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Clipboard not working on Wayland - Bitwarden Flatpak #20117

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Steps To Reproduce

  • Install Artix Linux (kernel 6.18.22-1-lts)
  • Install Niri WM (v25.11)
  • Make sure appropriate desktop portals are installed
  • Install Bitwarden Flatpak
  • Use the clipboard function
  • Try to paste

Expected Result

I should be able to copy to clipboard from Bitwarden on Wayland.

Actual Result

When attempting to copy to clipboard within the Bitwarden flatpak, I receive this error:

[NAPI] [WARN] : Tried to initialize the wayland data control protocol clipboard, but failed. Falling back to the X11 clipboard protocol. The error was: Unknown error while interacting with the clipboard: A required Wayland protocol (zwlr_data_control_manager_v1 version 1) is not supported by the compositor

Despite Niri supporting that protocol:

wayland-info | grep data_control interface: 'zwlr_data_control_manager_v1', version: 2, name: 19

I do have xwayland-satellite installed (0.8.1-1). Turning off Wayland entirely for the application obviously gets rid of the error message, but the issue persists in that I cannot copy to my clipboard.

flatpak remote-info --log flathub com.bitwarden.desktop
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:

   1) system
   2) user

Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-2]: 1

Bitwarden - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices

        ID: com.bitwarden.desktop
       Ref: app/com.bitwarden.desktop/x86_64/stable
      Arch: x86_64
    Branch: stable
   Version: 2026.3.1

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Operating System

Linux

Operating System Version

Artix Linux

Installation method

Flatpak

Build Version

2026.3.1

Issue Tracking Info

  • I understand that work is tracked outside of GitHub. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

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