snapd

[GNOME] When a Snap is refreshed while running, its Favorites icon loses association with open windows

Bug #1762354 reported by Plurtu on 2018-04-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1616650: snap refresh while command is running may cause issues. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	snapd	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 17.10

STR:
1. Run a Snap that creates windows.
2. Add its .desktop icon to Favorites, if it is not already.
3. Refresh the Snap to a different channel while its windows are still open.

When the Snap refreshes, the .desktop icon is removed from Favorites momentarily and when it is re-added it has lost association with existing windows, making it harder to switch focus to them.

I tested Firefox, VLC and GIMP, all with the same result.

The Favorites icon is treated independently for each revision. GNOME Favorites are stored in ~/.config/dconf/user which is in each revision folder.

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