[Bug]: Restarting Mac Causes Herd to Lose Activation Key

[devinnived]

Platform

macOS

Operating system version

macOS Sequoia 15.1.1

System architecture

ARM64 (M1, M2, etc)

Herd Version

1.13.0

PHP Version

No response

Bug description

Restarting laptop causes Herd to lose activation key, forcing user to go login to website and copy activation key into app.

Steps to reproduce

• Quit Herd
• Restart laptop
• Open Herd where it ask to install PHP and ask for email and activation key

Relevant log output

No response

[sschlein]

Can you make sure that you have the background service enabled?

https://herd.laravel.com/docs/1/troubleshooting/common-issues#the-helper-service-isnt-running

[devinnived]

Apologies for the late reply. Yes enabling the background service fixed this issue.