From 80db8c759543de0624f09f91019e51da51f5c3ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shriram Vasudevan <72285290+Shriram-Vasudevan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 00:39:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Apply Linux no-sandbox launch flag

---
 package.json          | 3 +++
 src/electron/index.ts | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff99534998..5c3e72953a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@
     },
     "linux": {
       "icon": "static/icon.icns",
+      "executableArgs": [
+        "--no-sandbox"
+      ],
       "target": [
         "deb",
         "rpm",
diff --git a/src/electron/index.ts b/src/electron/index.ts
index 2ce3a5f907..b97577553f 100644
--- a/src/electron/index.ts
+++ b/src/electron/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ function applyMenuTemplate(template: MenuItemConstructorOptions[]) {
 }
 
 const mac = process.platform === 'darwin'
+const linux = process.platform === 'linux'
 let ready = false
 
+if (linux && app.isPackaged && !process.argv.includes('--no-sandbox')) {
+  // Debian-based systems can abort before opening a window when the packaged
+  // chrome-sandbox helper is not installed with setuid permissions.
+  app.commandLine.appendSwitch('no-sandbox')
+}
+
 const singleInstance = app.requestSingleInstanceLock()
 if (!singleInstance) {
   app.quit()