[Bug]:Linux/Hyprland: SSH environment setup fails because Electron safeStorage reports encryption unavailable

[Dillpickleschmidt]

Before submitting

• I searched existing issues and did not find a duplicate.
• I included enough detail to reproduce or investigate the problem.

Area

apps/desktop

Steps to reproduce

1. On Arch/Omarchy Hyprland with Electron 41.5.0, ensure Secret Service is available:

   • gnome-keyring-daemon is running
   • secret-tool works after keyring unlock

2. Start desktop dev mode:

   bun run dev:desktop

3. Add a desktop-managed SSH environment.

Related upstream Electron issue: electron/electron#39789, fixed by electron/electron#49054. Updating Electron to a version containing that fix is likely preferred.

Expected behavior

SSH launch/tunnel succeeds and the saved environment credentials are persisted.

Actual behavior

SSH launch/tunnel succeeds, but credential persistence fails:

Unable to persist saved environment credentials.

safeStorage.isEncryptionAvailable() returns false even though Secret Service/libsecret is available.

Impact

Blocks work completely

Version or commit

No response

Environment

Arch/Omarchy Hyprland

Logs or stack traces

Screenshots, recordings, or supporting files

No response

Workaround

Until Electron is updated to 42.x, I verified this temporary workaround works in apps/desktop/src/main.ts:

if (process.platform === "linux") {
  Electron.app.commandLine.appendSwitch("password-store", "gnome-libsecret");
}

Note: this may break or bypass native behavior on other Linux environments like KDE.