fix(deep-link): preserve XDG registration ownership and report failures (#3585)

* fix(deep-link): honor XDG failures and unregister associations

* test(deep-link): isolate other application handlers

* chore: satisfy release metadata and test header checks

* fix(deep-link): gate XDG helpers to Linux

The plugin only supports Linux, so FreeBSD builds warned about dead code.

* refactor(deep-link): add run_command helper

Share the spawn, status check and logging for XDG commands.

* refactor(deep-link): share desktop file list helpers

register and unregister now edit MimeType lists the same way.

* fix(deep-link): keep desktop file quoting on register

Parse raw values so a quoted Exec matches and isn't rewritten each time.

* fix(deep-link): clean mimeapps.list first on unregister

A failing update-desktop-database no longer leaves the app as the default.

* fix(deep-link): keep mimeapps.list comments on unregister

Edit it line by line instead of re-serializing it through rust-ini.

* fix(deep-link): skip cache refresh when nothing to unregister

Only run update-desktop-database if the desktop file changed or the cache still lists the app.

* fix(deep-link): treat no default handler as unregistered

xdg-mime exits with 4 on KDE and LXQt when no handler is set.

* fix(deep-link): tolerate padded xdg-mime query output

Compare the trimmed first line instead of the raw output.

* test(deep-link): run XDG tests in CI

Drop #[ignore], skip when the tools are missing, and install them on Linux CI.

