v2.8.0-beta.5: Missing @lydell/node-pty in app.asar — app hangs on startup

[Bongulielmi]

Description

v2.8.0-beta.5 (Aperant rebrand) fails to launch on macOS — the main process starts but no window appears. The app hangs indefinitely with a frozen event loop.

Root Cause

The app.asar in beta.5 is missing the @lydell/node-pty package (both JS wrapper and platform-specific native binary). The app.asar.unpacked directory is also completely absent.

v2.7.6 (working):

• app.asar contains out/main/node_modules/@lydell/node-pty/ (JS files)
• app.asar.unpacked contains out/main/node_modules/@lydell/node-pty-darwin-arm64/pty.node (native binary)

v2.8.0-beta.5 (broken):

• app.asar has NO @lydell/node-pty directory (only lucide-react in node_modules)
• app.asar.unpacked directory is completely MISSING

Since import * as pty from "@lydell/node-pty" is a static ESM import at the top of out/main/index.js, the module loading fails and blocks the Electron main process event loop. No window is ever created.

Additional Issue: Data Migration

The rename from auto-claude-ui to aperant user data directory includes a synchronous cpSync() migration at startup (line ~98364 in main/index.js). If the old directory exists, this runs on the main thread and can also block the UI.

Environment

• macOS 26.4 (25E5233c) ARM64
• Both v2.7.6 and beta.5 use Electron 40.0.0 / Chrome 144.0.7559.60

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install v2.8.0-beta.5 on macOS ARM64
2. Launch the app
3. Process starts but no window appears
4. Event loop is frozen (inspector connects but can't evaluate)

Workaround

Downgrade to v2.7.6 stable.

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