Many Apps broken since Dec Update

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Ever since the late Dec update several apps are broken. I’m not seeing any big clues in the journal, but maybe I’m not looking right.

Broken apps: BitWarden, Spotify, Insomnia, VS Code, Brave.

It almost seems like an issue with electron? Here’s some logs from VS Code attempting to start:

Feb 06 13:54:12 nostromo systemd[1118]: Started Code - OSS - Text Editor.
Feb 06 13:54:17 nostromo systemd-coredump[4530]: Process 4274 (code-oss) of user 1000 terminated abnormally with signal 5/TRAP, processing...
Feb 06 13:54:19 nostromo systemd-coredump[4532]: [🡕] Process 4274 (code-oss) of user 1000 dumped core.
                                                 
                                                 Stack trace of thread 4274:
                                                 #0  0x000055e92bfc73f2 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x64b33f2)
                                                 #1  0x000055e92bfc6dc3 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x64b2dc3)
                                                 #2  0x000055e92bfc7409 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x64b3409)
                                                 #3  0x000055e92a716d98 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4c02d98)
                                                 #4  0x000055e92a7136ff n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4bff6ff)
                                                 #5  0x000055e92a716dae n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4c02dae)
                                                 #6  0x000055e92a711f2e n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4bfdf2e)
                                                 #7  0x000055e92a71e5f1 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4c0a5f1)
                                                 #8  0x000055e92a71fe38 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4c0be38)
                                                 #9  0x000055e92a496698 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x4982698)
                                                 #10 0x000055e92c905e22 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x6df1e22)
                                                 #11 0x000055e92c3d917d n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x68c517d)
                                                 #12 0x000055e92c90a687 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x6df6687)
                                                 #13 0x000055e92c90bfdd n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x6df7fdd)
                                                 #14 0x000055e92c3d4e1b n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x68c0e1b)
                                                 #15 0x000055e92c3d57e1 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x68c17e1)
                                                 #16 0x000055e92797de1b n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x1e69e1b)
                                                 #17 0x000055e92c3f62b9 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x68e22b9)
                                                 #18 0x000055e92c00ea46 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x64faa46)
                                                 #19 0x000055e92c02b8e7 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x65178e7)
                                                 #20 0x000055e92c02b34a n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x651734a)
                                                 #21 0x000055e92c02bd85 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x6517d85)
                                                 #22 0x000055e92c0965ea n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x65825ea)
                                                 #23 0x000055e92c09700d n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x658300d)
                                                 #24 0x00007fcf58906f8d n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x5ef8d)
                                                 #25 0x00007fcf58908657 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x60657)
                                                 #26 0x00007fcf58908865 g_main_context_iteration (libglib-2.0.so.0 + 0x60865)
                                                 #27 0x000055e92c096826 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x6582826)
                                                 #28 0x000055e92c02c10e n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x651810e)
                                                 #29 0x000055e92bff50e6 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x64e10e6)
                                                 #30 0x000055e92a4b2b0d n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x499eb0d)
                                                 #31 0x000055e92a4b49a3 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x49a09a3)
                                                 #32 0x000055e92a4b0022 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x499c022)
                                                 #33 0x000055e92800f7d6 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x24fb7d6)
                                                 #34 0x000055e928011004 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x24fd004)
                                                 #35 0x000055e928010e62 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x24fce62)
                                                 #36 0x000055e92800e2e3 n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x24fa2e3)
                                                 #37 0x000055e92800e79a n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x24fa79a)
                                                 #38 0x000055e92793a71b n/a (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x1e2671b)
                                                 #39 0x00007fcf56858635 n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x27635)
                                                 #40 0x00007fcf568586e9 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6 + 0x276e9)
                                                 #41 0x000055e92745e025 _start (/usr/lib/electron39/electron + 0x194a025)

My system info:

starlokk@nostromo 
 ----------------- 
OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64 
Host: B550 UD AC 
Kernel: 6.6.122-1-MANJARO 
Uptime: 9 mins 
Packages: 1938 (pacman) 
Shell: bash 5.3.9 
Resolution: 3840x2160 
DE: Plasma 6.5.5 
WM: kwin 
WM Theme: Gently-Blur 
Theme: [Plasma], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3] 
Icons: Daemon [Plasma], Daemon [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: konsole 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 (16) @ 4.651GHz 
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Lite Hash Rate 
Memory: 5604MiB / 31939MiB
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Most (if not all) of those appear to be AUR packages. If so, you probably need to rebuild them.

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Well, insomnia is not a repository package; it’s from the AUR. So perhaps it should be rebuilt against the current state of the system. :backhand_index_pointing_down:

pamac build insomnia

As for the others you list, I personally don’t use either of them, so I couldn’t say if there were any problems with them, but considering that you mention December as the starting point of the difficulties, I think we would have heard more of that by now if the problem was really with the applications themselves, as opposed to something local and specific to your machine.

