@bobfrankston/rmfmail 1.2.202 → 1.2.204

package/bin/rmfshare-src/Program.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using Windows.ApplicationModel;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer;
 using Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.ShareTarget;
+using WinRT;   // CastExtensions.As<T> — AOT-safe WinRT QueryInterface
 using Windows.Storage;
 
 internal static class Program
@@ -37,21 +38,57 @@ internal static class Program
     private static string RmfmailDir =>
         Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".rmfmail");
 
+    /// Trace log (~/.rmfmail/logs/rmfshare.log). The first field failure
+    /// (Bob 2026-07-30: share restarted the app, no pending file, no error
+    /// box) was undiagnosable because this exe wrote nothing anywhere —
+    /// every activation now leaves a breadcrumb trail. Append-only, best
+    /// effort, never throws.
+    private static void Log(string msg)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var dir = Path.Combine(RmfmailDir, "logs");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+            File.AppendAllText(Path.Combine(dir, "rmfshare.log"),
+                $"{DateTime.Now:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff} {msg}\r\n");
+        }
+        catch { /* logging must never break the share */ }
+    }
+
     [STAThread]
     private static int Main()
     {
         try
         {
             IActivatedEventArgs? activation = null;
+            string activationError = "";
             try { activation = AppInstance.GetActivatedEventArgs(); }
-            catch { /* unpackaged launch (double-click outside the manifest) */ }
+            catch (Exception ex) { activationError = ex.Message; }
+            Log($"activated: kind={(activation == null ? $"null ({activationError})" : activation.Kind.ToString())}");
 
-            if (activation is ShareTargetActivatedEventArgs share)
+            // AOT trap (field-diagnosed 2026-07-30 via this very log): the
+            // idiomatic `activation is ShareTargetActivatedEventArgs` returns
+            // FALSE under NativeAOT — .NET type-identity casts on projected
+            // WinRT classes fail when trimming drops the projection metadata,
+            // even though Kind reads ShareTarget through the base interface.
+            // That silently took the "plain launch" branch: no pending file,
+            // no --handoff, bare launch → replace-on-launch restarted the
+            // whole app on every share. Branch on Kind and cast via WinRT
+            // QueryInterface (`.As<T>()`), which is AOT-safe.
+            if (activation != null && activation.Kind == ActivationKind.ShareTarget)
             {
-                HandleShare(share).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-                // Handoff launch: a RUNNING daemon consumes pending-share.json
-                // via fs.watch; the spawned mailx.js must exit instead of
-                // replace-on-launch restarting the whole app (Bob 2026-07-30).
+                try
+                {
+                    var share = activation.As<ShareTargetActivatedEventArgs>();
+                    HandleShare(share).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Log($"share handling FAILED: {ex}");
+                    ShowError($"Share to rmfmail failed:\n{ex.Message}");
+                }
+                // Handoff launch either way — a share was intended; never
+                // restart the running daemon out from under the user.
                 LaunchDaemon(handoff: true);
             }
             else
@@ -63,6 +100,7 @@ internal static class Program
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
+            Log($"FAILED: {ex}");
             ShowError($"Share to rmfmail failed:\n{ex.Message}");
             return 1;
         }
@@ -110,7 +148,9 @@ internal static class Program
             }
         }
 
+        Log($"share: title={title.Length}ch text={text.Length}ch url=\"{url}\" files={files.Count}");
         WritePendingShare(title, text, url, files);
+        Log("pending-share.json written");
 
         try { op.ReportCompleted(); } catch { /* pane may already be gone */ }
     }
@@ -215,6 +255,7 @@ internal static class Program
         // already running (it has the pending file) instead of the default
         // replace-on-launch, which restarted the whole app mid-share.
         if (handoff) psi.ArgumentList.Add("--handoff");
+        Log($"launching: {node} {mailxJs}{(handoff ? " --handoff" : "")}");
         Process.Start(psi);
     }
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/rmfmail",
-  "version": "1.2.202",
+  "version": "1.2.204",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",