From 41d97ddd21e61c37801af164865d4ec5f2d79f47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mr. m" <mr.m@tuta.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:34:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Dont update the spaces menu for GTK, b=closes #12024,
 c=common

---
 src/zen/common/modules/ZenMenubar.mjs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/zen/common/modules/ZenMenubar.mjs b/src/zen/common/modules/ZenMenubar.mjs
index 81a9ce9c9..62536c1d0 100644
--- a/src/zen/common/modules/ZenMenubar.mjs
+++ b/src/zen/common/modules/ZenMenubar.mjs
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ export class nsZenMenuBar {
       </menu>`);
     document.getElementById("view-menu").after(spacesMenubar);
     document.getElementById("zen-spaces-menubar").addEventListener("popupshowing", () => {
+      if (AppConstants.platform === "linux") {
+        // On linux, there seems to be a bug where the menu freezes up and makes the browser
+        // suppiciously unresponsive if we try to update the menu while it's opening.
+        // See https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/12024
+        return;
+      }
       gZenWorkspaces.updateWorkspacesChangeContextMenu();
     });
   }