Public bug reported: Desktop Icons NG (DING) crash-loops continuously on GNOME Shell 50.1 / Wayland
Package: gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions 50.26.04.7ubuntu (Ubuntu 26.04 LTS) Extension: [email protected] (Desktop Icons NG) Session: Wayland Guest: UTM/QEMU emulated x86_64 VM on Apple Silicon (software rendering) SUMMARY The DING extension restarts in a tight loop indefinitely. GNOME Shell logs "Launching DING process" roughly every 3-4 seconds, forever. Measured 832 restarts in 57 minutes of uptime on an otherwise idle desktop. IMPACT Each short-lived gjs process consumes over a full CPU core while it runs (observed 112% CPU), so on a 4-core VM the loop costs roughly half a core continuously. Load average sits at ~1.8-2.0 on an idle system. It is also visible to the user as a generic "gjs" icon that repeatedly appears and disappears in the dock. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install Ubuntu 26.04 LTS desktop in a UTM/QEMU emulated x86_64 VM. 2. Log into a Wayland session. Leave the desktop idle. ~/Desktop is empty. 3. Observe: journalctl --user -b | grep -c "Launching DING process" The count keeps climbing; pgrep -f ding.js shows a changing PID. EXPECTED DING starts once and stays running. ACTUAL It relaunches every few seconds indefinitely. NOTES - The extension declares "shell-version": ["46","47","48","49","50"] and the running shell is 50.1, so this is not a declared version incompatibility. - ~/Desktop is empty, so it is not related to desktop content or thumbnails. - The process dies silently: no JS exception or backtrace appears in the journal, and no core file is produced (nothing in /var/crash, coredumpctl empty). The last log line before each relaunch is usually "DING: Detected async api for thumbnails". - gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng is NOT installed; the extension is shipped by gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions. - Installed version is already the latest available (Installed == Candidate), so there is no update that resolves it. - Workaround: gnome-extensions disable [email protected] TYPICAL LOG EXCERPT gnome-shell[4145]: Launching DING process gnome-shell[4145]: DING: Detected async api for thumbnails gnome-shell[4145]: Launching DING process gnome-shell[4145]: DING: Detected async api for thumbnails (repeating every ~3 seconds) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04 Package: gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions 50.26.04.7ubuntu ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-29.29-generic 7.0.12 Uname: Linux 7.0.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Aug 15 20:55:05 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-07-23 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260423.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2163589 Title: Desktop Icons NG (DING) crash-loops continuously on GNOME Shell 50.1 / Wayland To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions/+bug/2163589/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
