macos: Cannot start if a plugin is missing?

I’m speculating on that being the cause.

Awhile ago I manually installed a faker plugin that didn’t exist elsewhere yet. It installed from a local git directory which was eventually removed.

I’m coming back to Yaak after a few months away; on first load, it prompted me to upgrade. After updating just now, it silently crashes whenever I try to open it. I went to ~/Library/Logs/app.yaak.desktop/Yaak.log and attached at the bottom is the log from the most recent run.

It seems to me I’ve broken it by removing the repo, but I can’t just put it back right, and can’t find a plaintext mapping I’d use to tell it to stop trying to load that plugin.

Yaak’s a great app and thanks for your work with it, I’m just hoping this can be resolved. I see a few similar issues on here.

[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models] Initializing app database "/Users/jwarner/Library/Application Support/app.yaak.desktop/db.sqlite"
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models::migrate] Running database migrations
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models::migrate] No migrations to run out of 66
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models] Initializing blobs database "/Users/jwarner/Library/Application Support/app.yaak.desktop/blobs.sqlite"
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models::blob_manager] Running blob database migrations
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_models::blob_manager] No blob migrations to run
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Starting plugin server on 127.0.0.1:63771
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::nodejs] Starting plugin runtime node=/Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/node/yaaknode main=/Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugin-runtime/index.cjs
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::nodejs] Spawned plugin runtime
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Waiting for plugins to initialize
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::server_ws] New plugin runtime websocket connection: 127.0.0.1:63772
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Plugin runtime client connected!
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Loading bundled plugins from "/Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins"
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Initializing all plugins
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Loading bundled plugins from "/Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins"
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::nodejs] Plugin runtime connected to websocket
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-json
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-random
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-curl
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-cookie
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/filter-xpath
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-insomnia
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-jwt
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-prompt
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-copy-curl
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-ctx
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-regex
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-oauth2
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-response
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-uuid
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-aws
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/themes-yaak
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-basic
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-apikey
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-bearer
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-1password
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-hash
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-timestamp
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-encode
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-yaak
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-fs
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-openapi
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-request
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-postman
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/filter-jsonpath
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-oauth1
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-xml
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-postman-environment
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-ntlm
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-send-folder
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Adding plugin by dir /Users/jwarner/code/me/plugin-faker
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[33mWARN[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Failed to add plugin /Users/jwarner/code/me/plugin-faker IoErr(Os { code: 2, kind: NotFound, message: "No such file or directory" })
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::manager] Initialized 35 plugins in 173.203334ms:
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-json
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-random
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-curl
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-cookie
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/filter-xpath
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-insomnia
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-jwt
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-prompt
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-copy-curl
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-ctx
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-regex
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-oauth2
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-response
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-uuid
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-copy-grpcurl
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-aws
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/themes-yaak
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-basic
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-apikey
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-bearer
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-1password
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-hash
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-timestamp
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-encode
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-yaak
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-fs
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-openapi
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-request
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-postman
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/filter-jsonpath
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-oauth1
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/template-function-xml
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/importer-postman-environment
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/auth-ntlm
  - /Applications/yaak.app/Contents/Resources/vendored/plugins/action-send-folder
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[33mWARN[0m][yaak_plugins::nodejs] Kill channel closed before explicit shutdown; terminating plugin runtime
[2026-03-11][21:40:01][[37mINFO[0m][yaak_plugins::nodejs] Killing plugin runtime

Gregory Schier

changed status toReleased·19 days ago

https://yaak.app/changelog/2026.3.1

changed status toPending Release·19 days ago

Building new release that will show errors instead

Jeff WarnerOP·19 days ago

whoops, meant to put my kudos as a reply here

changed status toIn Progress·19 days ago

Fixing this now.

If you have a SQLite editor (or Claude/etc) you can delete the bad record from the plugins table here, as a workaround: /Users/jwarner/Library/Application Support/app.yaak.desktop/db.sqlite

Incredible turnaround, thank you! Looking forward to getting back into it.

macos: Cannot start if a plugin is missing?

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