diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 078717e1ea..76d7801bf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -168,6 +168,34 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run build:cli
       - run: npm run check:pack-artifact
 
+  electron-package-smoke:
+    name: Electron Package Smoke
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+    needs: build
+    env:
+      JWT_SECRET: ci-build-secret-with-sufficient-length-for-validation
+      CSC_IDENTITY_AUTO_DISCOVERY: "false"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.CI_NODE_VERSION }}
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run check:node-runtime
+      - run: npm run build
+      - name: Install Electron dependencies
+        working-directory: electron
+        run: npm install --no-audit --no-fund
+      - name: Pack Electron app
+        working-directory: electron
+        run: npm run pack
+      - name: Smoke packaged Electron app
+        env:
+          ELECTRON_SMOKE_TIMEOUT_MS: 60000
+        run: xvfb-run -a npm run electron:smoke:packaged
+
   test-unit:
     name: Unit Tests (${{ matrix.shard }}/2)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -446,6 +474,7 @@ jobs:
       - advanced-security
       - build
       - package-artifact
+      - electron-package-smoke
       - test-unit
       - node-24-compat
       - test-coverage
@@ -494,6 +523,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "|-----|--------|" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           echo "| Build Matrix | $(status '${{ needs.build.result }}') |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           echo "| Package Artifact | $(status '${{ needs.package-artifact.result }}') |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          echo "| Electron Package Smoke | $(status '${{ needs.electron-package-smoke.result }}') |" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
 
           echo "" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           echo "## 🧪 Tests" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/electron-release.yml b/.github/workflows/electron-release.yml
index ffa0dc504e..3f50ca5489 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/electron-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/electron-release.yml
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: npm run build:${{ matrix.target }}
 
+      - name: Smoke packaged Electron app
+        if: matrix.platform != 'linux'
+        env:
+          ELECTRON_SMOKE_TIMEOUT_MS: 60000
+        run: npm run electron:smoke:packaged
+
+      - name: Smoke packaged Electron app (Linux)
+        if: matrix.platform == 'linux'
+        env:
+          ELECTRON_SMOKE_TIMEOUT_MS: 60000
+        run: xvfb-run -a npm run electron:smoke:packaged
+
       - name: Collect installers
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/electron/package.json b/electron/package.json
index 3ec340f2cc..e6216a179a 100644
--- a/electron/package.json
+++ b/electron/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@
           "node_modules/**/*"
         ]
       },
+      {
+        "from": "../.next/electron-standalone/node_modules",
+        "to": "app/node_modules",
+        "filter": [
+          "**/*"
+        ]
+      },
       {
         "from": "assets",
         "to": "assets",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac444ef0ba..58a20a2971 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "electron:build:win": "npm run build && cd electron && npm run build:win",
     "electron:build:mac": "npm run build && cd electron && npm run build:mac",
     "electron:build:linux": "npm run build && cd electron && npm run build:linux",
+    "electron:smoke:packaged": "node scripts/smoke-electron-packaged.mjs",
     "test": "cross-env DISABLE_SQLITE_AUTO_BACKUP=true node --import tsx/esm --test --test-concurrency=10 tests/unit/*.test.ts",
     "test:unit": "cross-env DISABLE_SQLITE_AUTO_BACKUP=true node --import tsx/esm --test --test-concurrency=10 tests/unit/*.test.ts",
     "test:plan3": "cross-env DISABLE_SQLITE_AUTO_BACKUP=true node --import tsx/esm --test tests/unit/plan3-p0.test.ts",
diff --git a/scripts/smoke-electron-packaged.mjs b/scripts/smoke-electron-packaged.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40ef6b37ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/smoke-electron-packaged.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { existsSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { arch, platform, tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { dirname, join, resolve, sep } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
