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Clutter-WARNING Attempting to add actor of type 'StBoxLayout'

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Description

Hello,

I'm running CachyOS May 2025 Release, with Cinnamon 6.4.10-1.1.

I keep seeing in my logs this message;

(cinnamon:1180): Clutter-WARNING **: 16:13:04.554: Attempting to add actor of type 'StBoxLayout' to a container of type 'StBoxLayout', but the actor has already a parent of type 'StBoxLayout'.

I did not file this as a bug report, I'm not sure if this is a bug, or something I need to correct on my end? If there is something I can do, or to make sure everything is correct on my end, I'd greatly appreciate a reply, to make sure something isn't messed up.

THANKS

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The report names Cinnamon, Clutter, and the StBoxLayout warning but identifies no source file, test, reproduction steps, or requested change. Start by reproducing the warning on the reported Cinnamon environment and locate the responsible code; done requires determining whether the warning indicates a Cinnamon bug and documenting or fixing it.

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Tech stack
javascript
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desktop
Issue type
Bug
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