Screensharing games on windows using opengl exclusive fullscreen causes the stream to freeze

(#2886) Bug Confirmed desktop video

Observed behaviour

Streaming is smooth only when the game isn't focused, as soon as the game is focused, the screenshare freezes, audio can still be heard.

Reproduction steps

  1. Open the game (Either Minecraft Java edition or osu!lazer works)
  2. Set video settings as in attachments 1 and 2
  3. Restart the game
  4. Stream the Display the game is on

Build information

Canary Desktop 2026.528.23728, Web 2026.528.195219, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-GB

Platform

Windows

Evidence

Details

Expected behaviour Stream works normally
  1. Rex changed the status from Needs triage to Confirmed

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