desktop Oauth is broken on gentoo

The problem

I am trying to sign in, I've tried up and down left and right and I still cannot get it to function. What happens: 1.) I click continue with browser. 2.) I follow through in the browser. 3.) It opens the oauth page. 4.) Github desktop just sits there with the spinning wheel.

Release version

Version 3.4.8-linux1 (x64)

Operating system

Gentoo 2.17

Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Log files

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Additional context

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Dec 07 '24 01:12 jordan4ibanez

Which browser?

Dec 09 '24 13:12 shiftkey

The browser was firefox

Dec 10 '24 23:12 jordan4ibanez

I have the same problem. Is it solved?

Dec 21 '24 11:12 JTJason

I have the same problem. Is it solved?

No :D

Dec 22 '24 10:12 jordan4ibanez

If you're using the AppImage version, you could try going to Settings > General > Applications and changing the action for content type x-github-desktop-dev-auth to point to the AppImage file.

I'm using Void but I assume it should also work on Gentoo.

Dec 22 '24 12:12 octopuddle

I had the same problem on one of my computers (but not the other) running KDE neon, which is based on Ubuntu 24.04. I temporarily switched my default browser from Firefox to Chrome, and then the authentication was done in Chrome and was able to successfully redirect back to GitHub Desktop.

Jan 16 '25 16:01 mrbumpy409