Issues

• subtract_rects_many_in_place misses rects since the swap_remove change; OutputDamageTracker redraws overlapping windows every frame

  Bug

  Smithay/smithay#2195 · Filter by author janost opened on Oct 5, 2026

• Device list inconsistency between UdevBackend::new() and later hotplug events

  Smithay/smithay#2190 · Filter by author kelnos opened on Sep 29, 2026

• randfall test xdg_popup_parent_cycle causes infinite loop within find_popup_root_surface

  Smithay/smithay#2188 · Filter by author jhupcs opened on Sep 28, 2026

• DRM backend fails to negotiate buffer format with MS912x USB adapter (NoSupportedPlaneFormat)

  Smithay/smithay#2179 · Filter by author murabacha opened on Sep 18, 2026

• DrmDeviceFd::new fails to become DRM master (EACCES, not EBUSY) when the fd already came privileged from a seat backend (seatd/logind) — root cause identified, not a race

  Smithay/smithay#2167 · Filter by author isaac30503 opened on Sep 10, 2026

• backend::libei: helper for receiver contexts (needed for InputCapture-style portals)

  Smithay/smithay#2166 · Filter by author glamberson opened on Sep 10, 2026

• MultiRenderer silently drops frames on texture-reimport miss instead of erroring (NVIDIA multi-GPU, compressed block-linear buffers)

  Smithay/smithay#2154 · Filter by author 4snt opened on Sep 4, 2026

• GLES renderer: y_inverted textures sample outside the texture - V is negated without the 1 - v offset

  Smithay/smithay#2150 · Filter by author Wllader opened on Aug 31, 2026

• Add a TabletTool DnD grab

  Smithay/smithay#2126 · Filter by author YaLTeR opened on Aug 8, 2026
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• multigpu cpu-copy fails for 10-bit X-format (XB30) buffers on NVIDIA: glReadPixels(RGBA, 2_10_10_10_REV) rejected

  Smithay/smithay#2119 · Filter by author Acters opened on Aug 3, 2026
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• Feature request: A new feature for removing sha2 dependencies

  Smithay/smithay#2110 · Filter by author jaewan-github opened on Jul 27, 2026

• Update keyboard API to natively handle more than 4 layout groups

  Smithay/smithay#2101 · Filter by author ids1024 opened on Jul 17, 2026
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• Incorrect axis_discrete events when scrolling not a multiple of 120

  Smithay/smithay#2068 · Filter by author MithicSpirit opened on Jun 14, 2026
  3

• SeatState::new_wl_seat does not support per-seat can_view filtering, preventing multi-tenant compositor isolation

  Smithay/smithay#2049 · Filter by author Zixradoom opened on Jun 4, 2026
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• Add a helper for importing shm buffers via udmabuf

  Smithay/smithay#2044 · Filter by author valpackett opened on May 28, 2026
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• GbmFramebufferExporter cross-device PRIME import fails for vkms + vgem test stack

  Smithay/smithay#2043 · Filter by author Zixradoom opened on May 28, 2026

• Feature request: more frequent minor/patch releases

  Smithay/smithay#2024 · Filter by author FedericoCeratto opened on May 7, 2026

• Hardware cursor is not used with virtio-gpu in QEMU virtual machine

  Smithay/smithay#2012 · Filter by author lilydjwg opened on Apr 28, 2026
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• Clients unable to recover from freezes caused by running out of VRAM

  Smithay/smithay#1988 · Filter by author k-e-l-p opened on Apr 6, 2026
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• DamageTracker with a static mode source, decoupled from OutputModeSource

  Smithay/smithay#1983 · Filter by author YaLTeR opened on Mar 31, 2026

• Support multiple simultaneous non-modifier keypresses

  Smithay/smithay#1981 · Filter by author darkliquid opened on Mar 29, 2026

• ext_background_effect_surface_v1 destroy sequence causes fatal Wayland protocol error (Dolphin crash)

  Smithay/smithay#1972 · Filter by author aaxper opened on Mar 20, 2026
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• Alt key gets stuck on smallvil

  Smithay/smithay#1958 · Filter by author bjorn3 opened on Mar 8, 2026
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• Add support for Multi_key in valid modifiers

  Smithay/smithay#1956 · Filter by author kevinclevenger opened on Mar 7, 2026

• Incorrect drag & drop logic causes dropping to fail on the cosmic desktop

  Smithay/smithay#1953 · Filter by author ideasman42 opened on Mar 4, 2026