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fix: allow OAuth popups to open inside Electron webview #218

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fix: allow OAuth popups to open inside Electron webview

pstlaurent May 26, 2026

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions src/main/index.ts

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Expand Up		@@ -1313,7 +1313,20 @@ if (!gotTheLock) {

		if (contents.getType() === 'webview') {
		// ── Popups (target="_blank" links) → open in default browser ──
	// OAuth popup windows (Google, Microsoft, GitHub, etc.) must open
	// inside Electron so the opener page can receive the postMessage
	// callback. All other popups go to the system browser.
	const OAUTH_HOSTS = [
	'accounts.google.com',
	'login.microsoftonline.com',
	'github.com/login',
	'github.com/oauth',
	]
		contents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => {
	const isOAuth = OAUTH_HOSTS.some((h) => url.includes(h))
	if (isOAuth) {
	return { action: 'allow' }
	}
		openUrl(url)
		return { action: 'deny' }
		})
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