Development Uses Different Electron Version than Release

[Silvenga]

• Version: 13.5.1

• Target: Windows

Development builds e.g. via electronize start install Electron ^13.1.5 which causes NPM to automatically upgrade to 13.6.9 (see the ^) which differs from the hardcoded version used for electron-builder (13.1.5). This can cause runtime behavior changes and hair loss.

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Due to the lack of validation on the side of electron-builder, a workaround looks like:

electronize build /target win /electron-params "-c.electronVersion=13.6.9"

Which results in the command:

npx electron-builder --config=./bin/electron-builder.json --win --x64 -c.electronVersion=13.1.5 -c.electronVersion=13.6.9

Which results in version 13.6.9 being used.

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Of course, here be dragons. But if you need a slightly newer version of Electron...