Warp says "seems like your shell is taking a while to start"

[orome]

Dupe Check

• [X] I have searched Warp bugs and there are no duplicates

Describe the bug

I can't even start. I just get "seems like your shell is taking a while to start"

To reproduce

1. Start Warp

Expected behavior

Warp stars bash

Screenshots

No response

Operating system

MacOS

Operating system and version

Version 14.6 (23G80) - 15.1.1 (24B91)

Shell Version

Bash 5.2.26(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin23.2.0) - 5.2.37(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin24.0.0)

Current Warp version

v0.2024.07.23.08.02.stable_01 - This persists with

Regression

No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp

Recent working Warp date

No response

Additional context

No response

Does this block you from using Warp daily?

Yes, this issue prevents me from using Warp daily.

Is this an issue only in Warp?

Yes, I confirmed that this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.

Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e

None

[alokedesai]

Hi @orome, thanks for filing and sorry for the issues you're experiencing in Warp.

A few questions: 1) Could you send us the output of your Warp logs so we can debug further? https://docs.warp.dev/help/sending-us-feedback#gathering-warp-logs 2) Does this repro with an empty bashrc/bashprofile ? Running theory may be that there's something in your RC file that is preventing Warp from being able to successfully start.  

[orome]

Thanks for the quick reply!

1. warp.log
2. I've removed both .bashrc and .bash_profile but still get the same message

[alokedesai]

Thanks! One more thing, if you don't mind.

Could you run: defaults write dev.warp.Warp-Stable ShouldShowBootstrapBlock true in another terminal, reopen Warp, and send a screenshot of what you see?

[orome]

Lots of > removed (where below are ...):

bash-5.2$
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bash-5.2$
bash-5.2$
bash-5.2$
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `if'
                                             bash-5.2$
bash: __bp_set_ret_value: command not found
                                           bash-5.2$
bash: : command not found
                         bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
                                             bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
                                               bash-5.2$
bash: __bp_set_ret_value: command not found
                                           bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `__bp_trim_whitespace'
                                                               bash-5.2$
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bash: return: can only `return' from a function or sourced script
                                                                 bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
                                               bash-5.2$
bash: return: can only `return' from a function or sourced script
                                                                 bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
                                             bash-5.2$
bash: local: can only be used in a function
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bash-5.2$
bash: local: can only be used in a function
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bash: local: can only be used in a function
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bash: local: can only be used in a function
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `if'
                                             bash-5.2$
bash-5.2$
bash: : command not found
                         bash-5.2$
bash-5.2$
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bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
                                             bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
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bash-5.2$
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
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bash: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
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bash-5.2$
bash-5.2$  eval "$WARP_BOOTSTRAP_VAR" unset WARP_BOOTSTRAP_VAR
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
bash-5.2$

Note that neither WARP_BOOTSTRAP_VAR nor __bp_trim_whitespace are present in my .bashrc or .bash_profile.

[alokedesai]

Thanks for all of your patience and help debugging; I've never seen this before and I'm still trying to parse what could be happening.

Does this repro with other shells? i.e. zsh (/bin/zsh) or bash 3.2 (/bin/bash)?

You can change the default shell in Settings

[orome]

/bin/zsh works, /bin/bash does not (my default, used above, is /opt/homebrew/bin/bash)

[alokedesai]

Do you have anything in /etc/profile, ~/.bash_login or /.profile?

[orome]

/etc/profile

# System-wide .profile for sh(1)

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
    eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then
    [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc
fi

~/.bash_login

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#       Script to be executed on login by /bin/bash if .bash_profile is not present

echo "Running .bash_login..."
printf "`date`:\tLogin to bash: executing ~/.bash_login...\n" >> ~/Library/Logs/Mine/bash.log

~/.profile

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#       Script to be executed on login by /bin/sh; or by /bin/bash if .bash_profile and .bash_login are not present

echo "Running .profile..."
printf "`date`:\tLogin to bash: executing ~/.profile...\n" >> ~/Library/Logs/Mine/bash.log

[orome]

This persists after updating to:

• GNU bash, version 5.2.32(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin23.4.0)
• Warp v0.2024.07.30.08.02.stable_01

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists after updating to:

• Warp v0.2024.08.06.08.01.stable_00

Rebooting (and even updating macOS, to 14.6.1) doesn't fix it either.

[alokedesai]

Hey @orome, thanks for your patience here. It's still not exactly clear to me what's happening.

Would you be open to trying out a special version of Warp that includes extra logging about what the shell sends back to Warp so we can try to trace it down?

Thd built would write out all of the contents it receives from the shell into a warp.pty.recording file, which you could then email to me to help us debug.

[orome]

@alokedesai Sure. I'll give it a shot.

[orome]

This persists with v0.2024.08.27.08.02.stable_02

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.09.03.08.02.stable_03

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.09.17.08.02.stable_01

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.09.24.08.02.stable_01

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.10.23.14.49.stable_00

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.11.12.08.02.stable_02

[orome]

@alokedesai This persists with v0.2024.11.19.08.02.stable_03