Pidgin looks closed, but remains running hidden

[Dan Smith]

In unity, if I close pidgin by either clicking the window decoration button or by closing it from the dock tile (right-click, quit), the pidgin window goes away and the tile reports that it's not running. However, it *is* still running in the background, new chats will mysteriously appear, etc. If I close pidgin from its Buddies menu, then it actually exits, but this is awkward and illogical, especially with the unified menu bar, regardless of how cool Apple thinks it is.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 29 09:51:20 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110720.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-22 (7 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[zorgoth (freepskov)]

I'm fairly certain that this is working as intended. It's certainly how I want it to work, since I want to keep my chat client running without it always being on display in alt-tab. Have you tried changing the Show System Tray Icon prefrence to Never?

[Jan Stutzki (78luphr0rnk2nuqimstywepozxn9kl19tqh0tx66b5dki1xxsh5mkz9gl21a5rlwfnr8jn6ln0m3jxne2k9x1-launchpad)]

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. There is absolutely no visible indicator that pidgin is still running after the window was closed as described despite the user still being online and available.

[bedhead75 (bedhead999)]

PLEASE fix this BUG! This just happened to me the other day! It's also a SECURITY issue. Pidgin continues to run in the background even after it's been closed as described. Other users on my computer were able to access my contacts list after a chat window opened up in an unexpected manner. Such a simple but MAJOR bug gives open source software a bad reputation!!!! How is it possible that it's been almost one and a half years since reported and STILL the importance has yet to be "undecided"!!!!!!

PLEASE FIX FIX FIX FIX FIX!!!!