From e2710ee14aa6aec02cb00c0138dc38d017ac70ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernd Schoolmann <mail@quexten.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:34:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [No ticket] Disable process reload on desktop during dev
 builds (#18905)

* Disable process reload on desktop during dev builds

* Fix linting
---
 apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
index b2008d57bcd..2872154aa44 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ export class WindowMain {
     // Perform a hard reload of the render process by crashing it. This is suboptimal but ensures that all memory gets
     // cleared, as the process itself will be completely garbage collected.
     ipcMain.on("reload-process", async () => {
+      if (isDev()) {
+        this.logService.info("Process reload requested, but skipping in development mode");
+        return;
+      }
+
       this.logService.info("Reloading render process");
       // User might have changed theme, ensure the window is updated.
       this.win.setBackgroundColor(await this.getBackgroundColor());