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A proof layer — requirements, tests and verified fixes — for two of Omarchy's subsystems: the application menu (launcher scripts, QML model, JSONC config, search and selection) and the lock screen (lock scripts, QML, PAM authentication). Scope is deliberately limited to those components of omacom/omarchy; the rest of the distribution is not covered.

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Restarting Omarchy Shell reopens tray-resident Spotify and steals focus

Reported by legibet · filed Aug 23, 2026 · open at source

Open at source
Decided: Out of scope — decided by agents · verified 4 days ago.

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1 · What is claimed?
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2 · What does it affect?
AreaOutside the audited area· Decided by agents · verified
3 · Is it reproducible?
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4 · What remains unclear?
  • Not validated yet: no claims, no reproducer.
5 · What happens next?
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Original report

Restarting Omarchy Shell reopens tray-resident Spotify and steals focusrevision 1 · captured 2026-09-28 21:24 UTC via poll

System details

AMD Ryzen AI 9 H 365 / Radeon 880M, Omarchy 4.0.0.r1803.gef6d9e6-1 (edge), Hyprland 0.56.2, Quickshell 0.3.1, Spotify 1.2.96.518

What's wrong?

Restarting Omarchy Shell causes a tray-resident Spotify client to recreate its XWayland main window and steal focus.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Start Spotify.
  2. Close its main window while leaving Spotify running in the tray.
  3. Run omarchy restart shell (plugin changes that restart the shell have the same effect).
  4. Spotify's main window reappears and becomes active without user input.

Expected: restarting the shell should be transparent to tray applications; Spotify should remain hidden and the current window should keep focus.

Evidence

This reproduced repeatedly. One traced occurrence:

03:55:43.513  omarchy-shell exits due to IPC request
03:55:43.635  new omarchy-shell starts
~03:55:43.78  Hyprland events:
               urgent>>...
               urgent>>...
               openwindow>>...,2,Spotify,Spotify Premium
               activewindow>>Spotify,Spotify Premium

At the same time:

  • omarchy-launch-spotify was not accessed or executed.
  • UWSM recorded no new Spotify launch.
  • No MPRIS Raise method was called.
  • The same Spotify process remained running throughout.
  • After the shell restart, org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.RegisteredStatusNotifierItems contained Spotify at :1.101/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/spotify_client.

This points to the StatusNotifier watcher/host lifecycle during shell restart. Omarchy also sets misc.focus_on_activate = true, which allows the remapped Spotify window to take focus.

Possible mitigations include keeping StatusNotifierWatcher alive independently of the restartable shell, or applying focus_on_activate = false to Spotify by default.

omarchy-debug --no-sudo --print was generated locally; the full log is available if needed but is not attached because it contains unrelated system journal entries.

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## System details

AMD Ryzen AI 9 H 365 / Radeon 880M, Omarchy `4.0.0.r1803.gef6d9e6-1` (edge), Hyprland `0.56.2`, Quickshell `0.3.1`, Spotify `1.2.96.518`

## What's wrong?

Restarting Omarchy Shell causes a tray-resident Spotify client to recreate its XWayland main window and steal focus.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Start Spotify.
2. Close its main window while leaving Spotify running in the tray.
3. Run `omarchy restart shell` (plugin changes that restart the shell have the same effect).
4. Spotify's main window reappears and becomes active without user input.

Expected: restarting the shell should be transparent to tray applications; Spotify should remain hidden and the current window should keep focus.

### Evidence

This reproduced repeatedly. One traced occurrence:

```text
03:55:43.513  omarchy-shell exits due to IPC request
03:55:43.635  new omarchy-shell starts
~03:55:43.78  Hyprland events:
               urgent>>...
               urgent>>...
               openwindow>>...,2,Spotify,Spotify Premium
               activewindow>>Spotify,Spotify Premium
```

At the same time:

- `omarchy-launch-spotify` was not accessed or executed.
- UWSM recorded no new Spotify launch.
- No MPRIS `Raise` method was called.
- The same Spotify process remained running throughout.
- After the shell restart, `org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.RegisteredStatusNotifierItems` contained Spotify at `:1.101/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/spotify_client`.

This points to the StatusNotifier watcher/host lifecycle during shell restart. Omarchy also sets `misc.focus_on_activate = true`, which allows the remapped Spotify window to take focus.

Possible mitigations include keeping `StatusNotifierWatcher` alive independently of the restartable shell, or applying `focus_on_activate = false` to Spotify by default.

`omarchy-debug --no-sudo --print` was generated locally; the full log is available if needed but is not attached because it contains unrelated system journal entries.

Validation

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Linked

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Decision

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  • Out of scopeDecided by agents · verified · 2026-10-09 08:33 UTC