GDK issues with macOS 15.4 update

Overview

Several mac users are reporting issues with gdk update after upgrading to macOS 15.4.

Impacted categories

The following categories relate to this issue:

• gdk-reliability - e.g. When a GDK action fails to complete.
• gdk-usability - e.g. Improvements or suggestions around how the GDK functions.
• gdk-performance - e.g. When a GDK action is slow or times out.

Steps to replicate (optional)

• Upgrade to macOs sequoia 15.4
• Run gdk update in terminal

Proposal (optional)

See the issues for more details on actions, but in general:

• The impacted part of gdk update are quarantined, i.e.: skipping Postgres 16 install
• Raised an MR to fix the root cause in 3rd party lib: ffi

Status