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8.0.0 (2026-11-04)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• auth: migrate custom OAuth app login to the device flow (#3449)
• renderer: remove legacy context storage migration (#3515)

🚀 Features

• add CI checks pill for pull requests (#3548) (89c63d6)
• add screen reader labels to metric pills (#3542) (98af9f0)
• align stacked and linked issue pill labels to Type: value format (4e4ae21)
• align stacked PR and linked issue pill labels to Type: value format (#3551) (4e4ae21)
• auth: migrate custom OAuth app login to the device flow (#3449) (358206c)
• i18n: add internationalization support (#3523) (f5b1698)
• login: refine GitHub secondary auth methods (#3568) (90ffede)
• notifications: add actionable native notifications (#3574) (61925f5)
• notifications: add loading state for initial fetch (#3460) (51ec01a)
• notifications: collapse overflowing metric pills (#3589) (94d41ff)
• notifications: improve single notification copy (#3575) (3f944d8)
• notifications: show loading state on initial fetch (51ec01a)
• open linked issue when clicking the linked issues pill (#3546) (dff5e3e)
• pause polling while locked or suspended (#3590) (cce9aad)
• renderer: add route and app error boundaries (#3594) (ff55103)
• renderer: adopt data router navigation (#3593) (cdf770b)
• settings: add help tooltips to remaining controls (#3494) (3bf9e9b)
• show milestone state in milestone pill tooltip (#3544) (db167ef)
• show only issue number in parent issue pill (#3540) (7b6e3bc)
• show review required indicator in reviews pill (#3549) (4d47efd)
• tray: show the unread count on the Linux tray icon (#3603) (fdbddf9)
• updater: link release notes from update dialog (#3592) (e136808)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• a11y: accessible names for help buttons and scope status icons (#3558) (3866936)
• a11y: give help buttons and scope status icons accessible names (3866936)
• clarify GitHub device-flow and classic PAT login copy (#3298) (9687027)
• dev: run the lint checker through vp lint (#3582) (bd30890)
• enforce zoom limits on shortcuts and hide login scrollbar (#3569) (e9da8ab)
• github: optimize notification enrichment requests (#3583) (db4e3a2)
• github: reduce merged GraphQL batch size to avoid resource limits (#3559) (ea7d72f)
• glass: blend the Linux hover action rail into the hovered row (#3604) (e93b71d)
• launch dev builds alongside installed Gitify (#3567) (360f0c1)
• notifications: align chevron disclosure and expose expanded state (#3620) (4f23d5c)
• notifications: bound notification exit animation (#3584) (1397f08)
• notifications: size GitHub enrichment batches at 50 (#3597) (eff295f)
• remove duplicate tab stop on non-clickable metric pills (#3545) (c4ffed3)
• respect package-managed updates and user preferences (#3346) (67614ae)
• settings: center the toggle switch on/off glyphs (#3606) (b101838)
• test unique keys (0ee38fb)
• tests (727b191)
• use stack icon and gray color for stacked pull request pill (#3543) (dce51bc)

⚡️ Performance

• decouple notification actions from the notifications query (#3426) (3df1176)

🧼 Code Refactoring

• auto-launch: drop unsupported openAsHidden (9c0e07b)
• drop unsupported openAsHidden (#3587) (9c0e07b)
• filters: adopt Primer checkbox and help popover (#3497) (9035425)
• lint: share renderer boundary file globs (#3488) (f821b1f)
• make milestone pill prop optional (#3547) (1a01ca2)
• notifications: read alert settings with useEffectEvent (#3595) (365dfbd)
• remove tooltip on overflow metric pill (f129490)
• renderer: break import cycles and enable no-cycle globally (#3489) (d9d166e)
• renderer: import store modules directly in utils (#3490) (0676c29)
• renderer: model chevron icon choice as a direction (#3527) (215bb5c)
• renderer: polish tooltip copy (#3495) (8ed45cf)
• renderer: remove legacy Context storage migration (2a15119)
• renderer: remove legacy context storage migration (#3515) (2a15119)
• reorder metric pills into a logical flow (#3541) (73207d5)
• settings: align control visibility gating (#3493) (095a2b9)
• settings: refresh controls with Primer (#3496) (6797023)
• settings: split inbox and alert sections (#3492) (f9510fe)
• tooltips copy (8ed45cf)

📚 Documentation

• complete TSDoc accuracy and add guardrails (#3530) (ada11aa)
• complete TSDoc accuracy and guardrails (ada11aa)
• define TSDoc convention and align IPC docs (#3528) (635e09d)
• update Homebrew install copy (#3626) (867955c)
• Update Homebrew installation instructions (eff14d3)

🏗️ Build System

• dev: run development from a branded Electron app bundle (#3576) (bcddd5f)
• harden packaged builds with Electron fuses (#3442) (6700bb0)
• validate runtime dependency classification (#3573) (b951835)

🤖 Continuous Integration

• keep milestone description in sync with release version (#3552) (5b97ade)
• labeler: accept breaking-change markers in PR titles (#3513) (b37c1f3)

📦 Dependency Updates (Core)

• deps-core: update @primer/css to v22.3.3 (#3599) (23d8b3d)
• deps-core: update @primer/octicons-react to v19.41.0 (#3471) (4a5c670)
• deps-core: update @primer/octicons-react to v19.42.0 (#3532) (505c71c)
• deps-core: update @primer/react to v38.42.0 (#3472) (d5574cb)
• deps-core: update @primer/react to v38.43.0 (#3533) (f64ab57)
• deps-core: update electron to v44.9.1 [security] (#3462) (7867b82)
• deps-core: update electron to v45 (#3478) (66425fc)
• deps-core: update electron to v45.1.0 (#3579) (cb16a3a)
• deps-core: update electron to v45.2.1 (#3614) (74da72e)
• deps-core: update electron-menubar to v11.1.2 (#3480) (c56b4f8)
• deps-core: update electron-updater to v6.8.11 (#3467) (fbf4d98)

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