Cursor keeps spinning when certain applications are launched

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Currently, launching Google Chrome through the App Grid causes the cursor to spin for about 20 seconds. Another example is Zed Editor, though the cursor only spins during the initial launch of a session.

2

I’m noticing a minor UI friction on Fedora when launching google-chrome-stable.

When launching directly from the terminal, the browser window opens immediately with no noticeably cursor feedback. However, launching Chrome from the GUI (App Grid / Search) causes the spinning “busy” cursor to linger for roughly 20 seconds before timing out.

This issue does not happen with Chromium.

3

Merging your topics because they appear to be the same.

Thanks

4

Many apps call home when started, but now need added checks to deal with the rampant abuse of AI tools. I suspect some delays starting apps may be the new normal.

5

You can disable startup notification like this:

desktop-file-install \
    --dir=${HOME}/.local/share/applications \
    --remove-key=StartupNotify \
    /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop

Keep in mind that Google Chrome is a proprietary app not maintained by Fedora.

See also:

6

Sorry, I thought I didn’t open this discussion.