feat(desktop): Tauri v2 kiosk shell — maximized window, prod right-click block, auto-update + code-signing
Add apps/desktop, a thin Tauri v2 shell wrapping the SAME @parking/web SPA so the desktop and browser UIs never drift: dev loads the Vite dev server (HMR), prod bundles the web app's dist/. No business logic in the shell (device/auth/ ledger stay in @parking/server); deny-by-default capabilities. apps/web (single UI source of truth): - lib/origin.ts: centralize the backend origin (API_BASE/apiUrl/wsUrl from VITE_API_BASE); no-op in the browser, lets the desktop build target Fastify. - lib/kiosk.ts: block the right-click context menu in PROD only (dev keeps it + devtools). - lib/desktop-updater.ts: prompt-on-update auto-update (no-op in browser/offline) → downloadAndInstall + relaunch; i18n update.* keys (sq+en). - .env.production: VITE_API_BASE wired to the Fastify origin for the bundle. Desktop: - window starts maximized (not fullscreen — operator keeps OS access). - auto-update via tauri-plugin-updater + -process; self-hosted endpoint is a PLACEHOLDER to fill in. Updater keypair: pubkey embedded in tauri.conf.json; private key + password kept OUTSIDE the repo (~/.parking-updater-keys) and as TAURI_SIGNING_* build secrets. - Turbo build is a no-op; the real signed bundle is `pnpm --filter @parking/desktop bundle` (verified → .deb/.rpm/.AppImage + .sig signatures). Verified: cargo check clean; turbo run build lint 14/14 green; i18n parity holds; no key/sig/bundle artifacts in the repo. Wiki (security + desktop analysis recorded alongside): - new concepts/tpm.md (TPM 2.0: how it works, sealed-LUKS auto-unlock + non- extractable signing key, limits — live-root, bus-sniff — TPM-vs-ATECC608 by platform). - new decisions/desktop-shell-tauri.md (Tauri v2 over Electron; best-case Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, worst-case Windows+WSL → kiosk browser; full as-built). - pull-the-disk attack trace on append-only-event-chain; ATECC608 not-in-a-PC caveat; cross-links from disk-os-hardening / threat-model. - open-questions #11 (appliance WebKitGTK), #12 (TPM hardening impl), #13 (startup verifyChain self-check); index/overview/log/standing-decisions. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Xcm6ikLgGoCxxHrxtjkk5V
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type: decision
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tags: [parking, decisions, desktop, frontend]
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sources: []
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updated: 2026-06-21
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status: settled
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# Desktop shell — Tauri v2 (chosen over Electron)
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The operator UI ([[react-vite-spa]]) needs to ship as a **desktop application** on the
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appliance (kiosk-style), with a **mobile app possible later** but out of scope now. The choice
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was **Tauri v2 vs. Electron**. **Decision: Tauri v2.** _(Settled with the user, 2026-06-21.)_
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## The thin-shell architecture (why this choice is low-risk)
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The desktop shell is a **thin kiosk wrapper around the existing SPA**, nothing more. All
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privileged logic — device drivers ([[device-adapter-pattern]]: reader/printer/relay/serial),
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[[local-jwt-auth|auth]], the [[append-only-event-chain|signed ledger]], [[tariff]]/[[subscription]]
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pricing — **stays in the [[fastify]] server** (settled with the user, 2026-06-21). The shell only
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loads the SPA, which talks to the local Fastify server over localhost. Consequences:
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- **No device/serial logic is ported into the shell** (no Rust device code for Tauri; no Node
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main-process drivers for Electron). The "logic lives in the server" invariant holds.
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- If a WebView quirk ever bites, the **blast radius is presentation only** — the server and its
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signed ledger are untouched.
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This is what neutralizes Tauri's main weakness (host-WebView fragmentation, below): the shell's
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job is fullscreen chrome, autostart, and kiosk lockdown — not correctness-critical rendering of
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financial truth.
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## Why Tauri v2 fits *this* project specifically
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- **Threat-model alignment ([[threat-model]]).** The primary adversary is the operator at the
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booth. Tauri's **deny-by-default capability/permission model** means the renderer literally
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cannot reach the filesystem, shell, or any native command unless we hand it a named, allowlisted
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command. That is defense-in-depth that matches "don't trust the booth." Electron's equivalent
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hardening (`contextIsolation`, `nodeIntegration:false`, `sandbox:true`, strict CSP) is **opt-in
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and easy to misconfigure** into giving the renderer Node access — exactly what this threat model
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can't afford.
