One day I noticed it doesn't show up in the tray icon area on waybar. No nm-applet, no Telegram, Slack, nothing.
[2026-03-12 15:15:03.947] [info] Bar configured (width: 1620, height: 10) for output: DP-4
[2026-03-12 15:15:03.947] [info] Bar configured (width: 2880, height: 10) for output: DP-3
[2026-03-12 15:15:03.948] [error] Host: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownObject: No such object path '/StatusNotifierWatcher'
[2026-03-12 15:15:03.948] [error] Host: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownObject: No such object path '/StatusNotifierWatcher'
I ran waybar from console and noticed this error message. No such object path '/StatusNotifierWatcher' message is the indicator to watch out.
https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/2437
Missing DBus service for tray · Issue #2437 · Alexays/Waybar
DBus service file I'm using: # /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.service [D-BUS Service] Name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher Exec=/usr/bin/waybar # comment SystemdService to s...
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https://github.com/Alexays/Waybar/issues/3468
Tray module not visible after some time. No such object path '/StatusNotifierWatcher' · Issue #3468 · Alexays/Waybar
After a few hours of logging into hyprland, the Tray Module does now show up after killing and launching waybar. This does not happen before that point, I can kill waybar and start it again (via a ...
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As root, create this service:
# /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.service
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
Exec=/usr/bin/waybar
# SystemdService=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher.service # leave commented unless you integrate with systemd user unitsReboot, and things were fixed for me. (Actually I can't find this exact service file, Perplexity made this one up, I think)