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Crash when external display is unplugged
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Description
Operating System Info
macOS 15
Other OS
No response
OBS Studio Version
31.0.1
OBS Studio Version (Other)
No response
OBS Studio Log URL
https://obsproject.com/logs/WuN2IiE4O9Ro9hil
OBS Studio Crash Log URL
No response
Expected Behavior
Mirroring would cleanly stop when display is unplugged.
Current Behavior
The app immediately crashes.
Steps to Reproduce
- Attach external display to Mac
- Launch OBS
- Full-screen mirror content to external display.
- Unplug external display
Anything else we should know?
A very similar bug was found and fixed a few years ago. I also reported it here from this same GitHub user, if that helps find the relevant history.
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 reproducing the crash with an external display and review the linked macOS crash log and OBS log. Compare the behavior with the similar historical bug and its fix to locate the affected mirroring path. Done means unplugging the display stops mirroring cleanly without crashing OBS.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, macos
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100