Cannot get out of the error page

[shunichironomura]

Version

0.17.3

Operating System

macOS

Distribution Method

dmg (Mac OS - Apple Silicon)

Describe the issue

My GitButler application is stuck in the following state:

Doing eigher of the following did not bring me to another page:

• Clicking "Go back" button
• Relaunching the GitButler application

How to reproduce (Optional)

I think this is what I did:

1. Open a local Git repository in GitButler (Project A)
2. (Work on various projects inside GitButler)
3. Remove Project B, which is different from Project A

After removing Project B, the GitButler app is stuck in the above screenshot.

I cannot test whether this procedure reproduces the same result, as the GitButler app is stuck.

I'm not entirely sure that I'm getting this error because of Project A, either.

Expected behavior (Optional)

"Go back" takes me to another project.

Relevant log output (Optional)

[Byron]

Thanks a lot for reporting!

I think what would be very helpful is a video of the problem. When trying it myself, with just a single project that I removed, it runs into the same problem (it's either regressing regularly or wasn't fixed), but it's able to recover when pressing the button.

Screen.Recording.2025-11-03.at.09.40.32.mov

Thanks again!

[shunichironomura]

Since my GitButler app is stuck, unfortunately the only video I can provide is this, where pressing the "Go back" takes no effect:

Screen.Recording.2025-11-04.at.10.42.37.mov

[Byron]

Thanks a lot! It really is a pity :/.

Can you enter the development tools from the menu bar? There it should show more in the console.

Additionally, it can be launched from the terminal with /Applications/GitButler.app/Contents/MacOS/gitbutler-tauri to see the logs.

Meanwhile, to unblock this, you can move or delete "~/Library/Application Support/com.gitbutler.app/projects.json" to start without a project, and rm -Rf ~/Library/Caches/com.gitbutler.app will remove all frontend state.