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[Bug]: 1.16.5: Failed to apply extra-data: "Bad address" when installing org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 #6583

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[Bug]: 1.16.5: Failed to apply extra-data: "Bad address" when installing org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264#6583
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@rocketguedes
rocketguedes
opened on Apr 9, 2026

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  • I agree to follow the Code of Conduct that this project adheres to.
  • I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.
  • If this is an issue with a particular app, I have tried filing it in the appropriate issue tracker for the app (e.g. under https://github.com/flathub/) and determined that it is an issue with Flatpak itself.
  • This issue is not a report of a security vulnerability (see here if you need to report a security issue).

Flatpak version

1.16.5

What Linux distribution are you using?

Arch Linux

Linux distribution version

Linux archlinux 6.19.11-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:33:01 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What architecture are you using?

x86_64

How to reproduce

  1. flatpak --verbose --user install --assumeyes flathub runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1

Expected Behavior

The openh264 runtime should be downloaded, extracted and installed successfully into the user Flatpak installation.

Actual Behavior

flatpak --verbose --user install --assumeyes flathub runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1

F: Opening user flatpak installation at path /home/guedes/.local/share/flatpak
Looking for matches…
F: No installations directory in /etc/flatpak/installations.d. Skipping
F: Fetching summary index file for remote ‘flathub’
F: Loading https://dl.flathub.org/repo/summary.idx using curl
F: Received 10001 bytes
F: Loading https://dl.flathub.org/repo/summaries/a11e917287c0318acc729840fb84ff7c1be92a27d0355fdf8d9d05935d455ae2.idx.sig using curl
F: Received 592 bytes
F: Fetching indexed summary file d841bb72273a26eb464d82ca00b67775aeb2c59dca123ba86a8554870e16ecd4.gz for remote ‘flathub’
F: Loading https://dl.flathub.org/repo/summaries/d841bb72273a26eb464d82ca00b67775aeb2c59dca123ba86a8554870e16ecd4.gz using curl
F: Received 1578558 bytes
F: Transaction: install flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1[*]
F: Looking for remote metadata updates for flathub
F: marking op install:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1 resolved to 0f52621e4540863ee86b1fe26216fff78fefa1096f367079692344139228e474
F: Checking installation ‘user’ for EOL unused refs and autoprunes
F: Checking installation ‘user’ for EOL unused refs and autoprunes


 1.             org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264       2.5.1   i       flathub < 971.4 kB


Installing…
F: flatpak_dir_pull: Using commit 0f52621e4540863ee86b1fe26216fff78fefa1096f367079692344139228e474 for pull of ref runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1 from remote flathub
Installing…                        0%  0 bytes/s
Installing… █                      5%
F: Loading http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/libopenh264-2.5.1-linux64.7.so.bz2 using curl
Installing… ████████████████████ 100%
F: Received 619625 bytes
F: No checksum specified, getting tip of runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1 from origin flathub
F: tip resolved to: 0f52621e4540863ee86b1fe26216fff78fefa1096f367079692344139228e474
F: extracting extra data to /home/guedes/.local/share/flatpak/runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.5.1/.0f52621e4540863ee86b1fe26216fff78fefa1096f367079692344139228e474-g8sglm/files/extra

(flatpak install:9377): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 22:56:20.182: g_object_get_qdata: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(flatpak install:9377): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 22:56:20.182: g_file_get_path: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
error: Failed to install org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264: While trying to apply extra data: Failed to open runtime files: Bad address

Additional Information

The issue occurs consistently regardless of the installation scope, both as user
(--user) and system-wide installation.
The error occurs both when installing the runtime directly and as a dependency of com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher
bubblewrap version: 0.11.1

Activity

  1. rocketguedes
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    on Apr 9, 2026
  2. smcv
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  3. smcv
    changed the title [-][Bug]: Failed to apply extra-data: "Bad address" when installing org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264[/-] [+][Bug]: 1.16.5: Failed to apply extra-data: "Bad address" when installing org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264[/+] on Apr 9, 2026

  4. smcv commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @smcv
    smcv
    on Apr 9, 2026
    Collaborator

    This might have the same root cause as the browser-related issues #6582, #6584, or it might be a similar fd-tracking issue.

  5. smcv commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @smcv
    smcv
    on Apr 9, 2026
    Collaborator

    To check, have you restarted Flatpak's various systemd services since applying the 1.16.5 update?

    The easiest way to confirm that this has been done would be to reboot the whole system.

  6. smcv commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @smcv
    smcv
    on Apr 9, 2026
    Collaborator

    I can reproduce this. It's because openh264 has an extra-data helper that is statically linked, and runs without a runtime (empty/no /usr).

  7. smcv
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 9, 2026

    run: Cope with an empty runtime

    d08a2b7

    dir: In apply_extra_data(), don't assume there is always a runtime

    dc3932f
  8. smcv
    self-assigned this
    on Apr 9, 2026
  9. github-merge-queue
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 10, 2026

    run: Cope with an empty runtime

    aa1a54c

    dir: In apply_extra_data(), don't assume there is always a runtime

    c14ad37
  10. smcv
    closed this as completedin #6587on Apr 10, 2026
  11. smcv
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 10, 2026

    run: Cope with an empty runtime

    00cd8ca

    dir: In apply_extra_data(), don't assume there is always a runtime

    754fd66

  12. paddylandau commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @paddylandau
    paddylandau
    on Apr 10, 2026

    I confirm that I get this. I found out because, when updating flatpak, I get a slightly different error:

    $ flatpak update
Looking for updates…

        ID                                           Branch           Op           Remote            Download
 1. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264            2.5.1            i            flathub           620.4 kB / 971.4 kB

Warning: Error deploying: While trying to apply extra data: Failed to open runtime files: Bad address
Installation complete.

    Installing VLC also gives that problem, because VLC depends on openh264.

    (I have restarted my computer.)

  13. smcv commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @smcv
    smcv
    on Apr 10, 2026
    Collaborator

    This should be fixed in 1.16.6 (and 1.17.6 for development-branch users).

  14. paddylandau commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @paddylandau
    paddylandau
    on Apr 10, 2026

    This should be fixed in 1.16.6 (and 1.17.6 for development-branch users).

    Thank you. My flatpak version is currently 1.16.4. I need to wait for the flatpak PPA to be updated.

  15. swick
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Apr 10, 2026

    run: Cope with an empty runtime

    b942152

    dir: In apply_extra_data(), don't assume there is always a runtime

    a140dd1

  16. smcv commented on Apr 10, 2026

    @smcv
    smcv
    on Apr 10, 2026
    Collaborator

    I'll probably update the PPA after 1.16.6 is released (it takes A While to do builds for all the Ubuntu versions, and might not happen until tomorrow at this point). If the 1.16.6 release gets delayed for whatever reason, there's a 1.16.5-and-a-half release in Debian which can be backported into the PPAs, but I'm not going to spend the time to update and test that if 1.16.6 is imminent anyway.

  17. b1tlevel commented on Apr 11, 2026

    @b1tlevel
    b1tlevel
    on Apr 11, 2026

    For awareness, 1.16.6 has now been release by Arch - was able to update successfully once completed.

  18. paddylandau commented on Apr 11, 2026

    @paddylandau
    paddylandau
    on Apr 11, 2026

    For awareness, 1.16.6 has now been release by Arch - was able to update successfully once completed.

    I can confirm that it has updated and is working on Ubuntu as well. Thank you to the devs!

  19. swick
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on May 7, 2026

    run: Cope with an empty runtime

    dc40c21

    dir: In apply_extra_data(), don't assume there is always a runtime

    630fcba
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