Desktop stale remote connection handling fixes
Cluster 65938 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #87873 on 16 Aug 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 #87873. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #87873. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and pull requests address scenarios where the desktop client incorrectly uses or reacts to outdated remote connections, including stale backend exits, stale connection attempts, and false reauthentication triggers after settings changes.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#87873 fix(desktop): ignore stale remote connection attempts (salvage of #65943)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/backend-connection-state.ts,apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,contributors/emails/[redacted:email]
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#65943 fix(desktop): ignore stale remote connection attempts · merged via another change →
#87873
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#65938Desktop can use an old remote connection after settings change
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structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #87873
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 16 Aug 2026