- Upgraded to 4.4
- Two “DEVONthink MCP” processes always appear in Activity Monitor
- Port 8420 is not in use
- Config file has only one MCP entry
- Experiencing timeout errors with Claude Desktop
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That’s an issue of Claude Desktop launching two instances.
A screenshot and additional details would be useful.
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Why has the problem only started to happen since I did the update yesterday? I have been using Claude Desktop with DEVONthink/MCP for about 2 months without any issues regarding timing out. The work I did yesterday and today is no different than the work I have been doing since the start of the project. Only way to temporarily resolve it was to kill off one MCP via Activity Monitor.
I am new to both DEVONthink and Claude and I am keen to keep learning to resolve issues as they arise.
Impossible to tell without additional details. So far we haven’t received any similar reports.
Problem identified - thanks to your advice. Yesterday I force quit one of the MCP processes while keeping both DT and CD running. Then I only shut down DT and AM showed 1 MCP process still running, which must belong to CD. This morning I shut down both DEVONthink and Claude Desktop. Checked Activity Monitor and both MCP processes were gone. I reopened Claude Desktop only and check of AM shows 2 MCP processes running. I am lodging support request at Anthropic now. Thanks for your persistence and help.
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