From 7032a096bf6a004b28aeb278098c0e20beb403a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Parker <10430890+Hona@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:09:13 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): configure app before instance lock (#44067)

---
 packages/desktop/src/main/lifecycle/index.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/lifecycle/index.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/lifecycle/index.ts
index 68624d2ed38..ac9f6373c33 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/lifecycle/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/lifecycle/index.ts
@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ const platform = Layer.merge(DesktopLogging.layer, Shutdown.layer)
 
 export const layer = Layer.unwrap(
   Effect.gen(function* () {
-    if (!acquireApplicationLock()) return yield* Effect.interrupt
+    // Electron scopes the single-instance lock to userData.
     yield* configureApplication()
+    if (!acquireApplicationLock()) return yield* Effect.interrupt
     return runtime.pipe(Layer.provideMerge(platform))
   }),
 )