fix(homebrew): preserve app code signature

.github/workflows/finalize-release.yml

@@ -57,14 +57,21 @@ jobs:
           test "$(brew info --json=v2 DevVig/microbridge/microbridge | jq -r '.formulae[0].installed[0].version')" = "$VERSION"
           microbridgectl help | grep -q Usage
           APP="$HOME/Applications/Microbridge.app"
+          MARKER="$HOME/Applications/.Microbridge.app.microbridge-brew"
+          LEGACY_MARKER="$APP/.microbridge-brew"
           test -x "$(brew --prefix DevVig/microbridge/microbridge)/bin/microbridged"
           brew services start DevVig/microbridge/microbridge
           for _ in {1..30}; do
-            [[ -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew" ]] && break
+            [[ -f "$MARKER" ]] && break
             sleep 1
           done
-          test -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew"
+          test -f "$MARKER"
+          test ! -e "$LEGACY_MARKER"
           test "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:CFBundleShortVersionString' "$APP/Contents/Info.plist")" = "$VERSION"
+          codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=4 "$APP"
+          spctl --assess --type execute --verbose=4 "$APP"
+          xcrun stapler validate "$APP"
+          syspolicy_check distribution "$APP"
           SERVICE_STATE=""
           for _ in {1..30}; do
             SERVICE_STATE="$(brew services list | awk '$1 == "microbridge" { print $2; exit }')"
@@ -92,9 +99,11 @@ jobs:
             echo "microbridge service is still registered after uninstall" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
-          test -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew"
+          test -f "$MARKER"
           rm -rf "$APP"
+          rm -f "$MARKER"
           test ! -e "$APP"
+          test ! -e "$MARKER"
 
   promote:
     name: promote verified release

Formula/microbridge.rb

@@ -68,15 +68,18 @@ def install
       source_app="#{opt_prefix}/Microbridge.app"
       apps_dir="${HOME}/Applications"
       dest="${apps_dir}/Microbridge.app"
-      marker="${dest}/.microbridge-brew"
+      marker="${apps_dir}/.Microbridge.app.microbridge-brew"
+      legacy_marker="${dest}/.microbridge-brew"
       /bin/mkdir -p "${apps_dir}"
-      if [ -e "${dest}" ] && [ ! -f "${marker}" ]; then
+      if [ -e "${dest}" ] && [ ! -f "${marker}" ] && [ ! -f "${legacy_marker}" ]; then
         echo "Microbridge: preserving unowned ${dest}" >&2
       else
         if [ -e "${dest}" ]; then
           /bin/rm -rf "${dest}"
         fi
         /usr/bin/ditto "${source_app}" "${dest}"
+        # Keep ownership state beside the signed bundle. Adding any file to
+        # Microbridge.app invalidates its sealed code signature.
         /usr/bin/touch "${marker}"
       fi
       exec "#{opt_bin}/microbridged"

apps/microbridge-ui/src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -690,11 +690,12 @@ fn resize_popover(app: AppHandle, height: f64) {
     let _ = window.set_size(LogicalSize::new(POPOVER_WIDTH, clamped));
 }
 
-/// Install channel of the running app. Homebrew drops a `.microbridge-brew`
-/// marker at the bundle root (installed by the formula's service wrapper); its absence
-/// means a DMG/manual install. The in-app self-updater only replaces `direct`
-/// installs — brew copies are routed to `brew upgrade` so the formula version
-/// and the on-disk bundle never drift apart.
+/// Install channel of the running app. Homebrew drops an ownership marker next
+/// to the bundle (installed by the formula's service wrapper); its absence means
+/// a DMG/manual install. The marker must stay outside `Microbridge.app`, because
+/// adding a file to the bundle after signing invalidates its sealed signature.
+/// The in-app self-updater only replaces `direct` installs — brew copies are
+/// routed to `brew upgrade` so the formula version and bundle never drift apart.
 #[tauri::command]
 fn update_channel() -> String {
     if brew_marker_present() {
@@ -704,15 +705,22 @@ fn update_channel() -> String {
     }
 }
 
-/// True when the running bundle carries Homebrew's ownership marker.
+/// True when the running bundle has Homebrew's ownership marker beside it.
 /// `…/Microbridge.app/Contents/MacOS/microbridge-ui` → the bundle root is the
-/// third ancestor of the executable.
+/// third ancestor of the executable. The in-bundle check is migration support
+/// for installs made before the sidecar marker was introduced.
 fn brew_marker_present() -> bool {
     let Ok(exe) = std::env::current_exe() else {
         return false;
     };
     match exe.ancestors().nth(3) {
-        Some(bundle) => bundle.join(".microbridge-brew").exists(),
+        Some(bundle) => {
+            let sidecar = bundle
+                .parent()
+                .map(|parent| parent.join(".Microbridge.app.microbridge-brew"));
+            sidecar.is_some_and(|marker| marker.exists())
+                || bundle.join(".microbridge-brew").exists()
+        }
         None => false,
     }
 }

scripts/smoke-formula.sh

@@ -10,14 +10,17 @@ VERSION="${2:?usage: $0 path/to/microbridge.rb VERSION ARCH}"
 EXPECTED_ARCH="${3:?usage: $0 path/to/microbridge.rb VERSION ARCH}"
 TAP="devvig/microbridge-ci"
 APP="$HOME/Applications/Microbridge.app"
+MARKER="$HOME/Applications/.Microbridge.app.microbridge-brew"
+LEGACY_MARKER="$APP/.microbridge-brew"
 BREW_LOG="$(brew --prefix)/var/log/microbridge.log"
 APP_LOG="${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/microbridge-app.log"
 
 cleanup() {
   brew services stop "$TAP/microbridge" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
   HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1 brew uninstall "$TAP/microbridge" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-  if [[ -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew" ]]; then
+  if [[ -f "$MARKER" || -f "$LEGACY_MARKER" ]]; then
     rm -rf "$APP"
+    rm -f "$MARKER"
   fi
   brew untap "$TAP" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 }
@@ -66,12 +69,17 @@ test -x "$PREFIX/bin/microbridgectl"
 
 brew services start "$TAP/microbridge"
 for _ in {1..30}; do
-  [[ -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew" ]] && break
+  [[ -f "$MARKER" ]] && break
   sleep 1
 done
 test -d "$APP"
-test -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew"
+test -f "$MARKER"
+test ! -e "$LEGACY_MARKER"
 test "$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print:CFBundleShortVersionString' "$APP/Contents/Info.plist")" = "$VERSION"
+codesign --verify --deep --strict --verbose=4 "$APP"
+spctl --assess --type execute --verbose=4 "$APP"
+xcrun stapler validate "$APP"
+syspolicy_check distribution "$APP"
 
 SERVICE_STATE=""
 for _ in {1..30}; do
@@ -98,8 +106,10 @@ fi
 
 # The app is deliberately outside the Cellar so the menu-bar UI survives
 # formula upgrades. Remove it only after verifying this install's marker.
-test -f "$APP/.microbridge-brew"
+test -f "$MARKER"
 rm -rf "$APP"
+rm -f "$MARKER"
 test ! -e "$APP"
+test ! -e "$MARKER"
 brew untap "$TAP"
 trap - EXIT