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Clean up temporary browser profiles on desktop update exit

Cluster 104350 · apps/desktop. Data as of

2 open items. Fix merged in #104983 on 7 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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0open issues
2open PRs
4items grouped
Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #104983. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #104983. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
0 issues and 2 PRs.

These issues and pull requests concern a bug where the desktop update process leaves behind temporary or throwaway browser profile directories in TMPDIR, and proposed fixes to remove them on exit.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

  • PR#104355fix(desktop-update): clean up throwaway browser profile directory
  • PR#104362fix(desktop-update): remove the shim's throwaway profile on exit

Fixes on record

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  • #104983 fix(desktop-update): remove owned temporary browser profiles on exit (#104350)

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh, tests/test_desktop_update_shim_profile_cleanup.py

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#104350Desktop update never removes its shim browser profile, about 117 MB left in TMPDIR per update
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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Subsystem
apps/desktop
Merged PRs
#104983
Closed issues
1
Attempts
0 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
7 Sep 2026

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