diff --git a/.changes/remove-app-custom-protocol-feature.md b/.changes/remove-app-custom-protocol-feature.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffd7353aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/remove-app-custom-protocol-feature.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:breaking
+"tauri-cli": patch:breaking
+"tauri": patch:breaking
+"tauri-build": patch:breaking
+---
+
+The `custom-protocol` Cargo feature is no longer required on your application and is now ignored. To check if running on production, use `#[cfg(not(dev))]` instead of `#[cfg(feature = "custom-protocol")]`.
diff --git a/.changes/tauri-build-dev-changes.md b/.changes/tauri-build-dev-changes.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcf4204f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/tauri-build-dev-changes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-build": patch:breaking
+---
+
+Removed `tauri_build::CodegenContext::dev()` and added `tauri_build::dev()`.
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/src/codegen/context.rs b/core/tauri-build/src/codegen/context.rs
index dc07c63b8..857a2d498 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/src/codegen/context.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-build/src/codegen/context.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ use tauri_utils::config::FrontendDist;
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "codegen")))]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct CodegenContext {
-  dev: bool,
   config_path: PathBuf,
   out_file: PathBuf,
   capabilities: Option<Vec<PathBuf>>,
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ pub struct CodegenContext {
 impl Default for CodegenContext {
   fn default() -> Self {
     Self {
-      dev: false,
       config_path: PathBuf::from("tauri.conf.json"),
       out_file: PathBuf::from("tauri-build-context.rs"),
       capabilities: None,
@@ -68,14 +66,6 @@ impl CodegenContext {
     self
   }
 
-  /// Run the codegen in a `dev` context, meaning that Tauri is using a dev server or local file for development purposes,
-  /// usually with the `tauri dev` CLI command.
-  #[must_use]
-  pub fn dev(mut self) -> Self {
-    self.dev = true;
-    self
-  }
-
   /// Adds a capability file to the generated context.
   #[must_use]
   pub fn capability<P: AsRef<Path>>(mut self, path: P) -> Self {
@@ -131,7 +121,7 @@ impl CodegenContext {
     );
 
     let code = context_codegen(ContextData {
-      dev: self.dev,
+      dev: crate::dev(),
       config,
       config_parent,
       // it's very hard to have a build script for unit tests, so assume this is always called from
diff --git a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
index 2042047aa..458b7d028 100644
--- a/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-build/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
 pub use anyhow::Result;
 use cargo_toml::Manifest;
-use heck::AsShoutySnakeCase;
 
 use tauri_utils::{
   acl::build::parse_capabilities,
@@ -207,15 +206,6 @@ fn copy_frameworks(dest_dir: &Path, frameworks: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
   Ok(())
 }
 
-// checks if the given Cargo feature is enabled.
-fn has_feature(feature: &str) -> bool {
-  // when a feature is enabled, Cargo sets the `CARGO_FEATURE_<name` env var to 1
-  // https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html#environment-variables-cargo-sets-for-build-scripts
-  std::env::var(format!("CARGO_FEATURE_{}", AsShoutySnakeCase(feature)))
-    .map(|x| x == "1")
-    .unwrap_or(false)
-}
-
 // creates a cfg alias if `has_feature` is true.
 // `alias` must be a snake case string.
 fn cfg_alias(alias: &str, has_feature: bool) {
@@ -419,6 +409,12 @@ impl Attributes {
   }
 }
 
+pub fn dev() -> bool {
+  std::env::var("DEP_TAURI_DEV")
+    .expect("missing `cargo:dev` instruction, please update tauri to latest")
+    == "true"
+}
+
 /// Run all build time helpers for your Tauri Application.
 ///
 /// The current helpers include the following:
@@ -499,7 +495,7 @@ pub fn try_build(attributes: Attributes) -> Result<()> {
     mobile::generate_gradle_files(project_dir)?;
   }
 
-  cfg_alias("dev", !has_feature("custom-protocol"));
+  cfg_alias("dev", dev());
 
   let ws_path = get_workspace_dir()?;
   let mut manifest =
diff --git a/core/tauri/build.rs b/core/tauri/build.rs
index 100865947..f3e10d1ce 100644
--- a/core/tauri/build.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/build.rs
@@ -205,8 +205,12 @@ fn alias(alias: &str, has_feature: bool) {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-  alias("custom_protocol", has_feature("custom-protocol"));
-  alias("dev", !has_feature("custom-protocol"));
+  let custom_protocol = has_feature("custom-protocol");
+  let dev = !custom_protocol;
+  alias("custom_protocol", custom_protocol);
+  alias("dev", dev);
+
+  println!("cargo:dev={}", dev);
 
   let target_os = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap();
   let mobile = target_os == "ios" || target_os == "android";
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index fe6892a35..29d78a99b 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac1f845298e95f983ff1944b728ae08b8cebab80d684f0a832ed0fc74dfa27e2"
+checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cipher",
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.11"
+version = "0.6.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e2e1ebcb11de5c03c67de28a7df593d32191b44939c482e97702baaaa6ab6a5"
+checksum = "96b09b5178381e0874812a9b157f7fe84982617e48f71f4e3235482775e5b540"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.80"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "080e9890a082662b09c1ad45f567faeeb47f22b5fb23895fbe1e651e718e25ca"
+checksum = "5ad32ce52e4161730f7098c077cd2ed6229b5804ccf99e5366be1ab72a98b4e1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "api"
@@ -274,15 +274,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.15.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
+checksum = "8ea184aa71bb362a1157c896979544cc23974e08fd265f29ea96b59f0b4a555b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.14.1"
+version = "1.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed2490600f404f2b94c167e31d3ed1d5f3c225a0f3b80230053b3e0b7b962bd9"
+checksum = "a2ef034f05691a48569bd920a96c81b9d91bbad1ab5ac7c4616c1f6ef36cb79f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck_derive",
 ]
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ checksum = "965ab7eb5f8f97d2a083c799f3a1b994fc397b2fe2da5d1da1626ce15a39f2b1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-platform"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ceed8ef69d8518a5dda55c07425450b58a4e1946f4951eab6d7191ee86c2443d"
+checksum = "694c8807f2ae16faecc43dc17d74b3eb042482789fd0eb64b39a2e04e087053f"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -382,12 +382,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.83"
+version = "1.0.88"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
+checksum = "02f341c093d19155a6e41631ce5971aac4e9a868262212153124c15fa22d1cdc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cesu8"
@@ -408,9 +405,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-expr"
-version = "0.15.6"
+version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6100bc57b6209840798d95cb2775684849d332f7bd788db2a8c8caf7ef82a41a"
+checksum = "fa50868b64a9a6fda9d593ce778849ea8715cd2a3d2cc17ffdb4a2f2f2f1961d"
 dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
@@ -436,15 +433,15 @@ checksum = "77e53693616d3075149f4ead59bdeecd204ac6b8192d8969757601b74bddf00f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.33"
+version = "0.4.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f13690e35a5e4ace198e7beea2895d29f3a9cc55015fcebe6336bd2010af9eb"
+checksum = "5bc015644b92d5890fab7489e49d21f879d5c990186827d42ec511919404f38b"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
- "windows-targets 0.52.0",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -465,30 +462,30 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.18"
+version = "4.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
+checksum = "c918d541ef2913577a0f9566e9ce27cb35b6df072075769e0b26cb5a554520da"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.18"
+version = "4.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
+checksum = "9f3e7391dad68afb0c2ede1bf619f579a3dc9c2ec67f089baa397123a2f3d1eb"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.11.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+checksum = "98cc8fbded0c607b7ba9dd60cd98df59af97e84d24e49c8557331cfc26d301ce"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cocoa"
@@ -599,9 +596,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -656,17 +653,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13b588ba4ac1a99f7f2964d24b3d896ddc6bf847ee3855dbd4366f058cfcd331"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30d2b3721e861707777e3195b0158f950ae6dc4a27e4d02ff9f67e3eb3de199e"
+checksum = "ad291aa74992b9b7a7e88c38acbbf6ad7e107f1d90ee8775b7bc1fc3394f485c"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -680,9 +677,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
-version = "0.20.5"
+version = "0.20.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc5d6b04b3fd0ba9926f945895de7d806260a2d7431ba82e7edaecb043c4c6b8"
+checksum = "54e36fcd13ed84ffdfda6f5be89b31287cbb80c439841fe69e04841435464391"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "darling_macro",
@@ -690,27 +687,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.20.5"
+version = "0.20.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04e48a959bcd5c761246f5d090ebc2fbf7b9cd527a492b07a67510c108f1e7e3"
+checksum = "9c2cf1c23a687a1feeb728783b993c4e1ad83d99f351801977dd809b48d0a70f"
 dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "strsim 0.10.0",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.20.5"
+version = "0.20.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d1545d67a2149e1d93b7e5c7752dce5a7426eb5d1357ddcfd89336b94444f77"
+checksum = "a668eda54683121533a393014d8692171709ff57a7d61f187b6e782719f8933f"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -802,7 +799,7 @@ checksum = "f2b99bf03862d7f545ebc28ddd33a665b50865f4dfd84031a393823879bd4c54"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -873,9 +870,9 @@ checksum = "56ce8c6da7551ec6c462cbaf3bfbc75131ebbfa1c944aeaa9dab51ca1c5f0c3b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
-version = "1.0.16"
+version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "545b22097d44f8a9581187cdf93de7a71e4722bf51200cfaba810865b49a495d"
+checksum = "0d6ef0072f8a535281e4876be788938b528e9a1d43900b82c2569af7da799125"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "embed-resource"
@@ -981,7 +978,7 @@ checksum = "1a5c6c585bc94aaf2c7b51dd4c2ba22680844aba4c687be581871a6f518c5742"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1049,7 +1046,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1326,7 +1323,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1405,7 +1402,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1420,7 +1417,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
- "indexmap 2.2.2",
+ "indexmap 2.2.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1447,9 +1444,9 @@ checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0c62115964e08cb8039170eb33c1d0e2388a256930279edca206fff675f82c3"
+checksum = "379dada1584ad501b383485dd706b8afb7a70fcbc7f4da7d780638a5a6124a60"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
@@ -1586,9 +1583,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
-version = "0.24.8"
+version = "0.24.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "034bbe799d1909622a74d1193aa50147769440040ff36cb2baa947609b0a4e23"
+checksum = "5690139d2f55868e080017335e4b94cb7414274c74f1669c84fb5feba2c9f69d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "byteorder",
@@ -1609,9 +1606,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.2.2"
+version = "2.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "824b2ae422412366ba479e8111fd301f7b5faece8149317bb81925979a53f520"
+checksum = "233cf39063f058ea2caae4091bf4a3ef70a653afbc026f5c4a4135d114e3c177"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
@@ -1710,9 +1707,9 @@ checksum = "8eaf4bc02d17cbdd7ff4c7438cafcdf7fb9a4613313ad11b4f8fefe7d3fa0130"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.67"
+version = "0.3.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a1d36f1235bc969acba30b7f5990b864423a6068a10f7c90ae8f0112e3a59d1"
+checksum = "406cda4b368d531c842222cf9d2600a9a4acce8d29423695379c6868a143a9ee"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -1979,9 +1976,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "muda"
-version = "0.11.4"
+version = "0.11.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e406691fa7749604bbc7964bde28a300572d52621bb84540f6907c0f8fe08737"
+checksum = "4c47e7625990fc1af2226ea4f34fb2412b03c12639fcb91868581eb3a6893453"
 dependencies = [
  "cocoa",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -2054,9 +2051,9 @@ checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.17"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+checksum = "da0df0e5185db44f69b44f26786fe401b6c293d1907744beaa7fa62b2e5a517a"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -2305,7 +2302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "phf_shared 0.11.2",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.51",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2349,9 +2346,9 @@ checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2900ede94e305130c13ddd391e0ab7cbaeb783945ae07a279c268cb05109c6cb"
+checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "plist"
@@ -2360,7 +2357,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5699cc8a63d1aa2b1ee8e12b9ad70ac790d65788cd36101fa37f87ea46c4cef"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
- "indexmap 2.2.2",
+ "indexmap 2.2.3",
  "line-wrap",
  "quick-xml",
  "serde",
@@ -2369,9 +2366,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
-version = "0.17.11"
+version = "0.17.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f6c3c3e617595665b8ea2ff95a86066be38fb121ff920a9c0eb282abcd1da5a"
+checksum = "06e4b0d3d1312775e782c86c91a111aa1f910cbb65e1337f9975b5f9a554b5e1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "crc32fast",
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@@ -4441,9 +4445,9 @@ checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d6fa32db2bc4a2f5abeacf2b69f7992cd09dca97498da74a151a3132c26befd"
+checksum = "704131571ba93e89d7cd43482277d6632589b18ecf4468f591fbae0a8b101614"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
@@ -4459,9 +4463,9 @@ checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a657e1e9d3f514745a572a6846d3c7aa7dbe1658c056ed9c3344c4109a6949e"
+checksum = "42079295511643151e98d61c38c0acc444e52dd42ab456f7ccfd5152e8ecf21c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
@@ -4477,15 +4481,15 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.52.0"
+version = "0.52.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dff9641d1cd4be8d1a070daf9e3773c5f67e78b4d9d42263020c057706765c04"
+checksum = "0770833d60a970638e989b3fa9fd2bb1aaadcf88963d1659fd7d9990196ed2d6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.37"
+version = "0.5.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7cad8365489051ae9f054164e459304af2e7e9bb407c958076c8bf4aef52da5"
+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 0dcab2047..490fd613a 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ path = "../../../core/tauri"
 features = ["test"]
 
