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
- Install the official Buzz Desktop v0.4.26 arm64 DMG.
- Open Buzz.
- 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.

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
Steps to reproduce
I also reproduced it after:
saved-window 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
which caused a separate "relay returned an unexpected HTML page" message.
Removing that conflict did not fix the blank renderer.
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.