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- **Small footprint / smaller CVE surface.** Tauri uses the **OS WebView** (WebKitGTK on Linux) —
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~3–10 MB bundles, tens of MB RAM, and **no bundled Chromium** to patch. Electron ships and pins
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its own Chromium (100+ MB, hundreds of MB RAM) and makes us **own Chromium's CVE treadmill** on a
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long-lived appliance. On a [[disk-os-hardening|hardened]] single-purpose box maintained for
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years, less to patch is a real operational win.
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- **License.** Tauri is **MIT / Apache-2.0** — clears the hard MIT/Apache/BSD constraint
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([[technology-stack]]). (Electron is also MIT; not a differentiator.)
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- **Rust core** is available if device access ever *did* move shell-side — but per the decision
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above it does not, so this is latent upside, not a current cost.
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## What Electron would have bought (the rejected upside)
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- **Version-pinned bundled Chromium** → identical rendering everywhere regardless of host. The most
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predictable option on a locked-down appliance image, and the reason this isn't a slam-dunk.
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- Largest, most battle-tested kiosk/appliance ecosystem.
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- Node in the main process → trivial code-sharing with the Fastify/Node device drivers — but we
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explicitly **keep drivers in the server**, so this advantage doesn't apply here.
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Rejected because the heavy footprint, the Chromium CVE-patching obligation, and the opt-in (easy
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to get wrong) security posture all cut against the appliance + threat-model constraints, while its
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one real advantage (bundled Chromium) is only conditionally needed — see the open question.
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## Target deployment — best case vs. worst case
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The decision's risk collapses to **which OS the appliance actually runs** (user, 2026-06-21):
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- **Best case — Ubuntu 26.04 LTS desktop (the intended appliance).** Ships a **current,
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distro-maintained WebKitGTK** (`webkit2gtk-4.1` / GTK4), patched by Canonical for the LTS
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lifetime. This **closes** the WebView risk below — no ancient-WebView problem, no CVE-patching
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burden on us. A native, hardened, single-purpose box that matches the [[disk-os-hardening]]
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platform decision. **Tauri belongs here; the decision is unconditional in this world.**
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- **Worst case — Windows 11 + WSL + Docker.** This is **not** a "use Electron instead" fallback —
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it **contradicts the [[standing-decisions|standing platform decision]]** (explicitly *"a
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dedicated, hardened Linux appliance, **not Windows/WSL**"*) and undermines
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[[disk-os-hardening|Secure Boot / LUKS / tamper resistance]] against the booth operator
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([[threat-model]]). Moreover a **desktop GUI shell does not naturally live inside WSL/Docker**
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(both are headless Linux). The realistic shape there is **no native shell at all**: run
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[[fastify]] + the SPA in the WSL/Docker backend, and open the SPA in a **kiosk browser** on
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Windows (`msedge`/`chrome --kiosk --app=http://localhost:PORT`). Electron is warranted **only**
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if a self-contained installable Windows `.exe` (no system browser) is a hard requirement.
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The **thin-shell architecture makes the worst-case fallback cheap**: because all logic lives in
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[[fastify]], dropping the shell for a kiosk browser costs only the native window wrapper, not any
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functionality.
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| Deployment | Desktop shell |
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| --- | --- |
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| **Ubuntu 26.04 LTS** (best, intended) | **Tauri v2** — current WebKitGTK, native, hardened. Decision stands unconditionally. |
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| **Windows 11 + WSL + Docker** (worst, conflicts with platform decision) | **No native shell — kiosk browser** at the local Fastify-served SPA. Electron only if a standalone Windows installer is required. |
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## The one thing to verify (procurement / image gate)
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Tauri's rendering correctness depends on the **WebKitGTK version that ships on the target
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appliance OS image**. On a hardened/pinned image this can be old and cause rendering quirks — pin
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it and test the built SPA against that **exact** WebView. **On the intended Ubuntu 26.04 LTS this
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is effectively resolved** (current distro-maintained WebKitGTK); the concern only bites on an
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unexpected image with an ancient/unavailable WebView, which would point to the kiosk-browser path
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(or Electron) above. Tracked as an [[open-questions|open question]].
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## Invariants this decision must preserve
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1. **Server owns all privileged logic.** The shell is presentation only; device/auth/ledger/pricing
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stay in [[fastify]]. Don't let "convenient native access" pull driver logic into the shell.
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2. **Deny-by-default native surface.** Expose Tauri commands one at a time, allowlisted; never open
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a broad filesystem/shell capability to the renderer ([[threat-model]]).
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3. **[[offline-first]].** The shell, its updater, and any WebView must work air-gapped; no decision
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here may introduce a network dependency in core operation.
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4. **Mobile later, not now.** A future mobile app is a separate target; don't pre-build for it.
