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I am using ubuntu 22.04 Changes to favorites are lost after the session ends, i.e. they are not persistent. Adding a new app to the favorite works. I can see the new favorite in dconf /org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps However after logging out all changes are lost.

For example adding gedit as a favorite the setting /org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps is ['firefox.desktop', 'thunderbird.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'rhythmbox.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'snap-store_ubuntu-software.desktop', 'org.gnome.gedit.desktop']

However after logging off gedit is gone and the /org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps is again

['firefox.desktop', 'thunderbird.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'rhythmbox.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'snap-store_ubuntu-software.desktop']

i.e. all changes are lost

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  • When you poweron (boot) your Ubuntu system, do you get an option to Install Ubuntu vs Try Ubuntu?
    – user535733
    Commented Jul 27, 2022 at 15:04
  • No, Ubuntu is permanently installed. Also settings like /org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/touchpad/send-events 'disabled-on-external-mouse' are preserved. Just seems to be that favorites only are lost
    – Martin Hermann Brand
    Commented Jul 27, 2022 at 15:39
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    When you try saving a favorite, are there are any messages in your syslog or journal created by the action?
    – user535733
    Commented Jul 27, 2022 at 15:48
  • There are no entries. However I can see with dconf that the above key is correctly modified. However the login process creates a new .config/dconf/user file. Anyway stat .config/dconf/user shows that the files birth time is the last login or unlock time of the current user. As mentioned before other settings remain.
    – Martin Hermann Brand
    Commented Jul 28, 2022 at 8:42

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I had the same issue. There was a script in the startup applications resetting the favorites each time on boot. ( 'put-firefox-into-panel.sh' in my case, I don't know which process put it there ... ) Check your startup applications whether you have a similar issue.

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