cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition #787

rmGFW · 2021-01-05T15:12:03Z

macOS version 11.1

csrutil status output is System Integrity Protection status: disabled

already tried reinstall scripting-addition sudo yabai --uninstall-sa && sudo yabai --install-sa

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rmGFW · 2021-01-05T15:12:14Z

yabai-v3.3.6

rockyzhang24 · 2021-01-05T15:21:09Z

After sudo yabai --install-sa, did you run sudo yabai --load-sa manually? If not, try to run it.

rmGFW · 2021-01-05T16:41:29Z

thanks ! it works ! 👍

rockyzhang24 · 2021-01-05T17:19:28Z

@koekeishiya Will you consider to mention this (manually run sudu yabai --load-sa after the first installation) in the wiki? I saw many users have such a concern. In the first installation, sometimes sudo yabai --install-sa won't load sa automatically.
Thanks.

koekeishiya · 2021-01-05T21:00:14Z

This is actually mentioned in the wiki already: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(latest-release)#macos-big-sur---automatically-load-scripting-addition-on-startup

rockyzhang24 · 2021-01-05T21:21:05Z

Adding sudo yabai --load-sa at the top of yabairc just makes scripting-addition being loaded automatically at each startup of our machines. However, not everyone will reboot his machine after installation of yabai.

After the first installation of yabai, except for running sudo yabai --install-sa and brew services start yabai, we also need to run sudo yabai --load-sa manually on our own.

koekeishiya · 2021-01-06T14:54:07Z

Updated wiki.

mihnsen · 2021-10-05T10:14:05Z

still on MacOS BigSur 11.6. Already tried
sudo yabai --uninstall-sa && sudo yabai --install-sa && sudo yabai --load-sa

SichangHe · 2022-01-26T11:15:28Z

scripting-addition failed to inject

$ yabai -m space --focus next
cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition.
$ sudo yabai --load-sa 
Password:
yabai: scripting-addition failed to inject payload into Dock.app!

yabai-v4.0.0
macOS 12.01
M1 apple silicon

SIP is disabled

alephpt · 2022-01-28T22:54:43Z

same problem ^ but on Monterey 12.2

rublev · 2022-02-15T09:47:45Z

same problem ^ but on Monterey 12.2

same here D: wish i could downgrade. did it work for u on 12.1? amethyst also broken on 12.2

SichangHe · 2022-02-15T11:24:01Z

opened a new issue #1158 on this problem

usmajeed · 2022-10-30T14:46:15Z

I'm getting "cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition" on Ventura.

palteksolution · 2022-11-01T06:40:59Z

I'm getting "cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition" on Ventura.

Same with me on Ventura.

dsorenes · 2022-11-07T23:10:48Z

I'm getting "cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition" on Ventura.

Same with me on Ventura.

It's fixed in the development version. 206c0d6 with #1297 as context.

You can install the development version by following the wiki. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(from-HEAD). You'll be asked by homebrew to unlink the previous yabai, but after that and following the instructions on the wiki it works like a charm again. Don't forget to update the sha256 for the new binary.

rkshthrmsh · 2023-02-18T06:57:58Z

Still seeing this issue on Ventura 13.2.1: yabai-v5.0.2 & SIP disabled (only need the ability to focus spaces that are created manually).

Created yabai-cert as per instructions in the wiki
Used brew to install from HEAD
Could NOT find yabai installed in /usr/local/bin as per the wiki instructions. Codesigned yabai here instead:

> codesign -fs 'yabai-cert' /opt/homebrew/bin/yabai
> codesign -fs 'yabai-cert' /opt/brew/Cellar/yabai/HEAD-147b356/bin/yabai

Provided accessibility permission to the executables at /opt/brew/bin/yabai/ and /opt/brew/Cellar/yabai/HEAD-147b356/bin/yabai since there was nothing in the local bin.

Issue:

> yabai -m space --focus next   
cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition.

Moving windows to open spaces is working however.

Is there anything wrong here, or something else that I can try? Please let me know.

b0lle · 2023-07-29T06:50:26Z

I am facing the same issue:

yabai -m space --focus next                                08:48:42
cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition.

Apple Silicon
Ventura 13.5
yabai-v5.0.6 (installed from brew)
SIP status:

System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).

