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[Bug] Desktop v0.4.26 renders completely blank on macOS 12.7.6 arm64 #3295

Description

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Summary

The official Buzz Desktop v0.4.26 application opens as a completely
blank full-size window on macOS 12.7.6 (Apple Silicon).

The native application starts, but the frontend never commits its
initial render.

Environment

  • macOS: 12.7.6
  • Build: 21H1320
  • Architecture: arm64
  • Safari: 17.6
  • Buzz: 0.4.26
  • Bundle ID: xyz.block.buzz.app
  • Executable architecture: arm64
  • Installation: official notarised DMG
  • Gatekeeper: accepted
  • Code signature: valid
  • Declared minimum macOS version: 10.15

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install the official Buzz Desktop v0.4.26 arm64 DMG.
  2. Open Buzz.
  3. Observe that the entire application window is blank.

I also reproduced it after:

  • quitting Buzz;
  • confirming nothing was listening on port 3000;
  • backing up/removing Application Support, WebKit, cache, preferences and
    saved-window state;
  • relaunching Buzz with clean first-run state.

Expected result

Buzz displays its welcome/onboarding interface.

Actual result

The entire application window is blank. There are no visible controls,
messages or onboarding UI.

Native startup output

buzz-mesh: installed tokio runtime with 8 MiB worker stacks
buzz-desktop: persisted identity pubkey [public key omitted]
buzz-desktop: repos dir resolved at boot — no configured override, REPOS is the default real dir
buzz-desktop: media proxy listening on 127.0.0.1:[dynamic port]
buzz-desktop: initial render did not commit before reveal timeout

Additional diagnostic information

  • The native Buzz process remains running.
  • com.apple.WebKit.WebContent starts.
  • No application-level JavaScript exception appears in macOS unified logs.
  • The issue persists with port 3000 free.
  • On the first launch, another local Node application occupied port 3000,
    which caused a separate "relay returned an unexpected HTML page" message.
    Removing that conflict did not fix the blank renderer.
  • Docker is unavailable on this Mac, but this report concerns the packaged
    desktop application's onboarding renderer, before any self-hosted relay
    setup.

I can provide the filtered macOS WebKit log and a screenshot of the completely
blank window if useful.

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