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Copper Contributor

Sep 13, 2025

[Wayland] PWAs no longer appear as separate app windows — all group under main Edge icon

Hi, Since around 2025-09-07 to 2025-09-10, I’ve noticed that on GNOME (Wayland) all installed PWAs (even across different profiles) now appear grouped under the main Edge browser icon in the GNOME S...

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StevePOI

Copper Contributor

Sep 22, 2025

Hello ArloGilbert !

You write "..icons are back" but the main problem described here is:

"All PWAs are bundled into the main Edge window group
Editing StartupWMClass in the .desktop file no longer helps"

Was this solved for you as well or ever a problem? Did you mean to add this to PWA shortcuts don't keep asociated with window - Linux | Microsoft Community Hub ?

With kind regards,

Steve

ArloGilbert

Copper Contributor

Sep 23, 2025

Yeah "icons are back" as in "The individual PWA Icon in the dock is back such that the PWA launches and behaves as an independent app with a single window that doesn't open multiple and which does not show up as part of the browser app".

StevePOI
Copper Contributor
Sep 23, 2025
Thanks ArloGilbert for the clarification!

We can´t confirm this fix on our systems (Fedora 41, Edge 140 build 81), which version of the Edge DEV are you using?

Thanks,
With kind regards,
Steve