All system extensions broken after gnome-shell update on 2026-07-01

After the automatic update on July 1st 2026, all Zorin system extensions
are stuck in state INITIALIZED (state=6) with canChange=false and cannot
be enabled.

Affected package: gnome-shell 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.14+zorin1
Previous working version: gnome-shell 46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.13+zorin2

Affected extensions (all show state=6, canChange=false):

Symptoms:

  • No minimize/restore animation (magic lamp)
  • No wobbly windows effect
  • Right-click desktop menu shows only 3 options (missing "New Folder", etc.)
  • Zorin Appearance shows effects as enabled but they don't work

Verified via:
gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell
--method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.ListExtensions

All system extensions return: state=6, enabled=false, canChange=false

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Did You tried it with a Reboot? Did You tried it with disabling them and then enabling them again? Maybe a Reinstall could help:

sudo apt reinstall gnome-shell-extension-zorin-magic-lamp-effect gnome-shell-extension-zorin-window-move-effect gnome-shell-extension-zorin-desktop-icons gnome-shell-extension-zorin-desktop-cube gnome-shell-extension-zorin-spatial-window-switcher