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I use several instances of Firefox, that I usually launch from various launchers.

For example, I have a firefox-test.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications, that contains:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Firefox-Test
StartupWMClass=firetest
Exec=firefox --new-instance --no-remote -P Test --class firetest %u
Icon=firefox-developer-icon
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
Keywords=web;browser;internet;pentest;
Actions=new-window;new-private-window;

It worked for ages, in many DE, including GNOME in 18.04.

But, in 19.04, clicking on my launchers does nothing.

On the other hand, the commands works from the terminal:

firefox --new-instance --no-remote -P Test --class firetest

Is this a bug? Or an expected change?

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In case some has the same issue, it just does not work when you have an extension like Dash to Dock with the workspace isolation setting enabled or Workspace Isolated Dash.

I don't know what the issue but in that case launching new Firefox instances is not supported.

Switching back to the standard Dash or disabling any dock workspace isolation solves the issue.

I also opened an issue in Gnome Shell.

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