Desktop update check proxy env variable support
Cluster 114736. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117001 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117001. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #117001. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and pull requests address the desktop application's update checker not respecting HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY environment variables. The work focuses on making update API requests to api.github.com route correctly through configured proxies.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#117001 fix(desktop): update check reaches api.github.com through HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY, honouring NO_PROXY (#114736, salvage #114750)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/update-api-proxy.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/update-api-proxy.ts,apps/desktop/package.json,website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md
2 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#114736Desktop update check ignores HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY (fails behind corporate proxy)
How this cluster was grouped
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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 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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- Merged PRs
- #117001
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 2 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 20 Sep 2026