Install Obsidian 1.13.4 from any source on KDE Fedora 44 Linux.
Open Obsidian.
Hit alt+tab to bring up the window navigation menu.
Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]
Yes.
Expected result
Obsidian’s window has the normal icon.
Actual result
Obsidian’s icon in the alt-tab menu is a yellow circle with a W (which I assume is the fallback Wayland app icon). The icon on my task manager and applications list are still the correct icon.
Environment
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.4
Installer version: 1.13.4
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 28 14:16:30 UTC 2026 7.1.5-201.fc44.x86_64
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: on
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none
Additional information
Confirmed present on Flatpak and standalone .tar.gz releases. Haven’t tested on any other Linux distros.
The tarball is here - it’s what the Arch package (and probably Fedora as well) use. In the current version there’s a mismatch between what StartupWMClass in the .desktop file says, and the actual class the window gets. I don’t see where that .desktop file comes from - it’s not in the tarball itself - but my workaround was to copy the system desktop file to ~/.local/share/application and adjust it: