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Mint-Y: Thick border on windows with titlebar when switching light/dark theme

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Description

Distribution

Mint 22.2

Package version

6.4.8

Graphics hardware in use

Intel Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics], NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU]

Frequency

Always

Bug description
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as you can see this is happening when opening a window (with titlebar) when using dark them, then switch to light theme

this border disappear if I maximize the window and de-maximize it back (of if I also put it in a fullscreen, or if I minimize it and restore it back)

Steps to reproduce

1- switch to dark theme from settings
2- open any application with titlebar
3- switch back to light mode

Expected behavior

There should be this black border after switching theme from dark to light

Additional information

Note: I'm talking about Mint-Y theme, as this bug is not happening for other themes
This also happened for Mint 22.1

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Reproduce on Mint 22.2 with Cinnamon 6.4.8 using Mint-Y: switch from dark to light mode with a titled window open, then compare the border before and after maximizing or minimizing. Done when switching to light mode does not leave the reported border, while other themes remain unaffected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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