Don't load user's shell env on app startup (#4681)

Co-authored-by: Michael Neale <michael.neale@gmail.com>

Cargo.lock

@@ -2816,6 +2816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "docx-rs",
  "etcetera",
  "glob",
+ "goose",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper 1.6.0",
  "ignore",

crates/goose-mcp/Cargo.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ description.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+goose = { path = "../goose" }
 mcp-core = { path = "../mcp-core" }
 mcp-server = { path = "../mcp-server" }
 rmcp = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["server", "client", "transport-io", "macros"] }

crates/goose-mcp/src/developer/shell.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use std::{env, process::Stdio};
+use goose::config::get_config_dir;
+use std::{env, ffi::OsString, process::Stdio};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[allow(unused_imports)] // False positive: trait is used for process_group method
@@ -8,30 +9,23 @@ use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
 pub struct ShellConfig {
     pub executable: String,
     pub args: Vec<String>,
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub envs: Vec<(OsString, OsString)>,
 }
 
 impl Default for ShellConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        if cfg!(windows) {
+        #[cfg(windows)]
-            // Detect the default shell on Windows
+        {
-            #[cfg(windows)]
+            Self::detect_windows_shell()
-            {
+        }
-                Self::detect_windows_shell()
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
-            }
+        {
-            #[cfg(not(windows))]
+            let bash_env = get_config_dir().join(".bash_env").into_os_string();
-            {
-                // This branch should never be taken on non-Windows
-                // but we need it for compilation
-                Self {
-                    executable: "cmd".to_string(),
-                    args: vec!["/c".to_string()],
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            // Use bash on Unix/macOS (keep existing behavior)
             Self {
                 executable: "bash".to_string(),
                 args: vec!["-c".to_string()],
+                envs: vec![(OsString::from("BASH_ENV"), bash_env)],
             }
         }
     }
@@ -50,6 +44,7 @@ impl ShellConfig {
                     "-NonInteractive".to_string(),
                     "-Command".to_string(),
                 ],
+                envs: vec![],
             }
         } else if let Ok(ps_path) = which::which("powershell") {
             // Windows PowerShell 5.1
@@ -60,12 +55,14 @@ impl ShellConfig {
                     "-NonInteractive".to_string(),
                     "-Command".to_string(),
                 ],
+                envs: vec![],
             }
         } else {
             // Fall back to cmd.exe
             Self {
                 executable: "cmd".to_string(),
                 args: vec!["/c".to_string()],
+                envs: vec![],
             }
         }
     }

crates/goose/src/config/base.rs

@@ -116,14 +116,18 @@ enum SecretStorage {
 // Global instance
 static GLOBAL_CONFIG: OnceCell<Config> = OnceCell::new();
 
+pub fn get_config_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    choose_app_strategy(APP_STRATEGY.clone())
+        .expect("goose requires a home dir")
+        .config_dir()
+}
+
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         // choose_app_strategy().config_dir()
         // - macOS/Linux: ~/.config/goose/
         // - Windows:     ~\AppData\Roaming\Block\goose\config\
-        let config_dir = choose_app_strategy(APP_STRATEGY.clone())
+        let config_dir = get_config_dir();
-            .expect("goose requires a home dir")
-            .config_dir();
 
         std::fs::create_dir_all(&config_dir).expect("Failed to create config directory");
 

crates/goose/src/config/mod.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub mod signup_openrouter;
 pub mod signup_tetrate;
 
 pub use crate::agents::ExtensionConfig;
-pub use base::{Config, ConfigError, APP_STRATEGY};
+pub use base::{get_config_dir, Config, ConfigError, APP_STRATEGY};
 pub use custom_providers::CustomProviderConfig;
 pub use experiments::ExperimentManager;
 pub use extensions::{ExtensionConfigManager, ExtensionEntry};

ui/desktop/src/main.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import 'dotenv/config';
 import { startGoosed } from './goosed';
 import { expandTilde, getBinaryPath } from './utils/pathUtils';
-import { loadShellEnv } from './utils/loadEnv';
 import log from './utils/logger';
 import { ensureWinShims } from './utils/winShims';
 import { addRecentDir, loadRecentDirs } from './utils/recentDirs';
@@ -448,46 +447,37 @@ const parseArgs = () => {
   return { dirPath };
 };
 
