From 4b01de1ba9adb7df2f967bc2410ea37d35e23164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lawrence Chen <54008264+lawrencecchen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:09:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid sudo in CI UI tests

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index edefd303..43046e44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$console_user" != "root" ]; then
             console_uid="$(id -u "$console_user")"
           fi
+          current_uid="$(id -u)"
 
           run_xcodebuild() {
-            if [ -n "$console_uid" ] && command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-              sudo /bin/launchctl asuser "$console_uid" sudo -u "$console_user" \
+            if [ "$current_uid" -eq 0 ] && [ -n "$console_uid" ] && [ "$console_uid" != "0" ]; then
+              /bin/launchctl asuser "$console_uid" \
                 xcodebuild \
                   -project GhosttyTabs.xcodeproj \
                   -scheme cmux \