Docker Desktop starts a new instance of Waybar for showing the tray icon

[VasilisManol]

Description

I run Docker Desktop on Ubuntu 23.04 with Sway and waybar. Waybar is started in sway config with minimal default setup: bar { swaybar_command waybar }

Waybar config contains default tray module "tray": { "icon-size": 22, "spacing":13 },

When starting the docker desktop I get the docker icon on the tray module in the waybar ( as expected ) but a new instance of waybar on top of the existing. The icon is otherwise clickable and working. The only issue is that I have two instances of the waybar.

sway version: 1.7 Waybar version: v0.9.17 Docker desktop version: 4.23.0

Reproduce

Start Docker Desktop on a system with the Sway windows manager and Waybar.

Expected behavior

It shouldn't start a second instance of Waybar.

docker version

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Cloud integration: v1.0.35+desktop.4
 Version:           24.0.6
 API version:       1.43
 Go version:        go1.20.7
 Git commit:        ed223bc
 Built:             Mon Sep  4 12:31:40 2023
 OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.23.0 (120376)
 Engine:
  Version:          24.0.6
  API version:      1.43 (minimum version 1.12)
  Go version:       go1.20.7
  Git commit:       1a79695
  Built:            Mon Sep  4 12:32:16 2023
  OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.6.22
  GitCommit:        8165feabfdfe38c65b599c4993d227328c231fca
 runc:
  Version:          1.1.8
  GitCommit:        v1.1.8-0-g82f18fe
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

docker info

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:    24.0.6
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.11.2-desktop.4
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.21.0-desktop.1
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-dev
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.20
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.0-beta.7
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scan: Docker Scan (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.26.0
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scan
  scout: Command line tool for Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.24.1
    Path:     /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 5
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 5
 Images: 8
 Server Version: 24.0.6
 Storage Driver: overlay2
  Backing Filesystem: extfs
  Supports d_type: true
  Using metacopy: false
  Native Overlay Diff: true
  userxattr: false
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 8165feabfdfe38c65b599c4993d227328c231fca
 runc version: v1.1.8-0-g82f18fe
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: unconfined
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.3.13-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: x86_64
 CPUs: 8
 Total Memory: 7.424GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 6933e35a-797a-4339-a07f-4baca624c517
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: daemon is not using the default seccomp profile

Diagnostics ID

302cb22d-508b-4766-8739-ef4a0d7d78dc/20230919223117

Additional Info

No response

[VasilisManol]

Same issue on upgraded Ubuntu 23.10 with versions: └>$ sway --version sway version 1.8.1 └>$ waybar --version Waybar v0.9.22 and Docker Desktop 4.24.2

[MilosLord]

Same exact issue. Fedora version: Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine) Kernel version: 6.7.3-200.fc39.x86_64 Waybar version: Waybar v0.9.24

[Nikola-Milovic]

Same issue Ubuntu 22.04, waybar version v0.9.9, and sway version 1.7

[Nikola-Milovic]

Did you guys find any workarounds

[VasilisManol]

Not really. I just have a dummy alias of killing waybars and restarting sway that I run in a terminal. alias fix_waybar='sudo killall waybar; swaymsg reload'