fix: Open Steamify from the notification starts the app (own scope), the same way it was last used (app or terminal)

AGENTS.md

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ gamescope and the Plasma desktop. Primary target: the Valve Steam Machine
   ticked by default, 2.5.0): a user timer (daily, and the service is wanted
   by `plasma-workspace.target`) runs `patches/steamify-notifier.py`, which
   compares GitHub's newest release with the `seen` version every run records
-  (`notify_seen` in the entry point, only while it's on). It must never
+  (`notify_seen` in the entry point, only while it's on, with `frontend`: app or terminal, which Open Steamify starts again, in a `systemd-run --scope` since the check's own unit is stopped when it exits). It must never
   update anything itself: notification + tray icon, Open Steamify / Skip
   this version (`skipped`). Desktop only (exits without `plasmashell`).
 - VRAM booster (`vram`, `lib/vram-booster.sh`, top-level, ticked by

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ one per merged pull request.
 
 ## 2.5.0 - 2026-09-27
 
-- **feat: Update notifications: a notification and tray icon when there's a new Steamify**
+- **fix: Open Steamify from the notification starts the app (own scope), the same way it was last used (app or terminal)**
+- `cf73229` **feat: Update notifications: a notification and tray icon when there's a new Steamify**
 
 ## 2.4.1 - 2026-09-27
 

lib/update-notifier.sh

@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ notify_status() {
 
 notify_seen() {
     # Every run records its version: the notifier compares the newest
-    # release with it, so opening Steamify ends a reminder.
+    # release with it, so opening Steamify ends a reminder. Also whether it
-    notify_status && state_set notify seen "$VERSION"
+    # was the app or the terminal menu: the notification opens the same.
+    notify_status || return 0
+    state_set notify seen "$VERSION"
+    if [[ "$BACKEND" == true ]]; then state_set notify frontend app; else state_set notify frontend terminal; fi
 }
 
 notify_enable() {

patches/steamify-notifier.py

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ STATE_DIR = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_STATE_HOME") or os.path.expanduser(
 STATE = os.path.join(STATE_DIR, "notify.state")
 DATA = os.environ.get("XDG_DATA_HOME") or os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share")
 RUN_APP = os.path.join(DATA, "cachyos-gamescope-boot", "run-app")
-APP_URL = f"https://github.com/{REPO}/releases/latest/download/steamify-app.sh"
+RUN_TERMINAL = os.path.join(DATA, "cachyos-gamescope-boot", "run-wizard")
+RELEASE = f"https://github.com/{REPO}/releases/latest/download"
 
 
 def version(v):
@@ -85,10 +86,21 @@ def main():
     icon = QIcon.fromTheme("cachyos-gamescope-boot-wizard", QIcon.fromTheme("steam"))
 
     def open_app():
-        # The app records its version as seen, which ends the reminder.
+        # The way Steamify was last used (the app or the terminal menu), the
+        # newest release either way; it records its version as seen, which
+        # ends the reminder. In its own unit: this one's processes are
+        # stopped when the check exits.
+        if state("frontend") == "terminal":
+            cmd = ["konsole", "-e", RUN_TERMINAL] if os.access(RUN_TERMINAL, os.X_OK) else \
+                  ["konsole", "-e", "bash", "-c",
+                   f"set -o pipefail; curl -fsSL --max-time 30 {RELEASE}/steamify.sh | bash; read -rp 'Press Enter to close. ' _"]
+        else:
             cmd = [RUN_APP] if os.access(RUN_APP, os.X_OK) else \
-              ["bash", "-c", f"set -o pipefail; curl -fsSL --max-time 30 {APP_URL} | bash"]
+                  ["bash", "-c", f"set -o pipefail; curl -fsSL --max-time 30 {RELEASE}/steamify-app.sh | bash"]
-        subprocess.Popen(cmd, start_new_session=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+        # A scope lives as long as anything in it: the start script puts the
+        # app in the background and exits.
+        subprocess.Popen(["systemd-run", "--user", "--scope", "--collect", "--quiet", *cmd],
+                         start_new_session=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
         app.quit()
 
     def skip():