An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge: [object Object]

Pre-flight checklist

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• I agree to follow the code of conduct that this project uses.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

6.0.3

Electron version

18.3.15

Operating system

macOS Monteray 12.5.1

Last known working Electron Forge version

–

Expected behavior

The “make” works ok.

Actual behavior

Tried to build an electron for windows with the command:

"make:windows": "electron-forge make --platform=win32"

Getting error:

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge: [object Object]

Build for macOS works fine.

Steps to reproduce

Run command:

electron-forge make --platform=win32

forge.config:

module.exports = {
  makers: [
    {
      config: {
        name: 'app-name',
      },
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-squirrel',
    },
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
      platforms: ['darwin'],
    },
    {
      config: {},
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
    },
    {
      config: {},
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-rpm',
    },
  ],
  packagerConfig: {},
  rebuildConfig: {},
}

package json:

"@electron-forge/cli": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.0.3",
"@electron-forge/template-base": "^6.0.3",

Additional information

Console output:

yarn run make:windows
yarn run v1.22.11 $ electron-forge make --platform=win32 ✔ Checking your system ✔ Loading configuration ✔ Resolving make targets › Making for the following targets: squirrel ✔ Running package command ✔ Preparing to package application ✔ Running packaging hooks ✔ Running generateAssets hook ✔ Running prePackage hook ✔ Packaging application ✔ Packaging for x64 on win32 [7s] ✔ Running postPackage hook ✔ Running preMake hook ❯ Making distributables ✖ Making a squirrel distributable for win32/x64 › An error occured while making for target: squirrel ◼ Running postMake hook

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge: [object Object]

Electron Forge was terminated. Location: error Command failed with exit code 1. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

[anatoly-day-io]

Debugged myself by editing node_modules/@electron-forge/cli/dist/util/terminate.js. Was able to build after adding author, description and license fields.

[erickzhao]

If folks need additional help debugging their specific issues after getting past the [object Object], I would recommend:

• Joining us at https://discord.gg/electronjs to ask for Forge configuration help.
• Opening a new issue in the tracker if you think there’s a bug.