Desktop expired OAuth session flicker and error handling
Cluster 95701. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #107990 on 11 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- Known?
- Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #107990. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
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resolved, deciding PR #107990. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These items address flickering or repeated display of the sign-in/recovery overlay when a remote OAuth session expires, and related work to distinguish transport failure types in WebSocket ticket minting. All members concern desktop-side handling of expired or failed remote authentication states.
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Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#107990 Desktop: an expired remote OAuth session no longer flickers the Sign-in overlay (#95701, salvage #95716)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/api-transport.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/api-transport.ts,apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/backend-health.ts,apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/backend-start-failure.ts,apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts,apps/desktop/electron/gateway-file-download-transport.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/native-auth-decisions.ts,apps/desktop/electron/remote-reauth-latch.test.ts -
#128297 fix(desktop): distinguish transport failure classes in WS-ticket mint copy
files:
apps/desktop/electron/connection-config.ts,apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/remote-oauth-ticket.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#95716 fix(desktop): latch an expired remote OAuth session on the first confirmed 401 instead of flickering the Sign in overlay (#95701) · merged via another change →
4f137c7,eb8ff86,#107990,#95701
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#95701fix(desktop): expired remote auth flickers recovery UI during boot retries
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