From f022b2d1ae57612e39c75782926f2f341d9034a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hrzlgnm <hrzlgnm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 04:45:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli): Skip signing bundles entirely if `--no-sign` is
 requested (#14582)

Closes #14581
---
 .changes/fix-no-sign-option.md | 6 ++++++
 crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changes/fix-no-sign-option.md

diff --git a/.changes/fix-no-sign-option.md b/.changes/fix-no-sign-option.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71352c5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-no-sign-option.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+tauri-cli: patch:bug
+---
+
+Fixed an issue that caused the cli to error out with missing private key, in case the option `--no-sign` was requested and the `tauri.config` has signing key set and the plugin `tauri-plugin-updater` is used.
+
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs
index e48aee197..890386cd7 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/bundle.rs
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ fn sign_updaters(
     return Ok(());
   }
 
+  if settings.no_sign() {
+    log::warn!("Updater signing is skipped due to --no-sign flag.");
+    return Ok(());
+  }
+
   // get the public key
   let pubkey = &update_settings.pubkey;
   // check if pubkey points to a file...