x-scheme-handler/spotify mime type handling will trigger the desktop file for the Spotify app registered in the window manager which launches a new instance of Spotify instead of using the existing instance Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open a Spotify link Actual Results: A new instance of Spotify is launched Expected Results: Existing instance should open the link. Spotify has a way to communicate links by using dbus I have made a proposed fix here: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/25636
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=eca6df2ed20259a990b29b59f3548ff5766053e2 commit eca6df2ed20259a990b29b59f3548ff5766053e2 Author: Henry Paradiz <henry.paradiz@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2022-05-26 05:33:01 +0000 Commit: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2022-08-19 04:52:15 +0000 media-sound/spotify: wrapper script should send spotify links with dbus to already running spotify instance Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/848948 Signed-off-by: Henry Paradiz <henry.paradiz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> media-sound/spotify/files/spotify-wrapper | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)