[Bug] [linux] WakaTime Linux AppImage crashes on Wayland (GNOME) due to missing XWinWaylandExtension DBus object

[manassehgitau]

Description

The WakaTime Linux desktop AppImage crashes immediately on startup when running under GNOME Wayland.
Even when launched with --no-sandbox, the application panics and exits due to a missing GNOME Shell Wayland DBus extension.

This appears to be caused by an unconditional unwrap() call in the Wayland integration code when the expected DBus object does not exist.

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Environment

• OS: Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)

• Desktop Environment: GNOME

• Session Type: Wayland

• WakaTime App: wakatime-linux-x86_64.AppImage

• Launch command:

  ./wakatime-linux-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Log into a GNOME Wayland session

2. Download the WakaTime Linux AppImage

3. Make it executable:

   chmod +x wakatime-linux-x86_64.AppImage

4. Run the app:

   ./wakatime-linux-x86_64.AppImage --no-sandbox

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Expected Behavior

The application should start normally and begin tracking activity or gracefully fall back if a Wayland extension is unavailable.

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Actual Behavior

The app crashes immediately with a panic.

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Error Output

thread '<unnamed>' panicked at x-win-rs/src/linux/api/wayland_extension_api.rs:206:6:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: MethodError(
  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod",
  Some("Object does not exist at path “/org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/XWinWaylandExtension”")
)

[developerbedoya]

I can confirm the bug, but I'm using Fedora Sway 43.

[pipi-bear]

Same here on arch linux getting similar error output.

Environment

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.19.10-arch1-1
DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.3
WM: KWin (Wayland)

I'm using AppImage wakatime-linux-x86_64 (v3.0.0 release)

Error Output

Running ./wakatime-linux-x86_64.AppImage --inspect gives:

thread '<unnamed>' panicked at x-win-rs/src/linux/api/wayland_extension_api.rs:206:6:
called `Result::unwrap()` on an `Err` value: MethodError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown", Some("The name is not activatable"), Msg { type: Error, sender: "org.freedesktop.DBus", reply-serial: 2, body: Signature: [
	s (115),
] })

[daviddanielng]

may, i can confirm this bug is still very much alive

[wathika-eng]

Vibe fixed it here: https://github.com/wathika-eng/desktop-wakatime/releases/tag/3.0.dev