Isn't it triggered by notify-osd? Sorry, I'm not a dev, but I was wondering if we shouldn't file it against notify-osd.
E.g. the black bar always appears when I open empathy and I get the message "You are now logged in as....", which has nothing to do with updates but rather with notifications. -- Useless black bar in notification area visible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/434316 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs