/** * Dynamic electron-builder config for WINDOWS code signing. * * Mirrors electron-builder.js (which handles mac.binaries) but for Windows. * It wires a signing CLI into electron-builder so that every .exe is signed, * with the private key kept in hardware per the post-2023 code-signing rules. * * A SINGLE sign hook (win.signtoolOptions.sign) covers everything: electron- * builder calls it for EVERY .exe it processes, which includes the app * launcher, the packaged PyInstaller backend (extraResources/backend/ * cowagent-backend.exe) and the NSIS installer. We deliberately do NOT add an * afterPack pass — that would sign the backend a second time and waste a paid * signing call on every release. * * PRIVACY: the CLI path and all credentials come from env vars only. Nothing in * this file (or the public workflow) is hardcoded, so a public repo never leaks * any signing configuration. * * DRY-RUN / SKIP: when SIGNTOOL_CERT_CODE is absent we skip signing entirely * (unsigned dev/dry builds keep working). When COW_SIGN_DRY_RUN=1 we pass * --dry-run so the WHOLE pipeline can be validated in CI with a self-signed * cert, WITHOUT a real certificate and WITHOUT consuming any signing quota. */ const { execFileSync } = require('child_process') const fs = require('fs') const path = require('path') const config = require('./package.json').build // Absolute path to the signing CLI on the runner. Injected by CI so this file // never hardcodes a download URL. e.g. C:\signtool\signtool.exe const SIGNTOOL = process.env.SIGNTOOL_PATH || '' // Dry-run validates the pipeline with a self-signed cert (no quota, no real // cert needed). Any truthy value enables it. const DRY_RUN = !!process.env.COW_SIGN_DRY_RUN // In dry-run the CLI still requires these flags to be NON-EMPTY (it validates // presence, not the value, and signs with a self-signed cert). So when no real // credentials are provided during a dry-run, fall back to harmless placeholders // to satisfy the CLI's arg check. Real runs pass the actual secrets through. const PLACEHOLDER = DRY_RUN ? 'dry-run' : '' const ACCESS_KEY = process.env.SIGNTOOL_ACCESS_KEY || PLACEHOLDER const ACCESS_SECRET = process.env.SIGNTOOL_ACCESS_SECRET || PLACEHOLDER const CERT_CODE = process.env.SIGNTOOL_CERT_CODE || PLACEHOLDER // RFC3161 timestamp server for SHA256. Microsoft's is reliable from CI runners // worldwide; overridable via env if needed. const TIMESTAMP = process.env.SIGNTOOL_TIMESTAMP || 'http://timestamp.acs.microsoft.com' // Signing is possible when we have the CLI plus either a real cert code or // explicit dry-run mode (dry-run accepts placeholder credentials). function canSign() { if (!SIGNTOOL || !fs.existsSync(SIGNTOOL)) return false if (DRY_RUN) return true return !!(ACCESS_KEY && ACCESS_SECRET && CERT_CODE) } /** * Sign a single file in place using the signing CLI. The CLI writes to a * separate --out path (it refuses to overwrite an existing file), so we sign to * a temp file and atomically move it back over the original. */ function signFile(filePath) { const tmpOut = `${filePath}.signed` // Remove a stale temp from a previous failed run (CLI errors if --out exists). try { if (fs.existsSync(tmpOut)) fs.rmSync(tmpOut) } catch { /* ignore */ } const args = [ 'sign', ...(DRY_RUN ? ['--dry-run'] : []), `--access-key=${ACCESS_KEY}`, `--access-secret=${ACCESS_SECRET}`, `--cert-code=${CERT_CODE}`, `--file=${filePath}`, `--out=${tmpOut}`, '--sha1=false', '--sha2=true', '--timestamp-rfc3161', TIMESTAMP, ] // Never print credentials: log only the file being signed. console.log(`[win-sign] signing ${path.basename(filePath)}${DRY_RUN ? ' (dry-run)' : ''}`) execFileSync(SIGNTOOL, args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit'] }) if (!fs.existsSync(tmpOut)) { throw new Error(`[win-sign] signed output not produced for ${filePath}`) } // Replace the original with the signed copy. fs.rmSync(filePath) fs.renameSync(tmpOut, filePath) } // electron-builder calls this for each artifact it generates (app exe, NSIS // installer, uninstaller). Signature: (configuration) => void, where // configuration.path is the file to sign. async function customSign(configuration) { if (!canSign()) { console.warn('[win-sign] signing skipped (no signtool/credentials)') return } signFile(configuration.path) } // Extend the base config: attach the sign hook. Only meaningful on Windows // builds (this config is only passed via --config on the win matrix leg). // // electron-builder invokes customSign for EVERY .exe it touches — that already // includes the packaged backend (extraResources/backend/cowagent-backend.exe) // and the NSIS installer, not just the app launcher. So there's no separate // afterPack pass: adding one would sign the backend twice (wasting a paid // signing call per release). Nested PyInstaller .dll/.pyd files are left // unsigned, which Windows Authenticode tolerates (unlike macOS, it doesn't // require deep-signing every nested lib — a signed top-level exe is enough for // SmartScreen/Defender to attribute the publisher). config.win = { ...config.win, signtoolOptions: { sign: customSign, signingHashAlgorithms: ['sha256'] } } module.exports = config