Comment # 3 on bug 1019171 from Dominique Leuenberger

(In reply to Pieter Hollants from comment #2)
> Yep, the tray icon reappears with 2.36.3.

Great - so the next snapshot will have the fix made public. I'll close this bug
already (should anything go wrong, feel free to reopen)

> On a related note, I noticed there also is no HexChat icon shown in xfce's
> menu any longer where other programs icons are just shown fine. Could this
> be related or a separate bug?

I doubt it's related... but it's not impossible. is hexchat the only app not
showing an icon in the menu? In any case: this is better tracked on a bug on
it's own (either hexchat or xfce based)