Bug 463356

Summary:	Audio indicators are displayed for some flatpaks that aren't running audio
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Wyatt Childers <kdebugs.81do7>
Component:	Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bednarczyk.pawel, gigastarcraft2, mark.duncan85, nate, postix
Priority:	HI
Version:	5.27.2
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472539 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375943
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	5.27
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Wyatt Childers 2022-12-22 20:36:20 UTC

SUMMARY
Some flatpak apps erroneously share audio indicator and volume adjustment with a flatpak playing music.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open (as flatpaks) Rhythmbox, Slack, Telegram, and Signal
2. Play some music on Rhythmbox

OBSERVED RESULT
Rhythmbox, Slack, and Signal show audio indicators and share a volume slider.

EXPECTED RESULT
Only Rhythmbox shows an audio indicator and volume slider.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 37
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.0.12-300.fc37.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core Processor
Memory: 62.0 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Manufacturer: ASUS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The track skipping and pause options are interestingly not shared.

Comment 1 Fushan Wen 2022-12-23 15:35:37 UTC

Should be fixed in 5.27

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-01-06 19:41:59 UTC

*** Bug 463202 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Mark Duncan 2023-03-02 10:45:24 UTC

(In reply to Fushan Wen from comment #1)
> Should be fixed in 5.27

I don't believe it is fixed.  I'm running 5.27.2 in Fedora 37 and when I have both Bitwarden and Spotify open (both Flatpaks) and I play music in Spotify, audio indicators in the task bar appear for both applications.

Comment 4 Mark Duncan 2023-03-02 10:46:13 UTC

(In reply to mark.duncan85 from comment #3)
> (In reply to Fushan Wen from comment #1)
> > Should be fixed in 5.27
> 
> I don't believe it is fixed.  I'm running 5.27.2 in Fedora 37 and when I
> have both Bitwarden and Spotify open (both Flatpaks) and I play music in
> Spotify, audio indicators in the task bar appear for both applications.

To clarify, that only happens in a Wayland session.  In Xorg, it behaves as expected.

Comment 5 Fushan Wen 2023-03-02 11:50:09 UTC

For me both X11 and Wayland audio indicator shows as expected. I suspect it's a packaging issue but I have no clue yet.

Comment 6 Wyatt Childers 2023-03-06 23:36:30 UTC

Yeah I'm still seeing this as well, with the Signal flatpak showing an audio indicator with Plex

Comment 7 Nate Graham 2023-05-17 19:48:26 UTC

*** Bug 469866 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 gigastarcraft2 2024-04-12 15:40:34 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7)
> *** Bug 469866 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Any progress? I am now on 6.0.3 and this still happens.

Comment 9 gigastarcraft2 2024-04-12 15:41:37 UTC

(In reply to gigastarcraft2 from comment #8)
> (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7)
> > *** Bug 469866 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
> 
> Any progress? I am now on 6.0.3 and this still happens.

I have to add that this is not limited to flatpak.

Comment 10 Nate Graham 2024-08-22 15:22:31 UTC

*** Bug 492039 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***