+const ROOT = join(__dirname, "..");
+
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 45_000;
+const DEFAULT_SETTLE_MS = 2_000;
+const DEFAULT_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:20128/login";
+export const LINUX_EXECUTABLE_NAMES = ["omniroute-desktop", "omniroute", "OmniRoute"];
+export const FATAL_LOG_PATTERNS = [
+  /Cannot find module/i,
+  /MODULE_NOT_FOUND/,
+  /ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED/,
+  /Server exited with code:\s*[1-9]/,
+  /Failed to start server/i,
+  /Unhandled Rejection/i,
+  /Uncaught Exception/i,
+];
+
+function parsePositiveInteger(value, fallback) {
+  const parsed = Number.parseInt(value || "", 10);
+  return Number.isFinite(parsed) && parsed > 0 ? parsed : fallback;
+}
+
+function sleep(ms) {
+  return new Promise((resolveSleep) => setTimeout(resolveSleep, ms));
+}
+
+function discoverMacExecutable() {
+  const distDir = join(ROOT, "electron", "dist-electron");
+  if (process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_APP_EXECUTABLE) {
+    return process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_APP_EXECUTABLE;
+  }
+
+  const candidates = [
+    join(
+      distDir,
+      arch() === "arm64" ? "mac-arm64" : "mac",
+      "OmniRoute.app",
+      "Contents",
+      "MacOS",
+      "OmniRoute"
+    ),
+    join(distDir, "mac", "OmniRoute.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "OmniRoute"),
+    join(distDir, "mac-arm64", "OmniRoute.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "OmniRoute"),
+  ];
+
+  return candidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) || candidates[0];
+}
+
+function findExecutableByName(rootDir, names) {
+  const pending = [rootDir];
+  const wanted = new Set(names.map((name) => name.toLowerCase()));
+
+  while (pending.length > 0) {
+    const dir = pending.shift();
+    if (!existsSync(dir)) continue;
+
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(dir)) {
+      const fullPath = join(dir, entry);
+      const stat = statSync(fullPath);
+
+      if (stat.isDirectory()) {
+        pending.push(fullPath);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (!wanted.has(entry.toLowerCase())) continue;
+      if (platform() === "linux" && (stat.mode & 0o111) === 0) continue;
+      return fullPath;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+function discoverWindowsExecutable() {
+  const distDir = join(ROOT, "electron", "dist-electron");
+  const candidates = [
+    join(distDir, "win-unpacked", "OmniRoute.exe"),
+    join(distDir, "win-x64-unpacked", "OmniRoute.exe"),
+    join(distDir, "win-arm64-unpacked", "OmniRoute.exe"),
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    candidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) ||
+    findExecutableByName(distDir, ["OmniRoute.exe"]) ||
+    candidates[0]
+  );
+}
+
+function discoverLinuxExecutable() {
+  const distDir = join(ROOT, "electron", "dist-electron");
+  const unpackedDirs = ["linux-unpacked", "linux-arm64-unpacked"];
+  const candidates = unpackedDirs.flatMap((dir) =>
+    LINUX_EXECUTABLE_NAMES.map((name) => join(distDir, dir, name))
+  );
+
+  return (
+    candidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate)) ||
+    findExecutableByName(distDir, LINUX_EXECUTABLE_NAMES) ||
+    candidates[0]
+  );
+}
+
+function discoverPackagedExecutable() {
+  if (process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_APP_EXECUTABLE) {
+    return process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_APP_EXECUTABLE;
+  }
+
+  if (platform() === "darwin") return discoverMacExecutable();
+  if (platform() === "win32") return discoverWindowsExecutable();
+  if (platform() === "linux") return discoverLinuxExecutable();
+
+  throw new Error(`Packaged Electron smoke check does not support ${platform()}.`);
+}
+
+async function fetchWithTimeout(url, timeoutMs) {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), timeoutMs);
+
+  try {
+    return await fetch(url, {
+      cache: "no-store",
+      redirect: "manual",
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    });
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }
+}
+
+async function assertPortIsFree(url) {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, 1_000);
+    throw new Error(
