vercel / vercel/hyper

Cannot create windows on macOS (with Little Snitch)

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🐛 Type: Bug good first issue help wanted
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Description

  • I am on the latest Hyper.app version
  • I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

Issue

Launching Hyper briefly opens a terminal window and the attached error message. When OK is clicked, both error and terminal window close. Hyper remains running but no windows can be created.

I noticed the error message only occurs when Little Snitch intercepts the call to hyper.is on application launch. When Little Snitch is turned off a window silently opens then immediately closes.

2017-05-15 2 45 07

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Research direction

Reproduce the launch flow on macOS with Little Snitch intercepting the call to hyper.is, using the Hyper.app version and system details reported here. Investigate the launch path around that call and verify that a terminal window can be created and remains open without the error dialog.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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