chore(deps): update Electron 37 → 43 - #4081
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Clears all 31 open Electron advisories against mcpjam-inspector/package.json — 7 high, 18 medium, 6 low. Every one of them is fixed by >= 39.8.10, but 39 sits outside Electron's support window (latest three majors), so landing there would start accruing new alerts immediately. 43.4.0 is current stable. The main process only touches app.*, BrowserWindow, shell.openExternal / shell.openPath and ipcMain, none of which changed across 38..43, so the surface exposed to this jump is small. Verified: install resolves clean, the electron binary reports v43.4.0, `typecheck:client` passes, `build:inspector` passes, and electron-forge's own Vite builds of src/main.ts, src/preload.ts and the renderer all succeed against 43. NOT verified locally: `electron-forge package` finalization. It stalls at "Finalizing package" in this environment — but an Electron 37 baseline built from unmodified main stalls at exactly the same step, so the blocker is the local sandbox rather than this change. Packaging needs to be confirmed unsandboxed before a desktop release ships. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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P1: This 6-major Electron jump (37→43) lands while the forge toolchain that actually exercises the new binary is pinned to older releases, and the PR's own verification could not confirm the desktop packaging path works. `forge.config.ts` applies `FuseVersion.V1` through `@electron/fuses` (^2.0.0), and the PR notes `electron:package` stalls at "Finalizing package" and that newer fuses (2.1.1/2.1.3) may influence finalization. Fuses are read/patched against the packaged Electron binary, so a fuse toolchain that predates the new major is the first thing to verify once packaging is run under 43. Confirm fuses-forge support for the 43 line (upgrade `@electron/fuses`/plugin-fuses if needed) and get `electron:package`/`electron:make` to complete before merging, since these are the release path (`electron:publish`).</violation>
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| "concurrently": "^9.1.0", | ||
| "cross-env": "^10.1.0", | ||
| "electron": "^37.2.5", | ||
| "electron": "^43.4.0", |
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P1: This 6-major Electron jump (37→43) lands while the forge toolchain that actually exercises the new binary is pinned to older releases, and the PR's own verification could not confirm the desktop packaging path works. forge.config.ts applies FuseVersion.V1 through @electron/fuses (^2.0.0), and the PR notes electron:package stalls at "Finalizing package" and that newer fuses (2.1.1/2.1.3) may influence finalization. Fuses are read/patched against the packaged Electron binary, so a fuse toolchain that predates the new major is the first thing to verify once packaging is run under 43. Confirm fuses-forge support for the 43 line (upgrade @electron/fuses/plugin-fuses if needed) and get electron:package/electron:make to complete before merging, since these are the release path (electron:publish).
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<comment>This 6-major Electron jump (37→43) lands while the forge toolchain that actually exercises the new binary is pinned to older releases, and the PR's own verification could not confirm the desktop packaging path works. `forge.config.ts` applies `FuseVersion.V1` through `@electron/fuses` (^2.0.0), and the PR notes `electron:package` stalls at "Finalizing package" and that newer fuses (2.1.1/2.1.3) may influence finalization. Fuses are read/patched against the packaged Electron binary, so a fuse toolchain that predates the new major is the first thing to verify once packaging is run under 43. Confirm fuses-forge support for the 43 line (upgrade `@electron/fuses`/plugin-fuses if needed) and get `electron:package`/`electron:make` to complete before merging, since these are the release path (`electron:publish`).</comment>
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"cross-env": "^10.1.0",
- "electron": "^37.2.5",
+ "electron": "^43.4.0",
"eslint": "^9",
"jsdom": "^27.4.0",
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In `@mcpjam-inspector/package.json`:
- Line 244: Update the release workflow for the `@mcpjam/inspector` Electron
package to run the electron:make command, then launch and smoke-test the
generated packaged application on both macOS and Windows before release or
notarization completes.
