Gnome-shell restart-refresh causes minimized applications to become unresponsive and unminimized
Ubuntu Launchpad direct link:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1852900
vaidas@vaidas-SATELLITE-L855:~$ gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 3.34.1
vaidas@vaidas-SATELLITE-L855:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
Let's say you have minimized one or more applications such as Firefox, Gnome Tweaks or even Nautilus File Manager. These applications will be become unminimized after gnome-shell restart and also become unresponsive.
Unless I press to minimize/maximize them, these applications stay permanently unresponsive and unminimized.
The Ways of restarting Gnome Shell I tested:
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Either manual combination of keyboard keys
ALT+F2+R
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Or a command line command:
busctl --user call org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell Eval s 'Meta.restart("Restarting…")'
Screencast after Gnome Shell restart, showing unminimized application
As can be seen, after the Gnome Shell restart, the application is being unminimized and unresponsive.
Later on, I press to maximize/unminimize the application. The Application becomes responsive again.