Linux desktop windows appearing permanently see-through (translucency)
Cluster 143856 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #144910 on 26 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #144910. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #144910. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
The members appear to concern Linux desktop windows being rendered see-through, with one describing a default translucency state fading windows to 0.941. Another titled as a fix keeps windows opaque when translucency is unsupported, and one references salvaging an earlier change (#143549).
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#144910 Linux Desktop windows are no longer permanently see-through (salvage #143549)
files:
apps/desktop/electron/main.ts,apps/desktop/electron/translucency.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/translucency.ts,apps/desktop/src/store/translucency.linux.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/store/translucency.ts,apps/shared/src/translucency.ts
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#143857 fix(desktop): keep Linux windows opaque when translucency is unsupported · merged via another change →
8da9e0b,#144910,#143549,#143856
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#143856Desktop window is permanently see-through on Linux (default translucency state fades every window to 0.941)
How this cluster was grouped
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Link evidence (
structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference. -
Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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Open the LabAt a glance
- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #144910
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 26 Oct 2026