Missing password prompt in v1.5.116 on macOS 10.15 (EACCES error)

[mcous]

Hello! I use Etcher really frequently for work, and I noticed a strange change in behavior after upgrading from v1.5.115 to v1.5.116.

I have tried reinstalling the application directly from GitHub releases, ~but I have not yet tried clearing out ~/Library/Application\ Support/balena-etcher/~ and clearing out Etcher's Application Support directory does not help, either. Downgrading back to 115 works around the issue described below.

previous / expected behavior

1. Select file
2. Select target
3. Click "Flash"
4. Etcher pops up password prompt, enter password
5. Etcher flashes target

new behavior

1. Select file
2. Select target
3. Click "Flash"
4. No password prompt, instead Etcher fails with an EACCES error

{
  "stack": "Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/folders/j5/_yv5y3hj3q39d98d0hzgn58r0000gn/T/etcher/balena-etcher-electron-438f2f51af7b.cmd'",
  "message": "EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/folders/j5/_yv5y3hj3q39d98d0hzgn58r0000gn/T/etcher/balena-etcher-electron-438f2f51af7b.cmd'",
  "errno": -13,
  "code": "EACCES",
  "syscall": "open",
  "path": "balena-etcher-electron-438f2f51af7b.cmd",
  "image": "ot2-fullimage(9).zip"
}

application / system details

• Etcher version: v1.5.116
• Operating system and architecture: macOS 10.15.7 x64
• Image flashed: Opentrons OT-2 Linux OS
• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? Don't think so, error message posted above

[johnweber]

Confirmed that this issue seems to still exist on 1.5.120. A downgrade to 1.5.115 resolves the issue, but I didn't try any versions between 1.5.116 and 1.5.120.

Etcher version: v1.5.120
Operating system and architecture: macOS 10.15.7 x64
Image flashed: [https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-nano-sd-card-image](https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-nano-sd-card-image)

[mcous]

Closed due to lack of attention / staleness