Debian Bug report logs - #1121441
ptyxis: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: e829dce <e829dce@disr.it>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: reportbug: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:11:44 +0300

Package: reportbug
Version: 13.2.0
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: e829dce@disr.it

Dear Maintainer,

It seems like this issue started happening after upgrading to Debian 13.2. I
couldn't find a consistent way to reproduce it, but once it happens, I can't
start most graphical utilities, Firefox logs me out of pretty much every
website, and the system generally becomes unusable until I either log out or
restart.
I can kind of start Ptyxis (since I use it as my terminal emulator), but it
throws this error:
Failed to start transient scope unit: Unit ptyxis-
spawn-2120119d-e343-4c78-b079-6ff0b9fcb101.scope not found.


-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE=gtk

** /home/e829dce/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "13.2.0"
mode standard
ui gtk
email "e829dce@disr.it"
no-cc
list-cc-me
smtphost reportbug.debian.org

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                3.0.3
ii  python3            3.13.5-1
ii  python3-reportbug  13.2.0
ii  sensible-utils     0.0.25

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn  claws-mail                                            <none>
ii  debconf                                               1.5.91
pn  debsums                                               <none>
pn  default-mta | postfix | exim4 | mail-transport-agent  <none>
pn  dlocate                                               <none>
pn  emacs-bin-common                                      <none>
ii  file                                                  1:5.46-5
ii  gnupg                                                 2.4.7-21
pn  python3-urwid                                         <none>
pn  reportbug-gtk                                         <none>
ii  xdg-utils                                             1.2.1-2

Versions of packages python3-reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                3.0.3
ii  file               1:5.46-5
ii  python3            3.13.5-1
ii  python3-apt        3.0.0
ii  python3-debian     1.0.1
ii  python3-debianbts  4.1.1
ii  python3-requests   2.32.3+dfsg-5
ii  sensible-utils     0.0.25

python3-reportbug suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: e829dce <e829dce@disroot.org>

To: 1121441@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#1121441: Bug report withdrawal

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:29:40 +0300

It looks like the bug report got filed under a completely wrong package, 
and I found the problematic package either way, so I'd like to request 
this bug report closed or marked invalid. Sorry if that caused some 
trouble for you =)

Message #21 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

To: 1121441@bugs.debian.org

Cc: e829dce <e829dce@disr.it>, Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: trixie: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:57:30 -0500

Control: reassign -1 src:systemd 257.9-1~deb13u1

Ok, but this isn't ptyxis' fault either, since ptyxis is only an app
and isn't responsible for launching apps and services.

systemd was updated in Debian 13.2 so I'm re-assigning there, but this
bug doesn't yet have enough information for us to do much with it.

There don't seem to have been any relevant changes in GNOME components
themselves for Debian 13.2.
https://wiki.debian.org/Gnome/TrixieUpdates

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Message #30 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

To: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

Cc: 1121441@bugs.debian.org, e829dce <e829dce@disr.it>

Subject: Re: trixie: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:00:27 +0100

I used AI ( / sales rep) intelligence level here :-)

I did not knew what was ptyxis one hour ago

Message #35 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@debian.org>

To: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>

Cc: 1121441@bugs.debian.org, e829dce <e829dce@disr.it>

Subject: Re: trixie: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:03:10 -0500

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM Alexandre Detiste
<alexandre.detiste@gmail.com> wrote:
> I did not knew what was ptyxis one hour ago

There might just be something very wrong with the individual's Debian
install or even their hardware. I think we would have noticed if this
was a widespread issue, we would have heard about this sooner.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha

Message #40 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: e829dce <e829dce@disroot.org>

To: 1121441@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: trixie: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:19:32 +0300

Hello there, thanks for reassigning the bug report.
Indeed, Ptyxis is not responsible for anything, but it's the only 
program that could output something searchable, like an error that I've 
included in the original post. Nautilus stops working as well.
I've tried using Chromium (taken from the stable repository), and it 
also seems to be encountering the same issue, except it actually 
complains about profiles (forgotten the details, but I can try to 
replicate it again).
About an issue with my hardware... I think that's out of the question - 
SMART logs look alright to me, there are no errors.
Sorry if I'm doing anything wrong right now - this is my first time 
filing a bug report

Message #45 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: e829dce <e829dce@disroot.org>

To: 1121441@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: trixie: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 17:32:03 +0300

Hello there.
Turns out the issue was related to `profile-sync-daemon`, AKA `psd`. 
Removing the package and creating a new Firefox profile fixed it 
completely - no more failing applications.

Message #50 received at 1121441@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

To: e829dce <e829dce@disr.it>, 1121441@bugs.debian.org

Cc: profile-sync-daemon@packages.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#1121441: Most graphical utilities start failing seemingly at random

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:40:31 +0000

Control: reassign -1 profile-sync-daemon 6.50-1
Control: tags -1 + trixie moreinfo

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 at 18:11:44 +0300, e829dce wrote:
>It seems like this issue started happening after upgrading to Debian 13.2. I
>couldn't find a consistent way to reproduce it, but once it happens, I can't
>start most graphical utilities, Firefox logs me out of pretty much every
>website, and the system generally becomes unusable until I either log out or
>restart.
>I can kind of start Ptyxis (since I use it as my terminal emulator), but it
>throws this error:
>Failed to start transient scope unit: Unit ptyxis-
>spawn-2120119d-e343-4c78-b079-6ff0b9fcb101.scope not found.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2025 at 17:32:03 +0300, e829dce wrote:
>Turns out the issue was related to `profile-sync-daemon`, AKA `psd`. 
>Removing the package and creating a new Firefox profile fixed it 
>completely - no more failing applications.

Reassigning this to profile-sync-daemon.

    smcv

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