desktop-bar: disable TK-11693 PASTE beacon (Steve: stop posting orange banner across top of screen 2)

246f586541124f18f5e292fd5ff0dc491c19ce8c · 2026-09-16 17:11:47 -0700 · Steve Abrams

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EGzAvFJiSQ9qXCyjNQ6mjq

Files touched

M desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift

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commit 246f586541124f18f5e292fd5ff0dc491c19ce8c
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Wed Sep 16 17:11:47 2026 -0700

    desktop-bar: disable TK-11693 PASTE beacon (Steve: stop posting orange banner across top of screen 2)
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
    Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EGzAvFJiSQ9qXCyjNQ6mjq
---
 desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift b/desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift
index 52e1dd79..1591200f 100644
--- a/desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift
+++ b/desktop-bar/TicketBar.swift
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ private final class BarController: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSWindowDele
   func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
     NSApp.setActivationPolicy(.accessory)
     buildPanel()
-    buildBeacon()
+    // TK-11693 PASTE beacon DISABLED 2026-09-16 (Steve: "get rid of this logic that keeps
+    // posting across top of screen 2"). Leaving beaconPanel nil makes every refreshBeacon()
+    // a no-op via its own `guard beaconPanel != nil`. Reversible: uncomment to restore.
+    // buildBeacon()
     refresh()
     refreshSystem()
     refreshBeacon()

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