fix: clean up ipc edge cases

electron/ipc/cursor/interaction.ts

@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ export async function startInteractionCapture() {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	stopInteractionCapture();
+
 	try {
 		const hook = loadUiohookModule();
 		console.log(

electron/ipc/project/manager.ts

@@ -298,8 +298,17 @@ export async function listProjectLibraryEntries() {
 
 export async function loadProjectFromPath(projectPath: string) {
 	const normalizedPath = normalizePath(projectPath);
-	const content = await fs.readFile(normalizedPath, "utf-8");
-	const project = JSON.parse(content);
+	let project: unknown;
+	try {
+		const content = await fs.readFile(normalizedPath, "utf-8");
+		project = JSON.parse(content);
+	} catch (error) {
+		return {
+			success: false,
+			canceled: false,
+			message: `Failed to read project file: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+		};
+	}
 	const mediaSources = await resolveProjectMediaSources(project);
 
 	if (!mediaSources.success) {

electron/ipc/project/session.ts

@@ -70,11 +70,14 @@ export async function resolveRecordingSessionManifest(
 		}
 
 		const webcamPath = path.join(path.dirname(normalizedVideoPath), webcamFileName);
-		await fs.access(webcamPath, fsConstants.F_OK);
+		const webcamExists = await fs
+			.access(webcamPath, fsConstants.F_OK)
+			.then(() => true)
+			.catch(() => false);
 
 		return {
 			videoPath: normalizedVideoPath,
-			webcamPath,
+			webcamPath: webcamExists ? webcamPath : null,
 			timeOffsetMs: normalizeRecordingTimeOffsetMs(parsed.timeOffsetMs),
 		};
 	} catch {

electron/ipc/register/project.ts

@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ export function registerProjectHandlers() {
         return { success: false, error: 'Only auto-generated recordings can be deleted' };
       }
       const resolvedPath = await fs.realpath(filePath).catch(() => path.resolve(filePath));
-      const recordingsDir = await getRecordingsDir();
+			const recordingsDirRaw = await getRecordingsDir();
+			const recordingsDir = await fs.realpath(recordingsDirRaw).catch(() => path.resolve(recordingsDirRaw));
       if (!isPathInsideDirectory(resolvedPath, recordingsDir) || !isAutoRecordingPath(resolvedPath)) {
         return { success: false, error: 'Only auto-generated recordings can be deleted' };
       }
@@ -363,7 +364,10 @@ export function registerProjectHandlers() {
       // Also delete the cursor telemetry sidecar if it exists
       const telemetryPath = getTelemetryPathForVideo(resolvedPath);
       await fs.unlink(telemetryPath).catch(() => {});
-      if (currentVideoPath === resolvedPath) {
+			const currentResolved = currentVideoPath
+				? await fs.realpath(currentVideoPath).catch(() => currentVideoPath)
+				: null;
+			if (currentResolved === resolvedPath) {
         setCurrentVideoPath(null);
         setCurrentRecordingSession(null);
       }

electron/ipc/register/recording.ts

@@ -994,6 +994,11 @@ export function registerRecordingHandlers(
       return await finalizeStoredVideo(finalVideoPath)
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Failed to stop FFmpeg recording:', error)
+			try {
+				ffmpegCaptureProcess?.kill()
+			} catch {
+				// ignore cleanup failures
+			}
       setFfmpegCaptureProcess(null)
       setFfmpegCaptureTargetPath(null)
       setFfmpegScreenRecordingActive(false)

electron/ipc/register/sources.ts

@@ -432,7 +432,14 @@ body{background:transparent;overflow:hidden;width:100vw;height:100vh}
 <div class="border-wrap"></div>
 </body></html>`
 
-      await highlightWin.loadURL(`data:text/html;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(html)}`)
+			try {
+				await highlightWin.loadURL(`data:text/html;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(html)}`)
+			} catch (loadError) {
+				if (!highlightWin.isDestroyed()) {
+					highlightWin.close()
+				}
+				throw loadError
+			}
 
       setTimeout(() => {
         if (!highlightWin.isDestroyed()) highlightWin.close()