[Bug]: Rich Presence doesn't work no matter what I do

Author: serumaninhaCreated Aug 20, 2026Updated Sep 11, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • I use the latest version of Pear Desktop (Application).
  • I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
  • I understand that pear-devs/pear-desktop has NO affiliation with Google or YouTube

Pear Desktop (Application) Version

3.12.0

Checklists

What operating system are you using?

Other Linux

Operating System Version

CachyOS

What CPU architecture are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Pear Desktop (Application) version

No response

Reproduction steps

  1. Install Pear Desktop via Flatpak (given the recent news about the AUR, this seemed to be the safest way to install it)
  2. Enable the “Rich Presence” option in Pear Desktop

Expected Behavior

I'd like Rich Presence to work on Discord. At first, I was using Vencord, but I thought that if I uninstalled it and installed Discord via Flatpak as well, it would work normally. I did that, but it didn't help.

Actual Behavior

Nothing shows up at all; it says “disconnected” in one of the Rich Presence tabs, and even though it's enabled, it doesn't work. I clicked on every possible option, but nothing changed. One thing I found interesting is that it says “play on {{applicationName}}” I don't think it should look like that, maybe it's because of the way I installed it?

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Enabled plugins

Ambient Mode Amuse Captions Selector Discord Rich Presence Downloader In-App Menu Navigation Performance improvement [beta] Scrobbler Synced Lyrics Transparent Player Video Quality Changer

Additional Information

English isn't my first language, so if there's any confusion with the translation, I can try to repeat it!