A proposed fix for this issue has been identified: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/42
I'm closing all the other bug tasks since we don't need them for every affected app. ** No longer affects: deja-dup (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: deja-dup (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: gedit (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gedit (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-disk-utility (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: gnome-logs (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-logs (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: gnome-photos (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: gnome-photos (Ubuntu Bionic) ** No longer affects: polari (Ubuntu) ** No longer affects: polari (Ubuntu Bionic) ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu Bionic) => mutter (Ubuntu Bionic) ** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754169 Title: [Bionic] [wayland] many gnome applications exit or crash when a file is opened from within To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1754169/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs