fix(desktop): let Clerk UI receive stable auth fixes

[t3dotgg]

Desktop sign-in still loads an August 19 Clerk UI canary, even after #8240 updated the Electron SDK. #7522 added that pin to stop automatic passkey prompts. Clerk released that fix in stable UI 1.30.5, but the old pin blocks the later OAuth transfer fixes in 1.30.7.

Remove the UI version override. Electron now uses the SDK default, which requests the latest stable Clerk UI within major version 1 from the CDN. SDK dependency versions stay unchanged. Web and mobile auth are unchanged.

Checks passed: web typecheck, targeted lint, five existing passkey and redirect tests, and a direct check that the default loader requests @clerk/ui@1. Packaged sign-in is not tested yet. Theo will test the macOS preview. No layout changes.

Upstream: clerk/javascript#9530

Made with GPT-5.6 Sol in the Codex harness.

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Medium Risk
Changes which Clerk UI build loads for Electron sign-in; regression risk around passkeys and OAuth until desktop sign-in is verified.

Overview
Electron desktop auth no longer forces a fixed Clerk UI canary (1.30.5-canary.v20260819050620). The electronClerkUI override and its spread on ElectronClerkProvider are removed so the Electron SDK picks the default stable @clerk/ui@1 from the CDN.

That unblocks newer stable Clerk UI fixes (including OAuth transfer in 1.30.7) while keeping the existing passkey configuration on ElectronClerkProvider. Web ClerkProvider and SDK dependency versions are unchanged.

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Remove __internal_clerkUIVersion override from ElectronClerkProvider

Drops the electronClerkUI constant from main.tsx and stops passing it as a prop to ElectronClerkProvider. The provider now uses its default internal UI version. Risk: ElectronClerkProvider no longer receives the version pin; any downstream behavior tied to the previous override value should be checked.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	13.3 KiB	13.3 KiB	−33 B (−0.2%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	6.9 KiB	6.9 KiB	+7 B (+0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.4 KiB	−40 B (−0.6%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	55.6 KiB	55.6 KiB	−44 B (−0.1%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	11	10	−1 (−9.1%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.3 KiB	13.3 KiB	−5 B (−0.0%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	6.9 KiB	6.9 KiB	−7 B (−0.1%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.4 KiB	6.4 KiB	+2 B (+0.0%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	56.4 KiB	56.4 KiB	+44 B (+0.1%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	10	11	+1 (+10.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: 860caaa · PR result: 8654aeb · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 109.4 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 110.1 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The change is narrowly scoped but alters which Clerk UI implementation handles Electron authentication, replacing an explicitly pinned canary version with the provider's default stable UI. Because it affects an authentication path, the runtime behavior warrants human review.

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