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fix: disable spellchecker to prevent automatic dictionary downloads#11107

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fix: disable spellchecker to prevent automatic dictionary downloads#11107
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uadhran:fix/disable-spellchecker-downloads

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@uadhran uadhran commented Mar 24, 2026

Summary

This PR disables Electron's built-in spellchecker to prevent it from automatically downloading dictionary files from Google's servers. This addresses privacy and bandwidth concerns raised by users who want to minimize background network activity.

Changes

  • Added this.window.webContents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false) in tabby/app/lib/window.ts to globally disable the spellchecker for the application window's session.

Fixes:

Fixes #10976

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