Pin Electron exactly, and cut 0.4.1

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ Earlier releases are described by their GitHub release notes and tags.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+0.4.1 (2026-08-25)
+==================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- The 0.4.0 release build could not be packaged: electron-builder refused the
+  ``^34.0.0`` Electron range because it could no longer resolve the installed
+  version. Making the repository an npm workspace hoisted ``electron`` out of
+  ``electron/node_modules``, and electron-builder resolves from the project
+  directory. Nothing but a tag build runs electron-builder, so it did not
+  surface until the release. The version is now pinned exactly, in both
+  ``package.json`` files.
+
+
 0.4.0 (2026-08-25)
 ==================
 

README.md

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Download
      (scripts/update-download-links.mjs) — edit the markers, not the table. -->
 <!-- spyde:download-table:start -->
 
-**[⬇ Download SpyDE v0.4.0](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/tag/v0.4.0)** — pick your platform:
+**[⬇ Download SpyDE v0.4.1](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/tag/v0.4.1)** — pick your platform:
 
 | Platform | Download |
 |----------|----------|
-| **Windows** | [SpyDE-Setup-0.4.0.exe](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-Setup-0.4.0.exe) |
-| **macOS** (Apple Silicon) | [SpyDE-0.4.0-arm64-mac.zip](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-0.4.0-arm64-mac.zip) |
-| **Linux** | [SpyDE-0.4.0.AppImage](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-0.4.0.AppImage) |
+| **Windows** | [SpyDE-Setup-0.4.1.exe](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-Setup-0.4.1.exe) |
+| **macOS** (Apple Silicon) | [SpyDE-0.4.1-arm64-mac.zip](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-0.4.1-arm64-mac.zip) |
+| **Linux** | [SpyDE-0.4.1.AppImage](https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-0.4.1.AppImage) |
 
 All releases: <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases>
 

doc/user_guide/installing.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Download
 
 .. spyde:download-table:start
 
-**Download SpyDE v0.4.0:** `all releases <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases>`__
+**Download SpyDE v0.4.1:** `all releases <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases>`__
 
 .. list-table::
    :header-rows: 1
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Download
    * - Platform
      - Download
    * - **Windows**
-     - `SpyDE-Setup-0.4.0.exe <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-Setup-0.4.0.exe>`__
+     - `SpyDE-Setup-0.4.1.exe <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-Setup-0.4.1.exe>`__
    * - **macOS** (Apple Silicon)
-     - `SpyDE-0.4.0-arm64-mac.zip <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-0.4.0-arm64-mac.zip>`__
+     - `SpyDE-0.4.1-arm64-mac.zip <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-0.4.1-arm64-mac.zip>`__
    * - **Linux**
-     - `SpyDE-0.4.0.AppImage <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.0/SpyDE-0.4.0.AppImage>`__
+     - `SpyDE-0.4.1.AppImage <https://github.com/directelectron/spyde/releases/download/v0.4.1/SpyDE-0.4.1.AppImage>`__
 
 .. spyde:download-table:end
 

electron/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "spyde-electron",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "description": "SpyDE — electron frontend for the spyde Python backend",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^18.3.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.3.0",
-    "electron": "^34.0.0",
+    "electron": "34.5.8",
     "electron-builder": "^26.15.3",
     "electron-vite": "^3.0.0",
     "typescript": "^5.4.0",

package.json

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
     "packages/*",
     "electron"
   ],
-  "//": "electron is declared HERE, at the workspace root, so every root-hoisted tool that resolves 'electron' from its own location (electron-vite's version sniff, playwright-core's bare require('electron/index.js')) finds the SAME version the app declares in electron/package.json. Without this, npm's auto-installed peer once put electron 43 at the root and every e2e silently ran the wrong Electron.",
+  "//": "electron is declared HERE, at the workspace root, so every root-hoisted tool that resolves 'electron' from its own location (electron-vite's version sniff, playwright-core's bare require('electron/index.js')) finds the SAME version the app declares in electron/package.json. Without this, npm's auto-installed peer once put electron 43 at the root and every e2e silently ran the wrong Electron. EXACT, not a range, and it must match electron/package.json: making this a workspace hoisted electron out of electron/node_modules, and electron-builder resolves the installed version from the project dir — it cannot, so it falls back to parsing this spec and REFUSES a range. That is a release-only failure (nothing else runs electron-builder), so it does not show up until the tag build.",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "electron": "^34.0.0"
+    "electron": "34.5.8"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "npm --workspace spyde-electron run dev",