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Menu app cannot attach to existing daemon

A menu-bar sync app always launches its own copy of the sync daemon and cannot attach to an existing install.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

5 public reports · first reported 5 August 2026 · last reported 6 August 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

A user running custom development builds of the sync daemon wanted a menu-bar app to attach to the running instance instead of starting its own copy in a separate home folder.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.