That said, you are also using a rather old kernel. It’s an LTS kernel and it’s still supported until the end of the year, but I would recommend switching to either 6.12 or 6.18, both of which are also LTS kernels.

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Spotify works on my end. I currently do not even have electron installed.

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Updated to 6.12, rebuilt insomnia and spotify, no luck. They sort of start, appear in the task bar, then just crash.

Maybe a better error though:

(spotify:20542): libayatana-appindicator-WARNING **: 14:26:01.101: libayatana-appindicator is deprecated. Please use libayatana-appindicator-glib in newly written code.
[20542:20542:0206/142605.677045:FATAL:content/browser/gpu/gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc:415] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
[0206/142605.683351:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0206/142605.683498:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0206/142605.683542:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0206/142605.683823:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
zsh: trace trap (core dumped)  spotify

BitWarden appears to have an official image now, I installed that and have at least one thing working again.

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can you supply the full command that lead to this output/result?
you probably can

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Looks like something GPU related. An inxi -zv8 would not hurt too. Maybe try another nvidia driver?

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That’s the rabbit hole I’m in currenty. Changing the driver isn’t as simple as I had hoped.

Update: downgraded to video-nvidia-575xx, no difference.

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Please supply output from

inxi -zv8

as requested by @Teo

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Phew, that returns a lot of info! Here’s what seems like it would be relevant, but let me know if the rest (flags, audio, repos, etc) would be helpful. I’m also on kernel 6.18 now.

System:
  Kernel: 6.18.8-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=5409e70c-7105-4a74-9191-55f5bea734e3 rw quiet
    resume=UUID=814eedea-3148-4449-a0ce-57230993af75 udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 UD AC v: x.x serial: N/A
    uuid: 035e02d8-04d3-05e2-0a06-040700080009 Firmware: UEFI vendor: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: F4b Y1 date: 03/24/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.19 GiB used: 5.11 GiB (16.4%)
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
    max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K serial: N/A
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
    max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: A-DATA Technology
    part-no: DDR4 3200 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
    max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K serial: N/A
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2
    max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: A-DATA Technology
    part-no: DDR4 3200 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 1 type: PCIe status: in use info: J10 length: short volts: 3.3
    bus-ID: 00:01.1 children: 1: 01:00.0 class-ID: 0300 type: display 2: 01:00.1
    class-ID: 0403 type: audio
  Slot: 6 type: PCIe status: available info: J3700, M.2 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1f.7
  Slot: 128 type: PCIe status: available info: J3708 length: short
    volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1f.7
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
    gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA500012
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
    desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2994 min/max: 421/4654 boost: enabled
    base/boost: 3700/4650 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave
    volts: 1.4 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 2994 2: 2994 3: 2994 4: 2994
    5: 2994 6: 2994 7: 2994 8: 2994 9: 2994 10: 2994 11: 2994 12: 2994
    13: 2994 14: 2994 15: 2994 16: 2994 bogomips: 118182


Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05 alternate: nouveau,nova_core,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
    active: DP-1 empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2488 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2
    chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
  Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x572mm (40.00x22.52")
    s-diag: 1166mm (45.9")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: Samsung U32J59x serial: <filter> built: 2021 res:
    mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.686 y: 0.310 green: x: 0.259 y: 0.686 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900,
    1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600,
    640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.05
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05
    device-ID: 10de:2488 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Spotify, VSCode, and Insomnia all run into the same error:

insomnia --no-sandbox                                                                                                              TRAP ✘  12s  
[Git Providers] Initializing Git remote providers...
[Git Providers] Initialized 3 providers: github, gitlab, custom
16:36:36.007 › Running version 12.3.1
16:36:37.358 › [electron client protocol] FAILED to set default protocol 'insomnia://'
16:36:37.370 › [electron client protocol] the current executable is not the default protocol for 'insomnia://'
16:36:37.387 › [electron client protocol] the default application set for 'insomnia://' is 'insomnia.desktop
'
16:36:37.518 › [fix] Running database repairs
16:36:37.615 › [main] Checking for newer version than 12.3.1
16:36:37.615 › [updater] Using url https://updates.insomnia.rest/builds/check/mac?v=12.3.1&app=com.insomnia.app&channel=stable
16:36:37.798 › [main] Found newer version
16:36:37.800 › [main] Backup found at: /home/starlokk/.config/Insomnia/backups/12.3.1
16:36:37.800 › [ElectronStorage] Initialized at /home/starlokk/.config/Insomnia/localStorage
16:36:37.800 › [git-credentials-migration] Already migrated credentials, skipping migration
16:36:37.826 › [main] Loading https://insomnia-app.local
16:36:37.840 › [main] Registering the hidden window restarting handler
16:36:37.852 › Loading index for: / from: /opt/Insomnia/resources/app.asar/client/index.html
[21522:0206/163638.032811:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163638.469783:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163639.033553:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163639.531476:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163640.162657:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163640.679282:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163640.849288:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163641.019334:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163641.183471:ERROR:content/browser/gpu/gpu_process_host.cc:964] GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=139
[21522:0206/163641.183498:FATAL:content/browser/gpu/gpu_data_manager_impl_private.cc:415] GPU process isn't usable. Goodbye.
zsh: trace trap (core dumped)  insomnia --no-sandbox
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There’s also insomnia-bin if you prefer to save a few minutes build.

