Duplicate reboot prompt is displayed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
|
Nick Rosbrook | ||
Bug Description
See bug 1998947.
Apparently this has already been reintroduced in Mantic. The scenario is, on a default desktop installation:
1) The user starts an update through update-manager and then leaves it running; a new kernel is picked up that requires a reboot. This results in a prompt to reboot the system from update-manager but does not get acknowledged by the user since they have stepped away.
2) Time passes.
3) update-notifier detects the reboot-required state and also prompts itself.
4) The user then comes back. What do they see on the screen?
Expected behaviour: only one reboot prompt on the screen.
Actual behaviour: duplicate reboot prompts on the screen.
I think it's fine for the user to be periodically prompted, but having duplicate prompts on the screen at once is a UX regression.
I have not reproduced this myself, but infer that it can happen through the discussion in bug 1998947 so am leaving this bug open so it does not get forgotten.
| Robie Basak (racb) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Nick Rosbrook (enr0n) |
| tags: | added: mantic regression-release |
| tags: | added: foundations-todo |
| tags: | added: reboot-required |
Looking at the code changes, if this bug is valid then it will have been introduced in 3.192.65.