Error "Unable to find helper app" when "productName" and "exectuableName" set to different names

[haoxi911]

• Electron-Builder Version: 23.1.0

• Node Version: 16.14.0

• Electron Version: 19.0.4
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: macOS

I created an example project to help understanding the problem I met, please run the following command to build a macOS bundle from my example project:

git clone https://github.com/haoxi911/electron-builder-test.git
cd electron-builder-test
npm install
npm run app:dir

This project sets "productName" to "My App" and "executableName" to "MyAppForMac", it creates a macOS bundle named "MyAppForMac.app", but it can't be launched, see:

➜  electron-builder-test git:(master) ✗ ./dist/mac/MyAppForMac.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppForMac 
[0626/175227.941996:FATAL:electron_main_delegate_mac.mm(71)] Unable to find helper app
[1]    84344 trace trap  ./dist/mac/MyAppForMac.app/Contents/MacOS/MyAppForMac

If I remove "executableName" from electron-builder settings, it will create a macOS bundle named "My App.app" and won't crash. My question is, is it possible to set both fields with different values?

[mmaietta]

Looks like that code is deep in electron source code, I'm not sure what electron-builder can do for this issue other than not allow productName and executableName to be different on Mac. That being said, I'm surprised this wasn't reported sooner 🤔

[pchuong]

Hello, is there any workaround for this issue? I would like to rename the execute from "A very very very long product name" to "shortname". Thank you.

[Alyxsqrd]

Also running into the same issue, this is causing a fatal crash on all macOS versions for end users... See my last comment here: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/34253#issuecomment-1669054462 for how to reproduce.