Build hangs forever after "updating asar integrity executable resource"

[ThePaSch]

• Electron-Builder Version: 25.1.8

• Node Version: 23.3.0

• Electron Version: 33.2.0
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: Windows

The build process hangs forever after the console output updating asar integrity executable resource executablePath=electron-dist/win-unpacked/MyApp.exe. I've let it sit for upwards of ten minutes - but nothing happens until I force-quit the build process through CTRL+C.

I'm building on WSL2 using the WINE Docker container, and I'm targetting Linux and Windows. My build configuration looks like this:

"build": {
    "appId": "my-app",
    "productName": "MyApp",
    "directories": {
      "output": "electron-dist"
    },
    "files": [
      "dist/**/*",
      "src/main.js",
      "package.json"
    ],
    "win": {
      "target": [
        "portable"
      ],
      "icon": "electron-build/icon.ico"
    },
    "linux": {
      "category": "Game",
      "target": [
        "AppImage",
        "snap"
      ]
    }
  },

and the build output looks like this (including the force quit):

docker run --rm -ti  --env-file <(env | grep -iE 'DEBUG|NODE_|ELECTRON_|YARN_|NPM_|CI|CIRCLE|TRAVIS_TAG|TRAVIS|TRAVIS_REPO_|TRAVIS_BUILD_|TRAVIS_BRANCH|TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_|APPVEYOR_|CSC_|GH_|GITHUB_|BT_|AWS_|STRIP|BUILD_')  --env ELECTRON_CACHE="/root/.cache/electron"  --env ELECTRON_BUILDER_CACHE="/root/.cache/electron-builder"  -v ${PWD}:/project  -v ${PWD##*/}-node-modules:/project/node_modules  -v ~/.cache/electron:/root/.cache/electron  -v ~/.cache/electron-builder:/root/.cache/electron-builder  electronuserland/builder:wine
root@13c5cc75965d:/project# npm run electron:build

> [email protected] electron:build
> electron-builder --win --linux

  • electron-builder  version=25.1.8 os=5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
  • loaded configuration  file=package.json ("build" field)
  • writing effective config  file=electron-dist/builder-effective-config.yaml
  • executing @electron/rebuild  electronVersion=33.2.0 arch=x64 buildFromSource=false appDir=./
  • installing native dependencies  arch=x64
  • completed installing native dependencies
  • packaging       platform=linux arch=x64 electron=33.2.0 appOutDir=electron-dist/linux-unpacked
  • building        target=AppImage arch=x64 file=electron-dist/MyApp-1.0.0.AppImage
  • building        target=snap arch=x64 file=electron-dist/my-app_1.0.0_amd64.snap
  • executing @electron/rebuild  electronVersion=33.2.0 arch=x64 buildFromSource=false appDir=./
  • installing native dependencies  arch=x64
  • default Electron icon is used  reason=application icon is not set
  • completed installing native dependencies
  • packaging       platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=33.2.0 appOutDir=electron-dist/win-unpacked
  • updating asar integrity executable resource  executablePath=electron-dist/win-unpacked/MyApp.exe





^C  • cancelled by SIGINT
  ⨯ /project/node_modules/app-builder-bin/linux/x64/app-builder process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code:
null  failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: /project/node_modules/app-builder-bin/linux/x64/app-builder process failed ERR_ELECTRON_BUILDER_CANNOT_EXECUTE
Exit code:
null
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/project/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:255:14)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:634:26)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:457:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:338:12)
From previous event:
    at processImmediate (node:internal/timers:478:21)
From previous event:
    at WinPackager.signApp (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/winPackager.ts:270:27)
    at WinPackager.doSignAfterPack (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:346:32)
    at WinPackager.doPack (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:331:7)
    at WinPackager.pack (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:138:5)
    at Packager.doBuild (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:459:9)
    at executeFinally (/project/node_modules/builder-util/src/promise.ts:12:14)
    at Packager.build (/project/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:393:31)
    at executeFinally (/project/node_modules/builder-util/src/promise.ts:12:14)