linux: xdg-open does not open url

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux

Research direction

Reproduce the failure in Warp on Ubuntu 23.10 using a GNOME Wayland session and the xdg-open http://example.org command. Compare the behavior with gnome-terminal or terminator, then trace the Warp terminal entry point handling the command; done means the browser opens without repeated compositor warnings or a CPU spike.

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Description

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Describe the bug

Any command that seems to use xdg-open to launch a browser from the terminal interface seems to be broken. Examples include things like az login for azure-cli and aws sso login for AWS CLI. You can also trigger the issue by using xdg-open directly to launch a command.

To reproduce

Open warp terminal, enter
xdg-open http://example.org

Observe that no browser window launches and the output spawns with a seemingly infinite stream of
"Warning: ConnectToCompositor() try again : Connection refused" lines. I see no other errors or information. CPU also seems to spike, but maybe that's just from warp processing a huge number of lines in the output.

Since the compositor is mentioned, perhaps this issue is only on wayland? I'm using Ubuntu mantic with a gnome-wayland or ubuntu-wayland session.

Note that the error does not appear and the browser launches correctly in gnome-terminal, terminator, etc.

Expected behavior

A browser window should open at example.org

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Operating system

Linux

Operating system and version

Ubuntu 23.10

Shell Version

5.2.15(1)

Current Warp version

v0.2024.03.05.08.02.stable_00

Regression

No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp

Recent working Warp date

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Additional context

Ubuntu linux with gnome-wayland session

Does this block you from using Warp daily?

Yes, this issue prevents me from using Warp daily.

Is this a Warp specific issue? (i.e. does it happen in Terminal, iTerm, Kitty, etc.)

Yes, this I confirmed this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.

Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e

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