This a well known wayland limitation.
The workaround (till the pkexec -> policykit transition is made) is to use
xhost script.
Gparted already has an opened bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1652282
and policykit has to be used, but is not directly concerned as a bug.
** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: policykit-1 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Unable to launch backintime and gparted as root on Wayland session
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