Waveboxapp: Wavebox Launching New Instance Instead of Restore Existing Instance

[MichaelTunnell]

Wavebox: 3.1.12
OS: KDE Neon 5.10.3 based on Ubuntu 16.04 (Linux)
Install Method: manually with .tar.gz

Wavebox will not open an existing instance anymore and instead just kills the current instance and opens a new one.

Previously, I could close the Wavebox window entirely, while it stays loaded in the system tray, and then click the Wavebox icon from my dock or system main menu to simply reopen the window of the existing instance. However, since the latest updates, I believe started in 3.1.10+, the existing instance is closed and a new one is launched instead. In my case, this also resets the active account to _Account 1_.

I think this may be related to Issue #284 but not totally sure as I use a different dock. elementaryOS uses Plank for their dock and I use "Latte Dock" inside of Plasma.

[Thomas101]

Hi, I think it is the same underlying issue. There's a problem with the process re-attachment in the 1.7.* electron builds which means this behaviour comes up. Hoping to put a fix or workaround together ourselves shortly for this

[Thomas101]

Hi, we’ve just released a workaround for this to the beta channel of Wavebox in version 3.1.15. If you want to give it a try there are some instructions on how to use the beta channel here.

It would be great to know if the fix works on your install. If you do have any trouble with it though, you can disable the new behaviour by running wavebox with the --WBLASDisable flag. E.g. ./Wavebox --WBLASDisable.

Thanks!

[Thomas101]

Hi, we’ve just released this to the beta channel of Wavebox in version 3.1.16. If you want to give it a try there are some instructions on how to use the beta channel here. Thanks

[MichaelTunnell]

I just tested the Beta version of 3.1.16 and can confirm that the single instance issue has been resolved for me.