### **SUMMARY**

Screen recording of the desktop on Plasma Wayland flickers/blinks in the captured video.
The issue is *not* visible on the actual screen, only in the recording.
Window capture works correctly; only desktop capture is affected.

Video example: https://youtu.be/1KkM1QkAaRw

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### **STEPS TO REPRODUCE**

1. Start KDE Plasma Wayland session with NVIDIA GPU (see system info below).
2. Record the desktop using OBS (or other screen recorder using PipeWire/Wayland capture).
3. View the recorded video.

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### **OBSERVED RESULT**

The captured video shows **heavy blinking/flickering** of windows during desktop capture.
This flicker does **not** appear on-screen, only in the recording.
Window capture of a single window works fine.

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### **EXPECTED RESULT**

Desktop capture should record the screen exactly as displayed, without flickering or blinking.

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### **SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS**

**Linux/KDE Plasma:** Garuda Linux x86_64
**KDE Plasma Version:** 6.5.3
**KDE Frameworks Version:** 6.20.0
**Qt Version:** 6.10.1
**Kernel:** Linux 6.17.9-zen1-1-zen
**Display Server:** KWin (Wayland)
**Login Manager:** SDDM-autologin 0.21.0 (Wayland)

**Hardware**
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti (nvidia-open driver)
Display: 3840×2160 @ 60 Hz, 1.5× scaling

**NVIDIA Drivers:**

* nvidia-open-dkms 580.105.08-4
* nvidia-utils 580.105.08-4
* linux-firmware-nvidia 20251125-1
  (and matching 32-bit libraries)

**Mesa/Vulkan versions:** mesa 25.2.7-1, vulkan-icd-loader 1.4.328.1-1, etc.

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### **ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**

* Issue *only occurs* with **desktop capture** on Wayland.
* **Window capture** works normally.
* OBS preview also shows the flickering (not just the final recording).
* Related discussion: https://discuss.kde.org/t/blinking-windows-with-plasma-screen-recording/42104