-const getGooseProvider = () => {
+interface BundledConfig {
-  loadShellEnv(app.isPackaged);
+  defaultProvider?: string;
+  defaultModel?: string;
+  predefinedModels?: string;
+  baseUrlShare?: string;
+  version?: string;
+}
+
+const getBundledConfig = (): BundledConfig => {
   //{env-macro-start}//
   //needed when goose is bundled for a specific provider
   //{env-macro-end}//
-  return [
+  return {
-    process.env.GOOSE_DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
+    defaultProvider: process.env.GOOSE_DEFAULT_PROVIDER,
-    process.env.GOOSE_DEFAULT_MODEL,
+    defaultModel: process.env.GOOSE_DEFAULT_MODEL,
-    process.env.GOOSE_PREDEFINED_MODELS,
+    predefinedModels: process.env.GOOSE_PREDEFINED_MODELS,
-  ];
+    baseUrlShare: process.env.GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE,
+    version: process.env.GOOSE_VERSION,
+  };
 };
 
-const getSharingUrl = () => {
+const { defaultProvider, defaultModel, predefinedModels, baseUrlShare, version } =
-  // checks app env for sharing url
+  getBundledConfig();
-  loadShellEnv(app.isPackaged); // will try to take it from the zshrc file
-  // if GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE is found, we will set process.env.GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE, otherwise we return what it is set
-  // to in the env at bundle time
-  return process.env.GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE;
-};
-
-const getVersion = () => {
-  // checks app env for sharing url
-  loadShellEnv(app.isPackaged); // will try to take it from the zshrc file
-  // to in the env at bundle time
-  return process.env.GOOSE_VERSION;
-};
-
-const [provider, model, predefinedModels] = getGooseProvider();
-
-const sharingUrl = getSharingUrl();
-
-const gooseVersion = getVersion();
 
 const SERVER_SECRET = process.env.GOOSE_EXTERNAL_BACKEND
   ? 'test'
   : crypto.randomBytes(32).toString('hex');
 
 let appConfig = {
-  GOOSE_DEFAULT_PROVIDER: provider,
+  GOOSE_DEFAULT_PROVIDER: defaultProvider,
-  GOOSE_DEFAULT_MODEL: model,
+  GOOSE_DEFAULT_MODEL: defaultModel,
   GOOSE_PREDEFINED_MODELS: predefinedModels,
   GOOSE_API_HOST: 'http://127.0.0.1',
   GOOSE_PORT: 0,
@@ -603,8 +593,8 @@ const createChat = async (
           GOOSE_PORT: port,
           GOOSE_WORKING_DIR: working_dir,
           REQUEST_DIR: dir,
-          GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE: sharingUrl,
+          GOOSE_BASE_URL_SHARE: baseUrlShare,
-          GOOSE_VERSION: gooseVersion,
+          GOOSE_VERSION: version,
           recipe: recipe,
         }),
       ],
@@ -1927,7 +1917,7 @@ async function appMain() {
       if (aboutGooseMenuItem.submenu) {
         aboutGooseMenuItem.submenu.append(
           new MenuItem({
-            label: `Version ${gooseVersion || app.getVersion()}`,
+            label: `Version ${version || app.getVersion()}`,
             enabled: false,
           })
         );

ui/desktop/src/utils/loadEnv.ts

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
-import log from './logger';
-
-export function loadShellEnv(isProduction: boolean = false): void {
-  // Only proceed if running on macOS and in production mode
-  if (process.platform !== 'darwin' || !isProduction) {
-    log.info(
-      `Skipping zsh environment loading: ${
-        process.platform !== 'darwin' ? 'Not running on macOS' : 'Not in production mode'
-      }`
-    );
-    return;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    log.info('LOADING ENV');
-
-    const shell = process.env.SHELL || '/bin/bash'; // Detect user's shell
-
-    const envStr = execSync(`${shell} -l -i -c 'env'`, {
-      encoding: 'utf-8',
-    });
-
-    // Parse and set environment variables
-    envStr.split('\n').forEach((line) => {
-      const matches = line.match(/^([^=]+)=(.*)$/);
-      if (matches) {
-        const [, key, value] = matches;
-        log.info(`Setting ${key}`);
-        process.env[key] = value;
-      }
-    });
-
-    log.info('Successfully loaded zsh environment variables');
-  } catch (error) {
-    log.error('Failed to load zsh environment variables:', error);
-  }
-}