Trashing files not working

[twelho]

Deleting a file and selecting "Move to Trash" shows this warning:

I've tried forwarding xdg-data/Trash to the Flatpak to no avail. Searching for this issue results leads to https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/114, but the workaround of --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.* doesn't seem to work either.

[twelho]

I ran the Flatpak with --verbose --log-level debug and got the following output:

[18:0831/224625.607184:INFO:CONSOLE(627)] "%c  ERR color: #f33 Failed to move 'test.txt' to the trash: Unknown (FileSystemError): Failed to move 'test.txt' to the trash
    at n.create (/app/share/codium/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js:37:4518)
    at i (/app/share/codium/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js:37:4650)
    at m.delete (/app/share/codium/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-main/main.js:42:55612)", source: vscode-file://vscode-app/app/share/codium/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.desktop.main.js (627)

[noonsleeper]

@twelho, sorry for the delay! This persists in the latest version?

[twelho]

Yes, the issue persists in the latest build:

Version: 1.83.1
Release: 23285
Commit: 36d13de33ac0d6c684f10f99cff352e2f58228b3
Date: 2023-10-12T18:26:29.496Z
Electron: 25.8.4
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 114.0.5735.289
Node.js: 18.15.0
V8: 11.4.183.29-electron.0

[noonsleeper]

@twelho hey, maybe you could use flatseal to reset all the permissions for codium, I was testing this and all de files that I delete goes to the trash can.

[twelho]

It likely works for you as the Flatpak uses --filesystem=host by default, which I have disabled globally due to it being unsafe. Ideally Flatpak'ed applications should use the trash portal for this. In the meantime, I tried forwarding xdg-data/Trash and ~/.local/share/Trash to the Flatpak, but neither seems to do the trick.

[noonsleeper]

@twelho, I try with this permissions

and then within the codium file explorer remove a file and that file goes to the trash as espected

I tested this on F39 silverblue

[twelho]

Hmm, I'm on Fedora Kinoite 38. With this setup it still doesn't work:

$ flatpak override --user --show com.vscodium.codium
[Context]
filesystems=~/.local/share/Trash;xdg-data/Trash

$ flatpak override --user --show 
[Context]
filesystems=!host

If you run flatpak enter com.vscodium.codium bash and then in the Flatpak ls -la ~/.local/share/Trash, is the directory present? For me it isn't.

[noonsleeper]

If you run flatpak enter com.vscodium.codium bash and then in the Flatpak ls -la ~/.local/share/Trash, is the directory present? For me it isn't.

yes, indeed

[twelho]

That's an oddity on my end then. What does env | grep XDG_DATA show for you?

[twelho]

Actually, none of the overrides I try work for VS Codium. Even if I set --filesystem=home, the home directory is still empty inside the Flatpak, even after flatpak kill com.vscodium.codium. Will take a closer look at this in the coming days, as this definitely works for other Flatpaks.

[noonsleeper]

Maybe you can try to uninstall vscodium and use flatsweep to clean all, then install it again?

[twelho]

Tried that, didn't help. The home directory inside the Flatpak is still empty, apart from .local/share/flatpak, which is just an empty directory.

[noonsleeper]

@twelho Can you try this?

flatpak override --user --reset com.vscodium.codium
flatpak permission-reset --user com.vscodium.codium

Because I test this on a series vms (ubuntu 22.04, debian 12, fedora silverblue 38/39) and works as expected.

[noonsleeper]

@twelho I tested this today and at least on Fedora Silverblue 39 it's working as expected, Can you confirm if it is working?

[noonsleeper]

@twelho I'll close this, if you found any other problem, please don't hesitate and open a new issue.