Make the first-run screen translatable, with a pseudo-locale test - #541
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Adds the i18n foundation on @wordpress/i18n: main resolves a catalog for the OS locale and the renderer loads it before the first render, a .pot is extracted with npm run i18n:pot, and --lang=en-XA runs a pseudo-locale that a new journey scans for any string that was not wrapped. Wraps the sidebar, the empty state, the feedback popover and the create site dialog. The rest of the UI follows in later PRs. See #540.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe app now loads locale catalogs through an IPC and preload path, then applies translations before rendering the interface. The changes translate visible interface strings, add an Priority: ➖ Normal Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Mostly safe to merge. Some minor robustness gaps in locale loading should be tightened, in particular making sure the app always renders if locale application fails. No translations ship yet, so the practical exposure is small. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new localization flow is limited to bundled catalogs and does not appear to give the renderer broader file access or privileges. No active security concern was established, though coverage of the new flow is incomplete. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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The i18n:locale bridge added api.getLocale without updating the list the packaged smoke test compares window.api against, so it failed on both platforms.
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- Around line 45-46: Update the argument-validation checks in the scanned-source
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instead of passing while their messages are omitted.
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- Around line 44-45: Update the catch in the catalog-loading flow in i18n.cjs to
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- Line 54: Update resolveCatalog to validate that catalog messages are a record,
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- Line 43: Make resolveCatalog asynchronous and replace its synchronous catalog
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The extractor reads only string literals, so `__(`Static`)` passed the check and was left out of the POT.
…n other than being absent The i18n:locale handler no longer blocks the main process on a file read. A read error other than ENOENT, and a catalog whose messages are not a record, are now logged before falling back to the bare language.
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Why
Every string in the app is hard-coded English, and Contributor Days happen all over the world. #540 makes the case. This is the first step: the plumbing and the tests, plus one wrapped screen to prove them. No languages ship yet.
What changes
@wordpress/i18n, the library@wordpress/componentsalready uses, so the components' own labels (the modal's Close button) translate through the same catalog.i18n:localehandler resolves a catalog fromsrc/languages/for the OS locale (exact match, then the bare language). The renderer loads it before the first render, so nothing paints in English first.--lang=en-XAaccents, pads and brackets every wrapped string. Chromium reportsen-XAasen-GBbecause Electron ships no resources for it, so main reads it off the switch.npm run i18n:potwriteslanguages/contributor-toolkit.pot(not committed) with@wordpress/babel-plugin-makepot, and refuses a__()call without a literal string, which the plugin would otherwise drop silently.Deliberately not in this PR: the site screen, the
.cjscopy modules, main's error messages, menus and dialog titles, dates, actual translations, and where translations come from. Those are follow-ups on #540.CONTRIBUTING.mdhas the rules for wrapping strings.How to test this
Platforms: any. The Buildkite build for this branch works; check it matches the current head.
Pseudo-locale. Starting state: a fresh profile with no sites. From the repo root after
npm install, runnpx electron . --lang=en-XA.[Çóñţŕíƀúţóŕ Ţóóļķíţ~~~~~~]. Every other string there is accented and bracketed the same way, including "No sites yet." and the Create a site button.@wordpress/componentsshares the catalog.English. Run
npm start(or open the Buildkite build normally). The same screens read exactly as they did on trunk.What must not have happened:
<html lang>saysen, not the OS language. There is no catalog for it yet, and a wronglangmakes a screen reader read English in the wrong voice. You can check this in DevTools.tests/e2e/journeys/i18n.spec.jsautomates steps 1 to 5: it scans each screen for visible text or labels that are not bracketed and names any it finds. Unwrapping "Site location" made it fail with that string.Risks and limitations
@wordpress/i18nat runtime (throughproject-type.cjs). It and its dependencies were already production packages at the same versions, and packaged smoke passes on macOS and Windows in CI.@wordpress/i18nto its ESM build. Without it, arequire()in a.cjsmodule gets a second i18n instance that the catalog never reaches. The journey catches this.Related
Part of #540. Suggested in https://x.com/juanmaguitar/status/2104574790069563661
Design decisions and alternatives considered
@wordpress/i18nover i18next or a hand-rolled lookup. It's already in the tree, uses the gettext workflow WordPress translators know, andsetLocaleDatacovers@wordpress/components' strings.en-XAname rather than an app-specific env var:--langis already how the journeys pick a locale.__()at call time, never at module load. A module-level constant is evaluated before the locale loads and stays English, which is whyCREATE_SITE_TYPE_OPTIONSbecame a function and the project type descriptions became getters..potis generated, not committed, so it cannot drift. Converting.pointo catalogs waits until there's a translation to convert.Review outcome (required — see AGENTS.md)
3 [fix here] · 0 [follow-up]. All 3 fixed.
<html lang>was set to the OS locale even with no catalog. It's nowenunless a catalog loaded or it's the pseudo-locale.catch. It moved intosrc/renderer/locale-setup.cjswith unit tests. A failed read is logged, and a malformed catalog is logged and skipped so the bare-language one still loads..potreferences depended on the working directory.makePotnow runs from the repo root, and the test runs it from elsewhere; it fails without the fix.Also moved the two new wiring tests above the coverage guard banner.
b0021e3;npm run lintclean,npm test1689 pass,npm run test:e2e34 pass on macOS; outcome above.5f8450f. After the fixes: lint clean,npm test1694 tests (1692 pass, 2 skipped),npm run test:e2e34 pass. The fixes were not re-reviewed by a fresh context.5f8450f: packaged smoke failed on both platforms.api.getLocalewas missing from the smoke test's list of preload keys, which the review did not catch. Fixed in7f1462c, and it was not re-reviewed.7f1462c: everything passes on macOS and Windows: eslint, unit, journeys (includingi18n.spec.json Windows) and packaged smoke. The local packaged run was blocked by a running copy of the app holding the single-instance lock.7f1462c, 5 findings, all threads resolved.${}passed the extraction check and was left out of the POT. CodeRabbit marked it addressed, but it was not. Fixed in7f076af, with a test that fails without it.readFileSyncin thei18n:localehandler.resolveCatalognow reads asynchronously and the handler awaits it (62e9dc1).ENOENTwas skipped silently. It is now logged (62e9dc1).messageswas not a record was accepted. It is now logged and skipped (62e9dc1)..catchso the window mounts ifapplyLocalethrows. Pushed back:setLocaleDatadoes not throw on malformed data, and CodeRabbit withdrew it.7f1462c..62e9dc1; 0 [fix here] · 0 [follow-up].npm run lintclean,npm test1694 pass. CodeRabbit confirmed each fix on its thread but has not reviewed62e9dc1itself; this pass is the review of record for that head.62e9dc1: everything passes on macOS and Windows: eslint, unit, journeys and packaged smoke.Implementation notes
src/i18n.cjs:resolveCatalog(locale, dir, log), async. Pattern-checks the locale before it touches a path, and readslocale_data.messages, the shapewp i18n make-jsonwrites.src/renderer/pseudo-locale.cjsandsrc/renderer/locale-setup.cjsare pure, sonode --testcovers them.langoption onsession.start(). It defaults toen-GBand holds acrossrestart().@wordpress/hooksbecame a direct dependency foraddFilter. It was already in the tree at the same version..nvmrc's Node 24; npm 10 rewrites about 540 unrelated lines.Screenshots or recording
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