#2423·espanso

Espanso stops working after a while

Author: ericzolfCreated Aug 5, 2025Updated Sep 4, 2026
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Description

Espanso starts correctly and works as Gnome starts, but after a while it stops reacting to input (perhaps few hours). Only a espanso restart solves the problem.

Steps to reproduce

  1. login
  2. after a while, espanso stops working (even the :espanso shortcut which I kept as "canary".

Here is how I compiled and installed Espanso:

Expected behavior

Continue to work?

Screenshots

No response

Logs

Espanso log 1, just after I noticed the issue

Espanso log 2, after calling espanso restart

Your environment

Here is my compilation and installation routine:

bash
git clone https://github.com/espanso/espanso
cd espanso
cargo build --release --no-default-features --features wayland,modulo,vendored-tls
./target/release/espanso --version  # espanso 2.2.4
sudo cp ./target/release/espanso /usr/local/bin
sudo setcap "cap_dac_override+p" $(which espanso)
# configure espanso...
espanso service register
espanso start

rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23) (Fedora 1.88.0-1.fc42) gcc-c++-15.1.1-2.fc42.x86_64 wl-clipboard-2.2.1-4.fc42.x86_64 libxkbcommon-devel-1.8.1-1.fc42.x86_64 dbus-devel-1.16.0-3.fc42.x86_64 wxGTK-devel-3.2.8-1.fc42.x86_64 cargo-1.88.0-1.fc42.x86_64

Fedora 42, Gnome 48, Mutter 48.4, libwayland 1.23.1

Espanso 2.2.4 (but it happened already with 2.2.3

Self-service

  • I'd be willing to fix this bug myself.