fix: pin electron to 41.x so release builds produce installers

CHANGES/2026-06-04_fix-pin-electron-41.md

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+# fix: pin electron to 41.x so the release build produces installers
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-04
+**Type:** Fix
+
+## Intent
+The v0.0.20 release workflow failed: the macOS build jobs succeeded but produced
+no `.dmg`/`.zip`, so "Create Release" errored downloading missing artifacts. The
+only change since the last good release (v0.0.19, on electron 41) was the
+electron 42.x bump (#115, then #116 → 42.3.3). `ci.yml` never runs
+`electron-forge make`, so the regression only surfaced at release time. Pinning
+electron back to 41.x restores the known-good packaging path.
+
+### Prompts summary
+1. After the v0.0.20 release failed, chose to pin electron back to 41.x.
+
+## Changes
+
+### `package.json` / `package-lock.json`
+- `electron` devDependency `^42.0.0` → `^41.7.1` (keeps the other #116 dep updates).
+
+## Verification
+- `npx electron-forge make --arch=arm64` locally (electron 41.7.1) produces both
+  `out/make/PapaStudio.dmg` and the arm64 zip. (The "Making for the following
+  targets: ," line is a cosmetic electron-forge display quirk; the makers run.)
+
+## Files modified
+
+| File | Change |
+|------|--------|
+| `package.json` | Pin `electron` to `^41.7.1` |
+| `package-lock.json` | Regenerated for electron 41.7.1 |

package.json

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     "@electron-forge/maker-dmg": "^7.11.1",
     "@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^7.11.1",
     "@playwright/test": "1.60.0",
-    "electron": "^42.0.0"
+    "electron": "^41.7.1"
   }
 }