Tray and Menu Favorites icons wrong after 0.94.1 install ???

[LorenAmelang]

Description

I just updated my Arch Linux Cinnamon install to 0.94.1. The trilium flower icon had previously appeared everywhere. Now the system tray shows a generic icon left of the name, and the place where the Trilium icon previously appeared in the Menu Favorites column is now blank - but it still works, and shows text "TriliumNext" if I hover over it! I did drag it off the Favorites column and add it again, same blank space.

The extracted TriliumNext folder has the proper "icon.png" file, but even it uses the generic (Gnome?) icon for some of the files. Even for the main trilium app. I did delete some ancient versions from that build folder - maybe something was stuck on one of them?

I had quit Trilium before updating, but strangely when I tried to start the new version, it claimed the app was already running. I had to sudo kill several processes before I could restart it. Maybe I triggered something?

Also, once it was running, it did not automatically sync to my trilium.cc server, I had to click the Sync button. And the "Sync is in progress" message stuck on the screen and nothing would make it go away short of closing and restarting the app. Seems fine now...

I did reboot Linux and restart Trilium, made no difference.

Not a huge problem, but a bit uncomfortable...

Could any of these things be related?

TriliumNext Version

0.94.1

What operating system are you using?

Other Linux

What is your setup?

Local + server sync

Operating System Version

Linux Gazp9 6.14.5-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 03 May 2025 13:34:12 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Error logs

No response

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @LorenAmelang! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Notes team.

There are known issues in 0.94.1 that match what you're seeing. For the syncing problem, it's often caused by a formatting issue in the server URL—make sure there are no trailing quotation marks or slashes in your sync server address. Removing them should let sync work normally again (source).

For the icon problem, there haven't been direct reports of missing tray or menu icons in 0.94.1, but changes in the Electron app's configuration or packaging could have affected how icons are referenced or bundled, especially on Linux. The app's icon assets are included from apps/desktop/src/assets, and the Electron Forge config manages how they're packaged. If the icon path or packaging changed, it could cause the generic or missing icon you see. This is likely a packaging or path issue in the desktop app's Electron config, not something caused by your local cleanup [(notes)].

If you want to try a workaround, you could check if the .desktop launcher file or the app's executable is pointing to the correct icon path, or try launching the app from the extracted folder directly. If you see the same issue, it's probably upstream in the app's packaging.

The "Sync is in progress" message sticking is also a known bug in 0.94.1, often related to the sync loop or URL formatting (source). Once the URL is fixed, this should resolve itself.

Let me know if you want more detailed steps for checking the icon path or launcher file!

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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[eliandoran]

@LorenAmelang , this appears to be an issue with your environment.

More specifically, it appears you are using probably the build from the .zip file. In that case, there's no .desktop file that comes with it, so implicitly there's no icon.

Past versions of the application would create their own .desktop file, but this behaviour has been changed quite a few versions ago.

Your options are:

• Manually create the .desktop file on your end, if you wish to keep the .zip installation method.
• Use the AUR build which handles the creation of desktop files.

The extracted TriliumNext folder has the proper "icon.png" file, but even it uses the generic (Gnome?) icon for some of the files. Even for the main trilium app.

Just to clarify, in Linux applications don't actually have embedded icons unlike Windows. The icon is displayed only for desktop shortcuts, since it's mentioned as a path. If you have an older desktop shortcut, it might not point to the right file.

Let me know if you still have issues.

[LorenAmelang]

Thanks for the reply! I dug a bit...

/home/loren/.local/share/applications/trilium-notes.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=TriliumNext Notes
Icon=/home/loren/builds/TriliumNext/trilium-linux-x64/icon.png
Exec=/home/loren/builds/TriliumNext/TriliumNext\ Notes-linux-x64/trilium
Categories=Office
Terminal=false
Comment=
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false

"trilium-linux-x64" was one of the ancient folders I deleted.

In the current TriliumNext folder:

/home/loren/builds/TriliumNext/TriliumNext Notes-linux-x64/icon.png

So:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=TriliumNext Notes
Icon=/home/loren/builds/TriliumNext/TriliumNext Notes-linux-x64/icon.png
Exec=/home/loren/builds/TriliumNext/TriliumNext\ Notes-linux-x64/trilium
Categories=Office
Terminal=false
Comment=
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=false

The proper Menu Favorites icon appeared immediately. Great improvement on the blank space!
The app icon in the tray is still generic, but at least it has the text name beside it. Maybe some restart or reboot is required?

[eliandoran]

@LorenAmelang ,

Notice there is a backslash before space in the Exec field. You should probably do the same for the icon field.

As for how to apply the changes to the desktop file, generally it's enough to do a log-out and then log back in.