From d7b5f0a26b15472b37aef2248dea51a2aa6d4916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oscar Hinton <hinton.oscar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:26:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid destroying the tray icon in linux (#227)

---
 src/electron/tray.main.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/electron/tray.main.ts b/src/electron/tray.main.ts
index bed712f5aa7..e34c54b7dac 100644
--- a/src/electron/tray.main.ts
+++ b/src/electron/tray.main.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ export class TrayMain {
     }
 
     removeTray(showWindow = true) {
-        if (this.tray != null) {
+        // Due to https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/17622
+        // we cannot destroy the tray icon on linux.
+        if (this.tray != null && process.platform !== 'linux') {
             this.tray.destroy();
             this.tray = null;
         }