Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) reached end-of-standard-support in May 2025.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1868083 Title: gnome-shell establishes https connections to extensions.gnome.org Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I opened a discussion on the Ubuntu forum (https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/gnome-shell-process/14870), not knowing if it was a bug or if expected, but as recommended I'm reporting the bug here. "Hello I don’t know if it’s a bug, or if it’s the right place to discuss this, in case you let me know and move on. Recently a user reported this problem to me, at the first installation of Ubuntu 20.04 by giving the command “ss -stp” the system is found (checked also me and I also find it that way) that constantly communicates in" estabilished “with” 8.43.85.13:https users: ((“gnome-shell”, pid = 3800, fd = 34)) ". It has no active data diagnostics. If the process ends, obviously the desktop ends. Do you by any chance know why gnome-shell activates this process on the system?" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.35.91-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-18.22-generic 5.4.24 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Mar 19 12:27:02 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.35.91-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1868083/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

