Gnome-shell search always open new instance of gnome-terminal

[shantanu saha]

If I search 'terminal' in shell and hit enter, it always open new instance of gnome-terminal.

How to regenerate:
1. Open a terminal (gnome-terminal)
2. Press super key or click Activities to start overview mode
3. Search for terminal and hit enter
4. It will open another instance of gnome-terminal

Expected behavior:
1. Bring already opened instance to front.

It also doesn't work for Android Studio

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.20.4-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Nov 20 23:43:15 2016
DisplayManager: gdm3
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-11 (648 days ago)
InstallationMedia: elementary OS 0.3 "Freya" - Daily amd64 (20141209)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-11-09 (10 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[shantanu saha (shantanucse18-gmail)]

workaround:
two .desktop file exits for each gnome application like gnome-terminal, gedit etc in /usr/share/applications.
Delete the files named org.***.gedit.desktop or org.***.gnome-terminal.desktop

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Ubuntu GNOME because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gnome-terminal (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]