Arch Linux

Description:

Enabling / disabling automatic start upon login has no effect, the .desktop file in $HOME/.config/autostart is not added / removed.

Additional info:

Package versions:
mattermost-desktop-5.1.0-1, electron-18.2.4-1

It seems like the build has development mode turned on most likely because it is using:
https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-is-dev
which in turn uses: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appispackaged-readonly

If development mode is forced off via the environment variable ELECTRON_IS_DEV=0, then mattermost will create $HOME/.config/autostart/electron.desktop, which does not work.

$HOME/.config/Mattermost/logs/main.log:
[2022-06-25 13:36:28.991] [warn] In development mode, autostart config never effects
[2022-06-25 13:36:28.992] [info] Log level set to: info
[2022-06-25 13:36:29.001] [info] config.autostart has been configured: true
[2022-06-25 13:40:38.656] [warn] In development mode, autostart config never effects
[2022-06-25 13:40:38.656] [info] Log level set to: info
[2022-06-25 13:40:38.663] [info] config.autostart has been configured: false

In the aur package mattermost-desktop-bin autostart works without issues.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open (three dots) / File / Settings
2. Watch log file tail -f $HOME/.config/Mattermost/logs/main.log
2. Toggle "Start app on login"
3. Observe the warning being printed as above, check that the autostart files have not been created / deleted