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mprisence cannot connect to Discord IPC although everything is properly configured #65

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@EpocDotFr

Hello,

mprisence cannot connect to Discord IPC, logs show: Could not connect to Discord IPC socket. Presence updates will be disabled until connection succeeds.. I double-checked everything was properly configured, including:

  • Discord Snap is in use (NOT the Flatpak release)

    • Everything is enabled in activity privacy settings
  • My player is compatible:

     $ mprisence players list
     
     MPRIS players: 1 (1 playing, 0 paused, 0 excluded)
     ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     ▶ Rhythmbox                        Feel The Beatz — Techno Mix Sessi... [playing]
    
  • Service is running:

     $ systemctl --user status mprisence
     ● mprisence.service - Discord Rich Presence for MPRIS media players
          Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/mprisence.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
          Active: active (running) since Mon 2025-12-29 09:34:20 CET; 5min ago
        Main PID: 12111 (mprisence)
           Tasks: 15 (limit: 57454)
          Memory: 4.4M (peak: 5.1M)
             CPU: 81ms
          CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/mprisence.service
                  └─12111 /usr/bin/mprisence
    

    Also I restarted Discord and the service several times.

Distro: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with all packages up to date

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