GS8 (8.2 / 8.4.1) crashing on startup if network active

[bkastner]

My GS8 installation is crashing immediately after startup (less than one second) if network is active. If I disable network it starts and remains up and running. If I reactive network after GS is up and running it won’t crash until I use for example “check offer” which I guess will access the network. I tried to disable network related functions in the preferences but no change in behavior. I tried with 8.2 and 8.4.1. Any hints?

Cheers,
Ralph

[paul]

Hi,

you should have a look here:

7.0.2.0 Non-stop crash, fresh install needed?

We just verified that these crashes are due to eBay finally turning off their old attribute API. Initially, that move was anticipated for January '22, but it seems eBay delayed it until now. We informed our users about the upcoming change and its incompatibility with GarageSale 7 and 8 in October of 2021: The solution is to upgrade to GarageSale 9, for which we re-built the internal attribute system to cope with this API change.

This is the same reason for GarageSale 7 and 8 versions.

Regards,
Paul

[Wood]

Install Little Snitch then disable eBay’s API connection to GarageSale - that way you leave your internet connection up and running while being able to view GS running.