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Root cause of "the fix works on mobile but not on desktop/web": nothing was wrong with the code — the desktop app now CLOSES TO TRAY, so it can run for weeks on the page it loaded on day one and never re-fetch after a deploy. There was also no way to force it off a stale page (no menu bar → no reload accelerator). - Server: GET /api/build returns home.html's __BUILD marker. - Client: polls it (boot, on focus/visibility, every 10 min); when the server's build differs from the running one, shows a branded "A new version is available — Refresh" banner. Settings gains an always-available "Refresh app" with the current build shown. - hardReloadApp(): in the browser it unregisters service workers + clears CacheStorage then reloads cache-busted; in the shell it calls the native hard reload. - Desktop: hard-reload IPC (clears the session HTTP cache + reloadIgnoringCache), wired to Ctrl+R (reload), Ctrl+Shift+R / F5 (hard reload), and a "Refresh app (get latest)" tray item. Previously there was literally no way to clear the cache from the app. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Biz Connect — Desktop client
Electron shell that loads the live Connect web UI and adds native screen capture. See the overall plan in ../CLIENTS.md.
Run (dev = local testing)
npm install
npm start # dev auto-targets http://localhost:8090 (your local server)
SERVER_URL=https://remote.bizgaze.com npm start # …or point dev at production to compare
npm start IS the local desktop test — no separate "local" installer needed. In dev (unpackaged)
the shell defaults to the local server; a PACKAGED installer defaults to production. SERVER_URL
overrides either. (Bash/Git-Bash syntax above; in PowerShell: $env:SERVER_URL='…'; npm start.)
Build installers
npm run dist # electron-builder → Win NSIS / Mac dmg / Linux AppImage
Signed, trusted installers need certificates:
- Windows: an EV (or OV) code-signing certificate.
- macOS: Apple Developer ID cert + notarization (
CSC_LINK,APPLE_ID,APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD).
Notes
- The window loads
${SERVER_URL}/home; relative/apiand/wsURLs work because the origin is the server itself — no web-code changes. setDisplayMediaRequestHandlerinmain.jsis what makes "Share Screen" work in Electron; it currently defaults to the primary display. Swap in a source-picker for production.- The session is persisted (
persist:bizconnect) so login survives restarts. window.__NATIVE__ === 'desktop'is exposed for the web UI to feature-detect.