This is partly correct behaviour :)
You need to know two things:
1. In Xorg sessions, Xorg is your display server so killing/restarting
gnome-shell does not kill the apps. They stay running and connected to
Xorg.
2. Workspaces don't really exist. They are emulated by gnome-shell
while is running, by just hiding/moving windows around.
With that in mind, what you are seeing is somewhat correct behaviour. If
gnome-shell dies or restarts then you return to the basic setup of just
apps and Xorg running, on your single display. And since gnome-shell
(re)started after the apps it has no memory of which virtual workspace
you had them on previously. So they all appear on the same workspace.
That all said, app windows should be clickable. If they are not then it
sounds like you've found a reliable way to trigger bug 1181666. That
probably makes this a duplicate of bug 1181666. Do you agree?
** Tags added: noclick
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1819890
Title:
Restarting gnome-shell produces images of applications running on
other workspaces
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Restarting gnome-shell with 'Alt-F2,r and enter' produces images of
applications running on other workspaces which are not clickable.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Enable multiple workspaces
2) Start an application on each workspace
3) From any workspace, restart gnome-shell with 'Alt-F2, r and enter'
Expected outcome:
Each application is displayed only the workspace on which it was
started
Actual outcome:
All applications are displayed on the current workspace but are only
images, i.e. they cannot be 'clicked'
Workaround:
To remove the unwanted images move to another workspace and return
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-7.8-generic 5.0.0
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-7-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu23
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 13 10:15:45 2019
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-20 (51 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190120)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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