Proxy setups and issue shortcuts in GitHub Desktop 2.4
GitHub Desktop 2.4 focuses on smoothing out two common developer friction points: working behind a corporate proxy and filing issues without breaking your flow. The update ships alongside the dark theme's graduation from beta, which now includes an automatic light/dark switching option.
No more proxy configuration headaches
Developers joining large organizations often struggle with push and pull failures that surface as Git errors like couldn’t resolve host. Figuring out the cause typically leads to a web search for a solution and trusting an unverified command. GitHub Desktop 2.4 removes that entire setup step: proxy configuration is now handled automatically, so no manual setup is needed before you can fetch or sync repositories.
Create issues without leaving your workflow
The app already supported creating a pull request for the current repository. Users asked for the same convenience for issues, and the new release delivers it. While working on a feature, you may spot an unrelated bug that deserves its own issue. Instead of switching context to find the right page, you can now invoke a menu item or keyboard shortcut to jump straight to the New issue page on GitHub. If the repository has issue templates configured, GitHub Desktop routes you to the template selection page automatically.
Dark theme leaves beta with a day/night option
GitHub Desktop's dark theme has been stable enough to exit beta. Community contributor @say25 added support for automatically alternating between dark and light appearances based on the time of day, giving users one less setting to manage.
