The desktop icons actually aren't part of gnome-shell. It's nautilus- desktop, which may also go away in future releases (!) It's also an X11-only app so depends on Xwayland (!)
** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => nautilus (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: gnome-17.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1708528 Title: Chrome web apps added to desktop are missing icons To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1708528/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs