🐞 Issue: GitHub Desktop repeatedly loses local repository paths after system restart #1285
Description
The problem
Hy!
On Linux Mint, GitHub Desktop frequently fails to detect previously opened local repositories after a system shutdown or restart. Repositories that were working fine earlier show an error like “Can’t find repository on your system”, even though the folders still exist and have not been moved or deleted.
This forces me to manually locate and re-add the same repository folders again and again, which disrupts workflow.
Kind Regards
Muhammad Farooq
Release version
Version 3.4.12-linux1 (x64)
Operating system
Linux Mint 22.3 x86_64
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Open GitHub Desktop
- Add or open a local repository
- Use the repository normally
- Shut down or restart the system
- Open GitHub Desktop again
Log files
2026-01-27.desktop.production.log
Screenshots
Additional context
- Repository folders are not moved, renamed, or deleted
- Issue persists across multiple restarts
- Clearing GitHub Desktop cache temporarily fixes it, but the problem returns later