fix(desktop): resolve plugin-dialog wherever the package manager put it

`bun run desktop` dies before the window opens on a fresh clone:

    Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
    '.../frontend/node_modules/@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog/dist-js/index.js'

The alias hardcoded `frontend/node_modules/...`, but this is a bun
workspace: bun hoists the package to the workspace root and leaves
`frontend/node_modules` empty, so the path the alias names does not
exist. Vite's dep optimizer reads it directly and throws, taking
`beforeDevCommand` — and the whole desktop shell — down with it.

Probe both layouts and fall through to Vite's own resolution when
neither is present, so a missing package degrades to normal resolution
instead of crashing the dev server.

Verified on macOS 26.6 (Apple Silicon), bun 1.2.22, fresh clone: the
window now opens and the backend serves.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ the frozen-backend fallback mirror it for their toolchains.
 
 **Highlights**
 
+- The desktop app builds and opens from a fresh clone again (#1818)
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Added
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ the frozen-backend fallback mirror it for their toolchains.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `bun run desktop` now opens on a fresh clone: the Vite alias for `@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog` no longer assumes a nested `frontend/node_modules`, which bun's workspace hoisting leaves empty (#1818)
+
 
 ## [0.5.2] — 2026-09-02
 

frontend/vite.config.js

@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
 import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite';
 import path from 'path';
-import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'fs';
 
 const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
 
+const dialogEsm = [
+  path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog/dist-js/index.js'),
+  path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog/dist-js/index.js'),
+].find(existsSync);
+
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [tailwindcss(), react()],
@@ -20,10 +25,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
       // tsconfig.json `paths` so the type-checker agrees). Lets shadcn
       // primitives import `@/lib/utils` and `npx shadcn add` work unmodified.
       '@': path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
-      '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog': path.resolve(
-        __dirname,
-        'node_modules/@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog/dist-js/index.js',
-      ),
+      // Package managers may install this nested (frontend/node_modules) or
+      // hoisted to the workspace root; a hardcoded path breaks whichever
+      // layout it did not guess. Probe both, and fall through to Vite's own
+      // resolution when neither exists rather than crashing the optimizer.
+      ...(dialogEsm ? { '@tauri-apps/plugin-dialog': dialogEsm } : {}),
     },
   },
   server: {