What’s new
The Desktop App now shows GitHub merge queue builds for projects you track by a local directory. Your build status stays complete right through to merge.
What problem we’re solving
When a pull request enters GitHub’s merge queue, GitHub runs the final pre-merge checks on a temporary queue branch, not your own branch. The Desktop App follows the branch you have checked out locally, so those queue builds ran somewhere the app wasn’t watching. Your status went quiet at the exact moment it matters most: the checks that decide whether your PR actually merges.
What’s the solution
The app now learns which pull request your current branch belongs to and remembers it. Using that link, it recognizes the merge queue builds tied to your PR and shows them in your build list, alongside the rest of your build history, with nothing to configure. So you can watch the gating build from the menu bar instead of jumping to a browser right before merge.
How to use it
Download the Bitrise desktop app here
- Track a project by local directory (Settings → Projects → add a local folder). The app matches it to your Bitrise project automatically.
- Work on your branch and open your pull request as usual.
- When your PR enters the merge queue, its builds appear in the Desktop App build list for that project. Glance at the menu bar dot, see the queue build pass, and merge.