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## As-built (scaffolded 2026-06-21)
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`apps/desktop` — a Tauri v2 shell, its own pnpm/Turbo package, wrapping the **same** `apps/web`
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SPA so the desktop and browser UIs **cannot drift** (one UI codebase; requirement from the user):
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- **Dev:** `tauri dev` loads `http://localhost:5173` (the `@parking/web` Vite dev server) →
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editing a component in `apps/web` updates the desktop window via HMR live. `beforeDevCommand`
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starts the web dev server.
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- **Prod:** `frontendDist: ../../web/dist` bundles the built SPA into the binary;
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`beforeBuildCommand` rebuilds it first.
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- **Backend origin:** the SPA used relative `/api` + a `window.location.host` WS URL — fine in a
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browser, broken from `tauri://localhost`. Centralized into `apps/web/src/lib/origin.ts`
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(`API_BASE`/`apiUrl`/`wsUrl`), read from **`VITE_API_BASE`** (empty in the browser = unchanged;
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set to the Fastify origin for the desktop build). The `tauri.conf.json` CSP `connect-src`
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whitelists `127.0.0.1:3000`/`localhost:3000` http+ws; the backend's `WS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS` must
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include the Tauri origin.
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- **Thin shell, enforced:** the Rust crate (`parking_desktop_lib::run`) registers **no commands**;
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the capability set is `core:default` only — no fs/shell/device access to the renderer
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(invariants 1–2). All logic stays in [[fastify]].
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- **Turbo:** `build` is a **no-op** (so `turbo run build` stays fast); the real bundle is a
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deliberate `pnpm --filter @parking/desktop bundle` (the vision-shim pattern).
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- **Verified:** `cargo check` + a full `tauri build` compiled the Rust/WebKitGTK/wry stack and
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produced working `.deb`/`.rpm`/`.AppImage` bundles; `pnpm turbo run build lint` → 14/14 green
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(was 12). All Linux prereqs present (Rust 1.93, WebKitGTK 4.1, libsoup-3, WSLg display).
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### Window / kiosk, auto-update, env (added 2026-06-21)
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Per the user's choices — the operator **keeps OS access** (no fullscreen lockdown):
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- **Window:** starts **maximized** (`maximized: true`), not fullscreen, resizable. No OS-key
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blocking, no always-on-top — the booth PC stays usable as a PC.
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- **Right-click:** the context menu is blocked in **prod only** (`apps/web/src/lib/kiosk.ts`,
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guarded on `import.meta.env.PROD`); dev keeps right-click + devtools. Applies to both the browser
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prod build and the desktop build (same SPA).
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- **`VITE_API_BASE` wired to the environment:** `apps/web/.env.production` (committed, non-secret,
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allow-listed in `.gitignore`) sets `VITE_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:3000`, auto-loaded by
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`vite build` (which the desktop bundle runs). So the desktop build targets Fastify with no manual
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export; the browser-served-by-Fastify build should override to `""`.
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- **Auto-update (prompt-on-update, self-hosted):** `tauri-plugin-updater` + `tauri-plugin-process`.
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On launch the SPA checks the endpoint (`apps/web/src/lib/desktop-updater.ts`, no-op in browser /
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offline), prompts the operator (i18n `update.prompt`), then `downloadAndInstall()` + `relaunch()`.
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Accepts that the appliance may be **offline** day-to-day and brought online (phone hotspot) only
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when an update is wanted — consistent with [[offline-first]] (no network dependency in *core*
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operation; updates are out-of-band). Endpoint in `tauri.conf.json` is a **placeholder**
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(`https://UPDATES.EXAMPLE.invalid/...`) to fill in once the self-hosted update URL exists; the
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server must serve `latest.json` + the signed installer + its `.sig`.
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- **Code-signing (updater):** an Ed25519 **updater keypair** was generated. The **public key is
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embedded** in `tauri.conf.json` (`plugins.updater.pubkey`); the **private key + password live
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OUTSIDE the repo** at `~/.parking-updater-keys/` (0600) and as the build-time secrets
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`TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY` / `TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD`. Losing them means no future
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signed updates — back them up. **Verified:** a signed `pnpm --filter @parking/desktop bundle`
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produced `.deb`/`.rpm`/`.AppImage` **plus their `.sig` updater signatures**; full `turbo run build
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lint` 14/14 green. *(This is the **updater** signing — distinct from OS-installer signing for
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Windows/macOS "unknown publisher", and from the [[atecc608]]/[[tpm]] **event** signing.)*
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- **Still deferred:** the actual update-hosting URL, OS-level installer signing
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(Windows/macOS publisher trust), and the Windows kiosk-browser fallback path.
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