element-hq / element-hq/element-web

CompositorAnimationObserver active for too long error in logs (Button animation stuck for 229s)

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A-Electron O-Uncommon S-Tolerable T-Defect
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Description

### Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Element Desktop on Linux (Ubuntu 26.04, GNOME Shell, NVIDIA GPU)
2. Use the application normally
3. Observe the journal/stderr log output

I have not yet identified a reliable trigger for this issue. It appears to happen intermittently during normal use.

### Outcome

#### What did you expect?
No compositor animation errors in the log output. Button animations should complete promptly.

#### What happened instead?
The following error appears in the log:
```
Apr 11 14:03:48 luis-ubuntu element-desktop.desktop[14255]: [14255:0411/140348.784543:ERROR:ui/compositor/compositor_animation_observer.cc:65] CompositorAnimationObserver is active for too long (229.209s) location=Button@ui/views/controls/button/button.cc:668
A CompositorAnimationObserver on a Button element remained active for ~229 seconds, suggesting a UI animation got stuck and was never properly completed or cancelled.
```

### Operating system

Ubuntu 26.04, GNOME Shell, NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super (Wayland)

### Application version

1.12.15

### How did you install the app?

https://element.io/en/download#linux

### Homeserver

_No response_

### Will you send logs?

Yes

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