The desktop entry needs a "%U" at the end of the exec line to open links outside the browser. This issue is related but seems to be resolved: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/161
For the icon to work in some cases it also needs "StartupWMClass=zen-alpha". It doesn't seem to use the file on GitHub from the same release. Once I installed the Flatpak it also uses it's patterned icon for the AUR package.
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Larvey commented on 2025-02-06 17:07 (UTC)
Unable to update if the GitHub doesn't have the release. Please check the releases page on GitHub instead of the change log on the zen website before flagging the package. Thank you