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Co-authored-by: Lucas Nogueira <lucas@tauri.app>
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Vincent KocandLucas Nogueira authored and GitHub committed 2026-10-11 06:19:37 -03:00
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@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ mod imp {
///
/// ## Platform-specific:
///
/// - **Linux**: Can only unregister the scheme if it was initially registered with [`register`](`Self::register`). Needs the `update-desktop-database` command available on the system. May not work on older distros.
/// - **Linux**: Can only unregister the scheme if it was initially registered with [`register`](`Self::register`). Requires `update-desktop-database`. May not work on older distros.
/// - **macOS / Android / iOS**: Unsupported, will return [`Error::UnsupportedPlatform`](`crate::Error::UnsupportedPlatform`).
pub fn unregister<S: AsRef<str>>(&self, _protocol: S) -> crate::Result<()> {
Err(crate::Error::UnsupportedPlatform)
@@ -313,31 +313,21 @@ mod imp {
let mime_type = format!("x-scheme-handler/{}", _protocol.as_ref());
if let Ok(mut desktop_file) = ini::Ini::load_from_file(&target_file) {
if let Ok(mut desktop_file) = load_desktop_ini(&target_file) {
if let Some(section) = desktop_file.section_mut(Some("Desktop Entry")) {
let old_mimes = section.remove("MimeType").unwrap_or_default();
let mut change = false;
// if the mime type is not present, append it to the list
if !old_mimes.split(';').any(|mime| mime == mime_type) {
section.append("MimeType", format!("{mime_type};{old_mimes}"));
change = true;
} else {
section.insert("MimeType".to_string(), old_mimes);
}
// if the mime type is not present, add it to the list
let mut change = add_list_entry(section, "MimeType", &mime_type);
// if the exec command doesnt match, update to the new one
let old_exec = section.remove("Exec").unwrap_or_default();
if old_exec != qualified_exec {
section.append("Exec", qualified_exec);
if section.get("Exec") != Some(qualified_exec.as_str()) {
section.insert("Exec", qualified_exec);
change = true;
} else {
section.insert("Exec".to_string(), old_exec.to_string());
}
// if any property has changed, rewrite the .desktop file
if change {
desktop_file.write_to_file(&target_file)?;
desktop_file
.write_to_file_policy(&target_file, ini::EscapePolicy::Nothing)?;
}
}
} else {
@@ -358,17 +348,12 @@ mod imp {
)?;
}
Command::new("update-desktop-database")
.arg(target)
.status()
.inspect_err(crate::error::inspect_command_error(
"update-desktop-database",
))?;
Command::new("xdg-mime")
.args(["default", &file_name, mime_type.as_str()])
.status()
.inspect_err(crate::error::inspect_command_error("xdg-mime"))?;
run_command(Command::new("update-desktop-database").arg(target))?;
run_command(Command::new("xdg-mime").args([
"default",
&file_name,
mime_type.as_str(),
]))?;
Ok(())
}
@@ -385,7 +370,7 @@ mod imp {
///
/// - **Windows**: Requires admin rights if the protocol is registered on local machine
/// (this can happen when registered from the NSIS installer when the install mode is set to both or per machine)
/// - **Linux**: Can only unregister the scheme if it was initially registered with [`register`](`Self::register`). Refreshes the desktop database with the `update-desktop-database` command; without it, [`is_registered`](`Self::is_registered`) may keep returning `true`. May not work on older distros.
/// - **Linux**: Can only unregister the scheme if it was initially registered with [`register`](`Self::register`). Requires `update-desktop-database`. May not work on older distros.
/// - **macOS / Android / iOS**: Unsupported, will return [`Error::UnsupportedPlatform`](`crate::Error::UnsupportedPlatform`).
pub fn unregister<S: AsRef<str>>(&self, _protocol: S) -> crate::Result<()> {
#[cfg(windows)]
@@ -410,54 +395,49 @@ mod imp {
.unwrap()
.to_string_lossy()
);
let mime_type = format!("x-scheme-handler/{}", _protocol.as_ref());
// stop being the default handler
let scheme = format!("x-scheme-handler/{}", _protocol.as_ref());
// Drop the defaults first so a failed cache refresh below cannot leave them behind.
let mimeapps_path = self.app.path().config_dir()?.join("mimeapps.list");
if mimeapps_path.exists() {
let mut mimeapps = ini::Ini::load_from_file(&mimeapps_path)?;
if let Some(section) = mimeapps.section_mut(Some("Default Applications"))
&& section.get(&mime_type).unwrap_or_default() == file_name
{
section.remove(&mime_type);
}
mimeapps.write_to_file(&mimeapps_path)?;
}
// Stop declaring the scheme in the handler's `.desktop` file too: the desktop
// database indexes it, and with no default set `xdg-mime` falls back to that
// index, so the app would otherwise still be the handler.
let applications = self.app.path().data_dir()?.join("applications");
let desktop_file_path = applications.join(&file_name);
// Only the `MimeType` key is touched: the file may carry other changes.
if let Ok(mut desktop_file) = ini::Ini::load_from_file(&desktop_file_path) {
if let Some(section) = desktop_file.section_mut(Some("Desktop Entry")) {
let mime_types = section
.get("MimeType")
.unwrap_or_default()
.split(';')
.filter(|mime| !mime.is_empty() && *mime != mime_type)
.map(ToString::to_string)
.collect::<Vec<_>>();
if mime_types.is_empty() {
section.remove("MimeType");
} else {
section.insert("MimeType", mime_types.join(";"));
match std::fs::read_to_string(&mimeapps_path) {
Ok(mimeapps) => {
if let Some(mimeapps) =
remove_mimeapps_association(&mimeapps, &scheme, &file_name)
{
std::fs::write(&mimeapps_path, mimeapps)?;
}
}
desktop_file.write_to_file(&desktop_file_path)?;
Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
Err(error) => return Err(error.into()),
}
