Bug #97261 MySQLWorkbench app fails to start on macOS 10.13.6 since app version 8.0.17
Submitted: 16 Oct 2019 16:59 Modified: 16 Oct 2019 18:24
Reporter: Sierk Bornemann Email Updates:
Status: Unsupported Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:8.0.17, 8.0.18 OS:MacOS (10.13.6)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:x86

[16 Oct 2019 16:59] Sierk Bornemann
Description:
MySQLWorkbench.app 8.0.18 as well as it predecessor 8.0.17 (Application icon striked through) does not start in macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra):

Starting from Finder:

[quote lang=de]
Du kannst diese Version des Programms „MySQLWorkbench.app“ nicht mit dieser Version von macOS verwenden.

Auf deinem Computer ist macOS 10.13.6 installiert. Das Programm erfordert macOS 10.14 oder neuer.
[/quote]

[quote lang=en]
You can' use this version of the application "MySQLWorkbench.app" with this version of macOS.

Your computer has macOS 10.13.6 installed. The application requires macOS 10.14 or later.
[/quote]

Starting from Terminal:

$ open "/Applications/MySQLWorkbench.app"
LSOpenURLsWithRole() failed with error -10825 for the file /Applications/MySQLWorkbench.app.

Even though

MySQL Community Downloads
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

says:

MySQL Workbench 8.0.17 | MySQL Workbench 8.0.18
"Packages for Mojave (10.14) are compatible with High Sierra (10.13)"

MySQL Workbench v8.0.16 *does* start and work on macOS 10.13.6.
Why don't v8.0.17 and v8.0.18? What has changed since?
Please fix.

How to repeat:
Install MySQLWorkbench.app as usual (per drag and drop from opened DMG image) into Applications folder, open/run it by clicking or open/run it directly from opened DMG image folder (/Volumes/MySQL Workbench community-8.0.18/MySQLWorkbench.app).

Suggested fix:
Please fix, so that the application also runs again on macOS 10.13.6 (as MySQL v.8.0.17 and v.8.0.18 as well as MySQL Workbench v8.0.16 do).
[16 Oct 2019 18:24] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report. Not supported OS please see https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/workbench.html and https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=96505.