[eric] windows 1.1.60: revert installer to nsis to test if squirrel was the renderer-crash trigger

electron/main.js

@@ -25,17 +25,8 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason) => {
 app.on('child-process-gone', (_event, details) => {
   console.error('[diag][main:child-process-gone]', JSON.stringify(details));
 });
-// Platform-split auto-updater: electron-updater on Mac (full-featured: allowPrerelease, allowDowngrade, progress), Electron's built-in autoUpdater on Windows (required for Squirrel.Windows target; electron-updater dropped Squirrel support).
 let autoUpdater;
-let isSquirrelUpdater = false;
-try {
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    autoUpdater = require('electron').autoUpdater;
-    isSquirrelUpdater = true;
-  } else {
-    autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater;
-  }
-} catch (_) {}
+try { autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater; } catch (_) {}
 const path = require('path');
 const { spawn, execFileSync } = require('child_process');
 const os = require('os');
@@ -45,8 +36,8 @@ const http = require('http');
 const affiliateTracking = require('./affiliateTracking');
 const workflowsLifecycle = require('./workflowsLifecycle');
 
-// Defender warmup helper. Touches bundled exes so Windows scans them now instead of on first launch.
-function _squirrelPrewarmTouch() {
+// Defender warmup: NSIS runs us with --prewarm right after install so Windows scans the bundled binaries while the user is already watching the installer instead of staring at a slow first launch.
+if (process.argv.includes('--prewarm') && process.platform === 'win32') {
   const touchExe = (rel) => {
     const full = path.join(process.resourcesPath, rel);
     try {
@@ -58,27 +49,9 @@ function _squirrelPrewarmTouch() {
   touchExe(path.join('python-env', 'python.exe'));
   touchExe(path.join('node', 'x64', 'node.exe'));
   touchExe(path.join('node', 'arm64', 'node.exe'));
-}
-
-// Legacy NSIS prewarm path (kept for any user still on 1.1.40 stable NSIS install).
-if (process.argv.includes('--prewarm') && process.platform === 'win32') {
-  _squirrelPrewarmTouch();
   process.exit(0);
 }
 
-// Squirrel.Windows lifecycle: app is invoked with --squirrel-* args during install/update/uninstall. Handle and exit fast; --squirrel-firstrun is the only one we let fall through to normal boot.
-(function handleSquirrelEvents() {
-  if (process.platform !== 'win32' || process.argv.length < 2) return;
-  const sq = process.argv[1];
-  if (sq === '--squirrel-install' || sq === '--squirrel-updated') {
-    _squirrelPrewarmTouch();
-    process.exit(0);
-  }
-  if (sq === '--squirrel-uninstall' || sq === '--squirrel-obsolete') {
-    process.exit(0);
-  }
-})();
-
 // Prevent duplicate instances. Without this, double-clicking the app icon
 // (or macOS auto-launch + manual launch overlapping) spawns two independent
 // processes — each with its own backend on a different port — resulting in
@@ -982,25 +955,15 @@ function sendToRenderer(channel, ...args) {
 
 function setupAutoUpdater() {
   if (!autoUpdater) return;
-  if (isSquirrelUpdater) {
-    // Squirrel.Windows: setFeedURL to GH Releases /latest/download/ so Squirrel fetches RELEASES from there. allowPrerelease/allowDowngrade not supported by built-in autoUpdater; experimental users on Windows get only the latest stable until we wire a separate Squirrel feed for prereleases.
-    try {
-      autoUpdater.setFeedURL({ url: 'https://github.com/openswarm-ai/openswarm/releases/latest/download/' });
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.warn('[updater] Squirrel setFeedURL failed:', err && err.message);
-      return;
-    }
-  } else {
-    // Silent background updates: download on detect, install on next quit.
-    // The OS gates the install on main-process exit (can't replace a
-    // running .app / locked .exe), so an active session is never disrupted.
-    autoUpdater.autoDownload = true;
-    autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
-    // Renderer pushes the user's experimental-updates setting via IPC right after settings load.
-    autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = false;
-    // Lets us un-ship a bad release: re-flip GH 'latest' to an older one and users hop back to it.
-    autoUpdater.allowDowngrade = true;
-  }
+  // Silent background updates: download on detect, install on next quit.
+  // The OS gates the install on main-process exit (can't replace a
+  // running .app / locked .exe), so an active session is never disrupted.
+  autoUpdater.autoDownload = true;
+  autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true;
+  // Renderer pushes the user's experimental-updates setting via IPC right after settings load.
+  autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = false;
+  // Lets us un-ship a bad release: re-flip GH 'latest' to an older one and users hop back to it.
+  autoUpdater.allowDowngrade = true;
 
   autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
     console.log(`Update available: ${info.version}`);
@@ -1670,8 +1633,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('check-for-updates', async () => {
 
 ipcMain.handle('download-update', async () => {
   if (!autoUpdater) return { success: false, error: 'Updater not available' };
-  // Squirrel built-in autoUpdater auto-downloads on detect; no manual trigger needed.
-  if (isSquirrelUpdater) return { success: true };
   try {
     await autoUpdater.downloadUpdate();
     return { success: true };
@@ -1682,8 +1643,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('download-update', async () => {
 
 ipcMain.handle('set-allow-prerelease', async (_e, value) => {
   if (!autoUpdater) return { success: false, error: 'Updater not available' };
-  // Squirrel built-in autoUpdater has no allowPrerelease; experimental channel on Windows is a TODO once we wire a separate Squirrel feed URL.
-  if (isSquirrelUpdater) return { success: false, error: 'Experimental channel not yet supported on Windows Squirrel target' };
   const next = Boolean(value);
   if (autoUpdater.allowPrerelease === next) return { success: true, changed: false };
   autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = next;
@@ -1703,12 +1662,7 @@ ipcMain.handle('install-update', async () => {
     const vetoed = await workflowsLifecycle.maybeVetoInstall();
     if (vetoed) return { vetoed: true };
   } catch (_) {}
-  // Built-in autoUpdater on Windows takes no args; electron-updater on Mac takes (isSilent, isForceRunAfter).
-  if (isSquirrelUpdater) {
-    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall();
-  } else {
-    autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(false, true);
-  }
+  autoUpdater.quitAndInstall(false, true);
 });
 
 ipcMain.handle('capture-page', async (event, rect) => {

electron/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openswarm",
-  "version": "1.1.59",
+  "version": "1.1.60",
   "description": "OpenSwarm — AI Agent Orchestrator",
   "author": "openswarm-ai",
   "main": "main.js",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
       "icon": "build/icon.ico",
       "target": [
         {
-          "target": "squirrel",
+          "target": "nsis",
           "arch": ["x64"]
         }
       ],
@@ -77,8 +77,16 @@
       "signingHashAlgorithms": ["sha256"],
       "signDlls": false
     },
-    "squirrelWindows": {
-      "iconUrl": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openswarm-ai/openswarm/main/electron/build/icon.ico"
+    "nsis": {
+      "oneClick": true,
+      "perMachine": false,
+      "allowToChangeInstallationDirectory": false,
+      "createDesktopShortcut": true,
+      "createStartMenuShortcut": true,
+      "shortcutName": "OpenSwarm",
+      "deleteAppDataOnUninstall": false,
+      "artifactName": "OpenSwarm-Setup-${arch}.${ext}",
+      "include": "build/installer-recovery.nsh"
     },
     "extraResources": [
       {