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VSCodium desktop integration got renamed #3072

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Describe the bug
For Linux desktop integration there used to be codium.desktop, but in recent release it got renamed to upsteam com.visualstudio.CodeOSS.desktop. Probably due to Electron 43 introduction of product.linuxDesktopName (same as issue as jimeh/hucode#232).

Please confirm that this problem is VSCodium-specific

  • This bug doesn't happen if I use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It only happens in VSCodium.

Please confirm that the issue/resolution isn't already documented

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

$ find /usr/share/applications -iname '*codium*.desktop' -o -iname '*codeoss*.desktop'
/usr/share/applications/com.visualstudio.CodeOSS.desktop
/usr/share/applications/com.visualstudio.CodeOSS.UrlHandler.desktop

Expected behavior
With older VSCodium releases:

$ find /usr/share/applications -iname '*codium*.desktop' -o -iname '*codeoss*.desktop'
/usr/share/applications/codium-url-handler.desktop
/usr/share/applications/codium.desktop

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Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Debian 13
  • Architecture: x64
  • Version: 1.140.06880
  • App Manager: APT
  • Sandboxed: no

Additional context
Probably due to Electron 43 introduction of product.linuxDesktopName (same as issue as jimeh/hucode#232).

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    on Oct 16, 2026
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