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Fix external StatusNotifierWatcher signal subscription on Arch CI - #281
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[WIP] Fix failing GitHub Actions job Test and build on Arch Linux
Fix external StatusNotifierWatcher signal subscription on Arch CI
Sep 9, 2026
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The Arch Linux CI job was failing in systray smoke tests because external
StatusNotifierWatcherregistration/unregistration signals were not consistently observed. This made tests time out waiting for signal-driven item updates.Root cause
sender='org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher'only.:1.42), so the match rule missed valid signals.Change
SignalWatcher::spawn(WatcherMode::External), keep the existing match rule for the well-known sender.GetNameOwner(org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher)and subscribing to that unique sender as well.Resulting behavior