What changed in GNOME Shell from 49 to 50

4 releases numbered after 49.9 up to and including 50.4, stable releases only. 49.9 and 50.4 are the newest stable releases of 49 and 50 we track; this page follows them as new ones ship.

27 changes across 4 releases · 2 landed on more than one version

Added 3

50.2

  • Add rate control to VA-API H.264 screencast pipelines

50.1

  • Enable network agent on lock screen
  • Add basic zoom support to captive portal
Changed 5

50.3

  • Announce search result description to screen readers
  • Improve animation when expanding app grid label

50.2

  • Open session/a11y menu on login screen on either button

50.1

  • Use triangular noise shape for dithering lightbox vignette
  • Fit on-screen keyboard better on very small screens
Fixed 19

50.4

  • Fix some menu animations
  • Fix glitch when switching to minimized window on another workspace
  • Fix miscaled magnified cursor on HiDPI
  • Fix sound glitch when pushing redundant volume changes
  • Fix removing arbitrary provider when removing unregistered search provider
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanupsalso in50.3

50.3

  • Prevent workspaces from being removed mid-animation
  • Fix spacing in lock screen media notifications
  • Plugged leakalso in50.1

50.2

  • Fix extending screenshot area selection to monitor edges
  • Fix faulty German translations of several date/time formats
  • Don't notify dash elements twice to screen reader
  • Fix showing "Install Updates" checkbox in power-off/restart dialog
  • Fix autorun notification for connected USB drives
  • Fix spinner resetting on each key press in overview search
  • Fix reapplying layout on xkb-options changes
  • Fix wiggle feedback on non-password auth failures
  • Only show audio input icon when actually recording

50.1

  • Fix glitch in quick settings with wrapped text in menu

Original release notes, newest first

The list above is our reading of these notes; the originals from GNOME are here, one fold per release.

50.4
  • Fix some menu animations [Florian; !4237]
  • Fix glitch when switching to minimized window on another workspace [Florian; !4199]
  • Fix miscaled magnified cursor on HiDPI [Daniel; !4290]
  • Fix sound glitch when pushing redundant volume changes [Andre; !4302]
  • Fix removing arbitrary provider when removing unregistered search provider [htrex; !4308]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian, Marco, Alessandro, Carlos, Joan; !4193, !4276, !4275, !4248, !4293, !4296, !4306, !4082, !4312]

Contributors: Alessandro Bono, Andre Eikmeyer, Carlos Garnacho, htrex, Florian Müllner, Joan Torres Lopez, Marco Trevisan (Treviño), Daniel van Vugt

Translators: Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk]

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50.3
  • Prevent workspaces from being removed mid-animation [Tony; !4014]
  • Announce search result description to screen readers [Lukáš; !4251]
  • Improve animation when expanding app grid label [Daniel; !4247]
  • Fix spacing in lock screen media notifications [Florian; !4217]
  • Plugged leak [Alessandro; !4258]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Swagtoy, Andre, Alessandro, Florian; !4233, !4250, !4253, !4204]

Contributors: Alessandro Bono, Tony Chen, Florian Müllner, Andre Nijman, Swagtoy, Lukáš Tyrychtr, Daniel van Vugt

Translators: luming zh [zh_CN], Vasil Pupkin [be], Victoria Niedzielska [pl]

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50.2
  • Fix extending screenshot area selection to monitor edges [Ramez; !4158]
  • Fix faulty German translations of several date/time formats [Andre; Translation/de#88]
  • Don't notify dash elements twice to screen reader [Sergio; !4182]
  • Add rate control to VA-API H.264 screencast pipelines [Mikhail; !4171]
  • Fix showing “Install Updates” checkbox in power-off/restart dialog [Milan; !4185, !4188]
  • Fix autorun notification for connected USB drives [Sebastian; !4187]
  • Fix spinner resetting on each key press in overview search [Vicente; !4191]
  • Fix reapplying layout on xkb-options changes [Sebastian; !4205]
  • Fix wiggle feedback on non-password auth failures [Joan; !4209]
  • Open session/a11y menu on login screen on either button [Florian; !4225]
  • Only show audio input icon when actually recording [Herman; !4218]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Bilal, fthx, Marco, Florian; !4176, !4077, !4183, !4184, !4180, !4135, !4194, !4197, !4201, !4198, !4210, !4220]

Contributors: Vicente Bertolotti, Sergio Costas Rodriguez, Milan Crha, Bilal Elmoussaoui, Herman Fries, fthx, Mikhail Gavrilov, Saikeo Kavhanxay, Sebastian Keller, Ramez Medhat, Florian Müllner, Liam Rust, Joan Torres Lopez, Marco Trevisan (Treviño)

Translators: Andre Klapper [de], Kjartan Maraas [nb], Nathan Follens [nl], Jose Riha [sk], Saikeo Kavhanxay [lo], luming zh [zh_CN], Bjørn Mørkedal [nn], Flynn Peck [kw], Vasil Pupkin [be]

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50.1
  • Use triangular noise shape for dithering lightbox vignette [Michel; !4137]
  • Fix glitch in quick settings with wrapped text in menu [Sebastian; !4136]
  • Fit on-screen keyboard better on very small screens [Sebastian; !4156]
  • Enable network agent on lock screen [Mitchell; !4160]
  • Add basic zoom support to captive portal [Florian; !4159]
  • Plugged leak [Sebastian; !4168]
  • Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Daniel, Florian, DaPigGuy, Sebastian, Peter, rayjonesjay, Jonas, Bilal, Mohamed; !4139, !4141, !4142, !4143, !4146, !4148, !4151, !4152, !4155, !4148, !4151, !4150, !4162, !4165, !4169, !4153]

Contributors: Mohamed Abdulla, Mitchell Augustin, DaPigGuy, Michel Dänzer, Bilal Elmoussaoui, Peter Hutterer, Sebastian Keller, Florian Müllner, rayjonesjay, Daniel van Vugt, Jonas Ådahl

Translators: Марко Костић [sr], Flynn Peck [kw], Antonio Marin [ro], Victoria Niedzielska [pl], Ryo Nakano [ja], Jordi Mas [ca], Jose Riha [sk]

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