It seems that this bug was originally about Ubuntu 14.04. I now tested that on Ubuntu 18.04 this works like it should. The shutdown can be canceled and in addition there's an info text saying that the machine will automatically shut down in 60 secs.
This bug can be closed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310219 Title: Shutdown cannot be canceled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1310219/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
