[bug] Resource paths available only after full builds are checked in non-builds #14602
Description
Describe the bug
Some resource paths in tauri.conf.json seem to be checked in every build, even the resource paths like additional binaries that are only known after a command like cargo build --release --bins.
This tauri.conf.json currently does not permit running cargo clippy or cargo check.
{
"$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2.0.0-rc",
"productName": "project",
"version": "0.1.0",
"identifier": "project.app",
"build": {
"beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",
"devUrl": "http://localhost:1420",
"beforeBuildCommand": "npm run build",
"frontendDist": "../build"
},
"app": {
"windows": [
{
"title": "project",
"width": 800,
"height": 600
}
],
"security": {
"csp": null,
"pattern": {
"use": "brownfield"
}
}
},
"bundle": {
"active": true,
"targets": "all",
"icon": [
"icons/32x32.png",
"icons/128x128.png",
"icons/128x128@2x.png",
"icons/icon.icns",
"icons/icon.ico"
],
"externalBin": ["../../target/release/process"]
}
}
error: failed to run custom build command for `project v0.1.0 (project/project/src-tauri)`
Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: `project/target/debug/build/project-e52c3da1635962f4/build-script-build` (exit status: 1)
--- stdout
cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/tauri.conf.json
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=TAURI_CONFIG
cargo:rustc-check-cfg=cfg(desktop)
cargo:rustc-cfg=desktop
cargo:rustc-check-cfg=cfg(mobile)
cargo:rerun-if-changed=project/project/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
cargo:rustc-env=TAURI_ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME_APP_NAME=app
cargo:rustc-env=TAURI_ANDROID_PACKAGE_NAME_PREFIX=<project>
cargo:rustc-check-cfg=cfg(dev)
cargo:rustc-cfg=dev
cargo:PERMISSION_FILES_PATH=project/target/debug/build/project-8d94d68162fcccc9/out/app-manifest/__app__-permission-files
cargo:rerun-if-changed=capabilities
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=REMOVE_UNUSED_COMMANDS
cargo:rustc-env=TAURI_ENV_TARGET_TRIPLE=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
resource path `../../target/release/process-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` doesn't exist
tauri-build is at 2.5.2
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Expected behavior
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Full tauri info output
[✔] Environment
- OS: Artix Linux Rolling Release x86_64 (X64) (Unknown DE on tty)
✔ webkit2gtk-4.1: 2.50.1
✔ rsvg2: 2.61.2
✔ rustc: 1.89.0-nightly (255aa2208 2025-06-19)
✔ cargo: 1.89.0-nightly (2251525ae 2025-06-16)
✔ rustup: 1.28.2 (e4f3ad6f8 2025-04-28)
✔ Rust toolchain: nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (default)
- node: 24.9.0
- npm: 11.6.2
[-] Packages
- tauri 🦀: 2.9.2, (outdated, latest: 2.9.4)
- tauri-build 🦀: 2.5.2, (outdated, latest: 2.5.3)
- wry 🦀: 0.53.5
- tao 🦀: 0.34.5
- @tauri-apps/api ⱼₛ: 2.9.0 (outdated, latest: 2.9.1)
- @tauri-apps/cli ⱼₛ: 2.9.4 (outdated, latest: 2.9.5)
[-] Plugins
- tauri-plugin-shell 🦀: 2.3.3
- @tauri-apps/plugin-shell ⱼₛ: 2.3.3
- tauri-plugin-dialog 🦀: 2.4.2
- @tauri-apps/plugin-dialog ⱼₛ: 2.4.2
- tauri-plugin-fs 🦀: 2.4.4
- @tauri-apps/plugin-fs ⱼₛ: 2.4.4
[-] App
- build-type: bundle
- CSP: unset
- frontendDist: ../build
- devUrl: http://localhost:1420/
- framework: Svelte
- bundler: Vite
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