Black screen when using upscaler filters on Hyprland

[effectsbot]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [x] I have searched the existing issues

Are you using any gamescope patches or a forked version of gamescope?

• [x] The issue occurs on upstream gamescope without any modifications

Current Behavior

Toggling FSR / NIS upscaling results in a black window.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Run gamescope -- alacritty
2. Toggle FSR / NIS upscaling using the keyboard shortcuts (Super + U / Y), then refocus the gamescope window.

Hardware information

- Distro: Arch Linux
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6-Core Processor
- GPU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6650 XT / 6700S / 6800S]
- Driver Version: Mesa 25.0.4-arch1.1

Software information

- Desktop environment: Hyprland 0.48.1
- Session type: Wayland
- Gamescope version: 3.16.4-23-gdc840e78
- Gamescope launch command(s): gamescope -- alacritty

Which gamescope backends have the issue you are reporting?

• [x] Wayland (default for nested gamescope)
• [ ] DRM (default for embedded gamescope, i.e. gamescope-session)
• [ ] SDL
• [ ] OpenVR

Logging, screenshots, or anything else

[gamescope] [Info]  console: gamescope version 3.16.4-23-gdc840e78 (gcc 15.1.1)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts'
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope'
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common'
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/inspect.lua' (id: 0)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/modegen.lua' (id: 1)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/common/util.lua' (id: 2)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays'
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/asus.rogally.lcd.lua' (id: 3)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/deckhd.steamdeck.deckhd-lcd.lua' (id: 4)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/gpd.win4.lcd.lua' (id: 5)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongo.lcd.lua' (id: 6)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/lenovo.legiongos.lcd.lua' (id: 7)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.lcd.lua' (id: 8)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Running script file '/usr/share/gamescope/scripts/00-gamescope/displays/valve.steamdeck.oled.lua' (id: 9)
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/etc/gamescope/scripts'
[gamescope] [Warn]  scriptmgr: Directory '/etc/gamescope/scripts' does not exist
[gamescope] [Info]  scriptmgr: Loading scripts from: '/home/unixbot/.config/gamescope/scripts'
[gamescope] [Warn]  scriptmgr: Directory '/home/unixbot/.config/gamescope/scripts' does not exist
ATTENTION: default value of option vk_khr_present_wait overridden by environment.
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan: selecting physical device 'AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (RADV NAVI23)': queue family 1 (general queue family 0)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan: physical device supports DRM format modifiers
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:67] Creating headless backend
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: Seat name: Hyprland
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan: supported DRM formats for sampling usage:
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AR24 (0x34325241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XR24 (0x34325258)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AB24 (0x34324241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XB24 (0x34324258)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   RG16 (0x36314752)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AB4H (0x48344241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XB4H (0x48344258)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AB48 (0x38344241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XB48 (0x38344258)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AB30 (0x30334241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XB30 (0x30334258)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   AR30 (0x30335241)
[gamescope] [Info]  vulkan:   XR30 (0x30335258)
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: Using explicit sync when available
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: Running compositor on wayland display 'gamescope-0'
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: [backend/headless/backend.c:17] Starting headless backend
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: Successfully initialized libei for input emulation!
[gamescope] [Info]  wlserver: [xwayland/server.c:107] Starting Xwayland on :1
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86RefreshRateToggle
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86Accessibility
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86DoNotDisturb
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
[gamescope] [Info]  pipewire: stream state changed: connecting
[gamescope] [Info]  pipewire: stream state changed: paused
[gamescope] [Info]  pipewire: stream available on node ID: 68
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: HDR INFO
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   cv_hdr_enabled: false
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   uTF: SRGB
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   bExposeHDRSupport: false
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: uMaxContentLightLevel: 0
[gamescope] [Info]  edid: Patching res 800x1280 -> 1280x720
[gamescope] [Info]  vblank: Using timerfd.
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: HDR INFO
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   cv_hdr_enabled: false
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   uTF: SRGB
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend:   bExposeHDRSupport: false
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: uMaxContentLightLevel: 0
[gamescope] [Info]  edid: Patching res 800x1280 -> 1280x720
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Unsupported maximum keycode 708, clipping.
>                   X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86RefreshRateToggle
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86Accessibility
> Warning:          Could not resolve keysym XF86DoNotDisturb
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
[gamescope] [Info]  xdg_backend: Changed refresh to: 164.999hz
[gamescope] [Info]  launch: Primary child shut down!
(EE) failed to read Wayland events: Broken pipe