Problemsby GlyphMistral lock-in makes switching costly
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bug: Mistral Vibe 3.1.0 fails to launch in Zed on Windows 11 — unsigned _native.pyd blocked by Smart App Control
...3.1.0 (ACP). 5. Start a new conversation or click "Retry". 6. Mistral Vibe immediately fails to launch with exit code 1. **Error message:** **Investigation:** Windows Code Integrity Event ID 3077 confirms that Smart App Control blocks the following file: Blocking policy:...
bug: web app shows "Something went wrong / failed to load the conversation" every 2-3 minutes, requires full reload
...The web client's live conversation stream (websocket/SSE) appears to disconnect and fail to reconnect cleanly. Firefox's different reload/reconnect behavior suggests the client does not resume the stream after an interruption, then hits a hard error state instead of recovering....
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2 posts from 2 people in 1 place, about 1 a week over 30 days. Mostly on mistralai/mistral-vibe.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "vendor-lock" rule about Mistral. First post Oct 11, 2026, latest Nov 9, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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