Error connecting to JabRef: Native host has exited

[Kominii]

I am using Chrome and MacOS. But I have a problem with an error message like this:

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Could you help me to solve this error pls?

[mj-ramirez]

Just got this error. Vaguely remember similar issue years ago. Now on MacOS M2 Firefox 121.01. Since Update Jabref 5.12. Backroll to 5.11 does not solve. ?OS/Browser/Jabref/Python chnages ?

[mj-ramirez]

stderr output from native app org.jabref.jabref: ERROR:root:Could not determine JABREF_PATH
stderr output from native app org.jabref.jabref: Traceback (most recent call last):
stderr output from native app org.jabref.jabref: File "/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/Resources/jabrefHost.py", line 26, in
stderr output from native app org.jabref.jabref: send_message({"message": "error", "output": "Could not find JabRef. Please check that it is installed correctly."})
stderr output from native app org.jabref.jabref: NameError: name 'send_message' is not defined

[goshng]

I have the same error. Any luck?

[mj-ramirez]

Copy the >org.jabref.jabref.json< file to
/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/org.jabref.jabref.json. Solved the error.
However, Macos Gatekeeper would not let the application run (recent upgrade Sonoma 14.2.1).
Disabling the Gatekeeper with <sudo spctl --global-disable> and the plugin runs.

So, probably an issue for the brilliant developer to solve with Apple.

[mj-ramirez]

Interestingly, now that it is up and running again, switching the Gatekeeper back on does not interfere any longer. All working nicely.

[tobiasdiez]

We had issues with the macos certificates. Maybe that's the reason why the gatekeeper blocker the execution.

Otherwise, please follow https://docs.jabref.org/collect/jabref-browser-extension#manual-installation

[homocomputeris]

Otherwise, please follow https://docs.jabref.org/collect/jabref-browser-extension#manual-installation

This part of the manual does not work:

Check that the Python script works. In Terminal run /Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/Resources/jabrefHost.py. If there are no errors the script is working properly. Stop the script by pressing Ctrl + D.

% /Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/Resources/jabrefHost.py
zsh: no such file or directory: /Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/Resources/jabrefHost.py