Michaël

To be sure, what do you mean by "host" application? A "native" app like a deb or rpm package (a non-flatpak and non-snap packaged app)? An app with "host" access...

Ok, thanks. To respond to your general solution, it depends. If currently native apps aren't using any permission when using portals, then that make sense to not present any prompt....

@jadahl: Is the window to set the permissions comes from the app as being the server installed on the host machine? If that is that means we don't approve clients...

I've thought of other ideas, but they require other things. The best thing for now seems indeed to be able to pre-configure portal permissions. Here are relevant issues: - https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/471...

Keeping identification in common allows to have same permission model for all DE, I think.

There is request #304, where the window name is needed (for display within app). If such a portal existed, then what is requested here would be an extension of it...

@ruineka: Maybe open a discussion (https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/discussions/new/choose) to document what streamers exactly need and expect?

Any problems with session restoration should be resolved in the way session restoration is handled. If apps need to be relaunched, this should be managed in the session restoration; no...

Thanks, good to know. As is, I would say that information about which windows to not record (or only those that are to be recorded) should be included in the...

How a session name would be useful, because when these prompts are displayed, they list all available sources (e.g. when selecting a window). Or is it in the case there...