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Annotated Ergo Desktop settings screen showing sign-in, permissions, status, and upload health. Use this page when a Desktop meeting did not start, upload, process, or appear where expected.

Who can use this

  • Desktop users recovering from a missed recording or failed upload.
  • Admins and operators collecting details before escalating.

Before you start

  • Keep the app open if an upload might still be in progress.
  • Confirm the app is signed in as the same user as the dashboard.
  • Note whether the recording was calendar-sourced, detected, Quick Note, or manual.

Steps

  • Check whether the recording indicator ever became active.
  • Confirm macOS permissions and quit and reopen the app if permissions changed.
  • Check whether the meeting already has a cloud-bot recording.
  • Look for processing or failed recording status in Ergo.
  • Retry processing only when Ergo shows a retry path.
  • If the meeting had no calendar invite or was never detected, use Quick Note or a manual note and add context for the team.

What to expect

  • Missed detection can come from calendar visibility, meeting URL availability, disabled auto-record settings, or a runtime app issue.
  • Calendar-less meetings may require a manual Quick Note start instead of auto-detection.
  • Upload failures can come from network interruption, app shutdown, or missing upload data.
  • Retry requires the backend to have enough upload and recording metadata.
  • If a recording was skipped as a stub, it may not create a normal meeting record.

Common issues

  • Auto-record detected meetings is off.
  • The meeting was joined from a different account, alias, or calendar than the connected user.
  • The app was closed before upload completed.
  • The recording button does not respond until the app is fully quit and reopened.
  • The recording is in failed status but missing data needed for retry.
Last modified on June 8, 2026