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  1. Chrome won't start after renaming your machine (hostname change) on Fedora

    Google Chrome silently fails to launch after a hostname change. The cause is a stale SingletonLock symlink in the user profile that still encodes the old machine name; deleting the Singleton* lock files restores normal startup. Applies to every Chromium-based browser and Electron app.