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Lock screen is captured instead of desktop on KDE + Wayland
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Description
Operating System Info
Other
Other OS
NixOS 24.11
OBS Studio Version
30.2.3
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/7hy1tjVIT5uZ0kWe
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
When I unlock the session, preview should show the desktop
Current Behavior
Preview shows lock screen is instead, fixed by restarting OBS
Steps to Reproduce
- Add PipeWire desktop capture
- Select "Full Workspace"
- Start recording
- Stop recording
- Lock the screen
- Be gone for 5+ minutes (might depend on sleep or monitor timer)
- Unlock the screen
Anything else we should know?
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked OBS log and reproducing the issue with PipeWire desktop capture set to Full Workspace on NixOS 24.11. Check what happens across recording, locking, the reported 5+ minute wait, and unlocking. Done means the preview shows the desktop after unlocking without restarting OBS.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- nixos
- Domain
- desktop-dev, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100