signalapp/Signal-Desktop

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A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Stars: 16.5k
Forks: 3.1k
Open beginner issues: 1
Indexed issues: 854

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
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PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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854 open issues indexed

Embed not retrying when modifying the URL Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8033 · Opened Sep 20, 2026
Quick unread filter ignores current folder Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8030 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
UI/accessibility: checkboxes/toggles are not actable via their label Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8029 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Folders notification pastille now includes muted conversation in count since v8.27 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8028 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Signal Desktop cannot connect to chat.signal.org on Linux, preventing QR code from loading Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8026 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Linux: renderer SIGKILLed mid-call (Exit Code: 9) — RingRTC SCHED_FIFO threads exceed RLIMIT_RTTIME Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8024 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 12, 2026
Signal 8.26.0 segmantation fault Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8019 · 11 comments · Opened Sep 7, 2026
Screen Share Not Working on Windows Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8015 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 5, 2026
Video playback volume always resets to 100% Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8012 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 4, 2026
I am unable to utilise `signal-desktop`'s local backup feature. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8011 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Certain stickers missing from search Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8009 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 1, 2026
URLs with domain names that contain raw punycode aren't processed as clickable links Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8006 · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Signal Desktop Exec not working Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#8005 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2026
Enforcing updates removes in-app update download on chat screen (Windows) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7999 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 23, 2026
**macOS: Linked device sync completes, but contacts and chat history are not transferred** Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7998 · Opened Aug 22, 2026
Tray icon renders as broken/unresponsive "unavailable" glyph on Cinnamon; persists across reboot Open

Upstream Change Needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7995 · 17 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Newest messages LOST on iOS 8.24 (1799) after the transfer to desktop 8.18.0 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7994 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2026
signal-desktop unresponsive on Kubuntu 26.04 Open

Linux Need Information

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7993 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Signal Destkop Verify Captcha Not Completing Open

Need Information

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7990 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 14, 2026
No user-facing diagnostic when session state is invalidated by a cloned installation Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7989 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Selecting and copying text in link preview does not work Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7987 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Accessibility: Unable to access pop-out menu for contact controls on Windows Signal client Open

Accessibility

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7982 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 4, 2026
ci: commits.yml pins Signal-Check-Commits-Action-Private to @main (no version) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7979 · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Cannot close preferences tab if sidebar is disabled Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7976 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 1, 2026
Signal official contact\chat unblocking after each update Open

Bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7967 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 30, 2026
can't install signal desktop (Signal is running, click OK to close it) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7963 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2026
import contacts string malformed Open

Bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7962 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2026
Duplicate member name in group: Contact popup doesn't work Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7961 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2026
Couldn't export chat history Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7959 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 21, 2026
Signal does not always synchronize from the smartphone app to the desktop app Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7957 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2026
Screen darkens on macOS with contrast increased Open

Accessibility Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7956 · Opened Jul 18, 2026
Laptop Webcam Is Not Detected Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7953 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 13, 2026
Desktop is unlinked automatically Open

Need Information

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7952 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 11, 2026
Bazzite: Signal Desktop AppImage does not display the menu bar properly Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7946 · Opened Jul 2, 2026
No desktop icon for appimage Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7945 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jun 29, 2026
Missing Linux safeStorage backend migration can block startup or push users to basic_text/plaintext key storage Open

Linux

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7944 · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 27, 2026
Official Signal chat keeps unarchiving itself Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7940 · 7 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 25, 2026
Document incompatibility with AppImageLauncher 2.x Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7938 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 24, 2026
call button become very slow Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7937 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 24, 2026
Group call voice quality become very bad in the last few weeks Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7935 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 22, 2026
Signal Desktop completely self-uninstalled / disappeared on Windows 11 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7934 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 20, 2026
Couldn't export chat history - Error: Title transition must have username or e164 Open

stale

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7933 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 20, 2026
UX Bug: Zoom in with unexpected shortcut (CMD * instead of CMD +) Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7929 · Opened Jun 16, 2026
Screen security breaks accessibility tools during setup Open

stale

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7928 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 16, 2026
Cannot export messages from unliked device Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7927 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2026
Login keyring password prompt after upgrading to 8.14.0 Open

Linux Upstream Change Needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7924 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 12, 2026
Old application icon shown in KDE Plasma title bars and task switcher Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7920 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 12, 2026
URLs pasted into edited messages not recognized Open

stale

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7912 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Expiring messages do not include voice or video calls Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7911 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Selecting a button while ctrl+c allows to copy the query of the button Open

Bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

signalapp/Signal-Desktop#7903 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 2, 2026

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