Package: gnome-shell   
   Version: 49.3-2   
   Severity: normal   
   Tags: patch upstream   
      
   The Quick Settings "Sound Output" panel creates duplicate entries for   
   network/virtual sinks (e.g., PipeWire RAOP/AirPlay speakers) every time   
   a property changes (volume adjustment, mute toggle). The list grows   
   indefinitely until the session is restarted.   
      
   The bug is in the libgnome-volume-control (gvc) subproject, in the   
   sync_devices() function in gvc-mixer-control.c. When a portless sink   
   receives a property update, sync_devices() creates a new   
   GvcMixerUIDevice and emits output-added without checking if a device   
   already exists for that stream.   
      
   This has been fixed upstream in libgnome-volume-control:   
      
     Issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgnome-volume-control/-/issues/39   
     Fix:   https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgnome-volume-control/   
   /merge_requests/32   
            (merged 2026-02-04)   
      
   Could the upstream fix be cherry-picked into the Debian package?   
      
   -- System Information:   
   Debian Release: trixie/sid   
   Architecture: amd64   
   Kernel: Linux 6.18.5+deb14-amd64   
      
   Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:   
   ii  gnome-shell    49.3-2   
   ii  pipewire       1.4.10-1   
   ii  pipewire-pulse 1.4.10-1   
      
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