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Nightly shortcut links to wrong version on Linux

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Description

Shortcut links to wrong version on Linux

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install all three versions Dev(0.57.1)/Beta(0.56.5)/Release(0.55.18)
  2. Open Applications and type in Brave
  3. Click the Brave icon opens release version(0.55.18)
  4. Close and Open Beta from Application, verify the version from brave://version
  5. Go to Applications and type in Brave, App indicator highlights Release version even though Beta is launched
  6. Click on Release version icon from Application, no new window is launched
  7. Right Click on the app from side dock and click on new window
  8. New browser window is launched, check version via brave://version. shows 0.55.18

Actual result:

Shortcut links to wrong version on Linux

Expected result:

Should link the correct app to shortcut

Reproduces how often:

Easy

Brave version (brave://version info)

0.55.18/0.56.5/0.57.1

Reproducible on current release:

  • Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds? Yes same issue with launching Dev
  • Does it reproduce on browser-laptop? N/A

Website problems only:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Additional Information

@kjozwiak reproduced it as well

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:9 (5 by maintainers)

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btlechowskicommented, Feb 14, 2021

Verification passed on

Brave 1.21.52 Chromium: 88.0.4324.152 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision 6579930fc53b4dc589c042bec9d0a3778326974d-refs/branch-heads/4324@{#2106}
OS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Brave 1.22.23 Chromium: 89.0.4389.48 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
Revision 0fe3c4589a6cf5ce719d167834dfa9cd8978937a-refs/branch-heads/4389@{#873}
OS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Verified test plan from the description and https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7685 Verified each version has corresponding icon. Verified icon in dock launch proper version. image

Verified WM_CLASS(STRING) = "brave-browser-nightly", "Brave-browser-nightly"

bartlomiej@bartlomiej-VirtualBox:~$ xprop WM_CLASS
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "brave-browser-nightly", "Brave-browser-nightly"
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fmariercommented, Oct 18, 2019

Thanks @srirambv I can reproduce with Nightly too.

Here’s the problem:

$ xprop WM_CLASS  # dev
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "brave-browser-dev", "Brave-browser-dev"
$ xprop WM_CLASS  # stable
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "brave-browser", "Brave-browser"
$ xprop WM_CLASS  # nightly
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "brave-browser", "Brave-browser"
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