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Description

Fixes HUD capture protection so the recording controls and embedded webcam preview remain visible to the user without appearing in recordings on supported platforms.

Motivation

Protection could be enabled while capture began before the later recording-state notification. Native window transitions could also reset platform protection flags.

Type of Change

  • New Feature
  • Bug Fix
  • Refactor / Code Cleanup
  • Documentation Update
  • Other

Related Issue(s)

None.

Screenshots / Video

Not applicable. This changes captured output rather than the HUD interface.

Testing Guide

  1. On Windows or macOS, enable Hide HUD from recording.
  2. Start a full-display recording with the HUD and webcam preview visible.
  3. Stop the recording and verify neither appears in the captured video.
  4. Disable the setting, record again, and verify the HUD is included.
  5. Run npm test and npx tsc --noEmit.

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  • I have performed a self-review of my code.
  • Screenshots or videos are not required for this behavior-only change.
  • No related issue or changelog update applies.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved HUD overlay capture protection during screen recording.
    • macOS recordings now exclude the app’s HUD process when protection is enabled.
    • Protection support is now correctly identified across supported platforms.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented unsupported platforms from attempting to enable HUD capture protection.
    • Ensured protection is reapplied before display capture begins.

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  • electron/hudCaptureProtection.test.ts
  • electron/ipc/register/recording.ts
  • electron/windows.ts
  • src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx
  • src/lib/hudCaptureProtection.test.ts
  • src/lib/hudCaptureProtection.ts
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  • electron/hudCaptureProtection.test.ts
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

HUD capture protection now uses shared platform checks, reasserts protection before capture starts, and excludes the current process from macOS ScreenCaptureKit display capture when enabled. Tests cover platform support and process-ID filtering.

Changes

HUD capture protection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Protection lifecycle and platform enablement
src/lib/hudCaptureProtection.ts, electron/windows.ts, src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx, */hudCaptureProtection.test.ts
Platform support is limited to macOS and Windows. Shared helpers apply protection during HUD window and recording-state transitions. The launch UI uses the platform-derived capability value.
Capture boundary protection and native exclusion
electron/main.ts, electron/ipc/register/recording.ts, electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift
Display-media and native recording handlers reassert protection before capture. macOS capture resolves configured process IDs and excludes matching applications.
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7899d

This change reapplies HUD capture protection at recording boundaries and excludes the app process from eligible macOS display captures while respecting the saved setting. The supplied test and type-check results indicate it is ready to merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DisplayCapture as setDisplayMediaRequestHandler
  participant NativeRecording as start-native-screen-recording
  participant Protection as reassertHudOverlayCaptureProtection
  participant HUDWindow as HUD window
  participant ScreenCaptureKit as ScreenCaptureKitRecorder

  DisplayCapture->>Protection: Reassert protection before browser or portal capture
  Protection->>HUDWindow: Apply setContentProtection
  DisplayCapture-->>DisplayCapture: Resolve capture source

  NativeRecording->>Protection: Reassert protection before native capture
  Protection->>HUDWindow: Apply setContentProtection
  NativeRecording->>ScreenCaptureKit: Pass excludedProcessIds
  ScreenCaptureKit->>ScreenCaptureKit: Exclude matching applications
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: excluding the HUD from recordings across supported capture backends.
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electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts (1)

70-72: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Replace source-text assertions with behavior-level coverage.

These assertions only prove that three text fragments exist in ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift. They do not prove that a matching process is found or that SCContentFilter receives the correct application list. Add an executable test seam or native test with matching, non-matching, and empty excludedProcessIds cases.

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In `@electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts` around lines 70 - 72,
Replace the source-text assertions in ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts with
executable behavior coverage for ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift: verify matching
process IDs are found, non-matching IDs are excluded, and empty
excludedProcessIds produces the expected result. Assert that SCContentFilter
receives the resulting excludedApplications list, using a test seam or native
test setup rather than checking source text.
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Inline comments:
In `@electron/windows.ts`:
- Line 151: Restrict the setContentProtection call in electron/windows.ts to
supported platforms or replace it with a working Linux mechanism. Update
src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx to derive the toggle’s availability from
that implementation, and update electron/hudCaptureProtection.test.ts to verify
platform-specific behavior rather than only checking source text.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts`:
- Around line 70-72: Replace the source-text assertions in
ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts with executable behavior coverage for
ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift: verify matching process IDs are found,
non-matching IDs are excluded, and empty excludedProcessIds produces the
expected result. Assert that SCContentFilter receives the resulting
excludedApplications list, using a test seam or native test setup rather than
checking source text.

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  • electron/hudCaptureProtection.test.ts
  • electron/ipc/register/recording.ts
  • electron/main.ts
  • electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.swift
  • electron/native/ScreenCaptureKitRecorder.test.ts
  • electron/native/bin/darwin-arm64/recordly-screencapturekit-helper
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