Desktop setting to open links in external browser
Cluster 106850. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #120790 on 24 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120790. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
unresolved. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items all concern adding a desktop application setting that allows users to always open links in the OS or external browser instead of the built-in in-app preview pane.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#120790 feat(desktop): setting to always open links in the external browser
files:
apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx,apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts,apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts,apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts,apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts,apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.test.tsx,apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx,apps/desktop/src/store/external-links.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/store/external-links.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#106858 feat(desktop): Appearance setting to open links in the OS browser · superseded by another PR →
#120790,#106850
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#106850[Feature]: Desktop setting to always open links in the external browser instead of the in-app preview pane
How this cluster was grouped
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Link evidence (
structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference. -
Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
Pick up a Lab task
Check whether a fix covers the open issues here, with your own agent. Bring back evidence for maintainers.
Open the LabAt a glance
- Merged PRs
- #120790
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 24 Sep 2026