Graphiti MCP Server fails to start silently - Wizard stuck in "Save & Continue" loop

[atakanatali]

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Area

Not sure

Operating System

macOS

Version

2.7.5

What happened?

I am trying to set up Auto-Claude on a Mac mini (16GB RAM). The application fails to start the Graphiti MCP server (Memory layer), causing the setup Wizard to get stuck in a loop.

Even though I have manually installed the required dependencies (graphiti, real_ladybug, pandas) into the application's venv, the backend server that should be listening on port 8000 never starts.

Ideation tab works fine (Claude quota decreases).

Kanban tab fails immediately at the "Spec" stage (likely due to missing memory context).

Wizard prevents me from saving settings or disabling memory because it tries to validate the connection to localhost:8000, which is unreachable.

Troubleshooting attempts:

Yesterday, I was able to run a task successfully without memory enabled. The issues began when I enabled Graphiti to persist context.

Initial Failure: Upon enabling memory in the Wizard, the "Test Connection" step failed with a "Database not found" error.

Manual Troubleshooting: To resolve this, I manually installed the required dependencies (graphiti, real_ladybug, pandas) into the application's venv and manually created the database file using a Python script, as the application failed to do so automatically.

Current Behavior (The Blocker): After these manual fixes, when I click "Start" on a task (either from the Roadmap or a manually created task), the application hangs for approximately 15 seconds and then throws a generic error: "An error occurred, please try again later."

Logs: I checked the application logs immediately after the error, but no error logs are being generated for this specific failure.

Version Context: During this troubleshooting process, I installed and uninstalled v2.7.6-beta-2 several times before reverting to v2.7.5 LTS, which is my current version.

=== Auto Claude Debug Report ===
Generated: 2026-02-10T09:26:10.301Z

--- System Information ---
appVersion: 2.7.5
electronVersion: 39.2.7
nodeVersion: 22.21.1
chromeVersion: 142.0.7444.235
platform: darwin
arch: arm64
osVersion: 25.2.0
osType: Darwin
totalMemory: 16GB
freeMemory: 0GB
cpuCores: 10
locale: en-US
isPackaged: true
userData: /Users/atakan/Library/Application Support/auto-claude-ui

--- Recent Errors ---
No recent errors

=== End Debug Report ===

Steps to reproduce

Clean install Auto-Claude v2.7.5 (LTS) on macOS.

Open the setup Wizard.

Navigate to the Memory step.

Try to click "Save & Continue" (with Memory enabled OR disabled).

The Wizard throws a "Database not found" or connection error.

Check terminal: lsof -i :8000 shows no process listening.

Expected behavior

The Graphiti MCP server should start automatically in the background upon application launch.

Port 8000 should be active and listening.

The Wizard should allow saving the configuration and proceeding to the main interface.

Logs / Screenshots

No logs in main.log