The XApp Status applet is randomly duplicated

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the duplication with mate-panel --replace repeatedly on the reported MATE and Linux Mint versions. Trace the XApp Status applet's session startup and registration path, then verify that restarting the panel consistently leaves only one applet instance.

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Description

Expected behaviour

Only one instance of the XApp Status applet should be displayed:
Screenshot at 2022-08-29 09-52-02

Actual behaviour

After starting a new session the XApp Status applet is randomly duplicated

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Execute the following command multiple times to reproduce the issue:
mate-panel --replace

MATE general version

v1.26.0

Package version

v2.2.14+vanessa

Linux Distribution

Linux Mint 21 Vanessa 64-bit

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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Avg merge
5d 15h
Merged PRs (30d)
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