Layers (rofi, dunst, ...) leave traces during the closing animation until a window appears

[alba4k]

old issue: #9842

Regression?

Definitely a regression - something broke after update (requires bisect)

System Info and Hyprland Version

System/Version info

Hyprland 0.48.0 built from branch main at commit b496e2c71817aae5560af04b8c6439c39f4e05d8  (nix/module: load plugins using exec-once (9836)).
Date: Thu Apr 3 07:43:06 2025
Tag: v0.48.0-39-gb496e2c71, commits: 5961
built against:
 aquamarine 0.8.0
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.5.2
 hyprcursor 0.1.12
 hyprgraphics 0.1.2

no flags were set

System Information:
System name: Linux
Node name: dell-xps
Release: 6.13.7-arch1-1
Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:12:00 +0000


GPU information: 
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:46a6] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


os-release: NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo

plugins:
  Hyprspace by KZdkm ver 0.1

Description

Rofi often (not always) leaves some weird trails behind when openig an app. Those only disappear when a windows goes over them. This has been happening for a couple of months now (which is why I only want to bisect if strictly necessary, let me know if there is anything I should try first).

I am using lbohn's fork of rofi and have the following layerrules set, however changing them doesnt remove the glitches

layerrule = blur, rofi
layerrule = ignorezero, rofi

The glitch also remains if I remove

layerrule = animation popin, rofi

but only 2 lines appear (as the top and bottom border aren't moving through the screen)

what appears to fix it is setting debug:damage_tracking = 0 so it's defenitely related to that. It doesn't always appear, but once it does all the following attempts have the glitch too

How to reproduce

1. Open rofi drun
2. Open an app
3. Sometimes, weird glitches appear until the app opens

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Checklist of files to include below

• Hyprland config - hyprctl systeminfo -c (always include)
• Crash report (always include in case of crash)
• Video (always include in case of a visual bug)
• Logs (might contain useful info such as errors)

Additional info & File uploads

hyprland.conf.txt

hyprland_glitch.mp4

[vaxerski]

what curve is that? everything works for me.

[alba4k]

I haven't changed it, just used a windowrule to make rofi use the unchanged popin anomation and dunst use slide

I can bisect the issue later

[alba4k]

The first bad commit it e536b02

[alba4k]

Also maybe related to #9876 and/or #9903

[izmyname]

Try #10028 (comment). It fixes notifications for me, maybe will fix launchers for you, too.