+      `Smoke URL already responded with HTTP ${response.status}: ${url}. Stop the existing OmniRoute process before running this check.`
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.message.startsWith("Smoke URL already responded")) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitForPortClosed(url, timeoutMs = 5_000) {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  let lastStatus = null;
+
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    try {
+      const response = await fetchWithTimeout(url, 1_000);
+      lastStatus = response.status;
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await sleep(250);
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(
+    `Smoke URL still responded after app shutdown${
+      lastStatus === null ? "" : ` with HTTP ${lastStatus}`
+    }: ${url}`
+  );
+}
+
+function appendLog(buffer, chunk, prefix, streamLogs) {
+  const text = chunk.toString();
+  if (streamLogs) {
+    process.stdout.write(`${prefix}${text}`);
+  }
+  const next = buffer.value + text;
+  buffer.value = next.length > 40_000 ? next.slice(-40_000) : next;
+}
+
+function printLogTail(logs) {
+  if (!logs.trim()) return;
+
+  console.error("[electron-smoke] captured app log tail:");
+  console.error(logs.trimEnd());
+}
+
+function assertNoFatalLogs(logs) {
+  const fatalPattern = FATAL_LOG_PATTERNS.find((pattern) => pattern.test(logs));
+  if (fatalPattern) {
+    throw new Error(`Packaged Electron app emitted fatal startup logs matching ${fatalPattern}.`);
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitForExit(child, timeoutMs) {
+  if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return;
+
+  await Promise.race([new Promise((resolve) => child.once("exit", resolve)), sleep(timeoutMs)]);
+}
+
+function isProcessGroupAlive(pid) {
+  if (!pid || platform() === "win32") return false;
+
+  try {
+    process.kill(-pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error?.code === "ESRCH") return false;
+    if (error?.code === "EPERM") return true;
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function waitForProcessTreeExit(child, timeoutMs) {
+  if (!child.pid || platform() === "win32") {
+    await waitForExit(child, timeoutMs);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    if (!isProcessGroupAlive(child.pid)) return;
+    await sleep(100);
+  }
+}
+
+async function runQuietly(command, args) {
+  await new Promise((resolveRun) => {
+    const proc = spawn(command, args, { stdio: "ignore" });
+    proc.once("error", resolveRun);
+    proc.once("exit", resolveRun);
+  });
+}
+
+async function signalProcessTree(child, signal) {
+  if (!child.pid) return;
+
+  if (platform() === "win32") {
+    if (signal === "SIGKILL") {
+      await runQuietly("taskkill", ["/pid", String(child.pid), "/t", "/f"]);
+    } else {
+      child.kill(signal);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    process.kill(-child.pid, signal);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error?.code !== "ESRCH") throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function stopApp(child) {
+  if (!child.pid) return;
+
+  await signalProcessTree(child, "SIGTERM");
+  await waitForProcessTreeExit(child, 5_000);
+
+  const isStillRunning =
+    platform() === "win32"
+      ? child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null
+      : isProcessGroupAlive(child.pid);
+
+  if (isStillRunning) {
+    await signalProcessTree(child, "SIGKILL");
+    await waitForProcessTreeExit(child, 2_000);
+  }
+}
+
+export function buildSmokeEnv({
+  dataDir,
+  parentEnv = process.env,
+  currentPlatform = platform(),
+} = {}) {
+  if (!dataDir) {
+    throw new Error("buildSmokeEnv requires dataDir.");
+  }
+
+  const inheritedNames = [
+    "PATH",
+    "Path",
+    "SystemRoot",
+    "WINDIR",
+    "COMSPEC",
+    "PATHEXT",
+    "TMPDIR",
+    "TMP",
+    "TEMP",
+    "LANG",
+    "LC_ALL",
+    "LC_CTYPE",
+    "DISPLAY",
+    "WAYLAND_DISPLAY",
+    "XAUTHORITY",
+    "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR",
+    "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS",
+    "ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT",
+  ];
+  const smokeEnv = {};
+
+  for (const name of inheritedNames) {
+    if (parentEnv[name]) {
+      smokeEnv[name] = parentEnv[name];
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (currentPlatform === "win32") {
+    smokeEnv.USERPROFILE = join(dataDir, "userprofile");
+    smokeEnv.APPDATA = join(dataDir, "AppData", "Roaming");
