Bug 509429 - Strong flickering of Thumbnail-aside
Summary: Strong flickering of Thumbnail-aside
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-various (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.4
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2025-09-12 17:59 UTC by Tobias Zwick
Modified: 2025-09-24 19:59 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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A video of the issue (495.38 KB, video/webm)
2025-09-12 17:59 UTC, Tobias Zwick
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Description Tobias Zwick 2025-09-12 17:59:38 UTC
Created attachment 184916 [details]
A video of the issue

SUMMARY
When anything is displayed above it, such as
- the shadow of another window
- a notification
- spectacle "recording in this section" markings
the thumbnails strongly flicker.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Activate Thumbnail aside in the Desktop Effects settings
2. add a window to the thumbnails (Default keybinding: Ctrl+Win+T)
3. drag a window over it

OBSERVED RESULT
Strong flickering whenever another window overlaps with the thumbnail

EXPECTED RESULT
No flickering.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.16.5-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
See video.
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-09-24 19:57:24 UTC
I'm not able to reproduce this in git-master with an AMD GPU or with Plasma 6.4.5 with an NVIDIA GPU.

Operating System: Solus 4.7
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2

Are you still seeing this bug with Plasma 6.4.5?
Also, are you using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers? If so, which version?
Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-09-24 19:59:16 UTC
After writing that out, I do see flickering in thumbnail-aside with Obsidian Notes behind it, while I type into this report or Obsidian.
I also see this flickering in git-master, typing into KWrite while that window is behind the thumbnail.