Hide to tray on minimize and activate window on launch both fail on Wayland

[loxoron218]

Overview

I'm experiencing a bug after enabling the "Automatic closing after opening of the database" feature in KeePassXC. The app behaves as expected in terms of closing and minimizing to the system tray. However, when I try to reopen the app within a few seconds after it has closed, I get the waiting cursor, and the app doesn't open. After waiting for a longer period (10 seconds), I can open the app again.

I normally open KeePassXC right after unlocking the database and closing it to the tray to find links to some websites and open by double-clicking them in the database. This issue prevents me from doing so immediately after closing the app to the tray.

Interestingly, I can always open KeePassXC instantly by hovering over the tray icon and selecting "Show Window."

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add KeePassXC to the startup applications using GNOME Tweaks.
2. Enable "Automatic closing after opening the database" in the settings.
3. Open the database, unlock it, and then let KeePassXC close and minimize to the tray (gnome-shell-extension-appindicator).
4. Press the "Windows" key on the keyboard to open the GNOME menu
5. Search for KeePassXC and open it with enter.
6. Notice the waiting cursor and the app not opening.
7. After waiting for about 10 seconds you can open the app again manually and it works.
8. Alternatively, open the app instantly by right-clicking the tray icon and selecting "Show Window."

Expected Behavior

KeePassXC should open immediately when clicked from the app menu without having to wait for about 10 seconds.

Context

KeePassXC - Version 2.7.9
Revision: 8f6dd13

Qt 5.15.16
Diagnosemodus ist deaktiviert.

Betriebssystem: Arch Linux
CPU-Architektur: x86_64
Kernel: linux 6.12.1-arch1-1
Desktop Env: Gnome 47.1
Windowing System: Wayland

Aktivierte Erweiterungen:

• Auto-Type
• Browser-Integration
• Passkeys
• SSH-Agent
• KeeShare
• YubiKey
• Secret-Service-Integration

Kryptographische Bibliotheken:

• Botan 3.6.1

[droidmonkey]

This appears to be a major bug in Qt 5 with Wayland. We cannot determine when the window is minimized or not which means we also do not handle "Hide to tray on minimize" and showing the window when minimized (ie, unminimize) also fails. I tried a lot of combinations but everything failed.

Appears to be this bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-74310

[loxoron218]

Weird, because the app always opens instantly when clicking on the "show window" option from the tray. The "freeze" only happens when opening the program from the GNOME app menu.

[droidmonkey]

Show window from tray executes a totally different path in code. You will also have to click it twice, once to really hide the window and again to show it. If the window is truly hidden to tray than launching from the "start menu" properly shows the window.

The problem is the inability to unminimize. What you see as a "freeze" actually isn't. Keepassxc properly starts, sends the notice to the open application, then exits. Gnome just shows a swirly circle for 10 seconds no matter what.

[loxoron218]

Is there currently a workaround for it? Or any plans to solve it in the near future? :)

[droidmonkey]

I cannot solve it, this is a Qt bug, maybe a Qt + Wayland + Gnome bug. The method to determine if a window is minimized doesn't return the correct value.