[Bug 2116001] Re: Incorrect Icon for "Restart Required" in Gnome Shell Status Area

[Julian Andres Klode]

I *think* it boils down to adding -symboluc or something to do a bare
minimum nicer.

That being said, fixing this properly should show the reboot indicator
on the right side with the WiFi icon and whatnot, where you actually
click to open the menu where you can reboot; and then that should show
reboot by default.

And it's all tied down in a larger refactoring of how reboot
notifications should work in the first place and how they should handle
livepatched kernels.

I wrote a spec about 2 or so years ago but we haven't quite made a lot
of progress and it's been absorbed into a larger spec that's been put on
hold for the time being.

I do not think technically we need to do the whole logic rework to make
the UX be logical and coherent, but I also haven't thought about pushing
for just the UX change individually.

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Title:
  Incorrect Icon for "Restart Required" in Gnome Shell Status Area

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The icon for the "Restart Required" indicator in the Gnome Shell Top
  Bar (top right area of the Gnome Desktop) is incorrect. The icon is a
  very old gnome icon (may be Humanity or hicolor?) and it has never
  been updated to match the Yaru theme's monochromatic icons.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: update-notifier 3.192.68.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
  Uname: Linux 6.11.0-28-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Jul  4 16:12:13 2025
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-notifier
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-06-08 (26 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250215)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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