The problem pointed out by Bèr Kessels is different from the one originally reported here, it was in fact introduced by the fix for bug #1864901 (see comments #3 and #4 in that other bug).
Thomas, could it be that the "Continue running background apps when Chromium is closed" setting is enabled for you (in chrome://settings/system)? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1859878 Title: Chrome does not quit when closing the window, it remains in background Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I close the chromium window it keeps magically running in the background. There is a invisible chrome icon in app indicator space however it can not be activated by clicking on it. The dash does not show that chrome is still active. Not closing correctly further leads to the annoying problem chromium not saving its state when restarting. But this is an other problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: chromium-browser 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-9.12-generic 5.4.3 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 15 22:16:17 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-12-19 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh Snap.Changes: Error: command ['snap', 'changes', '--abs-time', 'chromium'] failed with exit code 1: error: no changes found Snap.ChromeDriverVersion: ChromeDriver 79.0.3945.117 (04f0a055010adab4484f7497fbfdbf312c307f1d-refs/branch-heads/3945@{#1019}) Snap.ChromiumVersion: mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied Chromium 79.0.3945.117 snap SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2019-12-21 (24 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1859878/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
