stop works suddenly

[AlonsoK28]

I don't know why but this app stop works suddenly.

I need the close and re-open to make it work again.

macos: 15.5 (24F74)

[zenangst]

Have you been able to pinpoint what might be causing this? Is there a particular scenario where this is more likely to occur?

[AlonsoK28]

Have you been able to pinpoint what might be causing this? Is there a particular scenario where this is more likely to occur?

Its happening randomly (sometimes in hours)

How I can export a error log to put it here?

[AlonsoK28]

some advice in how to export a log and show it here? @zenangst

[zenangst]

@AlonsoK28 Keyboard Cowboy doesn't really log anything, which is by design. I didn't want it to potentially leak anything related to keyboard inputs.
Could you share some more information about which applications and workflows you use, that might help to narrow down what can be the culprit?

[AlonsoK28]

@AlonsoK28 Keyboard Cowboy doesn't really log anything, which is by design. I didn't want it to potentially leak anything related to keyboard inputs. Could you share some more information about which applications and workflows you use, that might help to narrow down what can be the culprit?

I have the following config:

as I said, sometimes (randomly) the hotkeys shortcuts stop responding, I need to re-open several times the "Keyboard Cowboy" app to fix it

[zenangst]

@AlonsoK28 do you have Secure Keyboard Entry enabled in Terminal? With that enabled, Keyboard Cowboy can no longer read input while that application is active.

[AlonsoK28]

@AlonsoK28 do you have Secure Keyboard Entry enabled in Terminal? With that enabled, Keyboard Cowboy can no longer read input while that application is active.

No, Secure Keyboard Entry is not enabled in my Terminal.

[zenangst]

Do you have any other applications that are invoked using global keyboard shortcuts? I'm just spitballing ideas here on what could be happening.

[AlonsoK28]

Do you have any other applications that are invoked using global keyboard shortcuts? I'm just spitballing ideas here on what could be happening.

I've installed:

rcmd

untouch

and hotkey

but now only Keyboard Cowboy and untouch are running on my mac.

[AlonsoK28]

Do you have any other applications that are invoked using global keyboard shortcuts? I'm just spitballing ideas here on what could be happening.

Here is how app stop working intermittently @zenangst

[zenangst]

@AlonsoK28 thans for the video, I'll do some digging!

[zenangst]

@AlonsoK28 just to double check, are you invoking the shortcut using the left-side cmd and shift? Because they are key specific.

[zenangst]

I've started working on a version with some extra debugging that can be enabled from the menubar. I'll ship you a new version when it is ready, and then you can share the logs so that we can get to the bottom of it.

[zenangst]

@AlonsoK28 here is a freshly brewed version, it includes a new debug menu that enables additional logging.

The log-file is located at ~/.config/keyboardcowboy/debug.log.

Hopefully this will give us something more to work with.

Keyboard Cowboy 3.28.5.dmg.zip

[AlonsoK28]

Thanks @zenangst I will try.

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