[Linux][Wayland][Tauri 2.0] SystemTray icon missing in dev and .deb, but works in AppImage (X11 works fine)
Author: cosocCreated Oct 1, 2025Updated Sep 13, 2026
Labelstype: bugplatform: Linuxstatus: needs triage
Describe the bug
On Linux Wayland (GNOME), the Tauri 2.0 system tray icon:
Works correctly under X11 (dev, deb, AppImage all fine).
On Wayland:
AppImage: tray icon appears.
dev mode (cargo tauri dev): tray icon does not appear.
.deb package: tray icon does not appear.
This happens on the same machine, so the environment is identical.
Reproduction
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Expected behavior
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Full tauri info output
[✔] Environment
- OS: Debian 13.0.0 x86_64 (X64) (gnome on wayland)
✔ webkit2gtk-4.1: 2.48.5
✔ rsvg2: 2.60.0
✔ rustc: 1.89.0 (29483883e 2025-08-04)
✔ cargo: 1.89.0 (c24e10642 2025-06-23)
✔ rustup: 1.28.2 (e4f3ad6f8 2025-04-28)
✔ Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (default)
- node: 22.19.0
- yarn: 1.22.22
- npm: 10.9.3
[-] Packages
- tauri : 2.8.5
- tauri-build : 2.4.1
- wry : 0.53.3
- tao : 0.34.3
- @tauri-apps/api : 2.8.0
- @tauri-apps/cli : 2.8.4
[-] Plugins
- tauri-plugin-shell : 2.3.1
- @tauri-apps/plugin-shell : 2.3.1
- tauri-plugin-process : 2.3.0
- @tauri-apps/plugin-process : 2.3.0
- tauri-plugin-notification : 2.3.1
- @tauri-apps/plugin-notification : 2.3.1
- tauri-plugin-os : 2.3.1
- @tauri-apps/plugin-os : 2.3.1
- tauri-plugin-global-shortcut : 2.3.0
- @tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut : 2.3.0
- tauri-plugin-fs : 2.4.2
- @tauri-apps/plugin-fs : 2.4.2
- tauri-plugin-dialog : 2.4.0
- @tauri-apps/plugin-dialog : 2.4.0
- tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager : 2.3.0
- @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager : 2.3.0
- tauri-plugin-http : 2.5.2
- @tauri-apps/plugin-http : 2.5.2
[-] App
- build-type: bundle
- CSP: unset
- frontendDist: ../dist
- devUrl: http://localhost:1420/
- framework: React
- bundler: Vite
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Source: tauri-apps/tauri