*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1851807 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851807
I believe that this is a bug in xdg-desktop-portal-gtk not xdg-desktop- portal, and already has a bug tracking this issue. Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1851807, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1851807 xdg-desktop-portal-gtk spams logs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-desktop-portal in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854649 Title: xdg-desktop-portal spams "access denied" messages in systemd journal Status in xdg-desktop-portal package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu release: 19.10 eoan xdg-desktop-portal: Installed: 1.4.2-2 Candidate: 1.4.2-2 Version table: *** 1.4.2-2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected: Background software and services in the default configuration do not keep periodically failing. Actual: Messages of the following format appear in the systemd journal once every minute: Dec 01 15:34:21 hostname xdg-desktop-por[2240]: Failed to get application states: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.Failed: Could not get window list: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: App introspection not allowed This may be related to GitHub issue 215 in the xdg-desktop-portal project: https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/issues/215 They made a change in a newer version that should prevent this message from being recorded more than once, but if there's a root cause that can be addressed that would be helpful. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-desktop-portal/+bug/1854649/+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