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macOS Desktop startup hang with home path casing differences

Cluster 138754 · apps/desktop. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #139014 on 15 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #139014. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #139014. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items appear to concern a macOS Desktop startup hang tied to a Gateway profile or home path that differs only in letter case. One member is a bug report, and the others are titled as a fix and a related change involving gateway tickets and home identity versus spelling; their titles alone do not establish outcomes.

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#139014 Desktop no longer hangs on macOS when the home path's letter case differs (#138754, salvage #138961)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway-ticket-identity.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#138961 fix(desktop): mint gateway tickets for a home's identity, not its spelling · done elsewhere → 13ab702, 3de62fe, #139014

Closed issues · 1

Closed#138754[Bug]: macOS Desktop hangs during startup when Gateway profile path differs only in letter casing

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Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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Subsystem: apps/desktop
Merged PRs: #139014
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 15 Oct 2026

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