Reproduction steps
- install and open librewolf (i use the appimage, not sure if that matters)
- join a call and attempt to screenshare a librewolf window with audio
Expected behaviour
screenshare starts successfully
Actual behaviour
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(SEO: "Screen share audio couldn't start" "Turn off audio sharing for this source or try again in a moment.")
i started fluxer from the terminal and saw this error in the output:
23:23:52.492 › [NativeAudio] Native audio capture failed to start {
captureId: '24cc8cce-fc96-4e82-b332-475095e352b8',
error: 'Error: include exceeds pattern cap\n' +
' at ProcessLoopback.start (/tmp/.mount_fluxerfOkIng/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@fluxer/linux-audio-capture/index.js:263:21)\n' +
' at xk (file:///tmp/.mount_fluxerfOkIng/resources/app.asar/dist/main/MainApp.js:251:44093)\n' +
' at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:1:119032)'
}
Error occurred in handler for 'native-audio:start': Error: include exceeds pattern cap
at ProcessLoopback.start (/tmp/.mount_fluxerfOkIng/resources/app.asar/node_modules/@fluxer/linux-audio-capture/index.js:263:21)
at xk (file:///tmp/.mount_fluxerfOkIng/resources/app.asar/dist/main/MainApp.js:251:44093)
at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:1:119032) {
code: 'InvalidArg'
}
Build information
Stable Desktop 2026.1026.24218, Web 2026.1028.174822, Linux 6.8.0-147-generic (x64), Electron 44.9.1, Chrome 152.0.7977.167, Node 24.22.0, Locale en-US
Platform
Linux