SDA-4757 - Fix config race condition

src/app/config-handler.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import * as util from 'util';
 import { buildNumber } from '../../package.json';
+import { ConfigFieldsDefaultValues } from '../common/config-interface';
 import { isDevEnv, isElectronQA, isLinux, isMac } from '../common/env';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
 import { arrayEquals, filterOutSelectedValues, pick } from '../common/utils';
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import { terminateC9Shell } from './c9-shell-handler';
 import {
   getAllUserDefaults,
   initializePlistFile,
-  readPlistFile,
   setPlistFromPreviousSettings,
 } from './plist-handler';
 import { appStats } from './stats';
@@ -32,16 +32,6 @@ export enum CloudConfigDataTypes {
   DISABLED = 'DISABLED',
 }
 
-export const ConfigFieldsDefaultValues: Partial<IConfig> = {
-  isPodUrlEditable: true,
-  forceAutoUpdate: false,
-  enableBrowserLogin: false,
-  browserLoginAutoConnect: false,
-  latestAutoUpdateChannelEnabled: true,
-  betaAutoUpdateChannelEnabled: true,
-  browserLoginRetryTimeout: '5',
-};
-
 export const ConfigFieldsToRestart = new Set([
   'permissions',
   'disableThrottling',
@@ -865,8 +855,6 @@ class Config {
           this.globalConfig as IConfig,
           appGlobalConfigData,
         );
-        // Validate user config before starting the application
-        await readPlistFile();
         // After everything is set from previous SDA version
         this.globalConfig = getAllUserDefaults();
         return;
@@ -882,8 +870,6 @@ class Config {
         'installVariant',
         'string',
       );
-      // Validate user config before starting the application
-      await readPlistFile();
       this.globalConfig = getAllUserDefaults();
       logger.info(
         `config-handler: Global configuration from plist: `,

src/app/init.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { isDevEnv, isMac } from '../common/env';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
 import { getCommandLineArgs } from '../common/utils';
+import { readPlistFile } from './plist-handler';
 import { appStats } from './stats';
 
 // Handle custom user data path from process.argv
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ const userDataPath =
   userDataPathArg &&
   userDataPathArg.substring(userDataPathArg.indexOf('=') + 1);
 
+if (isMac) {
+  // Validate user config before starting the application
+  readPlistFile();
+}
+
 // If we are running in production, sandbox the entire app
 // and set the app user model id for windows native notifications
 app.enableSandbox();

src/app/plist-handler.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { app, systemPreferences } from 'electron';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
+import { ConfigFieldsDefaultValues } from '../common/config-interface';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
 import { getGuid } from '../common/utils';
-import { ConfigFieldsDefaultValues, IConfig } from './config-handler';
+import { IConfig } from './config-handler';
 
 let plistData = {};
 
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ export const initializePlistFile = (path: string) => {
  * The plist file is located at `~/Library/Preferences/com.symphony.electron-desktop.plist`.
  * If the file exists and is successfully parsed, its data is stored in the `plistData` variable.
  *
- * @returns {Promise<void>} A promise that resolves once the file has been read and processed.
+ * @returns {void} A promise that resolves once the file has been read and processed.
  * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the plist file cannot be read or parsed, which is logged using the logger.
  */
-export const readPlistFile = async () => {
+export const readPlistFile = (): void => {
   const userPath = app.getPath('home');
   const plistPath = `${userPath}/Library/Preferences/com.symphony.electron-desktop.plist`;
   try {

src/common/config-interface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { IConfig } from '../app/config-handler';
+
+export const ConfigFieldsDefaultValues: Partial<IConfig> = {
+  isPodUrlEditable: true,
+  forceAutoUpdate: false,
+  enableBrowserLogin: false,
+  browserLoginAutoConnect: false,
+  latestAutoUpdateChannelEnabled: true,
+  betaAutoUpdateChannelEnabled: true,
+  browserLoginRetryTimeout: '5',
+};