gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message() ["assertion failed: (window->display->focus_window != window)"]

[Eduard]

Happened randomly in my Virtual Machine on Parallels Desktop

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: prl_fs_freeze prl_fs prl_eth prl_tg
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 22 17:37:17 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'enabled-extensions' b"['<email address hidden>', '<email address hidden>', '<email address hidden>', 'axemenu@wheezy']"
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'app-picker-view' b'uint32 1'
 b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'rhythmbox.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'libreoffice-impress.desktop', 'shotwell.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'gnome-control-center.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop']"
 b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_assertion_message () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 g_assertion_message_expr () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 meta_window_unmanage () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-1.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-1.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-1.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in g_assertion_message()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 g_assertion_message (domain=domain@entry=0x7f8d6fff7233 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d6fff7233>, file=file@entry=0x7f8d70001112 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d70001112>, line=line@entry=1478, func=func@entry=0x7f8d70003330 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d70003330>, message=message@entry=0x558d7f503fd0 "assertion failed: (window->display->focus_window != window)") at ../../../../glib/gtestutils.c:2436
 g_assertion_message_expr (domain=0x7f8d6fff7233 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d6fff7233>, file=0x7f8d70001112 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d70001112>, line=1478, func=0x7f8d70003330 <error: Cannot access memory at address 0x7f8d70003330>, expr=<optimized out>) at ../../../../glib/gtestutils.c:2459
 ?? ()
 ?? ()

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Looks like this crash is several years old so it's had a few variations. Now tracking in bug 1422253.