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Description

Keep onboarding as the only visible Recordly app window for its entire lifetime. Existing windows are hidden with their work intact; windows opened or restored while onboarding is active stay hidden. Deferred windows, including the recording HUD prepared by the permissions flow, appear after onboarding closes.

Keep the loading wireframe and editor controls below the preview on one horizontal row at narrower preview widths. Give the editor preview a named container so its compact grid responds to the available preview width.

Package the current macOS icon in the app bundle and use it in the Dock. Use the matching artwork in onboarding and permission windows. Select Xcode 26.3 for macOS packaging on Intel and Apple Silicon.

Skip Keychain access when there is no saved authentication data to read and no credentials to write. Keep credentials encrypted through Electron safeStorage.

Motivation

A one-time window close did not prevent late loads or tray restores from showing another window beside onboarding, and closing an editor could start save/discard prompts. The preview controls also unnecessarily stacked into two rows below 760 px of preview width.

Type of Change

  • Bug Fix

Related Issue(s)

User-reported onboarding visibility and preview layout defects; no separate issue.

Screenshots / Video

The previous two-row wireframe was inspected in the Windows app. Placeholder geometry was checked at 1060 x 670 with all three groups aligned on one row. No media attached.

Testing Guide

  1. Open onboarding while editor/library or recording controls exist. Only onboarding should remain visible, and editor work should remain intact.

  2. While onboarding is open, try tray restore actions and let other windows finish loading. They must remain hidden.

  3. Complete permissions. The prepared recording HUD should appear only after onboarding closes. Dismiss onboarding and confirm previously visible windows can return.

  4. At a 1060 x 670 window size, check the wireframe and loaded editor: tools, playback, and volume remain on one row below the preview.

  5. In a signed macOS candidate, check the icon in Finder and in the Dock while the app is running. On a clean macOS account, open the app signed out and confirm it starts without a Keychain prompt. Sign in and relaunch to verify that the saved session restores.

Validation: 24 tests passed across electron/onboardingWindow.test.ts, electron/onboardingIntro.test.ts, and electron/appActivation.test.ts; targeted Biome lint and git diff --check passed. For the macOS fixes, 57 focused authentication tests and targeted Biome lint passed. Electron Builder compiled the icon asset catalog and fallback icon locally. The signed macOS candidate smoke check is pending.

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  • I have read and agree to the contribution terms, including the additional commercial licensing grant, and am authorized to make those grants. (Owner attestation left unchecked.)
  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
  • I have added any necessary screenshots or videos.
  • Related issue and changelog applicability reviewed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Other app windows stay hidden during onboarding and previously visible windows reappear afterward.
    • Playback controls use a more compact layout on narrower editor panels.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Credential storage handles missing stores and unavailable secure storage more reliably, avoiding unnecessary writes for empty migrations or missing credentials.
    • When secure storage is unavailable, credentials can use fallback storage where supported; OAuth flows requiring secure storage continue to reject insecure writes.
  • Chores

    • Updated macOS builds to use Xcode 26.3 and refreshed the app icon.

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Walkthrough

Onboarding now hides other Electron windows instead of closing them and restores tracked windows after it closes. The editor preview uses container-scoped playback layout rules at narrower widths. Authentication storage handling and macOS build and icon configuration also changed.

Changes: Onboarding window visibility

Layer / File(s) Summary
Onboarding window exclusivity
electron/windows.ts, electron/onboardingWindow.test.ts
The exclusivity watcher hides existing and newly created windows during onboarding. It removes its listeners when onboarding closes and shows tracked windows that still exist. Tests cover hidden windows, close-protected windows, restoration, listener removal, and window reuse.

Narrow playback layout

Layer / File(s) Summary
Preview-scoped playback layout
src/components/video-editor/layout/EditorPreviewPanel.tsx, src/index.css, index.html, tests/ui/editor-layout.spec.ts, tests/ui/startup-loading.spec.ts
The preview panel provides the named container for responsive playback rules. The rules adjust the playback grid, add-layer button, control sizes, and spacing at widths up to 760px and 520px. UI tests check playback button alignment and bounds.

