Picture in Picture popup does not show up in Canary

(#2989) Bug Confirmed desktop video voice

Observed behaviour

PiP does not appear. This behavior is not present on 0.0.8 stable.

Reproduction steps

  1. Check fluxer://settings/user?tab=advanced_settings&section=advanced-settings-privacy to make sure "Disable picture-in-picture popout" for screen shares is disabled.
  2. Join a VC
  3. Switch to a different community to observe PiP appear

Build information

Canary Desktop 2026.602.31138, Web 2026.605.11941, Linux 6.17.0-35-generic (x64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-US

Platform

Linux

Details

Expected behaviour PiP should be visible with current stream visible.
  • canary-no-pip.png

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  • stable-pip.png

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  • privacy-pip.png

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  1. Rex changed the status from Needs triage to Confirmed

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Comment by mesub
mesubMod 1 vote
Can reproduce CR: Canary Desktop 2026.606.140333, Web 2026.605.11941, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-GB