Notification popups not appearing (#2664) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-shell

Notification popups not appearing

Affected version

Fedora 31
gnome-shell 3.34.5 (3.34.5-1.fc31.src.rpm)
Wayland

Bug summary

Notifications show up in the notification center but no popups appear. I've toggled the "Notification Popups" option in Gnome Settings on/off, toggled all extensions on/off and restarted to no avail.

Possibly related to #2429 (closed).

Steps to reproduce

From Firefox:

Open Web Console (F12, Cmd+Shift+K).
Enter Notification.requestPermission() and hit enter. Approve the request for notifications.
Enter new Notification('test') and hit enter.
Look in notification center to see the notification was sent but no popup showed.

From terminal:

notify-send test
Look in notification center to see the notification was sent but no popup showed.

What happened

Did not show a notification popup.

What did you expect to happen

Notification popup is shown.

Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.

Not sure how useful this is but I've attached dbus-monitor output below.

Using firefox:

signal time=1587388639.054399 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.335 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.335"
signal time=1587388639.054417 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.335 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost
   string ":1.335"
signal time=1587388640.226730 sender=:1.18 -> destination=(null destination) serial=3042 path=/org/gnome/Shell/Introspect; interface=org.gnome.Shell.Introspect; member=RunningApplicationsChanged
method call time=1587388642.123343 sender=:1.131 -> destination=:1.18 serial=61 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
   string "Firefox"
   uint32 0
   string ""
   string "test"
   string ""
   array [
      string "default"
      string "Activate"
   ]
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "desktop-entry"
         variant             string "Firefox"
      )
   ]
   int32 -1
signal time=1587388642.124524 sender=:1.18 -> destination=(null destination) serial=3043 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=NotificationClosed
   uint32 39
   uint32 1
method return time=1587388642.128738 sender=:1.18 -> destination=:1.131 serial=3044 reply_serial=61
   uint32 44

Using notify-send:

signal time=1587388490.786928 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.332 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.332"
signal time=1587388490.786961 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.332 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost
   string ":1.332"
method call time=1587388493.301109 sender=:1.333 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=1 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=Hello
method return time=1587388493.301163 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=1
   string ":1.333"
signal time=1587388493.301198 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=(null destination) serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
   string ":1.333"
   string ""
   string ":1.333"
signal time=1587388493.301263 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.333"
method call time=1587388493.302503 sender=:1.333 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
   string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.Notifications',interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications',path='/org/freedesktop/Notifications'"
method return time=1587388493.302553 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=2
method call time=1587388493.302565 sender=:1.333 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
   string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',arg0='org.freedesktop.Notifications'"
method return time=1587388493.302620 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=3
method call time=1587388493.302643 sender=:1.333 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=4 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=StartServiceByName
   string "org.freedesktop.Notifications"
   uint32 0
error time=1587388493.302670 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 error_name=org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown reply_serial=4
   string "The name is not activatable"
method call time=1587388493.303410 sender=:1.333 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=5 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner
   string "org.freedesktop.Notifications"
method return time=1587388493.303496 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=5
   string ":1.18"
method call time=1587388493.304204 sender=:1.333 -> destination=:1.18 serial=6 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=GetServerInformation
method return time=1587388493.305947 sender=:1.18 -> destination=:1.333 serial=3030 reply_serial=6
   string "gnome-shell"
   string "GNOME"
   string "3.34.5"
   string "1.2"
method call time=1587388493.306985 sender=:1.333 -> destination=:1.18 serial=7 path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications; interface=org.freedesktop.Notifications; member=Notify
   string "notify-send"
   uint32 0
   string ""
   string "test"
   string ""
   array [
   ]
   array [
      dict entry(
         string "urgency"
         variant             byte 1
      )
   ]
   int32 -1
method call time=1587388493.312572 sender=:1.18 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3031 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetConnectionUnixProcessID
   string ":1.333"
method return time=1587388493.312662 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.18 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=3031
   uint32 13371
method return time=1587388493.312771 sender=:1.18 -> destination=:1.333 serial=3032 reply_serial=7
   uint32 42
signal time=1587388493.314095 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.333 serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost
   string ":1.333"
signal time=1587388493.314148 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=(null destination) serial=4294967295 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
   string ":1.333"
   string ":1.333"
   string ""
method call time=1587388493.314396 sender=:1.18 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3033 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
   string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',arg0=':1.333'"
method return time=1587388493.314452 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.18 serial=4294967295 reply_serial=3033
method call time=1587388493.314470 sender=:1.18 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=3034 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner
   string ":1.333"
error time=1587388493.314496 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.18 error_name=org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner reply_serial=3034
   string "The name does not have an owner"
^C

/label 1. Bug

Edited Apr 20, 2020 by David Bazile