Investigate: macOS notarization

[bpasero]

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution

and

electron/electron#18609

//cc @joaomoreno

If VSCode fails to launch VSCode on macOS Catalina do this:

[bpasero]

Looks like hardening is only required beginning 2020: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=09032019a

[AndrewPrifer]

@bpasero only the notarization prerequisites have been loosened till 2020, notarization is still very much required if we want to get rid of the security warning.

[cutecycle]

We're having this issue on a Catalina upgrade, except we can't even open the application.

[miguelsolorio]

@cutecycle see the main issue description for how to get around this. You can also right-click on the app and click "Open" to get the option to open it:

[cutecycle]

@misolori Open Anyway doesn't appear in Catalina.

[miguelsolorio]

@cutecycle does the right-click method work for you?

[gourav]

@misolori No. Open does not even appear anymore.

If you right click on .app, and choose open, you get "Open Anyway".

[bkowshik]

I was able to install Visual Studio Code on Catalina using the following steps:

1. Double-click the installer to get, “Visual Studio Code” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. message
2. Open Security & Privacy settings page to see the Open Anyway button
3. One more window and one should be inside VS Code

[yrest]

Same issue, workaround works fine! Any update on plans to submit VSCode to Apple?

[bpasero]

This may slip to December, but @joaomoreno already started on this 🍻

[justlurking]

This may slip to December, but @joaomoreno already started on this 🍻

Any update on this @joaomoreno @bpasero? Hoping this will be resolved in 1.41.1 before the holidays and we won't have to wait until January?

[bpasero]

This is in progress and should be done by our January release.

[bpasero]

Related issues for entitlements:

• Hardened runtime causes app to crash on open. (Signed and notarized)  electron-userland/electron-builder#4040
• macOS Hardened runtime, notarization, code signing: app crashes and doesn't work at all electron-userland/electron-builder#3989

[joaomoreno]

Starting next week, insider builds should be properly notarized. ✔️