Public bug reported: Gnome Shell disables extensions on screen lock. If, for example, new mail will arrived in Thunderbird during screen locked, no badges will be shown on unlock. Also, lock/unlock screen while badges displayed will clear them.
So, in current implementation, badges looks very unreliable to rely on them, and looks more a mess than a feature. Solution may be adding a user space daemon, which interact with applications even when dock extension is disabled, and provide badges information for dock. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 0.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Mar 19 12:11:45 2018 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2017-10-24 (145 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful bionic dash-to-dock gnome-shell ubuntu-dock -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756837 Title: Dock doesn't show badge count, if new notifications arrived when screen locked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/+bug/1756837/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs