Vorta does not appear in Background Apps on GNOME

[lboekhorst]

Description

Vorta does not move into the "Background Apps" section of the Quick Settings panel when it is automatically launched at start-up. It works correctly when you manually start Vorta, and then close the main window.

Steps to reproduce

1. Configure Vorta to launch at start-up
2. Reboot the computer
3. Observe how Vorta is not in the "Background Apps" section of the Quick Settings panel

Reproduction

• I tried to reproduce the issue.
• I was able to reproduce the issue.

OS

Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie), GNOME 48
Arch Linux, GNOME 49

Version of Vorta

0.11.3

What did you install Vorta with?

Flatpak

Version of Borg

1.4.4

Logs

2026-03-20 08:32:26,775 - vorta.i18n - DEBUG - Loading translation succeeded for ['nl-Latn-NL', 'nl-NL', 'nl-Latn', 'nl'].
2026-03-20 08:32:26,849 - vorta.views.source_tab - DEBUG - Added item number 0 from 1
2026-03-20 08:32:26,928 - root - INFO - Using NetworkManagerMonitor NetworkStatusMonitor implementation.
2026-03-20 08:32:26,957 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Add job for site default
2026-03-20 08:32:26,957 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Start job on site: default
2026-03-20 08:32:26,960 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Running command: /app/bin/borg --version
2026-03-20 08:32:27,247 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Finish job for site: default
2026-03-20 08:32:27,248 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - No more jobs for site: default
2026-03-20 08:32:27,248 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Refreshing all scheduler timers
2026-03-20 08:32:27,249 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 1, 3 42
2026-03-20 08:32:27,250 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 1 is disabled.
2026-03-20 08:32:27,250 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 2, 3 42
2026-03-20 08:32:27,251 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 2 is disabled.
2026-03-20 08:33:04,454 - vorta.application - INFO - An instance of Vorta is already running. Opening main window.
2026-03-20 08:33:10,663 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - INFO - Finished cancelling all jobs
2026-03-20 08:35:40,116 - vorta.i18n - DEBUG - Loading translation succeeded for ['nl-Latn-NL', 'nl-NL', 'nl-Latn', 'nl'].
2026-03-20 08:35:40,187 - vorta.views.source_tab - DEBUG - Added item number 0 from 1
2026-03-20 08:35:40,263 - root - INFO - Using NetworkManagerMonitor NetworkStatusMonitor implementation.
2026-03-20 08:35:40,292 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Add job for site default
2026-03-20 08:35:40,292 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Start job on site: default
2026-03-20 08:35:40,296 - vorta.borg.borg_job - INFO - Running command: /app/bin/borg --version
2026-03-20 08:35:40,589 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - Finish job for site: default
2026-03-20 08:35:40,589 - vorta.borg.jobs_manager - DEBUG - No more jobs for site: default
2026-03-20 08:35:40,590 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Refreshing all scheduler timers
2026-03-20 08:35:40,592 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 1, 3 42
2026-03-20 08:35:40,592 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 1 is disabled.
2026-03-20 08:35:40,594 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Profile: 2, 3 42
2026-03-20 08:35:40,594 - vorta.scheduler - DEBUG - Scheduler for profile 2 is disabled.
2026-03-20 08:38:24,815 - vorta.application - INFO - An instance of Vorta is already running. Opening main window.

[lboekhorst]

I'm willing to contribute in order to fix this issue, but I would appreciate a bit of guidance on suspected root cause and possibly solution directions. If this requires investigation from scratch, please let me know as well, I will be able to dig into this further.