Public bug reported: If the chromium snap happens to refresh when the browser is running, some fonts break and just display squares instead of text (see screenshot).
Checking version reported by chromium itself and snap revision confirms that an update happened. Also snap changes confirms it: $ snap changes chromium ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 399 Done today at 22:00 CET today at 22:01 CET Auto-refresh snap "chromium" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-29.31-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Fri Jan 22 22:12:55 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-18 (96 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20200930) Snap: chromium 88.0.4324.96 (latest/stable) SnapSource: ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy snap wayland-session ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2021-01-22 22-11-38.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912854/+attachment/5455836/+files/Screenshot%20from%202021-01-22%2022-11-38.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912854 Title: snap autorefresh breaks some fonts To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1912854/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs