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Make macOS notarization opt-in for universal macOS releases #38

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35 changes: 24 additions & 11 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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args: ''

runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_CERTIFICATE }}
APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_CERTIFICATE_PWD }}
# Tauri updater signing – generate keys with: npx tauri signer generate
# Add the private key + password as GitHub secrets.
TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
# Passed to Rust via option_env!() so the About box shows the full tag.
PEARTREE_VERSION_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
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run: node scripts/set-version.js ${{ github.ref_name }}

- name: Build and upload
if: matrix.platform != 'macos-latest' || vars.ENABLE_MACOS_NOTARIZATION != 'true'
uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
with:
releaseId: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_id }}
args: ${{ matrix.args }}

- name: Build and upload with notarization
if: matrix.platform == 'macos-latest' && vars.ENABLE_MACOS_NOTARIZATION == 'true'
uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
# macOS code signing & notarization – set these secrets in GitHub repo settings.
# Without them the macOS build will still succeed but will be unsigned.
APPLE_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_CERTIFICATE }}
APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_CERTIFICATE_PWD }}
# Keep macOS code signing enabled when the certificate is present, but make
# notarization opt-in. Apple's notarization API can reject otherwise valid
# release builds when developer-account agreements expire, which should not
# make the universal macOS build fail in CI.
# Enable notarization explicitly with ENABLE_MACOS_NOTARIZATION=true once the
# Apple developer account agreements are current again.
APPLE_ID: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_NOTARIZATION_APPLE_ID }}
APPLE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_NOTARIZATION_PWD }}
APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.PROD_MACOS_NOTARIZATION_TEAM_ID }}
# Tauri updater signing – generate keys with: npx tauri signer generate
# Add the private key + password as GitHub secrets.
TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
# Passed to Rust via option_env!() so the About box shows the full tag.
PEARTREE_VERSION_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
with:
releaseId: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.release_id }}
args: ${{ matrix.args }}
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