Authentication storage handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Credential storage checks and writes
electron/authStorage.ts, electron/authStorage.test.ts
Storage availability and loading handle missing stores before checking encryption availability on macOS. Saving reports unavailable encryption. Empty migrations and removal of absent keys do not write storage. Tests cover these cases and successful credential access.
Native write failure handling
electron/electron-env.d.ts, src/lib/auth/recordlyAuth.ts, src/lib/auth/recordlyAuthStorage.test.ts
The native write result can be false. The renderer clears native readiness after a failed write, then rejects when flow-ID redirects are enabled or falls back to browser storage or memory. Tests cover both outcomes.

macOS build and icon configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
macOS runners and icon selection
.github/workflows/build.yml, .github/workflows/macos-release-candidate.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml, electron-builder.json5, electron/main.ts, icons/icons/mac/Recordly.icon/icon.json, README.md
The workflows select Xcode 26.3, and arm64 jobs use macOS 15. The builder uses the Recordly icon configuration. Unpackaged macOS apps use the solid-blue Dock icon. The README updates macOS packaging prerequisites.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 34092

The macOS packaging prerequisites are now documented and the CI workflows select a compatible Xcode. Onboarding exclusivity, the responsive playback layout and the authentication fallback show no remaining concrete merge-blocking defect. The signed macOS candidate smoke check reported as pending is normal pre-release validation.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title names two real changes in the PR: keeping onboarding as the only visible window, and keeping the preview playback controls on one row. Both are central to the changeset. The title is concise…
Description check Passed The description follows the template sections: Description, Motivation, Type of Change, Related Issue(s), Screenshots / Video, Testing Guide, and Checklist. It explains the onboarding exclusivity chan…
Linked Issues check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The title names two real changes in the PR: keeping onboarding as the only visible window, and keeping the preview playback controls on one row. Both are central to the changeset. The title is concise and specific, but it omits the macOS icon, Xcode, and Keychain changes. Those are secondary to the title's focus.

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The description follows the template sections: Description, Motivation, Type of Change, Related Issue(s), Screenshots / Video, Testing Guide, and Checklist. It explains the onboarding exclusivity change, the preview layout fix, the icon and Xcode packaging updates, and the Keychain skip. It lists concrete test steps and validation results. Gaps remain. The Screenshots / Video section has no media, and the author states that the signed macOS smoke check is pending. The Related Issue section names no issue number. The contribution-terms checkbox is unchecked, and the description says the owner attestation is left for the owner. The Type of Change lists only Bug Fix, though the PR also adds packaging changes. These gaps are non-critical, so the description is mostly complete.

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- Around line 207-211: Update the narrow `editor-preview` container rule for
`.editor-playback` to preserve enough minimum width for the centered playback
controls, and free space for the tools and volume groups by hiding the “Add
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- Line 89: Update the README’s macOS system requirements to require macOS 15.6
or later and Xcode 26 or later, stating that packaged builds need Xcode’s actool
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"icon": "icons/icons/mac/icon.icns",
"icon": "icons/icons/mac/Recordly.icon",

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Document Xcode 26 as the macOS build prerequisite.

The macOS icon is now icons/icons/mac/Recordly.icon. For a .icon input, app-builder-lib generates the app icon through actool. Its version check requires Xcode 26 or later, and it fails with "Is Xcode 26 or higher installed?" when actool is missing. The build has no .icns fallback. A machine with only Command Line Tools cannot pass this check, so packaged local builds fail.

Xcode 26 requires macOS 15.6 or later. The README system requirements list macOS 14.0 as the minimum, so developers on macOS 14 cannot run this build.

The README still lists only Command Line Tools as the macOS prerequisite. Update it to match the toolchain the build requires:

📝 Proposed README prerequisite update

-**macOS:** Xcode Command Line Tools (`xcode-select --install`).
+**macOS:** Xcode 26 or later, on macOS 15.6 or later. Packaged builds require its `actool`; Command Line Tools alone are not enough.
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Update the README’s macOS system requirements to require macOS 15.6 or later and Xcode 26 or later, stating that packaged builds need Xcode’s actool and Command Line Tools alone are insufficient. Keep the prerequisite consistent with the .icon input used in the macOS build configuration.

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