[Bug] App does not remember last window position and size on close

[rozsazoltan]

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• I searched in the issues and found nothing similar.

Pake version

3.8.6

Rust version

rustc 1.92.0 (ded5c06cf 2025-12-08)

Package Manager

npm

System version

Windows 11

Node.js version

v22.22.0

Build Command

pake https://www.facebook.com/messages --name messenger-next --icon messenger.ico --inject messenger.css

Minimal reproduce step

I open the application, move it on the desktop, and resize it, then close it. When I reopen it, I expect it to appear in the same position and size as when I closed it, but this does not happen.

What did you expect to see?

It remembers the position and sizes.

What did you see instead?

It does not remember either the position or the size.

Anything else?

It seems that this behavior comes from Tauri and is not optional - it is included in every Pake app - yet it does not work. I haven't found any relevant tauri-window-state-plugin issues that would suggest a Tauri bug, but it's possible that it might turn out to be one after all.

• https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Atw93%2FPake+tauri-plugin-window-state&type=code

I also created an executable for messenger.com with Pake in March 2025, presumably using this command:

pake https://messenger.com --name messenger --icon messenger.ico

Back then, it worked smoothly. Now, on April 15, 2026, that domain is being discontinued, so I'm moving the executable to facebook.com/messages. Unfortunately, this also requires some cosmetic changes to fix distracting elements and a few bugs. That's why messenger.css is needed. It seems that without the CSS, the issue still persists:

pake https://www.facebook.com/messages --name messenger-next --icon messenger.ico

Are you willing to submit a PR?

• I'm willing to submit a PR!

[rozsazoltan]

The bug can be reproduced with v3.8.6 and v3.7.2, but not in v3.6.0. I tested it with the ChatGPT_x64.msi released in the release.

• https://github.com/tw93/Pake/releases/tag/V3.6.0

[tw93]

@rozsazoltan Thank you for your feedback, I have fixed in v3.8.7

RWhen hide_on_close is false, the code called std::process::exit(0) which
immediately terminated the process without giving tauri-plugin-window-state time to
save the window position/size to disk.

I remove the force exit and allow Tauri to handle the close event normally.

Please upgrade to v3.8.7 and verify the fix.

[rozsazoltan]

@tw93 I love it. Thank you!

[joeky888]

Messenger.com will be retired in April, and the new command should be pake https://www.facebook.com/messages --name Messenger

[rozsazoltan]

@joeky888 This wasn't what the issue was about, but if we look at this part anyway, this is exactly why I had to create a new pake executable - and that's how I discovered this bug.