feat(icons): enhance .ico generation to support multiple sizes for better clarity

apps/desktop-client/scripts/generate-brand-icons.cjs

@@ -103,22 +103,36 @@ function b64(pngPath) {
   return fs.readFileSync(pngPath).toString('base64')
 }
 
-/** Wrap a PNG buffer in a minimal (PNG-payload) .ico container. */
+/**
-function pngToIco(pngBuffer) {
+ * Wrap N square PNG buffers into a multi-image (PNG-payload) .ico container.
+ * Windows picks the closest size when rendering at 16/24/32/48/256 px, so a
+ * single 256px entry forces a blurry downscale in the taskbar/Explorer — and
+ * the old rcedit electron-builder ships with mis-stamps some single-entry ICOs.
+ * Embedding every common size keeps the app icon crisp at all of them.
+ */
+function pngsToIco(pngBuffers) {
+  const count = pngBuffers.length
   const header = Buffer.alloc(6)
   header.writeUInt16LE(0, 0) // reserved
   header.writeUInt16LE(1, 2) // type: icon
-  header.writeUInt16LE(1, 4) // image count
+  header.writeUInt16LE(count, 4) // image count
-  const entry = Buffer.alloc(16)
+  const dir = Buffer.alloc(16 * count)
-  entry.writeUInt8(0, 0) // width  (0 => 256)
+  let offset = 6 + 16 * count
-  entry.writeUInt8(0, 1) // height (0 => 256)
+  pngBuffers.forEach((png, i) => {
-  entry.writeUInt8(0, 2) // palette
+    const w = png.readUInt32BE(16) // PNG IHDR width  (byte 16..19)
-  entry.writeUInt8(0, 3) // reserved
+    const h = png.readUInt32BE(20) // PNG IHDR height (byte 20..23)
-  entry.writeUInt16LE(1, 4) // color planes
+    const e = i * 16
-  entry.writeUInt16LE(32, 6) // bits per pixel
+    dir.writeUInt8(w >= 256 ? 0 : w, e + 0) // width  (0 => 256)
-  entry.writeUInt32LE(pngBuffer.length, 8) // size of image data
+    dir.writeUInt8(h >= 256 ? 0 : h, e + 1) // height (0 => 256)
-  entry.writeUInt32LE(6 + 16, 12) // offset to image data
+    dir.writeUInt8(0, e + 2) // palette
-  return Buffer.concat([header, entry, pngBuffer])
+    dir.writeUInt8(0, e + 3) // reserved
+    dir.writeUInt16LE(1, e + 4) // color planes
+    dir.writeUInt16LE(32, e + 6) // bits per pixel
+    dir.writeUInt32LE(png.length, e + 8) // size of image data
+    dir.writeUInt32LE(offset, e + 12) // offset to image data
+    offset += png.length
+  })
+  return Buffer.concat([header, dir, ...pngBuffers])
 }
 
 function buildAppIcons() {
@@ -150,9 +164,12 @@ function buildAppIcons() {
   }
   execFileSync('iconutil', ['-c', 'icns', iconset, '-o', path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'icon.icns')])
 
-  // .ico from a 256px render.
+  // .ico with every size Windows asks for (taskbar/Explorer/Alt-Tab/tiles).
-  const ico256 = svgToPng(squareIconSvg(BRAND_BLUE), 'app-ico', ['-w', '256', '-h', '256'])
+  const icoSizes = [16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256]
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'icon.ico'), pngToIco(fs.readFileSync(ico256)))
+  const icoPngs = icoSizes.map((s) =>
+    fs.readFileSync(svgToPng(squareIconSvg(BRAND_BLUE), `app-ico-${s}`, ['-w', String(s), '-h', String(s)])),
+  )
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(BUILD_DIR, 'icon.ico'), pngsToIco(icoPngs))
 }
 
 function buildMainProcessIcons() {