Close button should minimize the Spotify window functionality broken

[xiaozhangup]

Install the AUR package libayatana-appindicator-glib (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libayatana-appindicator-glib) and launch spotify with the environment variable LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libayatana-appindicator-glib.so.2. This solve the broken close button as a temporary solution. I use KDE Plasma.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotify#comment-1059234

Fedora 43
Gnome 49

[Erick555]

Close button works for me on kde plasma, which is specifically mentioned in screenshot.

[Erick555]

The package already uses that library, so there is some other issue.

We use libayatana-indicator not libayatana-appindicator-glib. The former is deprecated and the latter is supposed to be replacement for it but it's not available in shared-modules repo.

Maybe we can try moving to the other but I can't reproduce the issue as is was specified.

[gre4kapi]

installed flatpak version as a solution for this problem and now it appeared here (after system reinstall), also using arch, kde plasma

[Erick555]

Do you have Close button should minimize the Spotify window option checked? If yes then uncheck it and restart app.

[gre4kapi]

Without that option close button works as intended. Also, the workaround for aur version also breaks the minimize on close option (no tray indicator and spotify just closes, when using ld_preload)

[Erick555]

Then I think this option is broken in upstream and shouldn't be used. We had several reports about spotify being broken because of unclean shutdowns, maybe using this option was the culprit when users were minimizing the app instead of closing.

[Jonathing]

I've tried to use the instructions to force an X11 run to workaround this known issue, but that doesn't solve the problem. Spotify shows up under the xlsclients list and clicking the close button with this setting enabled doesn't close the window with the process still running in tray.

[Erick555]

The workaround for this issue is unchecking Close button should minimize the Spotify window as mentined above. This isn't related to wayland.

[TingPing]

Maybe we can try moving to the other but I can't reproduce the issue as is was specified.

I built the library but Spotify doesn't load it at all, its linked directly to libayatana-appindicator3.so.1.

(EDIT: I guess that was the reason for the preload which is questionable.)

[xiaozhangup]

Please copy text not post an image...

The package already uses that library, so there is some other issue.

updated

[xiaozhangup]

Is the Close button should minimize the Spotify window option checked? If yes, then uncheck it and restart the app.

I did use the "Close button should minimize the Spotify window" option, and after disabling it, the window can be closed normally. But I still think this issue needs to be fixed, although it seems to come from upstream at the moment.

[Erick555]

Yes, this is upstream issue.