From ca404aeb2477e49294593e8b0fd693f6ac8e2771 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zhayujie <yjzha1996@163.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 01:59:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): stop backend writing into the .app bundle

---
 .gitignore                 |  2 ++
 plugins/cow_cli/cow_cli.py | 12 ++++++++----
 plugins/plugin_manager.py  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b22aa395..9cbb011e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ desktop/build/*
 # Icon authoring scratch dir: intermediate assets used to produce the final
 # icons. Only the finished icons under desktop/resources/ should be committed.
 desktop/resources/.icon-work/
+
+.wrangler/
diff --git a/plugins/cow_cli/cow_cli.py b/plugins/cow_cli/cow_cli.py
index 74df4799..3642fe09 100644
--- a/plugins/cow_cli/cow_cli.py
+++ b/plugins/cow_cli/cow_cli.py
@@ -688,8 +688,11 @@ class CowCliPlugin(Plugin):
                 if resolved:
                     updates["bot_type"] = resolved
 
-        project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-        config_path = os.path.join(project_root, "config.json")
+        # Write to the data dir (~/.cow in desktop, project root otherwise), not
+        # __file__-relative — the latter lives inside the read-only .app bundle
+        # when frozen and writing there breaks the macOS code-signature seal.
+        from config import get_data_root
+        config_path = os.path.join(get_data_root(), "config.json")
         try:
             with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 file_config = _json.load(f)
@@ -1630,8 +1633,9 @@ class CowCliPlugin(Plugin):
 
         conf()["knowledge"] = enabled
 
-        project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-        config_path = os.path.join(project_root, "config.json")
+        # Data dir (~/.cow in desktop), not __file__-relative — see _config_set.
+        from config import get_data_root
+        config_path = os.path.join(get_data_root(), "config.json")
         try:
             with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                 file_config = _json.load(f)
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_manager.py b/plugins/plugin_manager.py
index 26e1e232..0fbd9a70 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_manager.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_manager.py
@@ -202,6 +202,26 @@ class PluginManager:
             return True
         return False
 
+    # IM-channel-only plugins that make no sense in the single-user desktop app
+    # and, worse, write config.json into their bundle dir on init — which breaks
+    # the macOS code-signature seal of the packaged .app. cow_cli stays enabled
+    # so desktop chat commands (/status, /help, ...) keep working.
+    DESKTOP_DISABLED_PLUGINS = {
+        "GODCMD", "KEYWORD", "BANWORDS", "ROLE", "DUNGEON", "HELLO", "FINISH",
+    }
+
+    def _apply_desktop_plugin_denylist(self):
+        """In desktop mode, force-disable IM-only plugins regardless of what
+        plugins.json (bundle default or user copy) says. Runs after scan (which
+        syncs enabled from plugins.json) and before activate, so denied plugins
+        are never instantiated and never write into the read-only bundle."""
+        if os.environ.get("COW_DESKTOP") != "1":
+            return
+        for name in list(self.plugins.keys()):
+            if name.upper() in self.DESKTOP_DISABLED_PLUGINS and self.plugins[name].enabled:
+                self.plugins[name].enabled = False
+                logger.info("[desktop] plugin %s disabled (not needed in desktop client)" % name)
+
     def load_plugins(self):
         self.load_config()
         self.scan_plugins()
@@ -212,6 +232,7 @@ class PluginManager:
         for name, plugin in pconf["plugins"].items():
             if name.upper() not in self.plugins:
                 logger.error("Plugin %s not found, but found in plugins.json" % name)
+        self._apply_desktop_plugin_denylist()
         self.activate_plugins()
 
     def emit_event(self, e_context: EventContext, *args, **kwargs):