awesomeWM / awesomeWM/awesome

notify-send does not notify and hangs on master

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Description

Output of `awesome --version`:

```
awesome v4.3-314-g1116bc47 (Too long)
• Compiled against Lua 5.3.5 (running with Lua 5.3)
• D-Bus support: ✔
• xcb-errors support: ✘
• execinfo support: ✔
• xcb-randr version: 1.6
• LGI version: 0.9.2
```
**How to reproduce the issue:**

- Use awesome master
- `notify-send "anything"`

**Actual result:**

- No notification is shown
- notify-send hangs and never exits

**Expected result:**

- Notification should be shown

Ping: @Elv13

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue on awesome master by running `notify-send "anything"` and confirm that no notification appears and the command hangs. Trace the notification path involved in this behavior; done means a notification is shown and `notify-send` exits normally.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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