredoc marker could close its own value
and let the remainder become separate environment entries.
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# Releases
## @pymodel/pythinker-code@0.21.1

### Patch Changes

- [#123](#123)
[`46a9cd1`](46a9cd1)
- Sign and notarize the macOS desktop build in the release pipeline, and
fail a tagged release outright when the signing credentials are missing
instead of quietly shipping an unsigned app.

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