> I confirm that everything works without problems with:
>
> ```
> ;; min-init.el
> (require 'tab-bar)
> (add-to-list 'tab-bar-format 'tab-bar-format-global 'append)
> (display-time-mode 1)
> (add-hook 'server-after-make-frame-hook 'toggle-frame-tab-bar)
> ```

Here is the patch that also allows using the original recipe:

```
;; min-init.el
(require 'tab-bar)
(tab-bar-mode)
(add-to-list 'tab-bar-format 'tab-bar-format-global 'append)
(display-time-mode -1)
```

This patch instructs tab-bar-mode to ignore daemon's initial frame: