[GH-ISSUE #1016] After closing ironbar, trying to restart it occasionally crashes it instead #5937

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opened 2026-05-23 01:54:06 +01:00 by JakeStanger · 2 comments

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Originally created by @Funtimes909 on GitHub (May 28, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/1016

Describe the bug
Occasionally when closing ironbar, trying to restart it crashes immediately, I can't see to reproduce the issue that causes it to consistently crash.

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Expected behavior
I expected I would be able to restart the bar consistently after it crashes/manually restarting it

System information:

Distro: Arch Linux
Compositor: Hyprland
Ironbar version: ironbar-git (from AUR)

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Configs are at https://git.funtimes909.xyz/Funtimes909/dotfiles

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Originally created by @Funtimes909 on GitHub (May 28, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/JakeStanger/ironbar/issues/1016 **Describe the bug** Occasionally when closing ironbar, trying to restart it crashes immediately, I can't see to reproduce the issue that causes it to consistently crash. **To reproduce** Steps to reproduce the behavior: **Expected behavior** I expected I would be able to restart the bar consistently after it crashes/manually restarting it **System information:** - Distro: Arch Linux - Compositor: Hyprland - Ironbar version: ironbar-git (from AUR) **Configuration** Configs are at https://git.funtimes909.xyz/Funtimes909/dotfiles **Screenshots** ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ff27b855-e075-46e4-800a-9d41c325a313)

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@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2025):

I think #1061 should have fixed the hard crash at least - the crash now should be isolated to any instances of the tray module only.

Are you running any other bars when this occurs? Also how are you running/restarting the bar? I haven't seen this issue in a long time.

@JakeStanger commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2025): I think #1061 should have fixed the hard crash at least - the crash now should be isolated to any instances of the tray module only. Are you running any other bars when this occurs? Also how are you running/restarting the bar? I haven't seen this issue in a long time.

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@Funtimes909 commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2025):

No, i'm not running any other bars, ironbar is the only bar running. To start the bar I simply log into my session, let hyprland start it, then when I need to restart it I simply kill the process with the kill command, then run the same command hyprland uses to start the bar.

@Funtimes909 commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2025): No, i'm not running any other bars, ironbar is the only bar running. To start the bar I simply log into my session, let hyprland start it, then when I need to restart it I simply kill the process with the kill command, then run the same command hyprland uses to start the bar.