The icon in the system tray has disappeared

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Description

After upgrading to version 1.13.159cb1b1d, the icon in the system tray disappeared. It is not displayed when the program is running, although all settings are made. I followed the recommendations to open/close the program, it doesn’t help

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Expected Behavior

Screenshots

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Setup

  • OS and Version: Ubuntu Mate Linux 22.04 6.2.0-37-generic 64bit
    • Installation Method: sudo apt install ./mailspring-1.13.1-amd64.deb
  • Mailspring Version: mailspring-1.13.1

Additional Context

Tray icon now showing properly after update to 1.13
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Thanks a lot for the report. I will need to see how to reproduce this issue so that we can provide a fix.

This may also be having a similar cause as Tray icon now showing properly after update to 1.13

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How to reproduce this issue:

  1. Edit → Preferences, check box Show icon menu bar / system tray
  2. Close Mailspring.
  3. Start program the icon appears in the menu bar
  4. Executing Quit Mailspring
  5. Start program we don’t see icon in menu bar
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The bug was fixed, but reappeared in version 1.16.0-5339a49f. The procedure for reproducing the bug remains the same, as I wrote earlier.

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My tray icon doesn’t show as intended, I get 3 dots, see picture. It changed 2 updates (or so) ago.

System Pop OS 22.04LTS

Screenshot from 2026-01-25 21-13-34

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For those still experiencing tray icon issues – Mailspring 1.17.4 was just released and includes two relevant fixes: the tray icon was sometimes not initialized on app launch, and would appear invisible or as three dots “•••” for a long time before switching to the right icon.

There is also now proper dark/light system tray icon support on Linux (#2602). This should help with visibility across both light and dark desktop themes. Please update and let us know if your tray icon is now displaying correctly!

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For anyone still experiencing tray icon issues on Linux, Mailspring 1.18.0 includes a fix for tray icon theme detection on GNOME/Unity desktops (#2610). Combined with the dark/light icon support and initialization fixes in 1.17.4, tray icon behavior should be much more reliable now.

Update via snap refresh mailspring, the built-in auto-updater, or from https://www.getmailspring.com/download.