Release Peekaboo

Peekaboo Release

Release ~/Projects/Peekaboo as the npm package @steipete/peekaboo plus signed/notarized macOS app assets.

Use $one-password, $browser-use, $npm, $autoreview, and repo AGENTS.md rules. Load $release-private if it exists before resolving Peter-owned credential locators. Read $npm before any npm auth, token, or publish recovery work. Keep all op secret work inside one persistent tmux session. Never print .p8, npm tokens, passwords, or OTPs.

Current Secrets

• Peter-owned credential item names, key ids, issuer ids, keychain paths, and npm token locators live in $release-private.
• Required ASC fields: key_id, issuer_id, private_key_p8.
• Stale/revoked key symptom: xcrun notarytool submit fails with HTTP status code: 401. Unauthenticated.
• All ASC fields must come from the same current item; do not mix profile values with 1Password refs.

Sparkle key:

• Repo .mac-release.env has the current fallback.
• Do not set SPARKLE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE for normal releases.

Developer ID release keychain:

• Resolve the release keychain item/path from $release-private.
• If macOS shows codesign wants to use the release keychain, enter the keychain item password, not the Developer ID .p12 password.
• The Developer ID certificate password is only for importing the .p12 while creating the keychain.
• After setup/import, run security unlock-keychain and security set-key-partition-list -S apple-tool:,apple:,codesign: -s -k "$KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD" "$KEYCHAIN_PATH" so codesign can use the identity without GUI prompts.

npm publish token:

• Resolve token/TOTP locators from $release-private.
• Use $npm rules. Run inside the same tmux session, write only a temp npmrc, delete it immediately, and use the npmjs TOTP item for web auth if npm prompts.
• Do not create short-lived/granular bypass tokens for a normal Peekaboo publish. They add cleanup risk and did not help the 3.2.1 slow-upload/web-auth path.

Notary Credential Check

Use the service account from $release-private first. Put the token in the tmux environment without printing it:

# Resolve SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN from $release-private first.
tmux -S "$SOCKET" set-environment -t "$SESSION" OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN "$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN"

Create a temp env file with service-account refs from $release-private:

APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8=<1Password ref from release-private>
APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_ID=<1Password ref from release-private>
APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID=<1Password ref from release-private>

Before a release, verify shape and Apple auth without printing values:

op run --env-file "$ENVFILE" -- bash -c '
  set -euo pipefail
  KEY_FILE="/tmp/AuthKey_${APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_ID}.p8"
  printf "%s\n" "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_P8" > "$KEY_FILE"
  chmod 600 "$KEY_FILE"
  xcrun notarytool history \
    --key "$KEY_FILE" \
    --key-id "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_KEY_ID" \
    --issuer "$APP_STORE_CONNECT_ISSUER_ID" \
    --output-format json >/dev/null
  rm -f "$KEY_FILE"
'

Peekaboo forces notarytool submit --no-s3-acceleration; the default S3 accelerated upload path can return a misleading 401 even when history auth succeeds.

If both history and non-S3 submit fail, suspect wrong access level or stale key. Browser route:

1. Use $browser-use real Chrome profile.
2. Open https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/access/integrations/api.
3. Generate Team Key named Peekaboo Release <version> with Admin access.
4. Download .p8 once from the key row.
5. Store immediately into the private credential map; verify notarytool history; delete ~/Downloads/AuthKey_<key_id>.p8.
6. Revoke the older Peekaboo release key after the new key validates.

Release Flow

1. Start on clean main; pull ff-only if needed.
2. Set version in:
   • package.json
   • version.json
   • Apps/CLI/Sources/Resources/version.json
   • README npm badge
   • Core/PeekabooCore/Sources/PeekabooAgentRuntime/MCP/PeekabooMCPVersion.swift
   • Xcode marketing versions under Apps/*
3. Date CHANGELOG.md and Apps/CLI/CHANGELOG.md for the release.
4. Run focused proof or release script preflight. Release gates must be warning-free.
5. Use $autoreview before commit unless the change is trivial/docs-only.
6. Commit release prep with committer.
7. Push main.
8. Run:

op run --env-file "$ENVFILE" -- \
  bash -c 'printf "y\n" | ./scripts/release-binaries.sh --create-github-release --publish-npm'

The script builds universal CLI, npm package, signed/notarized app zip and branded DMG, appcast, checksums, draft GitHub release, and npm publish. Use a non-login shell: profile exports can replace current 1Password ASC IDs with stale values while leaving the current .p8, producing a misleading 401.

Notarized app releases must sign with Developer ID Application: OpenClaw Foundation (FWJYW4S8P8), not a personal or development identity. The tracked release manifest resolves the shared passwordless signing keychain from the OpenClaw-Core vault; never copy the keychain path or signing material into the repository. The standalone CLI deliberately keeps Developer ID Application: Peter Steinberger (Y5PE65HELJ) for compatibility with pre-3.8 GUI bridge hosts, and the release driver verifies that exact split. Do not migrate the CLI signer without a separate bridge-compatibility plan.

If npm upload is slow and TOTP expires, use the stored npm token through a temp npmrc and complete npm web auth immediately when prompted with the configured TOTP. Do not create granular bypass tokens for this; if one was created by mistake, delete it before closeout.

Verify

Required before closeout:

npm view @steipete/peekaboo@<version> version dist-tags dist.tarball dist.integrity time --json
(cd /tmp && npm exec --yes --package=@steipete/peekaboo@<version> -- peekaboo --version)
gh release view v<version> --repo openclaw/Peekaboo --json tagName,isDraft,isPrerelease,url,assets,body
xmllint --noout appcast.xml
git status --short --branch

Confirm:

• npm version exists and latest points to it.
• npm-downloaded CLI reports the release version from a neutral cwd.
• GitHub release/tag/assets exist; release body is from changelog.
• app zip and DMG assets exist; appcast points at the zip under v<version>.
• appcast.xml changes are committed and pushed.
• Publish draft release if the script leaves it draft.

Closeout

1. Add next patch Unreleased section to root and CLI changelogs.
2. Commit with committer "docs(changelog): open <next-version>" CHANGELOG.md Apps/CLI/CHANGELOG.md.
3. Push.
4. Watch release/homebrew/CI workflows if triggered.
5. git checkout main && git pull --ff-only && git status --short --branch.
6. Clear tmux OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN, remove temp env/key files, and final with what landed.