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BrainBar Runtime: accept the daemon inside the RUNNING UI's own bundle, not only /Applications/BrainBar.app

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
67/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reading build-app.sh and locating the runtime daemon-check entry point that currently uses /Applications/BrainBar.app. Add a RED-first test for the expected path, then verify that the running UI bundle supplies the daemon path, while DEV bundles remain rejected; the full test suite should pass.

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Description

enhancement

From Macroscope (a) on #976, raised by the implementer: the daemon check hard-codes /Applications/BrainBar.app/Contents/MacOS/BrainBarDaemon, but build-app.sh defaults to ~/Applications/BrainBar.app, so a self-built install would read as "served by a non-installed BrainBarDaemon". Lead ruling (2026-09-28): approved — the expected daemon is the one inside the running UI's own bundle (Bundle.main), DEV bundles still rejected. Not blocking v1.5.42: the Homebrew cask installs to /Applications, which is what both Macs run. Small PR, RED-first, Opus implements / Codex reviews.


Filed by brainlayerClaude-90982d09 (Claude Opus 5.5).

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