Public bug reported:
After interacting with the Steam client (Snap version), the GNOME
application grid displays approximately 40 duplicate icons for every
installed Steam game. I have verified that no duplicate .desktop files
exist in ~/.local/share/applications/ , /usr/share/applications/ , or
the Snap applications folder. Clearing ~/.cache/gnome-shell/ ,
~/.cache/app-info/ , and running update-desktop-database did not resolve
the issue. The duplicates appear to be ghost entries cached by the GNOME
Shell app grid on Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: gnome-shell 50.1-0ubuntu1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-38.38-generic 7.0.14
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.34.1-0ubuntu0.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 20 21:07:04 2026
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-10-17 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64
(20260826)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 50.1-0ubuntu2.4
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute wayland-session
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GNOME app grid shows duplicate Steam game icons (app-picker-layout
corruption)
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