GitHub Desktop version history

- Mitigates several Git credential helper vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-23040, CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2024-50338, CVE-2024-53263) - Requires GLIBC 2.28+ due to Node v20 upgrade

- Merge branch dialog now updates merge status when selection changes

- Prevent crash caused by excessively long Git output

## Added - Add a banner for communicating when prioritized updates exist - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19655 - Add "View Pull Request on GitHub" Option to the Checked-Out Branch Button and Pull Requests List - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19453. Thanks @DylanDevelops! ## Fixed - Accurately calculate number of conflicted files in a merge - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/8049 - Inform user when a staged renamed file has changes - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/17467. Thanks @ssigwart! - The visual label for the remote url in the repository settings is announced by screen readers - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19647 - Remove duplicate avatar users - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19597 - Fix for indents of clear button in text box - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19613. Thanks @artbutko! - Screen readers announce the position of the list items in selectable lists such as the history commit list - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19603 - Limit the commit message length we accept - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/15355 - Prevent repository not found message for

**Note**: this release required upgrading some very old NPM packages related to keychain access and elevated filesystem access to properly build on ARM architectures, but hopefully there are no functional changes to the application. See https://github.com/shiftkey/node-keytar/pull/1 and https://github.com/shiftkey/fs-admin/pull/1 for more details. ## Fixed - App no longer crash for first time users going through the welcome flow and attempting to sign in more than once - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19442 - Files configured to use the binary merge driver are now treated as binary files when resolving conflicts - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/9846 - Fix UI glitch rendering tooltips - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19342 ## Improved - Replace hint text of toggle Co-Authors button with a regular tooltip - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19383 - Use OS emojis - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19102 - Insert unicode emoji - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19376 - Allow resizing Branch and Push/Pull toolbar buttons - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/4569 https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issu

## Fixed - App no longer crash for first time users going through the welcome flow and attempting to sign in more than once

## Improved - Support entering GitHub.com as a GitHub Enterprise endpoint - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19342

## Fixed - Don't show certificate error dialog when probing for endpoint kind - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/18991 - Colorize multi-line strings in toml - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/14333 - Unset GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR when rebasing - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/15413 - Use `api.` subdomain for requests to GHE.com hosts - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19312 - Migrate existing GHE account endpoints to the new `api.` subdomain - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19319 - Right-clicking on diff checkmarks displays the context menu - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19302 - Arguments with spaces are passed correctly to custom editors or shells on Windows - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19218 ## Removed - Remove staggered updates block in about dialog - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19274

## Fixed - Quotes are preserved in custom integration arguments - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19218

## New - Add support for custom editors and shells - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/18954 ## Fixed - The "Create a New Repository" dialog allows creation of repositories in repository subfolders - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19137 - Stop improper announcement of "dialog" role on the autocompletion suggestions popover - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19114 - The branch selection popover in the "Open a Pull Request" dialog does not close on filter clearing - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19106 - The contrast ratio of icon in the diff file warnings is at least 3:1 - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19097 - The "Push Local Changes" confirmation dialog users "alertdialog" role such that screen readers announce entire dialog contents - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19098 - Emoji's provide descriptions for screen readers - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19101 - Only ask for SSH credentials for the selected repository and only delete them after an authentication error - https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/19019 ## Improved - Screen readers will announce when users expand conte