That seems an upstream empathy bug, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662672 (that has mention of similar issues on fedora without using the indicator)
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #662672 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662672 ** Changed in: indicator-messages (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Changed in: indicator-messages (Ubuntu) Assignee: Lars Uebernickel (larsu) => (unassigned) ** Package changed: indicator-messages (Ubuntu) => empathy (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: empathy via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662672 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1261060 Title: opening an unread message via the indicator makes empathy open an empty window, forgetting the msg To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/1261060/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs