Same here! There are times my Wifi icon and the VPN icon when connecting to a VPN service are missing. When extending the panel you can't use the switches to enable VPN configuration and the VPN is indicating to off although connencted.
** Attachment added: "Connected to VPN and Wifi although the icons are missing from menu" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1774957/+attachment/5219972/+files/Screenshot%20from%202018-12-07%2011-06-09.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774957 Title: Network icons in status menu disappearing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1774957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs