Linux AppImage 1.5.180 fails to start: Cannot find module 'node-fetch' #14745

Environment

• OS: Linux Mint 22.2 (Ubuntu-based)
• Architecture: x86_64
• Audius version: 1.5.180
• Package: AppImage

Description

The Audius AppImage fails to start on Linux because the Electron main process cannot find the node-fetch module.

Steps to reproduce

1. Download Audius-1.5.180.AppImage.
2. Make it executable.
3. Run it:

./Audius-1.5.180.AppImage

Actual behavior

The application displays this error:

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process

Error: Cannot find module 'node-fetch'
Require stack:
- /tmp/.mount_AudiusQPPkAG/resources/app.asar/src/electron.js

Additional investigation

I extracted the AppImage using:

./Audius-1.5.180.AppImage --appimage-extract

I checked the extracted application and could not find node-fetch in its packaged dependencies.

I also tried installing the missing dependency separately:

npm install --prefix ~/tmp/audius/fix node-fetch@2

Then launching the application with:

NODE_PATH="$HOME/tmp/audius/fix/node_modules" ./squashfs-root/AppRun

However, Electron still reports that it cannot find node-fetch.

Expected behavior

The AppImage should include all required production dependencies and start successfully on supported Linux distributions.

Could you please investigate whether node-fetch is missing from the Linux AppImage package?

Thank you!