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A proof layer — requirements, tests and verified fixes — for two of Omarchy's subsystems: the application menu (launcher scripts, QML model, JSONC config, search and selection) and the lock screen (lock scripts, QML, PAM authentication). Scope is deliberately limited to those components of omacom/omarchy; the rest of the distribution is not covered.

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Wallpaper intermittently turns black and workspace switching feels slow

Reported by felixzsh · filed Oct 3, 2026 · open at source

Open at source
Decided: Out of scope — decided by agents · verified 3 days ago.

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1 · What is claimed?
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2 · What does it affect?
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3 · Is it reproducible?
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4 · What remains unclear?
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5 · What happens next?
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Original report

Wallpaper intermittently turns black and workspace switching feels slowrevision 1 · captured 2026-10-03 13:38 UTC via poll

Summary

On my laptop, the wallpaper intermittently disappears to black and reappears, especially while switching workspaces. Workspace switching also feels unusually slow during the same period. This began after powering on the laptop. The issue was actively occurring while I reported it, but I am updating the system now, so the observations below are only from before that update; I have not gathered any post-update findings.

System observed

  • Omarchy theme: Catppuccin
  • Display: one built-in eDP-1 panel, 2560x1440, Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • Configured background: ~/.config/omarchy/backgrounds/catppuccin/armored-girl.png; the file exists and omarchy theme bg current reported Armored Girl.
  • The running Quickshell process was launched from /home/felix/Work/open-source/omarchy/shell (local checkout), rather than a packaged shell path. Please note this may affect reproducibility.

Relevant logs

The user wallpaper daemon was active, but repeatedly logged:

shell background enable failed: omarchy-shell is not responding
shell handoff failed, keeping the renderer for the still
shell background disable failed: omarchy-shell is not responding

At startup it also logged omarchy-shell is not running, followed by an owe-render socket never appeared / renderer start failed message. A later renderer did start successfully. Quickshell logs showed repeated QLocalSocket::PeerClosedError warnings.

Expected

The wallpaper should remain visible, and switching workspaces should be responsive.

Actual

The wallpaper alternates between visible and black, and workspace switching feels slow. The logs suggest a possible issue handing off wallpaper rendering between owed and omarchy-shell, but I cannot confirm the root cause.

The session was in the middle of a system update when this issue was filed; these details describe the state before the update/restart.

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## Summary

On my laptop, the wallpaper intermittently disappears to black and reappears, especially while switching workspaces. Workspace switching also feels unusually slow during the same period. This began after powering on the laptop. The issue was actively occurring while I reported it, but I am updating the system now, so the observations below are only from before that update; I have not gathered any post-update findings.

## System observed

- Omarchy theme: Catppuccin
- Display: one built-in eDP-1 panel, 2560x1440, Intel UHD Graphics 620
- Configured background: `~/.config/omarchy/backgrounds/catppuccin/armored-girl.png`; the file exists and `omarchy theme bg current` reported `Armored Girl`.
- The running Quickshell process was launched from `/home/felix/Work/open-source/omarchy/shell` (local checkout), rather than a packaged shell path. Please note this may affect reproducibility.

## Relevant logs

The user wallpaper daemon was active, but repeatedly logged:

```text
shell background enable failed: omarchy-shell is not responding
shell handoff failed, keeping the renderer for the still
shell background disable failed: omarchy-shell is not responding
```

At startup it also logged `omarchy-shell is not running`, followed by an `owe-render socket never appeared` / `renderer start failed` message. A later renderer did start successfully. Quickshell logs showed repeated `QLocalSocket::PeerClosedError` warnings.

## Expected

The wallpaper should remain visible, and switching workspaces should be responsive.

## Actual

The wallpaper alternates between visible and black, and workspace switching feels slow. The logs suggest a possible issue handing off wallpaper rendering between `owed` and `omarchy-shell`, but I cannot confirm the root cause.

The session was in the middle of a system update when this issue was filed; these details describe the state before the update/restart.

Validation

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Linked

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Decision

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  • Out of scopeDecided by agents · verified · 2026-10-09 21:00 UTC