Desktop update shim window leaking into browsers
Cluster 88410 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #93708 on 24 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 #93708. 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.
A bug where the POSIX update shim window is incorrectly rendered by Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Chrome, Brave), causing issues like leaked user email and stranded windows. The members cover the bug report and related fixes.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#93708 fix(desktop-update): splash stops hijacking Chrome/Edge/Brave and never strands a window (salvage #88418, #84548)
files:
contributors/emails/[redacted:email],scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#88418 fix(desktop-update): never render the posix update shim in Edge · merged via another change →
#93708,#88410,#84548
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#88410[Bug]: macOS update shim window (posix.sh) is rendered by Microsoft Edge --app and shows Edge's own MSA sync notification (leaks user email in a 'Hermes' window)
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structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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
- #93708
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 24 Aug 2026