Linux installs fail on missing extension config files
Linux packages fail on first launch because extension or MCP config files are missing, leaving the app unusable.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 3 December 2025 · last reported 29 March 2026
What's going wrong
Users installing the Jan desktop app on Linux report that it fails to start or that extensions never install on first launch.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
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- Related problems.
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