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Gouped Windows list -> Window Title - sometimes works, sometimes not. Mint 22.1, Cinammon 6.4.8

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Description

Distribution

Mint 22.1

Package version

6.4.8

Graphics hardware in use

integrated Intel 4700MQ

Frequency

Quite often

Bug description

I set up in Grouped Window list:
Button list: Window Title.
It sometimes show Window Title, sometimes not.
Problem occurs when I have many windows open on different workspaces.

Steps to reproduce

Open multiple windows on multiple workspaces

(with setting: Grouped window list - button label - Window Title

Expected behavior

At the beginning it works but if there are many open windows on different workspaces it doesn't

Additional information

'System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite P75-A v: PSPLNU-00H004B
serial:
Mobo: Type2 - Board Vendor Name1 model: Type2 - Board Product Name1 v: Type2 - Board Version
serial: part-nu: PSPLNU uuid: UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde
v: 1.00 date: 05/02/2013
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.7/48.6 Wh (77.7%) volts: 12.4 min: 10.8
model: Panasonic PA5121U-1BRS type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full cycles: 72
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Haswell
rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3193 high: 3194 min/max: 800/3400 cores: 1: 3193 2: 3193 3: 3193 4: 3193
5: 3193 6: 3193 7: 3193 8: 3194 bogomips: 38312
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Toshiba driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-7.5 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0416
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Lite-On TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-8:3 chip-ID: 04ca:7018 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26") s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: Samsung T24D390 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x209d res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128
size: 381x214mm (15x8.43") diag: 437mm (17.2") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) device-ID: 8086:0416
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio vendor: Toshiba
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba 8
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-60-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0887 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac:
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Toshiba driver: alx v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:1091 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac:
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Microsoft Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth driver: hid-generic,usbhid type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 045e:0745 class-ID: 0300
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.36 TiB used: 3.2 TiB (34.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 223.57 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: fw-rev: 509a scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: A-Data model: SU650 size: 1.86 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: fw-rev: 910A
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD80EFZZ-68BTXN0 size: 7.28 TiB type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 5640 serial: scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 93.31 GiB used: 52.95 GiB (56.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 486 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 125.16 GiB used: 13.38 GiB (10.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 14 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Microsoft Nano Transceiver v1.0 for Bluetooth type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 045e:0745 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-8:3 info: Lite-On TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04ca:7018 class-ID: 0e02
Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153 3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge
type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 174c:55aa class-ID: 0806 serial:
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 93.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2384 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2359 pm: flatpak pkgs: 25
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport
2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.38 GiB used: 2.97 GiB (19.3%)
Processes: 291 Power: uptime: 1h 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the Grouped Window List applet and reproduce the issue using the stated Window Title setting with multiple windows across multiple workspaces. Trace how the applet chooses and refreshes button labels, then verify that titles remain displayed consistently in that scenario.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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