Slack and Steam snaps

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been having some trouble lately with two Snaps on Resolute Beta: Slack and Steam.

In both cases, I am unable to click on any buttons within the menu bar. Additionally, in Slack, the right-click context menu (for copying and pasting) isn’t working at all.

What I’ve tested so far:

I tried the Slack .deb version, and it works perfectly fine. I checked on my laptop, and everything seems to be working correctly there in 25.10.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I want to make sure it’s not just me before I submit an official bug report through the proper channels.

Thanks!

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Snaps are independent of any Ubuntu version (like 26.04), so I have moved your support question out of the 26.04 testing area.

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I’m seeing similar regressions on the Resolute 26.04 daily builds, because I have tried Ubuntu 26.04 daily build on my laptop. This appears to be an input-grabbing conflict between Wayland and the current Snapd confinement on GNOME 49/50. Since the deb works, it’s likely a sandbox communication issue. A few workarounds to try:

  • Switch to Xorg: Log out and select “Ubuntu on Xorg” from the gear icon. This usually restores menu functionality immediately.
  • Steam Fix: Go to Settings > Interface and toggle “Enable context focus compatibility mode.”
  • Snap Refresh: Try switching to the edge channel to see if a patch is pushed: sudo snap refresh slack --edge.

If the issue persists on Xorg, please grab your logs via journalctl -f and attach them to a bug report on Launchpad under the snapd package.

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When I first moved to Ubuntu I originally ran the SNAP version of steam only to later replace it with the deb package as I found that much more stable when moving releases.

In regards to Slack I have only used it as a PWA and not any of the standalone apps, I know it may be annoying but it could potentially get you through until a new version is released

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In this case, I do think it’s an issue with 26.04. I mean, I checked on another machine running 25.10 and didn’t run into that problem there. The Steam and Slack Snaps haven’t been updated in several months, so I believe the error has to do with how they integrate into the new version of Ubuntu.