Bitwarden is in the official repositories - no hiccups for me (on testing), but a few ghosts in pamac, showing some AUR entries, so check it out and maybe remove it and install from the Official Repositories (extra). I’m not sure what you meant by ‘Bitwarden appears to have an official image’…

Those GPU errors are interesting - I have a Ryzen APU.

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When system information is requested, and a specific command given, the full output of the command is generally expected.

Please edit your post and replace the existing content with the full inxi output:

inxi -zv8
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There was a stable branch snap around February 1.

Please read the linked topic - ensure you are fully updated.

As you are using Linux 6.6 - I suggest you move on to Linux 6.18.

Trying to deduce possible causes

  • BitWarden is inherited from upstream Arch Linux
  • Spotify is a custom recipe (AUR)
  • Insomnia is a custom recipe (AUR)
  • VS Code - is a custom recipe (code-oss AUR)
  • Electron39 is the latest stable - inherited from upstream Arch Linux
  • Brave - may be from repo (brave-browser) or a custom recipe (brave AUR)

At least rebuild the following to match the current system state

  1. code-oss
  2. Spotify
  3. Insomnia
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I’ve tried a couple different versions of VS Code now (code OSS, visual-studio-code-bin) and same for insomnia. Also tried building a couple (don’t want to try Brave again though, it takes forever to build). They all get the same GPU error.

I got sidetracked by work and haven’t been able to troubleshoot for a couple of days. At least the Citrix client somehow still works.

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@starlokk

1. Full system information requested:

The system information (inxi output) that you have previously given is incomplete – please provide the complete output.

This has already been requested several times by staff.

[MiniHowTo] Provide System Information

Basic details might give enough information for someone wishing to buy your computer, however, for Support purposes it’s best to ask your system directly.

Output of the inxi command will generate more useful and detailed information for those wishing to help:

Suggested inxi command (use either):
inxi -zv8 (short-form)
inxi --filter --verbosity=8 (long-form)

Command output should be presented as pre-formatted text in accordance with forum guidelines. :eyes:

Running inxi within a chroot environment

  • Add --color=0 to the long-form command, or…
  • Change the short-form command to inxi -zv8c0

Your privacy is respected

2. Create a new User account for testing:

To help rule out the possibility that the issues described are limited to your current User account, please create a new account for testing purposes.

Once this account is created, login to the new User account, and test each application that you described that would:

This is an important step in troubleshooting these issues – please do not ignore it – if all/most of these applications launch as expected in the fresh environment, this will indicate that the root problem is limited to your usual account.

This knowledge will be invaluable for those wishing to help.

3. Informational:

There is a version of Visual Studio Code available in the official Manjaro extra repository – code:

In order to use this version, firstly, remove other variants you have been randomly installing; for example:

sudo pacman -Rns visual-studio-code-bin code-oss

Then install the generally recommended “repo” version:

sudo pacman -S code

4. Forever is a long time:

As was mentioned, there is a binary insomnia-bin available via the AUR – likewise, there are both varieties of Brave:

  • brave (AUR) – must be built from source
  • brave-bin (AUR) – the binary pre-built package

Many/most software from the AUR may be available either to build from source or as a pre-built binary package.

The binary package can often save you a lot of time (and potentially complication) when using software via the AUR.

I find the easiest way to verify that a binary package is available is to use your preferred Internet search engine;

with search terms something like this: aur thing-bin thing – the results you seek will generally be revealed without scrolling too far.

Then install the binary package using pamac-cli:

pamac build thing-bin
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There is no best method to troubleshoot when the claim is - Many Apps broken since Dec Update.

I suggest you clean up your system as described in the linked topic [INFO] Stable branch - BIG update BEST practice

When you have made an effort to ensure your system is free of custom applications and orphans, proceed to make sure your system is fully up-to-date.

Then add one application at a time - test it thoroughly - look into the specific options to configure chromium based applications for use with the wayland display protocol.

Brave is based on Chromium and the other apps mentioned is based on Electron (based on Chromium). Brave browser is included in the Manjaro official repo - so you don’t need to build it from AUR.

Electron is based around Chromium’s V8 javascript engine and as such any application based on Electron is a webbrowser application.

You may need to edit/create configuration files to adapt the application to run correct only your system.

Example - there is likely other options - this was from a quick websearch

--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland

Lastly - I have been using Plasam Wayland Session the longest time and I have never had to add or alter runtime flags for any Chromium based applications, that be browser or browser-based (Electron) applications.