German Neo and KOY keyboard variants not working properly

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Neither the Neo nor the KOY layout work properly with the following niri settings in the config.kdl:

input {
    xkb {
        layout "de"
        variant "neo"
    }
}

or

input {
    xkb {
        layout "de"
        variant "koy"
    }
}

The problem is the same for both: level 1 and level 4 are confused. That means that when no mod key is pressed then level 4 is active. But when the mod 4 key (Alt Gr) is pressed then level 1 is active.

This bug makes it almost impossible to write properly in those two layout variants because you always have to keep the mod 4 key pressed.

System Information

• niri version: niri 25.08

• Distro: Void Linux

• GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX [Discrete]
• GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.00 GHz [Integrated]

• CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U (4) @ 3.10 GHz