 [features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
+prod = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
 
 # default to small, optimized release binaries
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/build.rs b/examples/api/src-tauri/build.rs
index da2b155ed..25a74c1eb 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/build.rs
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/build.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 fn main() {
-  let mut codegen = tauri_build::CodegenContext::new();
-  if !cfg!(feature = "custom-protocol") {
-    codegen = codegen.dev();
-  }
-
-  tauri_build::try_build(tauri_build::Attributes::new().codegen(codegen).plugin(
-    "app-menu",
-    tauri_build::InlinedPlugin::new().commands(&["toggle", "popup"]),
-  ))
+  tauri_build::try_build(
+    tauri_build::Attributes::new()
+      .codegen(tauri_build::CodegenContext::new())
+      .plugin(
+        "app-menu",
+        tauri_build::InlinedPlugin::new().commands(&["toggle", "popup"]),
+      ),
+  )
   .expect("failed to run tauri-build");
 }
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri-plugin-sample/permissions/schemas/schema.json b/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri-plugin-sample/permissions/schemas/schema.json
index 74919da73..79b1967f9 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri-plugin-sample/permissions/schemas/schema.json
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri-plugin-sample/permissions/schemas/schema.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     },
     "set": {
       "description": "A list of permissions sets defined",
-      "default": [],
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/PermissionSet"
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@
         },
         "scope": {
           "description": "Allowed or denied scoped when using this permission.",
-          "default": {},
           "allOf": [
             {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/Scopes"
diff --git a/examples/file-associations/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/file-associations/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 79f85632c..b12592efb 100644
--- a/examples/file-associations/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/file-associations/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ tauri = { path = "../../../core/tauri", features = [] }
 url = "2"
 
 [features]
-default = [ "custom-protocol" ]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
+default = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/examples/resources/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/resources/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index cb2f7e5fc..4a06a2a3d 100644
--- a/examples/resources/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/resources/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../core/tauri-build", features = ["codegen"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 tauri = { path = "../../../core/tauri" }
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/examples/web/core/tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/web/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
index 68742c9f7..b8273be74 100644
--- a/examples/web/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/web/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../../core/tauri-build", features = [] }
 api = { path = "../api" }
 tauri = { path = "../../../../core/tauri" }
 tauri-plugin-dialog = "2.0.0-alpha.7"
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = ["tauri/custom-protocol"]
diff --git a/examples/workspace/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/workspace/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 8d1bd8f2c..a2f885961 100644
--- a/examples/workspace/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/workspace/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,3 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tauri = { workspace = true }
 core-api = { path = "../core" }
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/bench/tests/cpu_intensive/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/tooling/bench/tests/cpu_intensive/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 62af8d0ff..51d3c1ea1 100644
--- a/tooling/bench/tests/cpu_intensive/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/bench/tests/cpu_intensive/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri-build", features = [ "codegen"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 tauri = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri", features = [] }
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/bench/tests/files_transfer/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/tooling/bench/tests/files_transfer/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 42bf24fd8..c331c77ba 100644
--- a/tooling/bench/tests/files_transfer/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/bench/tests/files_transfer/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri-build", features = [ "codegen"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 tauri = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri", features = [] }
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/bench/tests/helloworld/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/tooling/bench/tests/helloworld/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 7192a5c7e..188e10a57 100644
--- a/tooling/bench/tests/helloworld/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/bench/tests/helloworld/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri-build", features = [ "codegen"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 tauri = { path = "../../../../../core/tauri", features = [] }
-
-[features]
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
index 8e2a78eab..dd3984f72 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/interface/rust.rs
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ impl Rust {
   ) {
     features
       .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
-      .push("custom-protocol".into());
+      .push("tauri/custom-protocol".into());
     shared_options(mobile, args, features, &self.app_settings);
   }
 
