MAS build error: Trying to open a `.exe` file

[ashwin-mittal]

• Electron-Builder Version: 24.4.0

• Node Version: 18.19.0

• Electron Version: 30.1.0

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

• Target: mas-dev

I'm attempting to create a package for the Mac App Store using electron-builder. Below is the configuration for the 'mac' platform.

{
  "target": "mas-dev",
  "type": "development",
  "provisioningProfile": "entitlements/AppleDevelopment.provisionprofile",
  "entitlements": "entitlements/entitlements.mas.plist",
  "entitlementsInherit": "entitlements/entitlements.mas.inherit.plist",
  "category": "public.app-category.productivity",
  "icon": "src/assets/logo_1024.png",
  "gatekeeperAssess": true,
  "hardenedRuntime": false,
}

The error below is displayed when I run the 'electron-builder' command from the terminal to package the application.

Running electron builder
  • electron-builder  version=24.4.0 os=23.5.0
  • loaded configuration  file=.../electron-builder-config.cjs
  • writing effective config  file=dist/builder-effective-config.yaml
  • executing @electron/rebuild  arch=arm64 version=30.1.0 appDir=...
  • packaging       platform=mas arch=arm64 electron=30.1.0 appOutDir=dist/mas-dev-arm64
  ⨯ ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '.../dist/mas-dev-arm64/<app_name>.exe'  failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '.../mas-dev-arm64/<app_name>.exe'

Please help us understand why it attempted to open a <app_name>.exe file when we were building for MAS target on an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS version 14.5. We also tried building on a Mac running Ventura 13.6.7.