Desktop gated file download authentication fixes
Cluster 88987 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #90546 on 20 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 #90546. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #90546. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug report and two related fix attempts addressing failures when downloading attachments through password-protected or gated remote gateways on Desktop. The fixes aim to ensure authenticated requests are used for these file downloads.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#90546 fix(desktop): authenticate gated file downloads like REST (supersedes #89013)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#89013 fix(desktop): authenticate gated file downloads for password remotes · superseded by another PR →
#90546
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#88987[Bug] Desktop: attachment download fails (401) on remote gateway with password (basic) auth — "Couldn't fetch X from the gateway"
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #90546
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 20 Aug 2026