Checkpoint: taskbar icon via desktop entry

CHECKPOINT-encryption.md

@@ -6,30 +6,39 @@ verified green at the moment this file was written.
 ## Where things are
 
 - Project: `/home/avi/Projects/Nostr_Keynctr`
-- Git repo: `master` @ `8a644af` ("App icon: hummingbird-key mark for window
+- Git repo: `master` @ `cbbe779` ("Desktop entry + Wayland app id so the
-  and packaged Linux builds"). Before it: `c11ab9f` (security dependency
+  taskbar shows the app icon"). Before it: `8a644af` (app icon), `4d9489b`
-  upgrades), `48efaad` (checkpoint), `8bce428` (updates card).
+  (checkpoint), `c11ab9f` (security upgrades).
 - Working tree: clean apart from this checkpoint update. Note: `concept3.svg`
   shows as deleted in the working tree and `KeynectrAppIconPossibility02.jpeg`
   (the icon source art) is untracked — both left as the user had them, not committed.
 
 ## What was completed
 
-1. **App icon (2026-08-24, `8a644af`).** The hummingbird-key artwork
+1. **Taskbar icon on KDE Wayland (2026-08-24, `cbbe779`).** The user reported
-   (`KeynectrAppIconPossibility02.jpeg`) is now the app icon everywhere:
+   no icon after restart. Root cause: on Wayland there are no per-window
-   - `frontend/build/icon.png` — 512×512 PNG used by electron-builder for
+   icons — the KDE taskbar resolves the running app through an installed
-     packaged Linux builds (`build.linux.icon`), i.e. desktop entries/installers.
+   `.desktop` file, which Keynectr did not have. Fix:
-   - `frontend/public/icon.png` — copied by Vite into `dist/`, shipped inside
+   - `frontend/scripts/install-desktop-entry.sh` (npm script
-     the packaged asar; `BrowserWindow({ icon })` loads it at runtime in both
+     `desktop:install`) installs
-     dev (`public/`) and packaged (`dist/`) modes.
+     `~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/keynectr.png` and
-   - Verified end-to-end: `npm run dist` produced `release/linux-unpacked`
+     `~/.local/share/applications/keynectr.desktop` (Icon=keynectr,
-     with the icon inside `app.asar` (`/dist/icon.png`).
+     StartupWMClass=keynectr) and refreshes the desktop database. **Run once
-2. Earlier today: all npm security advisories cleared via major upgrades
+     per machine.**
+   - `app.setDesktopName('keynectr.desktop')` in `electron/main.ts` (called
+     before `ready`; Electron 43 renamed the old `setDesktopFileName`) pins
+     the app id so the desktop file always matches.
+2. **Window + packaged icon (2026-08-24, `8a644af`).** Hummingbird-key artwork
+   as `frontend/build/icon.png` (electron-builder `linux.icon`) and
+   `frontend/public/icon.png` (shipped in the asar, loaded by BrowserWindow —
+   effective on X11 titlebars and inside packaged builds).
+3. Earlier today: all npm security advisories cleared via major upgrades
    (`c11ab9f`), Updates card (`8bce428`), feed profile filter (`55a49b4`),
    publish latency trim (`b001b3c`).
 
 ## Commits added most recently
 
+- `cbbe779` Desktop entry + Wayland app id so the taskbar shows the app icon
 - `8a644af` App icon: hummingbird-key mark for window and packaged Linux builds
 
 ## Verification commands run (all green)
@@ -37,34 +46,34 @@ verified green at the moment this file was written.
 Frontend (`frontend/`):
 
 ```
+npm run desktop:install  # installed icon + keynectr.desktop for this user
 npm test             # 14 files, 91 tests passed
 npm run typecheck    # clean
 npm run lint         # 0 errors
 npm run format:check # clean
-npm run build        # vite build success (dist/icon.png present)
+npm run electron:build  # tsc electron main success (setDesktopName compiled)
-npm run electron:build  # tsc electron main success
+npm run dist         # electron-builder linux dir target packaged OK (earlier)
-npm run dist         # electron-builder linux dir target packaged OK (electron 43.4.1)
 ```
 
 ## How to use / reproduce
 
 ```bash
 cd ~/Projects/Nostr_Keynctr/frontend
-npm start            # dev window shows the icon
+npm run desktop:install   # once per machine
-npm run dist         # packaged app in release/linux-unpacked (icon in asar)
+npm start                 # restart the app -> taskbar shows the icon
 ```
 
-To change the artwork later: overwrite `frontend/build/icon.png` and
-`frontend/public/icon.png` (512×512 PNG), rebuild.
-
 ## Notes & next steps
 
-- The source JPEG has a white background (kept as-is). If a transparent
+- On Wayland, KDE may need the app restarted (and occasionally the panel to
-  version is ever wanted for dark taskbars, regenerate the PNGs from a
+  refresh) before the icon swaps from the generic one.
-  transparent source.
+- The source JPEG has a white background (kept as-is); regenerate the PNGs
+  from a transparent source if dark-taskbar polish is wanted.
+- For real installer targets (deb/AppImage), electron-builder embeds the icon
+  and desktop file automatically from `build/`; the manual install above only
+  covers running from source.
 - Sharing decision (this session): user chose "shared access on same machine" —
-  the current single-vault + passcode model already covers it; no new sharing
+  the current single-vault + passcode model already covers it.
-  feature needed. Distribution to others = `npm run dist` + their own passcode.
 - Relay health (earlier today): damus.io 503, nostr.band WS handshake timing out.
 
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