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This bug was fixed in the package malcontent - 0.13.1-1ubuntu1

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malcontent (0.13.1-1ubuntu1) resolute; urgency=medium

  * Sync with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - Add patch to hide the Software Installation restrictions
    - Add patch and adjust install files to not show help for
      that hidden feature
  * d/p: Fix filtering snaps after snapd 2.72 (LP: #2128350)
  * d/p: Refresh Ubuntu patches

malcontent (0.13.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * New upstream release
  * Cherry-pick an accessibility fix (LP: #2116954)
  * Update gir handling
  * debian/watch: Convert to Version: 5
  * Remove obsolete Rules-Requires-Root: no field
  * Bump Standards Version to 4.7.2

malcontent (0.13.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Team upload
  * Replace build-dep on obsolete appstream-util with appstream

 -- Alessandro Astone <alessandro.astone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Fri, 17 Oct
2025 19:25:30 +0200

** Changed in: malcontent (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  Some desktop snaps are no longer visible in the apps menu

Status in malcontent package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in malcontent source package in Jammy:
  New
Status in malcontent source package in Noble:
  New
Status in malcontent source package in Plucky:
  New
Status in malcontent source package in Questing:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  Malcontent is a parental control mechanism implemented in GNOME Shell.
  It supports hiding applications from the application menu.

  Some desktop snaps like telegram-desktop are no longer visible in GNOME Shell when libmalcontent is installed, even without any filters applied. Which snaps are hidden depends on the numbers of command-line arguments they specify in the Exec line. If it's more than 2, then the snap will be hidden.
  For example, telegram-desktop uses:

  Exec=/snap/bin/telegram-desktop -- %U

  Ubuntu ships a patch in malcontent to allow filtering non-flatpak applications too.
  This patch assumed that a desktop snap Exec= line would always follow the format `Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=foo.desktop /snap/bin/foo arg1 arg2`, so it would interpret the third argument as the absolute binary path.

  That was changed in snapd version 2.72 to remove the
  BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT environment variable, so the Exec line now
  follows the format `Exec=/snap/bin/foo arg1 arg2`. The third argument
  is no longer the binary's absolute path, and things break.

  Malcontent needs to be adapted to not assume that the snap binary is
  always the third argument.

  [ Test Plan ]

  0. Install snapd 2.72 or newer, available from the candidate channel:
     `sudo snap refresh snapd --candidate`
  1. Install the `telegram-desktop` snap
  2. Open the GNOME Shell application launcher
  3. Search for Telegram
  4. Verify that the Telegram app is listed.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  Problems would manifest with applications being incorrectly filtered
  out or not filtered out.

  The patch should make sure that it is future-proof by not assuming the
  position of the binary path in the command-line a-priori.

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