Problem
On macOS 26.4.1 (Tahoe, BuildVersion 25E253, Apple Silicon), the menubar app launches and runs, but the status item is never visible in the menu bar — no flame icon, no cost text. Tried v0.8.9 (installed today) and v0.8.8; same behavior in both.
The CLI (codeburn) works perfectly and reports correct cost data ($363.80 today, $1298.85 month for Claude Code), so data ingestion is fine.
What I've verified
- App process runs (e.g. PID confirmed via
ps aux)
- Info.plist has
LSUIElement=true, LSMinimumSystemVersion=14.0
- Ad-hoc code signature is intact
- No quarantine attribute
- No crash logs in
~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
- No errors/warnings in
log show --process CodeBurnMenubar
sample on the running process confirms NSStatusItem -> NSStatusBarButtonCell drawWithFrame:inView: is actually called — the draw path executes- System logs confirm
NSStatusItemScene creation and "Request complete" from FrontBoardServices
- Tried
killall SystemUIServer to rebuild menu bar → no change
- Tried patching Info.plist with
NSSupportsAutomaticTermination=false + NSSupportsSuddenTermination=false and re-signing → no change
- Not a notch issue: primary display is a 5120x2880 external monitor (no notch), all other menubar icons visible
- Not a Focus filter issue: tested with Focus mode disabled
- Not hidden by a menubar manager (confirmed by installing Ice for visibility control — still not listed)
- Compact mode toggled both ways (
defaults write CodeBurnMenubar CodeBurnMenubarCompact -bool true/false) → no change
Suspicious log lines
CodeBurnMenubar: (AppKit) [com.apple.AppKit:AutomaticTermination] _kLSApplicationWouldBeTerminatedByTALKey=1
CodeBurnMenubar: (LaunchServices) LSExceptions shared instance invalidated for timeout
Possibly related to #126 / #134 (App Nap hardening) but those fixes don't appear sufficient on Tahoe.
Environment
- macOS: 26.4.1 (25E253) Tahoe
- Chip: Apple Silicon (arm64)
- Node: 22.16.0
- codeburn CLI: 0.8.9 (works fine)
- Menubar app: v0.8.9 and v0.8.8 both broken
- Providers with data: Claude Code (
~/.claude/projects/), Claude Desktop
Repro
npm install -g codeburn
npx codeburn menubar
# App launches, process runs, no icon ever appears in menu bar
Problem
On macOS 26.4.1 (Tahoe, BuildVersion 25E253, Apple Silicon), the menubar app launches and runs, but the status item is never visible in the menu bar — no flame icon, no cost text. Tried
v0.8.9(installed today) andv0.8.8; same behavior in both.The CLI (
codeburn) works perfectly and reports correct cost data ($363.80today,$1298.85month for Claude Code), so data ingestion is fine.What I've verified
ps aux)LSUIElement=true,LSMinimumSystemVersion=14.0~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/log show --process CodeBurnMenubarsampleon the running process confirmsNSStatusItem -> NSStatusBarButtonCell drawWithFrame:inView:is actually called — the draw path executesNSStatusItemScenecreation and "Request complete" from FrontBoardServiceskillall SystemUIServerto rebuild menu bar → no changeNSSupportsAutomaticTermination=false+NSSupportsSuddenTermination=falseand re-signing → no changedefaults write CodeBurnMenubar CodeBurnMenubarCompact -bool true/false) → no changeSuspicious log lines
Possibly related to #126 / #134 (App Nap hardening) but those fixes don't appear sufficient on Tahoe.
Environment
~/.claude/projects/), Claude DesktopRepro
npm install -g codeburn npx codeburn menubar # App launches, process runs, no icon ever appears in menu bar