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/android_studio_script.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/android_studio_script.rs
index 67eb4d223..3ee701e1c 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/android_studio_script.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/android_studio_script.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
     let (config, metadata) = get_config(
       &get_app(tauri_config_, &AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, None)?),
       tauri_config_,
+      None,
       &cli_options,
     );
     (config, metadata, cli_options)
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
index 0c84363c0..5886d3d72 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
     let tauri_config_ = tauri_config_guard.as_ref().unwrap();
 
     let interface = AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, build_options.target.clone())?;
+    interface.build_options(&mut Vec::new(), &mut build_options.features, true);
 
     let app = get_app(tauri_config_, &interface);
-    let (config, metadata) = get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+    let (config, metadata) = get_config(
+      &app,
+      tauri_config_,
+      build_options.features.as_ref(),
+      &Default::default(),
+    );
     (interface, app, config, metadata)
   };
 
@@ -128,6 +134,8 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
   let mut env = env()?;
   configure_cargo(&app, Some((&mut env, &config)))?;
 
+  crate::build::setup(&interface, &mut build_options, tauri_config.clone(), true)?;
+
   // run an initial build to initialize plugins
   Target::all().values().next().unwrap().build(
     &config,
@@ -135,11 +143,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
     &env,
     noise_level,
     true,
-    if options.debug {
-      Profile::Debug
-    } else {
-      Profile::Release
-    },
+    profile,
   )?;
 
   let open = options.open;
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
 fn run_build(
   interface: AppInterface,
   mut options: Options,
-  mut build_options: BuildOptions,
+  build_options: BuildOptions,
   tauri_config: ConfigHandle,
   profile: Profile,
   config: &AndroidConfig,
@@ -178,8 +182,6 @@ fn run_build(
     options.aab = true;
   }
 
-  crate::build::setup(&interface, &mut build_options, tauri_config.clone(), true)?;
-
   let interface_options = InterfaceOptions {
     debug: build_options.debug,
     target: build_options.target.clone(),
@@ -202,11 +204,6 @@ fn run_build(
     cli_options,
   )?;
 
-  options
-    .features
-    .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
-    .push("custom-protocol".into());
-
   inject_assets(config, tauri_config.lock().unwrap().as_ref().unwrap())?;
 
   let apk_outputs = if options.apk {
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
index 46ef29493..591341561 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
     let interface = AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, dev_options.target.clone())?;
 
     let app = get_app(tauri_config_, &interface);
-    let (config, metadata) = get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+    let (config, metadata) = get_config(
+      &app,
+      tauri_config_,
+      dev_options.features.as_ref(),
+      &Default::default(),
+    );
     (interface, app, config, metadata)
   };
 
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
index 90955ccd6..330666d78 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,16 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
 pub fn get_config(
   app: &App,
   config: &TauriConfig,
+  features: Option<&Vec<String>>,
   cli_options: &CliOptions,
 ) -> (AndroidConfig, AndroidMetadata) {
-  let android_options = cli_options.clone();
+  let mut android_options = cli_options.clone();
+  if let Some(features) = features {
+    android_options
+      .features
+      .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
+      .extend_from_slice(features);
+  }
 
   let raw = RawAndroidConfig {
     features: android_options.features.clone(),
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/open.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/open.rs
index c1d9b9a35..318e239f0 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/open.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/open.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub fn command() -> Result<()> {
     get_config(
       &get_app(tauri_config_, &AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, None)?),
       tauri_config_,
+      None,
       &Default::default(),
     )
   };
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
index 03f4b8733..9f195016f 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ pub fn exec(
     Target::Android => match AndroidEnv::new() {
       Ok(_env) => {
         let (config, metadata) =
-          super::android::get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+          super::android::get_config(&app, tauri_config_, None, &Default::default());
         map.insert("android", &config);
         super::android::project::gen(
           &config,
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ pub fn exec(
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     // Generate Xcode project
     Target::Ios => {
-      let (config, metadata) = super::ios::get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+      let (config, metadata) =
+        super::ios::get_config(&app, tauri_config_, None, &Default::default());
       map.insert("apple", &config);
       super::ios::project::gen(
         &config,
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
index f8d741592..3a922e5ed 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
@@ -99,9 +99,15 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
     let tauri_config_ = tauri_config_guard.as_ref().unwrap();
 
