Bug 2435752
| Summary: | xdg-desktop-portal: FileChooser portal no longer remembers last-used directory (always opens in $HOME) since 1.21.0-1 | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Mikhail <mikhail.v.gavrilov> | ||||
| Component: | xdg-desktop-portal | Assignee: | David King <amigadave> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | rawhide | CC: | amigadave, awilliam, debarshir, gnome-sig, jadahl, mcatanza | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
| Whiteboard: | AcceptedFreezeException | ||||||
| Fixed In Version: | xdg-desktop-portal-1.22.0-1.fc44 | Doc Type: | --- | ||||
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| Last Closed: | 2026-06-10 00:56:13 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
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| Bug Blocks: | 2362358 | ||||||
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Created attachment 2127688 [details]
demonstration of bug
Proposed as a Freeze Exception for 44-beta by Fedora user mikhail using the blocker tracking app because: This is a highly visible user-facing regression: the xdg-desktop-portal FileChooser no longer remembers the last-used directory and always starts in $HOME. It affects a very common workflow (save/download) for applications using the portal (e.g. Chrome, Telegram/Flatpak apps), causing repeated manual navigation and increasing the chance of saving to the wrong location. The issue is reliably reproducible and already documented with an attached screencast in the bug report. *** Bug 2436861 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** It's not just about last-used directory, it's about default or specified directories for particular apps, it seems. 2436861 is about Maps 'Export' feature no longer defaulting to the Pictures directory. I also just noticed that when you run Papers and click Open, it shows the home dir, not the Documents dir as it should. +5 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2022 , marking accepted FE. For me, it always opens /home, not $HOME. i.e. it opens one level higher than my home directory. (In reply to Michael Catanzaro from comment #6) > For me, it always opens /home, not $HOME. i.e. it opens one level higher > than my home directory. That is likely https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/1899 FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175 (xdg-desktop-portal-1.22.0-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175 FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates. FEDORA-2026-3f9d12b175 (xdg-desktop-portal-1.22.0-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report. |
After updating xdg-desktop-portal to 1.21.0-1 on Fedora Rawhide, the FileChooser portal stopped remembering the last used directory. Applications that use the portal file picker (tested with Google Chrome on GNOME/Wayland) always open the save dialog in $HOME, even if the previous save was done in ~/Downloads (or any other directory). This is a regression: the previously installed xdg-desktop-portal version opened the dialog in the last used directory as expected. Steps to reproduce ------------------ 1. In Google Chrome, start downloading any file that triggers the portal “Save File” dialog. (Example: the “Download Chrome Canary” button on the Chrome Canary page.) 2. In the save dialog, select “Downloads” (~/Downloads) and save the file (confirm replace if prompted). 3. Trigger another download that opens the save dialog again. Actual results -------------- The portal file picker always starts in $HOME (Home), instead of the previously used directory. Expected results ---------------- The portal file picker should start in the last used directory (e.g. ~/Downloads) when reopening the dialog. Regression ---------- Introduced after updating to: xdg-desktop-portal-1.21.0-1 (Fedora Rawhide). Previously installed version worked as intended. Package versions: > rpm -q xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gnome xdg-desktop-portal-gtk xdg-desktop-portal-1.20.3-5.fc44.x86_64 xdg-desktop-portal-gnome-49.0-2.fc44.x86_64 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk-1.15.3-3.fc44.x86_64 mikhail@primary-ws ~> Reproducible: Always