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Extension fails to enable on GNOME Shell 50.1 - "Unrecognized parameter affectsInputRegion" #3

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@YvanRobR

GNOME Shell version: 50.1
OS: Ubuntu 26.04
Extension version: latest (installed from extensions.gnome.org)

Description

The extension fails to enable and throws an error immediately on activation.

Error log

Extension [AITwinMinds@gmail.com](mailto:AITwinMinds@gmail.com): Error: Unrecognized parameter "affectsInputRegion"
Stack trace:
parse@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/params.js:22:23
_trackActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:960:34
addChrome@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:886:14
_createDocks/<@file:///home/nami/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/AITwinMinds@gmail.com/extension.js:92:32
_createDocks@file:///home/nami/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/AITwinMinds@gmail.com/extension.js:85:18
enable@file:///home/nami/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/AITwinMinds@gmail.com/extension.js:29:14
_callExtensionEnable@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:266:38
loadExtension@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/extensionSystem.js:433:32

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install Multi-Column Dock on Ubuntu 26.04 (GNOME Shell 50.1)
  2. Enable the extension
  3. It immediately fails with the error above

Expected behavior

The dock should enable normally, as it does on GNOME 45-47.

Activity

  1. Krechetman commented on Oct 3, 2026

    @Krechetman

    Same setup, same error. Reproduced. Failed after ubuntu update

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