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python3 - <<'PY'
import json
from pathlib import Path
p = Path("mcpjam-inspector/package.json")
d = json.loads(p.read_text())
print("name:", d.get("name"))
print("version:", d.get("version"))
print("electron:", d.get("dependencies", {}).get("electron") or d.get("devDependencies", {}).get("electron"))
print("scripts:")
for k, v in d.get("scripts", {}).items():
print(f" {k}: {v}")
print("forge:", json.dumps(d.get("config", {}).get("forge"), indent=2))
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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant repository files ---'
git ls-files 'mcpjam-inspector/*' | rg '(^|/)(package(-lock)?\.json|forge|vite|README|\.github|electron)' | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- Electron/package references ---'
rg -n --glob '!mcpjam-inspector/node_modules/**' --glob '!mcpjam-inspector/dist/**' --glob '!mcpjam-inspector/out/**' 'electron|make|package|unsandbox|sandbox' mcpjam-inspector .github 2>/dev/null | head -250Repository: MCPJam/inspector
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sed -n '70,185p' .github/workflows/mac-release.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- Windows release packaging and smoke steps ---'
sed -n '20,170p' .github/workflows/windows-release.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- resolved Electron versions ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import json
from pathlib import Path
for name in ("package-lock.json",):
p = Path("mcpjam-inspector") / name
if not p.exists():
print(f"{p}: absent")
continue
d = json.loads(p.read_text())
for key, value in d.get("packages", {}).items():
if key.endswith("node_modules/electron") or key == "node_modules/electron":
print(key, value.get("version"), value.get("resolved"))
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printf '%s\n' '--- packaged-artifact launch or smoke-test references ---'
rg -n --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.sh' \
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for name in (".github/workflows/mac-release.yml", ".github/workflows/windows-release.yml"):
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Launch the packaged Electron application on macOS and Windows before release.
The release workflows create and notarize artifacts, but they do not launch them. Run npm run electron:make -w @mcpjam/inspector`` and launch each packaged artifact before release.
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In `@mcpjam-inspector/package.json` at line 244, Update the release workflow for
the `@mcpjam/inspector` Electron package to run the electron:make command, then
launch and smoke-test the generated packaged application on both macOS and
Windows before release or notarization completes.
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Clears all 31 open Electron advisories on
mcpjam-inspector/package.json— 7 high, 18 medium, 6 low. That is ~7% of the entire open Dependabot queue from a one-line dependency change.Why 43 and not 39
Every one of the 31 advisories is fixed by
>= 39.8.10, so 39 is the minimum. But Electron only patches its latest three majors, and 43 is current stable — landing on 39 would clear the queue today and start refilling it with the next Chromium CVE. 43 buys roughly a year instead of roughly zero.Why the blast radius is small
The main process uses a narrow, stable slice of the API:
None of these changed across 38→43. The renderer is a normal React app, and the Chromium jump is the usual one any Electron upgrade carries.
Verified
npm installresolves clean;node_modules/.bin/electron --version→v43.4.0npm run typecheck:client -w @mcpjam/inspector✅npm run build:inspector✅src/main.ts,src/preload.ts, and the renderer target all build against 43 ✅ — this is the part most likely to break on a six-major jumpNot verified — please read before merging
electron-forge packagedoes not complete in my environment. It stalls atFinalizing package(while extracting the Electron release zip) and exits without producingout/.I checked whether that is this PR's fault: an Electron 37 build from unmodified
main, in a second worktree, stalls at exactly the same step. So this is a local sandbox limitation, not a regression from the bump — but it does mean packaging is genuinely unproven for 43.The release workflows (
mac-release.yml/windows-release.yml) areworkflow_calltargets reached only throughrelease.yml, which isworkflow_dispatchand publishes real artifacts — so no PR check exercises packaging today. Before this ships in a desktop build, one of:npm run electron:package -w @mcpjam/inspectorlocally (unsandboxed,NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192— the release workflows already set this, and without it the main-process bundle OOMs at Node's 4GB default) and launches the resulting.app; orWorth noting
@electron/fusesis at 2.1.1 (2.1.3 available) and the fuses plugin flips fuses during exactly the finalization step I could not reach — so if packaging does fail on 43 for real, that is the first place I would look.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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Updates
electronfrom 37.2.5 to 43.4.0 to clear 31 Electron security advisories and stay on a supported major. No intended behavior changes; the app uses only APIs unchanged across 38–43.>=39.8.10fixes the advisories, but 39 is outside Electron’s support window; 43 is current stable.electron@43requires Node >= 22.12.0.electron --versionshows 43.4.0;typecheck:clientandbuild:inspectorpass;electron-forgeVite builds for main, preload, and renderer succeed.NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npm run electron:package -w @mcpjam/inspectorand launch the app, or add a packaging smoke job in CI. If packaging fails, first check the@electron/fusesstep during finalization.Written for commit 6736c7b. Summary will update on new commits.