[Bug 1898005] Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) called from DesktopManager::_destroyDesktopIcons() [desktopManager.js:234]

[Mathew Hodson]

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Title:
  gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in st_bin_destroy: assertion failed:
  (priv->child == NULL) called from
  DesktopManager::_destroyDesktopIcons() [desktopManager.js:234]

Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-shell source package in Groovy:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Groovy:
  Fix Committed
Status in gnome-shell source package in Hirsute:
  Fix Released
Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Hirsute:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Gnome Shell crashes at random times when the Desktop or home directory
  is modified, and the desktop-icons extension tries to refresh.

  https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/fcc5c581fc0a8c2f8f68314fa383690423a3dc02

  [Test Case]

  Open a nautilus (Files) window and tap Ctrl+H repeatedly. The shell
  should not crash or freeze.

  [Where problems could occur]

  An extension with syntax errors may fail to load leaving the user with
  reduced shell functionality. A more faulty extension might crash the
  entire shell after loading, like this bug.

  [Other Info]

  See also bug 1898910

  ---

  Sorry, I missed what was happening when this crashed.  I'll try to
  catch it next time.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: gnome-shell 3.38.0-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-18.19-generic 5.8.4
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu48
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Sep 30 08:38:45 2020
  DisplayManager: gdm3
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.0-1ubuntu1
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: gnome-shell
  StacktraceTop:
   () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
   g_assertion_message_expr () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
   () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so
   g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
   () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
  Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
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