From dd9857674390977b24544cb86c56aa9ad94daf33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trevor Walker <rynfar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:15:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(desktop): keep SnapShot shortcut helper out of Dock

---
 .../src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.test.ts      | 5 +++++
 apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.ts  | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.test.ts
index 81889f9f07..d0548c78c0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ describe("macOS modifier pair poller", () => {
     const poller = spawnedPollers[0]!;
     expect(poller.command).toBe("/usr/bin/osascript");
     expect(poller.args.slice(-2)).toEqual(["8", "16"]);
+    const script = poller.args[3]!;
+    expect(script.indexOf("NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited")).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(script.indexOf("NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited")).toBeLessThan(
+      script.indexOf('ObjC.import("CoreGraphics")'),
+    );
 
     poller.emitStderr("ready\ntrig");
     const stop = await started;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.ts b/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.ts
index 1c638f2444..c869e92efa 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/snapShot/MacModifierPairShortcutProcess.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const MAC_MODIFIER_PAIR_DEVICE_MASKS: Record<SnapShotModifier, readonly [number,
 };
 
 const POLLER_SCRIPT = `
+// Apply background-only policy before CoreGraphics connects to the window server.
+ObjC.import("AppKit");
+$.NSApplication.sharedApplication.setActivationPolicy($.NSApplicationActivationPolicyProhibited);
 ObjC.import("CoreGraphics");
 ObjC.import("unistd");
 function run(argv) {