Public bug reported: Chromium-browser updated on my system yesterday and today I noticed that unlike the previous version (84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) when I click my "favorite" shortcuts for Google Messages, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, and a website for a local radio station, the "app" shortcuts no longer create separate independent windows, but instead open a new tab in a Chromium browser window.
Strangely enough, the web app shortcut for GMail still opens correctly in a separate browser window. As I mentioned, this seems to be a regression from version 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 which got installed on my system yesterday. I am concerned because broken webapps is one of several features I will miss when I must upgrade this system from bionic. (I have another system running 20.04 and of course the snap version of Chromium does not do web apps reliably nor does the snap version work with the KeePassXC plugin.) Just in case this is just an incompatibility with existing shortcuts, I just created a NEW shortcut for the radio station web site and the new shortcut exhibits the same behavior. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: chromium-browser 85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-47.51~18.04.1-generic 5.4.55 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-47-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.17 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Sep 10 14:10:26 2020 DetectedPlugins: InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-07 (156 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1895199 Title: web apps no longer launch into separate windows To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1895199/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs