flathub / flathub/com.google.Chrome

Create shortcuts not working even with extra permissions

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Description

I just moved from Fedora Worstation 34 to Fedora Silverblue 35 Beta. Installed Chrome from flathub-beta, added the write acces permissions but still get this when trying to create shortcuts for apps:

**This Flatpak does not have write access to ~/.local/share/applications and ~/.local/share/icons, so it cannot install or uninstall PWAs.**

I tried adding the overrides using this command:

`flatpak override --user --filesystem=~/.local/share/applications --filesystem=~/.local/share/icons com.google.Chrome` and also using flatseal, see screenshot:

![chrome](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/54005/137274162-571d1451-a380-4974-8513-3b298e034f8a.png)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the shortcut creation failure on Fedora Silverblue 35 Beta with Chrome from flathub-beta, using the shown flatpak override and Flatseal permissions. Check whether the requested application and icon paths are writable, and consider the issue done when creating and removing shortcuts no longer reports missing write access.

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Assessment

Tech stack
fedora, linux, shell
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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