fix(tray): segfault due to use-after-free from iterating children#5115
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Hi, waybar was crashing for me when I was using the tray module. My LLM wrote the below description for me and debugged it for me.
Problem
Waybar segfaults when configured with the tray module. The crash occurs in Tray::update() when iterating over widget children returned by box_.get_children().
Root cause
box_.get_children()returns raw pointers to GtkWidget objects. When tray items are removed/destroyed asynchronously (e.g., via DBus), these raw pointers become dangling. Theupdate()function then attempts to callget_style_context()on these invalid pointers, causing use-after-free segfaults.Solution: Instead of iterating over raw widget pointers from GTK's internal widget list, maintain a separate list of managed Item pointers. Item objects are owned by the Host class as
std::unique_ptr<Item>, ensuring they have a well-defined lifetime and won't become dangling.