Background image doesn't load on some computers with specific title
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Description
Our team has noticed an issue with the background image not loading on some computers when the dmg title is set to our app's name "Shift".
For unknown reasons, this issue doesn't seem to happen when we remove the "i" or add anything including a single space after "Shift". In our testing, the background image loads as expected with the following titles.
- "Shft"
- "Shift "
- "Shift 8.5.0.0"
Here are the contents of the appdmg.json file that causes the issue:
```
{
"title": "Shift",
"icon": "shift-logo.icns",
"background": "dmg.png",
"contents": [
{ "x": 448, "y": 344, "type": "link", "path": "/Applications" },
{ "x": 192, "y": 344, "type": "file", "path": "Shift.app" }
],
"code-sign": {
"signing-identity": "..."
}
}
```
On only certain computers, the background image doesn't appear as seen below.

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Research direction
Start with the provided appdmg.json configuration and compare processing of the exact title "Shift" with "Shft" and "Shift ". Reproduce the missing-background behavior on an affected computer, then verify that the background image loads for the exact title without changing the other configuration.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100