support ending for intel-based apps

## System details: Apple M3 Pro macOS Tahoe #### Positron and OS details: Positron Version: 2026.08.0 build 331 Code - OSS Version: 1.124.0 Commit: a3a370d4187484ce962794408c76dab702978eaf Date: 2026-08-05T17:02:37-07:00 Electron: 42.2.0 Chromium: 148.0.7778.97 Node.js: 24.15.0 V8: 14.8.178.14-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 25.6.0 #### Session details: Mostly R 4.6.0, but it happens when I open Positron regardless. ## Describe the issue: every time i open positron newly, i get a pop-up box that says "support ending for intel-based apps. This version of "Positron" includes a component that will not work with a future release of macOS. Learn how to update to an Apple silicon version." ## Steps to reproduce the issue: uname -m; sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string 2>/dev/null; ls /Applications | grep -i positron; file /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/MacOS/Positron 2>/dev/null; codesign -dv /Applications/Positron.app 2>&1 | head -5; lipo -info /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/MacOS/Positron 2>&1 arm64 Apple M3 Pro Positron.app /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/MacOS/Positron: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64 Executable=/Applications/Positron.app/Contents/MacOS/Positron Identifier=co.posit.positron Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=637 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=9+7 location=embedded Signature size=9044 Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/MacOS/Positron is architecture: arm64 --- find /Applications/Positron.app -type f \( -perm -u+x -o -name "*.dylib" -o -name "*.node" \) 2>/dev/null | while read f; do arch=$(lipo -info "$f" 2>/dev/null) echo "$arch :: $f" done | grep -iE "x86_64|i386" | head -50 Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-config/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-config/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-credentials/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-credentials/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/tsx/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/tsx/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-provider-bridge/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/ai-provider-bridge/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/vite-node/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/vite-node/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/copilot/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk/vendor/audio-capture/x64-darwin/audio-capture.node is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/copilot/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk/vendor/audio-capture/x64-darwin/audio-capture.node Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/copilot/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk/vendor/ripgrep/x64-darwin/rg is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/copilot/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk/vendor/ripgrep/x64-darwin/rg Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-pins/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-pins/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-duckdb/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-duckdb/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-duckdb/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-duckdb/node_modules/@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64/libduckdb.dylib Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-catalog-explorer/node_modules/snowflake-sdk/dist/lib/minicore/binaries/sf_mini_core_0.0.1.darwin-x64.node is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-catalog-explorer/node_modules/snowflake-sdk/dist/lib/minicore/binaries/sf_mini_core_0.0.1.darwin-x64.node Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-snowflake/node_modules/snowflake-sdk/dist/lib/minicore/binaries/sf_mini_core_0.0.1.darwin-x64.node is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-data-driver-snowflake/node_modules/snowflake-sdk/dist/lib/minicore/binaries/sf_mini_core_0.0.1.darwin-x64.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python-env-tools/pet are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python-env-tools/pet Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/x64/cp3/tornado/speedups.abi3.so is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/x64/cp3/tornado/speedups.abi3.so Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/x64/cp3/psutil/_psutil_osx.abi3.so is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/x64/cp3/psutil/_psutil_osx.abi3.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/py3/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/attach.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/py3/debugpy/_vendored/pydevd/pydevd_attach_to_process/attach.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-39-darwin.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-39-darwin.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp39/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp313/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp314/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.abi3.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp312/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-310-darwin.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-310-darwin.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp310/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-311-darwin.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/backend/cython/_zmq.cpython-311-darwin.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/.dylibs/libsodium.26.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/universal2/cp311/zmq/.dylibs/libzmq.5.dylib Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/arm64/cp3/tornado/speedups.abi3.so are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/extensions/positron-python/python_files/lib/ipykernel/arm64/cp3/tornado/speedups.abi3.so Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-config/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-config/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-credentials/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-credentials/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Architectures in the fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-provider-bridge/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node are: x86_64 arm64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/ai-lib/packages/ai-provider-bridge/node_modules/fsevents/fsevents.node Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/deno is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/deno Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/pandoc is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/pandoc Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/typst is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/typst Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/typst-gather is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/typst-gather Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/deno_dom/libplugin.dylib is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/deno_dom/libplugin.dylib Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/esbuild is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/esbuild :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/dart-sass/sass Non-fat file: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/dart-sass/src/dart is architecture: x86_64 :: /Applications/Positron.app/Contents/Resources/app/quarto/bin/tools/x86_64/dart-sass/src/dart ## Expected or desired behavior: I would not expect to get the message given that the Positron install is fully arm64 native.