macOS privacy usage descriptions added or fixed
Cluster 81563 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #95298 on 26 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 #95298. 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 issues and PRs address missing or unexplained NSUsageDescription entries in the macOS app's Info.plist, covering Calendar, Reminders, screen recording, music, and local network access. The work ensures macOS privacy prompts are present and include meaningful explanations for users.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#95298 macOS privacy prompts now explain themselves — Calendar, Reminders, screen, local network, music declarations (salvage #65220/#87204/#81571/#66215)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/entitlements.mac.plist,apps/desktop/package.json,contributors/emails/[redacted:email],tests-js/desktop-mac-usage-descriptions.test.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#81571 fix(desktop): declare NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription for macOS 15+ (#81563) · merged via another change →
708b245,#95298,#81563
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#81563[macOS] Desktop: missing NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription causes silent denial of local network access
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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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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #95298
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 26 Aug 2026