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Fluxer flatpak and appimage desktop window missing shadow

Summary

Description The window of the Fluxer desktop app for Linux is missing shadow. This happens for both the Flatpak and AppImage apps. Expected behavior When I launch the desktop app on Linux, the Fluxer window should have a shadow around it so that it appears to be floating above the desktop. (And so it doesn't blend in with the background.) Actual behavior When I launch the app, the Fluxer window does not have a shadow. Instead it appears completely flat.

Steps to reproduce

Install Fluxer from FlatHub or download AppImage from website
Launch Fluxer
Observe the window is missing shadow

Environment (optional)

$ flatpak info app.fluxer.Fluxer

Fluxer - Instant messaging and VoIP application

          ID: app.fluxer.Fluxer
         Ref: app/app.fluxer.Fluxer/x86_64/stable
        Arch: x86_64
      Branch: stable
     Version: 0.0.8
     License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
      Origin: flathub
  Collection: org.flathub.Stable
Installation: system
   Installed: 321.4?MB
     Runtime: org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/25.08
         Sdk: org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/25.08

      Commit: 21097fb218e7edcdbb9e1d6832abc086a366518802fd9f2a2b59acb44372c5c3
      Parent: c322992ec132079a1675467f48ceea97cba79fbe65ae38ccfb3688b0f20c4432
     Subject: Delete flathub.json (badafc4563cb)
        Date: 2026-03-19 02:18:53 +0000

$ gnome-shell --version
GNOME Shell 49.5

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
wayland

$ uname -srvmo
Linux 6.19.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:33:17 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ head -n1 /etc/os-release 
NAME="Arch Linux"

Logs or screenshots (optional)

$ flatpak run app.fluxer.Fluxer
[2:0325/102713.204309:ERROR:dbus/bus.cc:406] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
10:27:13.486 › Configured user data storage {
  channel: 'stable',
  directory: 'fluxer',
  path: '/home/tgf9/.var/app/app.fluxer.Fluxer/config/fluxer'
}
[2:0325/102713.591429:ERROR:dbus/bus.cc:406] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[2:0325/102713.591487:ERROR:dbus/bus.cc:406] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
10:27:13.603 › App ready, initializing...
LaunchProcess: failed to execvp:
xdg-settings
10:27:13.608 › Restored window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1424, height: 955, isMaximized: false }
10:27:13.637 › Electron's autoUpdater does not support the 'linux' platform. Ref: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/auto-updater#platform-notices
10:27:13.642 › App initialized successfully
10:27:13.650 › [RPC] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:21863
[57:0325/102713.711372:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/gpu/wayland_surface_factory.cc:251] '--ozone-platform=wayland' is not compatible with Vulkan. Consider switching to '--ozone-platform=x11' or disabling Vulkan
10:27:14.066 › [Window] Failed to load app URL: Error: ERR_ABORTED (-3) loading 'https://web.fluxer.app/channels/@me'
    at rejectAndCleanup (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:83298)
    at WebContents.navigationListener (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:83578)
    at WebContents.emit (node:events:508:28)

$ ./fluxer-stable-0.0.8-x86_64.AppImage 
10:35:14.627 › Configured user data storage {
  channel: 'stable',
  directory: 'fluxer',
  path: '/home/tgf9/.config/fluxer'
}
10:35:15.231 › App ready, initializing...
10:35:15.249 › Restored window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: true }
10:35:15.787 › Electron's autoUpdater does not support the 'linux' platform. Ref: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/auto-updater#platform-notices
10:35:15.804 › App initialized successfully
10:35:15.815 › [RPC] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:21863
10:35:15.816 › [WS Proxy] Server listening on ws://127.0.0.1:21865
10:35:15.816 › [API Proxy] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:21861/proxy
10:35:15.817 › [Media Proxy] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:21867/media
10:35:15.826 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: false }
10:35:15.831 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: true }
Failed to load app URL: Error: ERR_ABORTED (-3) loading 'https://web.fluxer.app/channels/@me'
    at rejectAndCleanup (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:79946)
    at WebContents.navigationListener (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:80226)
    at WebContents.emit (node:events:519:28) {
  errno: -3,
  code: 'ERR_ABORTED',
  url: 'https://web.fluxer.app/channels/@me'
}
10:35:23.484 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: false }
10:35:26.196 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: true }
10:35:28.120 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1920, height: 1168, isMaximized: false }
10:35:28.627 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 1717, height: 1044, isMaximized: false }
10:35:32.979 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 941, height: 664, isMaximized: false }
10:36:57.650 › Saved window bounds: { x: 0, y: 0, width: 941, height: 664, isMaximized: false }

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