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Issue Trackers

Coming in 15.1

This update introduces support for issue trackers such as GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Linear.

When you reference issues such as "#123" or "PROJ-456" in your commit messages, Tower will automatically convert them into clickable links to your preferred issue tracker.

Release Notes

No beta release notes available for this product at this time.

15.1 Beta

Build 524 Released Feb 17, 2026 Download for macOS 12.0+

Improved

  • Issue Trackers: Custom URL schemes are now supported in issue tracker URL templates

  • Working Copy: Launching a diff tool now shows a proper error message if it fails to open

Fixed

  • Performance: Validation of repositories could take a long time and blocked other operations from running. This has been fixed.

  • Cherry-Pick: Fixed an issue where commits could be cherry-picked in the wrong order

15.1 Beta

Build 522 Released Feb 11, 2026 Download for macOS 12.0+

New

  • Working Copy: Add “Copy File Path” actions to working tree and other relevant context menus.

Improved

  • Workflows: Use the topic-branch starting point when available for better starting point selection.

  • Show File/Blame: Disable Show File/Blame actions for binary files.

Fixed

  • Issue Numbers: Update issue number highlighting in the commit message editor when the issue prefix changes.

  • Quick Start: The Quick Start window could crash in certain cases, this has been fixed.

  • Branches: Fix archive branch dialog not opening with many branches.

15.1 Beta

Build 521 Released Feb 05, 2026 Download for macOS 12.0+

New

  • Issue Tracking: Issue references in commit messages are now clickable in the commit changeset, with built-in support for GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and configurable custom issue trackers.

  • Settings: Added window restoration preference to control whether windows are restored on app launch

  • Commit Templates: Added ability to delete multiple commit templates at once

Improved

  • Working Copy: Checkboxes in commit view are no longer cut off

  • Commit Templates: Improved deletion performance and user experience - templates now stay selected during deletion

  • Commit Templates: Improved duplicate detection when importing multiple templates

  • Branches: Detached HEAD branches can no longer be pinned, archived, or marked as stale/fully merged

Fixed

  • Branches: Fixed branches with missing commit hashes being incorrectly reported as fully merged

  • Branches: Fixed a hang when trying to delete a branch with an associated worktree

  • Branches: Fixed crash in branch menu generator

  • Branches: Fixed duplicate detached HEAD branches appearing in sidebar

  • Sidebar: Fixed crash when showing Quick Start window

  • History: Fixed crash in history view configuration converter

  • Merge Tool: Fixed merge tool not updating when preference changes - now properly picks up the updated configuration

  • Merge Tool: Fixed error not being shown when merge tool fails to execute (e.g., when tool is uninstalled or misconfigured)

  • Worktrees: Fixed switching user profiles not working in worktrees - now writes to main repository config

  • Commit Templates: Fixed duplicate commit templates being created

  • Commit Templates: Fixed global commit template not refreshing when git config changes

  • Commit Templates: Fixed stale bookmark data URLs for commit templates

How to Get Access

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