From fda415aab12761d5437d675ed6c3ce8db73e0ab2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manav Rathi <manav@mnvr.in>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:26:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update to Electron 37

Changes: https://www.electronjs.org/blog/electron-37-0
---
 desktop/package.json | 2 +-
 desktop/src/main.ts  | 8 --------
 desktop/yarn.lock    | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 6f06108153..ae2bfafeb2 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         "ajv": "^8.17.1",
         "concurrently": "^9.1.2",
         "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
-        "electron": "^36.6.0",
+        "electron": "^37.1.0",
         "electron-builder": "26.0.14",
         "eslint": "^9",
         "prettier": "3.5.3",
diff --git a/desktop/src/main.ts b/desktop/src/main.ts
index 687d8b11d6..dd6cab4a18 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ export const allowWindowClose = (): void => {
  * We call this at the end of this file.
  */
 const main = () => {
-    // Workaround for Electron 36 not launching on some Linux distros. Remove
-    // once fixed or otherwise mitigated upstream.
-    //
-    // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/46538#issuecomment-2808806722
-    if (process.platform == "linux") {
-        app.commandLine.appendSwitch("gtk-version", "3");
-    }
-
     const gotTheLock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
     if (!gotTheLock) {
         app.quit();
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index 166984aa1d..31526c6dd5 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -1248,10 +1248,10 @@ electron-updater@^6.6.5:
     semver "^7.6.3"
     tiny-typed-emitter "^2.1.0"
 
-electron@^36.6.0:
-  version "36.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-36.6.0.tgz#12070efb0ac8c87dc4dc448eb018c85b15e66726"
-  integrity sha512-Tkkw4udDADEWKdbhzckt2CS0gwDTXwZUb2JWxX01HJXAeb8SBlTdQUtxUiAwIIWe0suGuot+uBs1bDPz931A6w==
+electron@^37.1.0:
+  version "37.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-37.1.0.tgz#6d6d1891f8add5d2d44007e2ee5d4542140fc4b4"
+  integrity sha512-Fcr3yfAw4oU392waVZSlrFUQx4P+h/k31+PRgkBY9tFx9E/zxzdPQQj0achZlG1HRDusw3ooQB+OXb9PvufdzA==
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get" "^2.0.0"
     "@types/node" "^22.7.7"