This bug has already been discussed here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244876. That bug report was closed because it was reported for Fedora 40 & that reached EOL, but I'm still having that same exact problem on Fedora 42. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have 2 admin accounts 2. Login to one 3. Switch users & login to the other account 4. Switch back to the first account Actual Results: Prompted for password Expected Results: Nothing Additional Information: Output of "journalctl -S -2m -u polkit.service" after I skipped entering the password: Sep 30 06:55:45 fedora polkitd[1108]: Error converting subject to JS object: Process 387967 terminated Sep 30 06:56:07 fedora polkitd[1108]: Error converting subject to JS object: Process 389814 terminated Sep 30 06:56:23 fedora polkitd[1108]: Error converting subject to JS object: Process 390708 terminated Sep 30 06:56:38 fedora polkitd[1108]: Operator of unix-session:43 FAILED to authenticate to gain authorization for action org.freedesktop.Flatpak.metadata-update for system-bus-name::1.3812 [/usr/bin/gnome-software --gapplication-service] (owned by unix-user:ian)
Created attachment 2108117 [details] Photo of error
I am experiencing this immediately after upgrading to Fedora 43. On one dnf upgrade I had to enter the password 20 tiunes.
I got redirected here from https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-software-dialog-blocks-entire-desktop/34593 I have experienced this bug many times as well, currently on Fedora 42, but before that too. However, recently it got worse: on screen unlock (e.g. wake up after S3 sleep), I find my entire desktop locked up by a modal dialog stating “Authentication required to update metadata”. I can click either "Verify" or "Cancel" all I like (they do respond, dialog is not frozen), but nothing happens. The dialog never disappears, and I typically have to kill my GNOME session from another TTY. I typically lose work because of this.
Created attachment 2135816 [details] output of `journalctl -u polkit.service` I have attached the output of `journalctl -u polkit.service` for the relevant time period. I've also kept the full /var/log/messages from the entire time window (March 31 - April 1) in case they are needed.
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I am experiencing this in Fedora 44 only with Remote Desktop.
Also still experiencing on a regular Fedora 44 workstation