It appears this was fixed prior to the release of 18.04. Zero reports in 18.04 onward.
Unfortunately we can't backport a fix to 16.04 without knowing what fixed it. ** Summary changed: - gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in meta_bug() + gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in meta_bug() from get_window() from meta_core_begin_grab_op() ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1733335 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in meta_bug() from get_window() from meta_core_begin_grab_op() Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3b3e47f50b53e343bec0f21df4482cb7471f9270 --- lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 apt-cache policy gnome-shell gnome-shell: Installed: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 Candidate: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 Version table: *** 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.18.4-0ubuntu3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages Gnome-shell crashed while loading a message in Evolution. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.12 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Nov 20 08:37:56 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-24 (1123 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 6 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: meta_bug () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 meta_core_begin_grab_op () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 meta_ui_frame_handle_event () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 meta_window_handle_ungrabbed_event () from /usr/lib/libmutter.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in meta_bug() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip kvm libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1733335/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp