Bug 453459

Summary: Session restore does not remember flatpak apps
Product: [Unmaintained] ksmserver Reporter: dagobertram
Component: generalAssignee: David Edmundson <kde>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: plasma-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.24.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Flatpak   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description dagobertram 2022-05-06 09:26:40 UTC
SUMMARY
When I have session restore activated, and there are flatpak as well as native apps open, only the native apps get restored after a reboot.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.24
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.4.0-109-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2022-05-06 09:39:49 UTC
This is expected. Flatpak provides a level of security, the ability to run an arbitrary command on startup would defeat that so flatpak blocks access.

A XSM replacement is needed, but none exist currently.