+    smokeEnv.LOCALAPPDATA = join(dataDir, "AppData", "Local");
+    smokeEnv.TEMP ||= join(dataDir, "tmp");
+    smokeEnv.TMP ||= smokeEnv.TEMP;
+  } else {
+    smokeEnv.HOME = join(dataDir, "home");
+    smokeEnv.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = join(dataDir, "config");
+    smokeEnv.XDG_CACHE_HOME = join(dataDir, "cache");
+    smokeEnv.XDG_DATA_HOME = join(dataDir, "data");
+    smokeEnv.TMPDIR ||= join(dataDir, "tmp");
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...smokeEnv,
+    DATA_DIR: dataDir,
+    ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING: "1",
+    ELECTRON_ENABLE_STACK_DUMPING: "1",
+  };
+}
+
+function isInsideDir(parentDir, candidateDir) {
+  const parent = resolve(parentDir);
+  const candidate = resolve(candidateDir);
+  return candidate === parent || candidate.startsWith(parent + sep);
+}
+
+async function ensureSmokeEnvDirs(smokeEnv, dataDir) {
+  const dirNames = [
+    "DATA_DIR",
+    "HOME",
+    "USERPROFILE",
+    "APPDATA",
+    "LOCALAPPDATA",
+    "XDG_CONFIG_HOME",
+    "XDG_CACHE_HOME",
+    "XDG_DATA_HOME",
+    "TMPDIR",
+    "TMP",
+    "TEMP",
+  ];
+  const dirs = [
+    ...new Set(
+      dirNames.map((name) => smokeEnv[name]).filter((dir) => dir && isInsideDir(dataDir, dir))
+    ),
+  ];
+
+  await Promise.all(dirs.map((dir) => mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })));
+}
+
+async function settleAfterReady({ getExitState, logs, settleMs }) {
+  const deadline = Date.now() + settleMs;
+
+  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
+    assertNoFatalLogs(logs.value);
+
+    const { exitCode, signalCode } = getExitState();
+    if (exitCode !== null || signalCode !== null) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Packaged Electron app exited during readiness settle: code=${exitCode} signal=${signalCode}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    await sleep(Math.min(250, Math.max(0, deadline - Date.now())));
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const appExecutable = discoverPackagedExecutable();
+  if (!existsSync(appExecutable)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Packaged OmniRoute executable not found at ${appExecutable}. Build it first with \`npm run build:<target> --prefix electron\` or set ELECTRON_SMOKE_APP_EXECUTABLE.`
+    );
+  }
+
+  const smokeUrl = process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_URL || DEFAULT_URL;
+  const timeoutMs = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_TIMEOUT_MS, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  const settleMs = parsePositiveInteger(process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_SETTLE_MS, DEFAULT_SETTLE_MS);
+  const dataDir =
+    process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_DATA_DIR ||
+    (await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "omniroute-electron-smoke-")));
+  const removeDataDir =
+    !process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_DATA_DIR && process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_KEEP_DATA !== "1";
+  const smokeEnv = buildSmokeEnv({ dataDir });
+
+  await assertPortIsFree(smokeUrl);
+  await ensureSmokeEnvDirs(smokeEnv, dataDir);
+
+  console.log(`[electron-smoke] launching ${appExecutable}`);
+  console.log(`[electron-smoke] DATA_DIR=${dataDir}`);
+  console.log(`[electron-smoke] waiting for ${smokeUrl}`);
+
+  const logs = { value: "" };
+  const streamLogs = process.env.ELECTRON_SMOKE_STREAM_LOGS === "1";
+  const child = spawn(appExecutable, [], {
+    detached: platform() !== "win32",
+    env: smokeEnv,
+    stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
+  });
+
+  child.stdout?.on("data", (chunk) => appendLog(logs, chunk, "[electron] ", streamLogs));
+  child.stderr?.on("data", (chunk) => appendLog(logs, chunk, "[electron:err] ", streamLogs));
+
+  let exitCode = null;
+  let signalCode = null;
+  let spawnError = null;
+  child.once("exit", (code, signal) => {
+    exitCode = code;
+    signalCode = signal;
+  });
+  child.once("error", (error) => {
+    spawnError = error;
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const startedAt = Date.now();
+    let lastError = null;
+
+    while (Date.now() - startedAt < timeoutMs) {
+      assertNoFatalLogs(logs.value);
+
+      if (spawnError !== null) {
+        throw new Error(`Packaged Electron app failed to launch: ${spawnError.message}`);
+      }
+
