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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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ReportR-1814GitHub issuePublicDecided· Out of scope

launch webapp fails when default browser is Firefox (no Chromium installed)

Reported by alkevintan · filed Aug 15, 2026 · 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

launch webapp fails when default browser is Firefox (no Chromium installed)revision 1 · captured 2026-09-28 21:29 UTC via poll

What happened

omarchy launch webapp https://messenger.com fails with:

error: path "--app=https://messenger.com" does not exist!

Expected: messenger.com opens as a web app (app mode) in the default browser.

Reproduction

  1. Install Firefox as the only browser and set it as default (xdg-settings get default-web-browser → firefox.desktop).
  2. Run omarchy launch webapp https://messenger.com.

Root cause

/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-launch-webapp whitelists only Chromium-family
browsers and falls back to chromium.desktop for anything else:

case $browser in
google-chrome* | brave* | microsoft-edge* | opera* | vivaldi* | helium*) ;;
*) browser="chromium.desktop" ;;
esac

exec setsid uwsm-app -- $(sed -n 's/^Exec=\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p' {~/.local,~/.nix-profile,/usr}/share/applications/$browser 2>/dev/null | head -1) --app="$1" "${@:2}"

With Firefox set as default, chromium.desktop doesn't exist, so the sed
extraction returns an empty binary path and the command degrades to:

uwsm-app -- --app="https://messenger.com"

uwsm-app then treats --app=... as the executable path → error: path "... does not exist!".

Suggested fix: add Firefox to the supported browser list (Firefox supports
--app=<url>), and/or fall back to the actual default browser's desktop file
instead of hardcoding chromium.desktop.

System details

  • Omarchy: 4.0.0-1
  • Arch x86_64, Intel Celeron N4020 (GeminiLake UHD 600)
  • Default browser: firefox.desktop
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## What happened

`omarchy launch webapp https://messenger.com` fails with:

```
error: path "--app=https://messenger.com" does not exist!
```

Expected: messenger.com opens as a web app (app mode) in the default browser.

## Reproduction

1. Install Firefox as the only browser and set it as default (`xdg-settings get default-web-browser` → `firefox.desktop`).
2. Run `omarchy launch webapp https://messenger.com`.

## Root cause

`/usr/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-launch-webapp` whitelists only Chromium-family
browsers and falls back to `chromium.desktop` for anything else:

```bash
case $browser in
google-chrome* | brave* | microsoft-edge* | opera* | vivaldi* | helium*) ;;
*) browser="chromium.desktop" ;;
esac

exec setsid uwsm-app -- $(sed -n 's/^Exec=\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p' {~/.local,~/.nix-profile,/usr}/share/applications/$browser 2>/dev/null | head -1) --app="$1" "${@:2}"
```

With Firefox set as default, `chromium.desktop` doesn't exist, so the `sed`
extraction returns an empty binary path and the command degrades to:

```
uwsm-app -- --app="https://messenger.com"
```

`uwsm-app` then treats `--app=...` as the executable path → `error: path "... does not exist!"`.

Suggested fix: add Firefox to the supported browser list (Firefox supports
`--app=<url>`), and/or fall back to the actual default browser's desktop file
instead of hardcoding `chromium.desktop`.

## System details

- Omarchy: 4.0.0-1
- Arch x86_64, Intel Celeron N4020 (GeminiLake UHD 600)
- Default browser: `firefox.desktop`

Validation

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Linked

  • Related PRpr/11044· confirmed
  • Related PRpr/10446· confirmed
  • Related PRpr/11975· confirmed

Decision

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  • Out of scopeDecided by agents · verified · 2026-10-09 04:14 UTC