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From: Etienne Lescot <etiennelescot@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:33:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(store): the option is --inputDirectory, and it takes a
 directory
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The v1.9.5 dry run answered this in ninety seconds, without shipping
anything:

  DRY RUN: submitting Openscreen.Setup.1.9.5.appx as a draft only
  Unrecognized command or argument '--inputFile'.

The CLI then printed its usage, which disagrees with the published docs:

  -i, --inputDirectory <inputDirectory>  The directory where the '.msix'
                                         or '.msixupload' file ... is

Microsoft Learn documents `-i, --inputFile` taking a path to the package.
The binary the microsoft/microsoft-store-apppublisher action installs
takes `--inputDirectory` and wants the folder. I wrote the previous fix
from the documentation; the binary is what runs.

Both call sites corrected — build.yml carried the same mistake, since
that is where the first fix landed.

Everything before the submit step already worked on that run: tag
validated, configuration resolved, tag checked out, build run resolved
and matched by head_sha, artifact downloaded, CLI configured. So this is
the last known unknown before the .appx format question, which the next
dry run will answer the same cheap way.
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml           | 9 ++++++---
 .github/workflows/publish-msstore.yml | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 01b031fd..71e95f54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # `msstore publish` takes a PROJECT root, not a package: it detects the app
       # type there (Electron, via package.json) and only then accepts the built
-      # package through `--inputFile`. This job used to check nothing out, so
+      # package through `--inputDirectory`. This job used to check nothing out, so
       # there was no project to point it at. Checkout runs before the artifact
       # download on purpose — actions/checkout cleans the workspace, and would
       # delete the package if it ran after.
@@ -1058,8 +1058,11 @@ jobs:
           # The positional argument is the project root, NOT the package — passing
           # the .appx there is what failed the first real run of this job on
           # v1.9.5: "We could not find a project publisher for the project at
-          # ...Openscreen.Setup.1.9.5.appx". The package goes through --inputFile.
-          msstore publish . --inputFile $appx.FullName --appId $env:PRODUCT_ID
+          # ...Openscreen.Setup.1.9.5.appx". The package goes through the option
+          # below, which takes the DIRECTORY holding it — the CLI's own usage
+          # says `-i, --inputDirectory`, and rejects the `--inputFile` that
+          # Microsoft Learn documents. The binary wins.
+          msstore publish . --inputDirectory $appx.Directory.FullName --appId $env:PRODUCT_ID
 
       # Report what happened, not what was configured. Keyed off `enabled` alone
       # under always(), this claimed "Submitted to the Store" when `msstore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-msstore.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-msstore.yml
index 36b6917f..6f0d135c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-msstore.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-msstore.yml
@@ -188,9 +188,12 @@ jobs:
 
           # The positional argument is the project root, NOT the package: passing
           # the package there is what failed v1.9.5 ("could not find a project
-          # publisher"). The package goes through --inputFile.
+          # publisher"). The package goes through the option below, which takes
+          # the DIRECTORY holding it: the CLI's own usage says
+          # `-i, --inputDirectory`, and rejects the `--inputFile` that Microsoft
+          # Learn documents. The v1.9.5 dry run is what caught that.
           # Not $args: that is a PowerShell automatic variable.
-          $cmdArgs = @('publish', '.', '--inputFile', $pkg.FullName, '--appId', $env:PRODUCT_ID)
+          $cmdArgs = @('publish', '.', '--inputDirectory', $pkg.Directory.FullName, '--appId', $env:PRODUCT_ID)
           if ($env:DRY_RUN -eq 'true') {
             # Leaves the submission in draft instead of sending it to
             # certification: the only way to test this path without shipping.