Bug 463356 - Audio indicators are displayed for some flatpaks that aren't running audio
Summary: Audio indicators are displayed for some flatpaks that aren't running audio
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.27.2
Platform: Other Linux
: HI normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords:
: 463202 469866 492039 502653 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2022-12-22 20:36 UTC by Wyatt Childers
Modified: 2025-10-04 05:28 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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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 ร— 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. ***
Comment 11 Nate Graham 2025-04-11 18:23:29 UTC
*** Bug 502653 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Nate Graham 2025-09-19 15:48:09 UTC
I'm not able to reproduce this issue in KDE Linux, which currently ships git master Plasma and tons and tons of apps from Flatpak.

Is anyone else able to reproduce the issue with the Plasma 6.5 beta (or final release)?
Comment 13 Wyatt Childers 2025-09-19 16:35:43 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #12)
> I'm not able to reproduce this issue in KDE Linux, which currently ships git
> master Plasma and tons and tons of apps from Flatpak.
> 
> Is anyone else able to reproduce the issue with the Plasma 6.5 beta (or
> final release)?

I'm not sure that I've seen it myself in a bit (or maybe I'm just use to seeing it and disregarding it). I'll try and pay better attention over the next few days but it may have been fixed prior to 6.5 but not properly closed out (I'm on 6.4.4).
Comment 14 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-04 03:46:27 UTC
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Comment 15 Alexander Wilms 2025-10-04 05:28:01 UTC
I cannot reproduce this anymore. I tried it with org.gnome.Podcasts and org.texstudio.TeXstudio.

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20250930
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2