- Keeps the packaged backend parent watchdog armed for the backend process lifetime, including after Next.js startServer finishes listening.
- Continues to probe the exact Electron parent PID, avoiding Node process.ppid caching after reparenting.
- Retains update-time runtime cleanup, strictly verified macOS orphan recovery, fatal startup-health handling, and fail-closed packaged smoke behavior from v1.1.2.
- An unconfounded local package launched through macOS LaunchServices reached health HTTP 200 and its backend exited 152 ms after the Electron parent was force-killed.
Signed desktop installers and updater metadata are published by the Electron Release workflow for this exact tag.