Recurring GNOME Shell crash with Dash2Dock Lite enabled: clutter_actor_destroy_all_children assertion, dash.js:78 / dash.js:795

[spinningrat69]

I've been getting a recurring GNOME Shell crash with the following signature.

crash.txt

Environment

• Arch Linux
• GNOME Shell 49.4
• Mutter 49.4
• Wayland
• NVIDIA

Enabled extensions

• blur-my-shell@aunetx
• caffeine@patapon.info
• appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com
• Vitals@CoreCoding.com
• rx-input-layout-switcher@wzmn.net
• burn-my-windows@schneegans.github.com
• dash2dock-lite@icedman.github.com
• arch-update@RaphaelRochet

Crash message

Clutter:ERROR: ../mutter/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c:11542:
clutter_actor_destroy_all_children: assertion failed:
(self->priv->n_children < prev_n_children)

Bail out! Clutter:ERROR: ../mutter/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c:11542:
clutter_actor_destroy_all_children: assertion failed:
(self->priv->n_children < prev_n_children)

[Yokutto]

Hi,

Thanks for the report.
Not only this is also happening for me, but I can also reproduce this all the time when closing some apps, like steam. Its like when the app is closing, and I force it to reopen, it sometimes causes the gnome-shell to crash entirely

I did a quick video about it, note that it ends abruptly because the shell crashes at the end, and I also disabled any relevant extension in order to test it

My environment:

• Fedora 43 Silverblue
• GNOME Shell 49.4
• Wayland
• AMD

crash.log

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