Configuration:
	Apple Internal: disabled
	Kext Signing: enabled
	Filesystem Protections: disabled
	Debugging Restrictions: disabled
	DTrace Restrictions: enabled
	NVRAM Protections: disabled
	BaseSystem Verification: enabled
	Boot-arg Restrictions: disabled
	Kernel Integrity Protections: enabled
	Authenticated Root Requirement: enabled

now-ing · 2023-08-31T10:27:12Z

I am facing the same issue:我面临着同样的问题：

yabai -m space --focus next                                08:48:42
cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition.

Apple Silicon 苹果硅 Ventura 13.5 文图拉13.5 yabai-v5.0.6 (installed from brew) yabai-v5.0.6（从brew安装） SIP status: SIP 状态：

System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).

Configuration:
	Apple Internal: disabled
	Kext Signing: enabled
	Filesystem Protections: disabled
	Debugging Restrictions: disabled
	DTrace Restrictions: enabled
	NVRAM Protections: disabled
	BaseSystem Verification: enabled
	Boot-arg Restrictions: disabled
	Kernel Integrity Protections: enabled
	Authenticated Root Requirement: enabled

may be you should use
yabai -m signal --add event=dock_did_restart action="sudo yabai --load-sa" sudo yabai --load-sa

in https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(latest-release)#configure-scripting-addition says

dandehavilland · 2023-09-06T07:20:19Z

Don't forget to update the sha256 for the new binary.

This solved it for me: updating the sha256 hash in the sudoers file for yabai to match the latest installed binary.

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(latest-release)#configure-scripting-addition

b0lle · 2023-09-08T05:36:24Z

I am facing the same issue:我面临着同样的问题：
yabai -m space --focus next                                08:48:42
cannot focus space due to an error with the scripting-addition.
Apple Silicon 苹果硅 Ventura 13.5 文图拉13.5 yabai-v5.0.6 (installed from brew) yabai-v5.0.6（从brew安装） SIP status: SIP 状态：
System Integrity Protection status: unknown (Custom Configuration).

Configuration:
	Apple Internal: disabled
	Kext Signing: enabled
	Filesystem Protections: disabled
	Debugging Restrictions: disabled
	DTrace Restrictions: enabled
	NVRAM Protections: disabled
	BaseSystem Verification: enabled
	Boot-arg Restrictions: disabled
	Kernel Integrity Protections: enabled
	Authenticated Root Requirement: enabled
may be you should use yabai -m signal --add event=dock_did_restart action="sudo yabai --load-sa" sudo yabai --load-sa

in https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(latest-release)#configure-scripting-addition says

you were right, I missed that section. Thank you!

CalderWhite · 2023-11-08T07:46:48Z

Anyone else getting:

$ sudo yabai --install-sa
yabai: '--install-sa' is not a valid option!

CalderWhite · 2023-11-08T07:55:01Z

For anyone who comes along, try running sudo yabai --load-sa. For later versions of macOS this should work.

korsmakolnikov · 2024-01-08T18:51:01Z

I still have this issue (MAC os 11.7.10) with SIP disabled. sudo yabai --load-sa doesn't fix it.

milesromeno · 2024-01-31T09:47:28Z

I encountered this error after running a brew upgrade. Re-checking the output of shasum -a 256 $(which yabai) showed that a new sha256 hash had been generated. Updating /private/etc/sudoers.d/yabai to replace the old sha256 with it fixed this.

andriibutko · 2024-02-05T06:33:32Z

I encountered this error after running a brew upgrade. Re-checking the output of shasum -a 256 $(which yabai) showed that a new sha256 hash had been generated. Updating /private/etc/sudoers.d/yabai to replace the old sha256 with it fixed this.

Should this case be also listed in the wiki?

YinanZhaoXometry · 2024-05-14T02:33:40Z

I encountered this error after running a brew upgrade. Re-checking the output of shasum -a 256 $(which yabai) showed that a new sha256 hash had been generated. Updating /private/etc/sudoers.d/yabai to replace the old sha256 with it fixed this.

Please add this in wiki, took me hours to find this...

b0lle · 2024-05-14T05:13:40Z

its mentioned in the shell comments of https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/wiki/Installing-yabai-(latest-release)#configure-scripting-addition

#   this hash must be updated manually after upgrading yabai.

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