// Without the refreshed index `xdg-mime` may keep reporting the app as the
// handler, but the scheme is unregistered as far as the app can tell, so a
// missing command is not an error.
if let Err(e) = Command::new("update-desktop-database")
.arg(&applications)
.status()
{
tracing::warn!(
"Failed to run OS command `update-desktop-database`, the desktop database may still list the app as the `{mime_type}` handler: {e}"
);
let target = self.app.path().data_dir()?.join("applications");
let desktop_path = target.join(&file_name);
let mut desktop_changed = false;
match load_desktop_ini(&desktop_path) {
Ok(mut desktop) => {
if let Some(section) = desktop.section_mut(Some("Desktop Entry"))
&& remove_list_entry(section, "MimeType", &scheme)
{
desktop
.write_to_file_policy(&desktop_path, ini::EscapePolicy::Nothing)?;
desktop_changed = true;
}
}
Err(ini::Error::Io(error)) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {}
Err(error) => return Err(error.into()),
}
// Also clear stale cache entries left by a failed update or a removed desktop file.
let cached =
std::fs::read_to_string(target.join("mimeinfo.cache")).is_ok_and(|cache| {
cache.lines().any(|line| {
line.split_once('=').is_some_and(|(key, value)| {
key == scheme && value.split(';').any(|entry| entry == file_name)
})
})
});
if desktop_changed || cached {
run_command(Command::new("update-desktop-database").arg(&target))?;
}
Ok(())
@@ -511,13 +491,143 @@ mod imp {
.output()
.inspect_err(crate::error::inspect_command_error("xdg-mime"))?;
Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).contains(&file_name))
// xdg-utils exits with 4 ("action failed") when no default handler exists.
if output.status.code() == Some(4) {
return Ok(false);
}
check_command_status("xdg-mime", output.status)?;
// Backends may pad the name or print more lines, so only the first is compared.
let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
Ok(stdout.lines().next().map(str::trim) == Some(file_name.as_str()))
}
#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "linux")))]
Err(crate::Error::UnsupportedPlatform)
}
}
/// Runs the command, failing if it cannot be spawned or exits unsuccessfully.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn run_command(command: &mut Command) -> std::io::Result<()> {
let name = command.get_program().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
command
.status()
.and_then(|status| check_command_status(&name, status))
.inspect_err(crate::error::inspect_command_error(&name))
}
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn check_command_status(
command: &str,
status: std::process::ExitStatus,
) -> std::io::Result<()> {
if status.success() {
Ok(())
} else {
Err(std::io::Error::other(format!(
"OS command `{command}` failed: {status}"
)))
}
}
/// Loads a desktop entry file keeping its values in desktop-file syntax, so quotes and
/// escapes (e.g. in `Exec`) survive a rewrite with [`ini::EscapePolicy::Nothing`].
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn load_desktop_ini(path: &std::path::Path) -> Result<ini::Ini, ini::Error> {
ini::Ini::load_from_file_opt(
path,
ini::ParseOption {
enabled_quote: false,
enabled_escape: false,
},
)
}
/// Adds `item` to the front of the `;`-separated list in `key`. Returns whether it changed.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn add_list_entry(section: &mut ini::Properties, key: &str, item: &str) -> bool {
let value = section.get(key).unwrap_or_default();
if value.split(';').any(|entry| entry == item) {
return false;
}
let entries = std::iter::once(item)
.chain(value.split(';').filter(|entry| !entry.is_empty()))
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join(";");
section.insert(key, format!("{entries};"));
true
}
/// Removes `item` from the `;`-separated list in `key`, dropping the key once it is empty.
/// Returns whether it changed.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn remove_list_entry(section: &mut ini::Properties, key: &str, item: &str) -> bool {
let Some(remaining) = section
.get(key)
.and_then(|value| remove_from_list(value, item))
else {
return false;
};
if remaining.is_empty() {
section.remove(key);
} else {
section.insert(key, remaining);
}
true
}
/// Returns the `;`-separated `list` without `item`, or `None` if it does not contain it.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn remove_from_list(list: &str, item: &str) -> Option<String> {
if !list.split(';').any(|entry| entry == item) {
return None;
}
let remaining = list
.split(';')
.filter(|entry| !entry.is_empty() && *entry != item)
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join(";");
Some(if remaining.is_empty() {
remaining
} else {
format!("{remaining};")
})
}
/// Removes `desktop_file` from the `mime_type` associations of a `mimeapps.list`.
/// Edits it line by line so the user's comments and formatting survive.
/// Returns `None` if nothing changed.
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
fn remove_mimeapps_association(
mimeapps: &str,
mime_type: &str,
desktop_file: &str,
) -> Option<String> {
let mut group = "";
let mut changed = false;
let mut out = String::with_capacity(mimeapps.len());
for line in mimeapps.split_inclusive('\n') {
let trimmed = line.trim();
if let Some(name) = trimmed.strip_prefix('[').and_then(|l| l.strip_suffix(']')) {
group = name;
} else if matches!(group, "Default Applications" | "Added Associations")
&& let Some((key, value)) = trimmed.split_once('=')
&& key.trim_end() == mime_type
&& let Some(remaining) = remove_from_list(value.trim_start(), desktop_file)
{
changed = true;
if !remaining.is_empty() {
out.push_str(&format!("{key}={remaining}"));
if line.ends_with('\n') {
out.push('\n');
}
}
continue;
}
out.push_str(line);
}
changed.then_some(out)
}
}
pub use imp::DeepLink;