Wayland is getting a 6-year-long fix for its most annoying quirk, and KDE and GNOME are already implementing it
Publish Date: 2026-03-29 02:07:00
Source Domain: www.xda-developers.com
Summary
- xdg-session-management has been merged after six years; it enables restoring window positions after crashes/logouts.
- KDE and GNOME are actively implementing it; desktop support should appear soon.
- Protocol finalised, but distributions must implement it before Wayland restores sessions by default.
If you’ve used a Wayland-based Linux operating system, you’ll know that windows that you close don’t reappear where they were when a session ends, such as after a crash or a logout. It’s been a long-standing problem, so much so that a fix for this unwanted behavior has been worked on for six years now.
Well, if that annoying quirk kept you off Wayland, I have some excellent news. The xdg-session-management protocol, which started in February 2020 to make windows re-open where they were closed, has finally been merged, and KDE and GNOME are already working hard to make it a reality.
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