     let interface = AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, build_options.target.clone())?;
+    interface.build_options(&mut Vec::new(), &mut build_options.features, true);
 
     let app = get_app(tauri_config_, &interface);
-    let (config, _metadata) = get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+    let (config, _metadata) = get_config(
+      &app,
+      tauri_config_,
+      build_options.features.as_ref(),
+      &Default::default(),
+    );
     (interface, app, config)
   };
 
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
 
 fn run_build(
   interface: AppInterface,
-  mut options: Options,
+  options: Options,
   mut build_options: BuildOptions,
   tauri_config: ConfigHandle,
   config: &AppleConfig,
@@ -181,11 +187,6 @@ fn run_build(
     cli_options,
   )?;
 
-  options
-    .features
-    .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
-    .push("custom-protocol".into());
-
   let mut out_files = Vec::new();
 
   call_for_targets_with_fallback(
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
index 2608fca35..62f40a87a 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
     let interface = AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, Some(target_triple))?;
 
     let app = get_app(tauri_config_, &interface);
-    let (config, _metadata) = get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
+    let (config, _metadata) = get_config(
+      &app,
+      tauri_config_,
+      dev_options.features.as_ref(),
+      &Default::default(),
+    );
     (interface, app, config)
   };
 
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
index 57cac6ddf..358d21a78 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/mod.rs
@@ -105,9 +105,16 @@ pub fn command(cli: Cli, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
 pub fn get_config(
   app: &App,
   config: &TauriConfig,
+  features: Option<&Vec<String>>,
   cli_options: &CliOptions,
 ) -> (AppleConfig, AppleMetadata) {
-  let ios_options = cli_options.clone();
+  let mut ios_options = cli_options.clone();
+  if let Some(features) = features {
+    ios_options
+      .features
+      .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
+      .extend_from_slice(features);
+  }
 
   let raw = RawAppleConfig {
     development_team: std::env::var(APPLE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM_ENV_VAR_NAME)
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
index 3a9fe676b..09a69681d 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/open.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub fn command() -> Result<()> {
     get_config(
       &get_app(tauri_config_, &AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, None)?),
       tauri_config_,
+      None,
       &Default::default(),
     )
   };
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/xcode_script.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/xcode_script.rs
index da8941854..d9e9b68de 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/xcode_script.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/ios/xcode_script.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
     let (config, metadata) = get_config(
       &get_app(tauri_config_, &AppInterface::new(tauri_config_, None)?),
       tauri_config_,
+      None,
       &cli_options,
     );
     (config, metadata, cli_options)
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest b/tooling/cli/templates/app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
index 730758096..0b8303f30 100755
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
@@ -21,8 +21,3 @@ tauri-build = {{  tauri_build_dep  }}
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tauri = {{  tauri_dep  }}
-
-[features]
-# this feature is used for production builds or when `devUrl` points to the filesystem
-# DO NOT REMOVE!!
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
index 4bf22f3d1..325d84cc9 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-api/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
@@ -20,8 +20,3 @@ tauri-build = {{ tauri_build_dep }}
 [dependencies]
 tauri = {{ tauri_example_dep }}
 tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }} = { path = "../../../" }
-
-[features]
-# this feature is used for production builds or when `devUrl` points to the filesystem
-# DO NOT REMOVE!!
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
index 4bf22f3d1..325d84cc9 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/plugin/__example-basic/vanilla/src-tauri/Cargo.crate-manifest
@@ -20,8 +20,3 @@ tauri-build = {{ tauri_build_dep }}
 [dependencies]
 tauri = {{ tauri_example_dep }}
 tauri-plugin-{{ plugin_name }} = { path = "../../../" }
-
-[features]
-# this feature is used for production builds or when `devUrl` points to the filesystem
-# DO NOT REMOVE!!
-custom-protocol = [ "tauri/custom-protocol" ]