Streaming window hyper fixates on the user

(#4101) Bug Open: Confirmed Priority: P2 desktop ui video

Reproduction steps

  1. Join Voice Chat
  2. View a Stream
  3. Start your own Stream.
  4. Select someone's stream (not your own)
  5. Change to DM or to another server

Expected behaviour

What should happen: Continue to view the Stream that you have selected (someone else's).

Actual behaviour

What actually happens. Your own Stream appears on the floating window and only your stream, not anyone else's.

Build information

Canary Desktop 2026.1015.145307, Web 2026.1016.10903, Windows 11 10.0.26200 (x64), Electron 44.4.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.78, Node 24.21.0, Locale en-US

Platform

Windows, Self-hosting

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Comment by Fullest
FullestReviewer 1 vote
Status changed from Needs triage to Confirmed
CR: Canary Desktop 2026.1101.10907, Web 2026.1101.35229, Linux 7.2.11-200.fc44.x86_64 (x64), Electron 44.10.0, Chrome 152.0.7977.169, Node 24.22.1, Locale en-GB This is specifically about the picture-in-picture popout for screenshares. When you are screensharing, even if you had someone else's screenshare selected, the PiP only shows your own screenshare.