+      if (exitCode !== null || signalCode !== null) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Packaged Electron app exited before readiness: code=${exitCode} signal=${signalCode}`
+        );
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const response = await fetchWithTimeout(smokeUrl, 1_000);
+        if (response.status === 200) {
+          assertNoFatalLogs(logs.value);
+          console.log(`[electron-smoke] ready: ${smokeUrl} returned HTTP 200`);
+          await settleAfterReady({
+            getExitState: () => ({ exitCode, signalCode }),
+            logs,
+            settleMs,
+          });
+          console.log(`[electron-smoke] stable for ${settleMs}ms after readiness`);
+          return;
+        }
+        lastError = new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        lastError = error;
+      }
+
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(
+      `Packaged Electron app did not serve ${smokeUrl} within ${timeoutMs}ms. Last error: ${
+        lastError instanceof Error ? lastError.message : String(lastError)
+      }`
+    );
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!streamLogs) {
+      printLogTail(logs.value);
+    }
+    throw error;
+  } finally {
+    await stopApp(child);
+    await waitForPortClosed(smokeUrl);
+    if (removeDataDir) {
+      await rm(dataDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href) {
+  main().catch((error) => {
+    console.error(
+      `[electron-smoke] failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/electron-packaging.test.ts b/tests/unit/electron-packaging.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..057095119d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/electron-packaging.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+const ROOT = join(import.meta.dirname, "..", "..");
+
+test("electron build copies standalone runtime dependencies into resources/app/node_modules", () => {
+  const electronPackage = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(ROOT, "electron", "package.json"), "utf8"));
+
+  const extraResources = electronPackage.build?.extraResources;
+  assert.ok(Array.isArray(extraResources), "electron build.extraResources must be an array");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    extraResources.find(
+      (resource) =>
+        resource?.from === "../.next/electron-standalone/node_modules" &&
+        resource?.to === "app/node_modules"
+    ),
+    {
+      from: "../.next/electron-standalone/node_modules",
+      to: "app/node_modules",
+      filter: ["**/*"],
+    }
+  );
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/electron-smoke-script.test.ts b/tests/unit/electron-smoke-script.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..183d621f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/electron-smoke-script.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+import {
+  buildSmokeEnv,
+  FATAL_LOG_PATTERNS,
+  LINUX_EXECUTABLE_NAMES,
+} from "../../scripts/smoke-electron-packaged.mjs";
+
+test("electron smoke discovers the default Linux executable name", () => {
+  assert.ok(LINUX_EXECUTABLE_NAMES.includes("omniroute-desktop"));
+});
+
+test("electron smoke env allowlists runtime variables and drops secrets", () => {
+  const env = buildSmokeEnv({
+    currentPlatform: "linux",
+    dataDir: "/tmp/omniroute-electron-smoke-test",
+    parentEnv: {
+      DISPLAY: ":99",
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: "should-not-leak",
+      PATH: "/usr/bin",
+      SNYK_TOKEN: "should-not-leak",
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(env.DATA_DIR, "/tmp/omniroute-electron-smoke-test");
+  assert.equal(env.DISPLAY, ":99");
+  assert.equal(env.PATH, "/usr/bin");
+  assert.equal(env.HOME, "/tmp/omniroute-electron-smoke-test/home");
+  assert.equal(env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME, "/tmp/omniroute-electron-smoke-test/config");
+  assert.equal(env.ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING, "1");
+  assert.equal(env.ELECTRON_ENABLE_STACK_DUMPING, "1");
+  assert.equal(env.GITHUB_TOKEN, undefined);
+  assert.equal(env.SNYK_TOKEN, undefined);
+});
+
+test("electron smoke treats Electron process errors as fatal startup logs", () => {
+  const logs = [
+    "[Electron] Unhandled Rejection: Error: startup failed",
+    "[Electron] Uncaught Exception: Error: startup failed",
+  ];
+
+  for (const log of logs) {
+    assert.ok(
+      FATAL_LOG_PATTERNS.some((pattern) => pattern.test(log)),
+      `${log} should match a fatal log pattern`
+    );
+  }
+});