Links in Collection Description are not resolving from the desktop app

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Hi, I have been using Postman for years, but I have just created my first team in postman and set up the first collection within that team workspace.

I was writing a description for the collection and wanted to add some links to our external API documentation (hosted on a private Github pages url) for the requests included in the documentation (the documentation needs to be available to another team who are not in our Postman team, hence the need to host it externally rather than generate in Postman)

What I have found though, is that when clicking the link in the description from within the desktop app (v10.16.5 on Mac OS Ventura 13.4) it takes me to my Postman team’s homepage. However, when clicking the link from the browser version of the page, it resolves correctly.

This seems like a bug but maybe I’ve done something wrong. Any ideas?

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Hi @mkeeble !

The desktop app has a security feature where it doesn’t directly open external links in the default browser. Instead, it redirects to the Postman’s team’s homepage to mitigate risks associated with opening potentially unsafe URLs directly from the app.

For the web version of Postman, the behavior is different because it operates within a browser environment that has its own built-in security features. Thus, it’s able to directly open external links, which is why the links work as expected there.

However, if this issue persists or has become a major workflow disruption, I would recommend reporting on our GitHub here. This way, the development team can look into it and provide a more accurate answer or potential workaround.

Let me know if you have any other questions!