[MM-61058] Upgrade electron-log, turn on async logging (#3173)

package-lock.json

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         "electron-context-menu": "3.6.1",
         "electron-extension-installer": "1.2.0",
         "electron-is-dev": "2.0.0",
-        "electron-log": "5.1.1",
+        "electron-log": "5.2.0",
         "electron-updater": "6.3.0",
         "joi": "17.12.2",
         "macos-notification-state": "3.0.0",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     },
     "api-types": {
       "name": "@mattermost/desktop-api",
-      "version": "5.10.0-1",
+      "version": "5.10.0-2",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "peerDependencies": {
@@ -7488,9 +7488,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/electron-log": {
-      "version": "5.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-log/-/electron-log-5.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-If7HU4Slbh2xfjOXOLxifkbgu6HmWDNJyXPLW+XNTOHMfFKisg0trA3d/7syyu25S+lHosfsd0VMfDSjGn1+Pw==",
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-log/-/electron-log-5.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VjLkvaLmbP3AOGOh5Fob9M8bFU0mmeSAb5G2EoTBx+kQLf2XA/0byzjsVGBTHhikbT+m1AB27NEQUv9wX9nM8w==",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 14"
       }

package.json

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     "electron-context-menu": "3.6.1",
     "electron-extension-installer": "1.2.0",
     "electron-is-dev": "2.0.0",
-    "electron-log": "5.1.1",
+    "electron-log": "5.2.0",
     "electron-updater": "6.3.0",
     "joi": "17.12.2",
     "macos-notification-state": "3.0.0",

src/common/log.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import log from 'electron-log';
 
 import Util from 'common/utils/util';
 
+// Turn off sync logging to prevent blocking the main thread
+// One downside to this is that some logs may not be written to the log file when the app closes
+log.transports.file.sync = false;
+
 export const setLoggingLevel = (level: string) => {
     if (log.transports.file.level === level) {
         return;