feat: combine latest-mac.yml files from both architectures for autoupdates

since we have separate jobs the files are made separate and overwrite each other on github.

.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml

@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn build-release-publish # No other args needed for windows publish
 
   # We want both arm64 and intel mac builds, and according to this https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#supported-runners-and-hardware-resources macos-14 and above is always arm64 and macos-13 is the last intel runner
-  build_macos_x64:
+  # Note x64 builds made on an arm64 host will not bundle the native modules correctly https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/8646
-    runs-on: macos-13
+  build_mac_arm64:
+    runs-on: macos-14
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       MAC_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.MAC_CERTIFICATE }}
@@ -137,38 +138,36 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup & Build
         uses: ./actions/setup_and_build
         with:
-          cache_suffix: ${{ runner.os }}
+          cache_suffix: mac-arm64
 
         # we want to test on all platforms since some are testing the rendered menus (and are dependent on the platform)
       - name: Unit Test
         run: yarn test
 
-      - name: Build but do not publish
+      - name: Build but do not publish ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run always, except on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'false' && env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'false'  }}
         run: |
           source ./build/setup-mac-certificate.sh
           yarn build-release --config.mac.bundleVersion=${{ github.ref }}
 
-      - name: Upload artefacts (x64)
+      - name: Upload artefacts ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run always, except on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'false' && env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'false'  }}
         uses: ./actions/upload_prod_artefacts
         with:
-          upload_prefix: mac-x64
+          upload_prefix: mac-arm64
           multiarch_build: 'true'
 
-      - name: Build & publish
+      - name: Build & publish ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run only when on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' || env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'true' }}
         run: |
           source ./build/setup-mac-certificate.sh
           yarn build-release-publish --config.mac.bundleVersion=${{ github.ref }}
 
-  # We want both arm64 and intel mac builds, but the x64 binaries built on an arm64 runner will not build native modules correctly https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/8646
+  build_mac_x64:
-  # However building both will give us a valid latest-mac.yml for auto updating https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/6643
+    runs-on: macos-13
-  build_macos_arm64:
-    runs-on: macos-14
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       MAC_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.MAC_CERTIFICATE }}
@@ -185,28 +184,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup & Build
         uses: ./actions/setup_and_build
         with:
-          cache_suffix: ${{ runner.os }}
+          cache_suffix: mac-x64
 
         # we want to test on all platforms since some are testing the rendered menus (and are dependent on the platform)
       - name: Unit Test
         run: yarn test
 
-      - name: Build but do not publish
+      - name: Build but do not publish ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run always, except on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'false' && env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'false'  }}
         run: |
           source ./build/setup-mac-certificate.sh
           yarn build-release --config.mac.bundleVersion=${{ github.ref }}
 
-      - name: Upload artefacts (arm64)
+      - name: Upload artefacts ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run always, except on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'false' && env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'false'  }}
         uses: ./actions/upload_prod_artefacts
         with:
-          upload_prefix: mac-arm64
+          upload_prefix: mac-x64
           multiarch_build: 'true'
 
-      - name: Build & publish
+      - name: Build & publish ${{ runner.arch }}
         # we want this to run only when on "push" to "master"
         if: ${{ env.SHOULD_PUBLISH == 'true' || env.SHOULD_PUBLISH_ALPHA == 'true' }}
         run: |

build/afterAllArtifactBuild.js

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const util = require('util');
+
+const existsAsync = util.promisify(fs.exists);
+const readAsync = util.promisify(fs.readFile);
+const renameAsync = util.promisify(fs.rename);
+const writeAsync = util.promisify(fs.writeFile);
+
+const builds = [];
+
+exports.default = async function (context) {
+  // Update the latest-mac.yml on macOS only.
+  if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const sourceLatestYML = path.join(context.outDir, 'latest-mac.yml');
+  // return if there is no latest-mac.yml file
+  if (!(await existsAsync(sourceLatestYML))) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  console.log(`afterAllArtifactBuild hook triggered on ${os.arch()}`);
+
+  const targetHostYML = path.join(context.outDir, `latest-${os.arch()}-mac.yml`);
+  // rename latest-mac.yml to latest-{arm64 or x64}-mac.yml
+  await renameAsync(sourceLatestYML, targetHostYML);
+  console.log(`Renamed ${sourceLatestYML} to ${targetHostYML}`);
+  builds.push(targetHostYML);
+
+  if (builds.length === 2) {
+    console.log('Both builds are complete');
+    // we want to combine the files from both latest-arm64-mac.yml and latest-x64-mac.yml into latest-mac.yml
+    const targetLatestYML = path.join(context.outDir, 'latest-mac.yml');
+    const arm64YML = builds.find(file => file.includes('arm64'));
+    const x64YML = builds.find(file => file.includes('x64'));
+    const arm64YMLContent = await readAsync(arm64YML, 'utf8');
+    const x64YMLContent = await readAsync(x64YML, 'utf8');
+    // read the files key from the x64 file and add it to the arm64 file in the files key
+    const x64FilesKey = x64YMLContent.match(/files:\n([\s\S]*?)\n\n/)[1];
+    console.log('x64FilesKey', x64FilesKey);
+    const arm64YMLContentWithX64Files = arm64YMLContent.replace('files:', `files:\n${x64FilesKey}`);
+    await writeAsync(targetLatestYML, arm64YMLContentWithX64Files);
+    console.log(`Combined ${arm64YML} and ${x64YML} into ${targetLatestYML}`);
+  }
+
+  // you can return additional files to publish
+  return [targetHostYML];
+};

package.json

@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
     "appId": "com.loki-project.messenger-desktop",
     "afterSign": "build/notarize.js",
     "afterPack": "build/afterPackHook.js",
+    "afterAllArtifactBuild": "build/afterAllArtifactBuild.js",
     "artifactName": "${name}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${ext}",
     "generateUpdatesFilesForAllChannels": true,
     "extraResources": [