indutny-signal
commented
1 year ago Sorry about this. Could you send me your debug log, please?
Open sim0nschneider opened 1 year ago
indutny-signal
commented
1 year ago Sorry about this. Could you send me your debug log, please?
sim0nschneider
commented
1 year ago Sorry about this. Could you send me your debug log, please?
Sure. This is a debug log after I once opened signal, then closed it (however it was still in system tray) and reopened again from there: debuglog.txt
ChristophHertrich
commented
12 months ago I can confirm that I face the same issue as sim0nschneider, also on Windows 11 with version 6.32.0.
ayumi-signal
commented
11 months ago @ChristophHertrich Hi, sorry you're experiencing this issue as well.
ephemeral.json the value of system-tray-setting? On Windows it's at C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Signal\ephemeral.json.ChristophHertrich
commented
11 months ago Thanks for your reply. It was a fresh install. Interestingly, the update to version 6.33.0 seems to have it fixed. I don't know if that makes any sense.
Now, the value is "system-tray-setting": "DoNotUseSystemTray", which makes sense because the problem is fixed. I cannot reproduce it anymore (and I don't want to).
sim0nschneider
commented
11 months ago Today after updating to version 6.33.0 I still had the same issue. Then after once enabling and disabling the "minimize to system tray" setting now the issue is resolved on my side and everything works like expected again. Thanks!
ayumi-signal
commented
11 months ago @ChristophHertrich @sim0nschneider Thanks for the information, and glad that it's fixed for now for you.
I haven't been able to repro it yet so I'll leave this open for tracking. If anyone runs into this issue again please note any relevant info:
system-tray-setting
aradapilot
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10 months ago Tried a fresh beta install on ubuntu. Same issue, the tray behavior is on by default, even though the default for the preference is off (unchecked). enabling then disabling fixes this, and it does persist through close/open going forward. so this is a bug in how the defaults are handled initially.
incyi
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10 months ago Fresh install on windows 10 enterprise 22H2 Signal 6.40.0 First modify the setting to off then closed signal, completly.
After this the setting is still: "system-tray-setting": "MinimizeToSystemTray",
For me it looks like that changing this settings in the UI does not change it in the ephemeral.json file.
Bujiraso
commented
9 months ago On NixOS, signal-desktop-6.40.0 does not even show the checkboxes
Even with
"system-tray-setting" : "DoNotUseSystemTray"hand-coded into the config.json, it still stays open.
... I'm gonna put this next bit as a heading to emphasize, don't mind the "shouting"
This should be switched to close by default and ensure there is configuration by the user to stay open
Hoping for a fix on this one. Cheers
EirikDaude
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7 months ago I have the same issue in Signal 6.46.0 on Win11, fresh install.
Enabling and then disabling the option to minimize to system tray seems to fix it.
Gotta agree with the previous poster that having the program stay active in the background is a weird default behaviour.
scottnonnenberg-signal
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7 months ago @EirikDaude Can you say more about your situation? 'Minimize to system tray' is supposed to be enabled by default on Windows. What exactly did you see?
jonpovey
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6 months ago Fresh install on 7.0.0 on Win10 here. Linked it to my phone, sent a couple of messages, then "closed" it and it went to system tray and I got the notification I could change settings. Went into settings and "Minimise to system tray" checkbox is clear, un-checked.
Before I changed the settings, ephemeral.json contained the line "system-tray-setting": "MinimizeToSystemTray",
If I toggle the setting to checked and back to un-checked in the GUI, the line changes to
"system-tray-setting": "DoNotUseSystemTray",
and Signal quits when I click close, which is what I wanted.
Chwiggy
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6 months ago On NixOS, signal-desktop-6.40.0 does not even show the checkboxes
this issue persists with signal-desktop-7.2.1 on nixos 24.05, same as the inability to set this manually in the configs
scottnonnenberg-signal
commented
6 months ago @Chwiggy 7.4.0 is the latest - what do you see on that version?
Chwiggy
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6 months ago @scottnonnenberg-signal the setting does appear to be back, tho i'm also running that now in it's own container, might need to update the version nixpkgs ships for that
fvilers
commented
1 month ago Same on Fedora 40, Signal Desktop 7.21.0. This is very annoying and should never be the default.
trevor-signal
commented
1 month ago @fvilers can you be specific about what you're experiencing? Are you disagreeing with the default setting, or is the setting not being respected when you change it?
fvilers
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1 month ago @trevor-signal Sorry for not being specific. I meant that an application should never minimize to system tray when the user clicks on the close button. It's a terrible UX for an app to not behave like the user expect it too (and like the operating system has been designed for).
More over, "Minimize to the system tray" is unchecked in the Prefences, and I have "system-tray-setting": "DoNotUseSystemTray" in ~/.config/Signal/ephemeral.json but the app just stays in the system tray when I close it.
trevor-signal
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1 month ago @fvilers sorry about that; could you share a debug log after you close the window (and it minimizes to tray)?
fvilers
commented
1 month ago @trevor-signal of course debuglog.txt
EDIT: this issue might be within the package I installed. I built the 7.22 version locally and can't reproduce the bug.
EDIT2: and I nuked my local database doing so :-s
ayumi-signal
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1 month ago @fvilers Thanks for that info, the log has this line:
getSystemTraySetting saw --use-tray-icon flag. Returning MinimizeToSystemTraySuggesting that the app is being launched with the command line flag? This flag will override the config setting.
Perhaps related to packaging or how the app is being run.
Also the database error means the new DB is incompatible (is a newer version), if you run an older version then the data will still be available. Suggest to backup the signal config directory ~/.config/Signal to be absolutely sure.
fvilers
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1 month ago Thanks @ayumi-signal for your answer. I'm still new to Linux & Gnome desktop so I'm discovering some things. As I said previously, I installed signal-desktop from the open suse repository and I'm starting the application from the Gnome app menu. I didn't think that --use-tray-icon had an impact to the app itself as it's an electron flag and my first thought was that it enables the system tray features on the electron level.
I tried to launch signal-desktop from the command line and could exit the application without minimizing to the system tray. I copied the desktop entry file installed from the package to ~/.local/share/applications and removed the --use-tray-icon argument and now the application is correctly exiting when using the window close button. Thanks again for your help!
About the database, I already restored yesterday's backup and everything is running smoothly.
Bug Description
Since I installed the newest signal version on a new Windows 11 PC, Signal always stays open in the background, even when the "Minimize to system tray" setting is not enabled.
Steps to Reproduce
Set this Settings:
Close Signal App with the X Button of the window.
Actual Result:
Signal does not fully close. and is still visible in the system tray. In Addition to that Notifications still are shown, if enabled. It seems like the "Minimize to system tray" setting is always active (even if disabled in settings).
Expected Result:
In the earlier versions, the result was, that Signal would fully close. No notifications would be shown.
Platform Info
Signal Version: 6.30.2
Operating System: Windows 11 (22H2, 22621.2134)
Linked Device Version: 6.31.2 (Android)