(MacOS) - Unable to execute kubectl commands inside wails app

[abhijith-darshan]

Description

In my application I am trying to use kubernetes client-go, which works in dev mode when the kubeconfig has oidc enabled. But when packaged the application doesn't seem to have access to kubectl binary.

However when i run the app using sudo open /path/to/app on the terminal, it seems to have access to kubectl binary and client-go successfully initiates the oidc flow.

To Reproduce

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Expected behaviour

Packaged App should behave exactly like in dev mode

Screenshots

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Attempted Fixes

sudo open /path/to/app

System Details

Wails Doctor          
                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                           
# Wails
Version | v2.9.2

# System
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| OS           | MacOS                                                                                                                       |
| Version      | 15.1.1                                                                                                                      |
| ID           | 24B91                                                                                                                       |
| Go Version   | go1.23.1                                                                                                                    |
| Platform     | darwin                                                                                                                      |
| Architecture | arm64                                                                                                                       |
| CPU          | Apple M3 Pro                                                                                                                |
| GPU          | Chipset Model: Apple M3 Pro Type: GPU Bus: Built-In Total Number of Cores: 18 Vendor: Apple (0x106b) Metal Support: Metal 3 |
| Memory       | 36GB                                                                                                                        |
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# Dependencies
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Dependency                | Package Name | Status    | Version |
| Xcode command line tools  | N/A          | Installed | 2409    |
| Nodejs                    | N/A          | Installed | 22.12.0 |
| npm                       | N/A          | Installed | 10.9.0  |
| *Xcode                    | N/A          | Available |         |
| *upx                      | N/A          | Available |         |
| *nsis                     | N/A          | Available |         |
└─────────────────── * - Optional Dependency ────────────────────┘

# Diagnosis
Optional package(s) installation details: 
  - Xcode: Available at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835
  - upx : Available at https://upx.github.io/
  - nsis : More info at https://wails.io/docs/guides/windows-installer/

 SUCCESS  Your system is ready for Wails development!

Additional context

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[leaanthony]

I'm not sure what this could be, but it's not a Wails bug. Moving to Q & A.

[abhijith-darshan]

It is very similar to this issue - #3103

the only difference is https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go will invoke the kubectl oidc-login command that is specified in the kubeconfig.

another thing I noticed was os.Environ() returned an empty slice of env variables.

This basically tells me that the packaged app was unable to read $PATH environment variables.