Slingshot shows up if invoked with --silent while already running

FWIW, Slingshot is now launched and monitored by Cerbere. This shouldn't happen though since it uses 'slingshot --silent'

It was invoked twice on startup: first from cerbere and second from a .desktop file which I forgot to remove from pantheon-xsession-settings. This is fixed in the OS now, but still might need fixing in Slingshot.

I confirm this is Slingshot's fault as well, gonna fix it together with https://bugs.launchpad.net/slingshot/+bug/993520

I'm not sure if it's a bug anymore. I mean, it still happens, but I kinda like it.

Well, IMO it is a bug, --silent should be some kind of preload, it should be read as "if it's not already running load it so it'll faster to access" and thus if it shows up it's a bug. Plus, from a practical POV, it could be launched with --silent to be sure Slingshot will be ready to use when needed and then it mustn't show up. On the other hand, if you have any use case for leaving it as it is I'd be glad to hear it :)

Yeah, it should not start up when called with --silent. I mean, maybe we should show it after login. It's handy.

It's likely apps the user wanna launch are already in the dock, making this not very useful. On the other hand I find the empty desktop a waste of space/utility. We could even go as far as showing Slingshot every time we the user looks at the desktop with no apps, like when switching to a new workspace.

Yeah no. Slingshot shouldn't open when logging in or when invoking it with --silent. It's most definitely a bug and needs fixed.

From what I understand from the above comments, Slingshot is showing up on boot, but nobody else can confirm this.

So what is the bug really?

Fixed in recent daily builds.