I'm unduping this - bug #1295908 says that there are two ways to fix (try again or check 'applications' in the filters list). This bug is about being in a state where neither of these cases work - apps are never returned until unity is restarted.
I got it once again a couple of weeks ago but I forgot to try that apps lens (comment #6), sorry - will try to remember next time. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1295908 Sometimes applications stop showing up in the Dash ** Summary changed: - No results from application scope + No results from application scope until Unity is restarted -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to libunity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308037 Title: No results from application scope until Unity is restarted Status in libunity: Invalid Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in unity-lens-applications: Invalid Status in libunity package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Unity is in a state where I don't get any results from the applications lens. This sometimes happens for one search but either re-entering the search or toggling the lens has always fixed it in the past for me. This time neither of these steps work. I'm attaching a bustle log of the problem in case that's helpful. I searched for "spotify", which I've got installed, and got 0 results. The only way to fix the issue is to log out and back in. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity 7.2.0+14.04.20140411-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 15 13:29:40 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-07 (554 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20121007) SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-05-07 (343 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libunity/+bug/1308037/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp