Bug 1897932

Summary:	JS ERROR: Error: Extension point conflict: there is already a status indicator for role ...
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Luis <lou_bridges>
Component:	gnome-shell-extensions	Assignee:	Florian Müllner <fmuellner>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Martin Krajnak <mkrajnak>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.2	CC:	jadahl, mkrajnak
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Triaged
Target Release:	8.0
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-19.el8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2021-11-09 19:33:50 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Luis 2020-11-15 17:05:01 UTC

Description of problem:
The following error message is registered in the /var/log/messages when my application tries to add an icon into the systray for the 2nd time:

JS ERROR: Error: Extension point conflict: there is already a status indicator for role xxxx-yyyyyyyy#012addToStatusArea@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/panel.js:1164:19#012_onTrayIconAdded@/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/top-icons.github.com/extension.js:67:9
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
8.

This happens with the top-icons extension provided by gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.32.1-10.el8.noarch.

How reproducible:
I need to run two instances of the same app simultaneously.
Each app instance is launched with their own parameters (configuration directory, etc,).
The 1st app instance successfully registers/adds the icon into the systray.
But the 2nd app instance fails to register/add the icon with the error message stated above.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Launch the 1st app instance.
2.Launch the 2nd app instance.

Actual results:
1. The 1st app instance icon is shown in the systray.
2. The 2nd app instance icon is NOT shown in the systray.

Expected results:
Both app instances should successfully register/add the icon into the systray.

Additional info:
The same app works fine on RHEL 7.x (the only one I've not tested was 7.9).

And it works fine on RHEL 8.2 as well if I use any of the following two gnome extensions instead of the system default top-icons extension provided by gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.32.1-10.el8.noarch:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1674/topiconsfix/
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1031/topicons/

Comment 1 Florian Müllner 2021-06-01 15:14:56 UTC

Should be pretty straight-forward to fix.

Comment 2 Martin Krajnak 2021-06-04 12:06:23 UTC

Thanks for fix Florian, I tested on Hexchat, 

I ran two instances of hexchat:

before the update I could see only 1 icon,
after the update I could see 2 icons, even 3 instances and 3 icons,  

gnome-shell-extension-top-icons-3.32.1-19.el8.noarch.rpm

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:33:50 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: GNOME security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4381