ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Adds KStatusNotifierItem support to the Shell

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Indexed issues: 201
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Merged PRs (30d): 4

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 30, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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201 open issues indexed

Slack tray icon never registers (malformed `RegisterStatusNotifierItem` parameter + `GetNameOwner` race) and click handling crashes on GNOME Shell 51 (`Clutter.Settings.get_default()` removed) Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#668 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Right-click does nothing for StatusNotifierItems exposing /NO_DBUSMENU Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#666 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Duplicate Solaar tray icons: startup discovery and application registration use different identifiers for the same indicator Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#665 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Possible stale icon race: cached icon update does not cancel an earlier asynchronous load Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#663 · Opened Sep 13, 2026
Chromium/Electron items (e.g. Slack 4.51+) never show their icon: Properties.Get only answered on the well-known name; property cache never recovers from initial GetAll failure Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 74/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#661 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Aug 31, 2026
GNOME Shell freeze: unhandled exceptions in _replaceSelf() loop when a stale property-changed signal hits an already-detached item (+ obsolete St.Widget.add() call) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 76/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#656 · Opened Aug 23, 2026
Icons of Slack and Signal no longer shown? Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#654 · 7 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Aug 21, 2026
q Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#653 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Moving a menu item past the last row throws `TypeError: menu.box.add is not a function` Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#649 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
GNOME v51 support Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#648 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026
CancellableChild leaks one signal handler per instance — 479k handlers and ~390 MB after 7 days uptime Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#647 · Opened Aug 18, 2026
version string missing... Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#646 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2026
CancellablePromise constructor unconditionally captures new Error().stack — heap leak at ~6 MB/hr Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#645 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 13, 2026
`Util.Logger.warning` is not a function, so `onTrayIconRemoved` throws instead of warning Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#644 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
TypeError: can't access property "g_name_owner", this._proxy is undefined during StatusNotifierItem registration — tray icon silently never appears Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#642 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 10, 2026
`addIconToPanel` re-registers its own `changed::tray-pos` handler on every call — handler count doubles per settings change, wedging gnome-shell Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#641 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 9, 2026
SNI no longer works with Chromium's new multiplexer Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#639 · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 6, 2026
run Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#637 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 24, 2026
Many StatusNotifierItems can push GNOME system controls out of the visible panel area Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#635 · Opened Jul 5, 2026
PWA support Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#631 · Opened Jun 23, 2026
Icon placement changes after unlocking screen. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#629 · 1 reaction · Opened May 4, 2026
Does not show icons on Gnome 50 (Ubuntu 26.04) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#628 · 5 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Apr 25, 2026
Force tray icons to 'background apps' menu Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#623 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 24, 2026
Polychromatic Tray Applet stacking submenus in the wrong z‑order on GNOME Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#619 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Icon size is ignored Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#618 · Opened Mar 3, 2026
[Ubuntu 22.04 / GNOME 42.9] ubuntu-appindicators dbusMenu.js log storm causes severe shell lag Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#616 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2026
Extension faulty after standby Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#615 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 21, 2026
The icons in the appindicator are shifted to the left Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#613 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Left-click to open Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#611 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 10, 2026
Extension error on Gnome 49 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#610 · Opened Feb 6, 2026
An app requires libayatana-appindicator1 library to be installed on Gnome v49 to show up in the tray Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#606 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 30, 2025
Remodel app indicator structure Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#604 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 27, 2025
Only one screen, it would be better to do this on all screens Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#603 · Opened Nov 21, 2025
Custom Icons: cannot override IconThemePath Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#602 · Opened Nov 16, 2025
Support libayatana-appindicator-glib Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#597 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 18, 2025
Cannot enable extension on RHEL 8.10 Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#594 · Opened Oct 1, 2025
apps that don't implement menu property crash Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#592 · Opened Sep 21, 2025
Compiled list of Indicator IDs discovered so far, for custom icons Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#585 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 2, 2025
Gio.IOErrorEnum: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Error.PropertyNotFound Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#581 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 21, 2025
Left click behaves like right click Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#575 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2025
Apps that start with system do not show on tray or shown as legacy icons Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#574 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 19, 2025
How to find the indicator ID Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#567 · 18 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2025
Extension alters animation from overview to desktop (touchpad gestures only, keybindings and overview button are not affected) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#563 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 26, 2025
Custom icons are displayed on top of normal icons Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#560 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jan 4, 2025
Support resorting tray icons by dragging icon like Windows Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#559 · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 28, 2024
Answer for "KDE ones maybe?" in README Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#556 · Opened Dec 5, 2024
Distance between icons is too big Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#554 · 19 comments · 16 reactions · Opened Oct 31, 2024
xwaylandvideobridge tray icon not appears Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#553 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 11, 2024
Gio.DBusError Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#551 · 5 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Sep 23, 2024
Transparency not working Open

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ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator#550 · Opened Sep 20, 2024

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