Desktop app size is 161 Mb instead 90 Mb

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Issue found when executing #7744

Action Performed:

1. Download the Desktop app .dmg and verify the size

Expected Result:

The size is close to 90 Mb

Actual Result:

The size .dmg is 161 Mb instead 90 Mb.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Desktop App

Version Number: v1.1.41-4
Reproducible in staging?: Y
Reproducible in production?: Y
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Notes/Photos/Videos:

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: Applause
Slack conversation:

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Beamanator (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[Beamanator]

@kidroca it looks like in the test steps of your PR (#7744), you mentioned:

Download the Desktop app .dmg and verify the size is close to 90 Mb instead of 334Mb

However, when downloading I see the app as 154mb - do you think this is "close enough" to 90mb or is something else included that needs to be removed?

[francoisl]

154 MB doesn't sound close enough to 90MB.

I'm thinking this might have had to do with #7987, which is now resolved. When I download the staging app now, its size is 91MB as expected, but it shows as an unsupported app and I can't install it at all.

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[Beamanator]

Yeah good call that does look related - @roryabraham can you help with this issue?

[Beamanator]

@francoisl which download link are you using for the staging app? I used https://staging.new.expensify.com/NewExpensify.dmg and I'm currently seeing a 154 MB app downloading - i'll try running it once it downloads

Update: I'm able to open it, no problem 🤔 - I think we can remove DeployBlockerCash but I'm very curious to know why it's not working for you

[kidroca]

@Beamanator
Sorry the requirements should have been updated

We had some problems getting the app on staging and updating after #7744

• Desktop build is not updated  #7987

@roryabraham made some updates to fix the deploy blocker and have things more close to how they used to be

This resulted in the universal app being served at https://staging.new.expensify.com/NewExpensify.dmg
Current we serve only 1 architecture

• NewExpensify.dmg and it happens to be the universal app which is 2x size to support both x64 and arm64 (160MB installer, 350MB installed)

But we can also serve:

• NewExpensify-x64.dmg That's the version served in the past. It works on arm64 through Rosetta (90MB installer, 200MB installed)
• NewExpensify-arm64.dmg. This version works natively on M1 macs (90MB installer, 200MB installed)

Sample build output for all targets:

[kidroca]

This is not an issue, or at least it's not a deploy blocker
The desktop app being 161Mb is still 2x smaller than what we had in the past
There's a separate ticket handling x64/arm64 distribution

• Multiple desktop architectures overwrite eachother #8004

[kidroca]

@francoisl
You can tap on "New Expensify" from the .dmg and select "Get Info" from the context menu. Check the Kind field :

I guess M1 macs can run x64, but x64 can't run the "Apple Silicon" version
While universal works on both

[Beamanator]

Awesome thanks for the clarification @kidroca 👍 💯

I'll close this out since, as you mentioned above, the larger size is expected, and we have another ticket discussion possible options here

[francoisl]

Ok thanks for the context!