[bug] Black screen in windows while screen sharing for contentProtected App

[LuciAkirami]

Describe the bug

So, I have an application for which the contentProtected is set to True in config. So ideally, it must be invisible to screen sharing. And it works as expected

Then, I have created a keyboard shortcut. Whenever I use the shortcut, the application either hides or shows on the screen. That is it toggles between window.hide() and window.show()

When I launch the application, it is invisible to screen sharing. Now when I toggle keyboard shortcut, the app hides, i.e. even for me it does not show up on the screen. Now when I toggle the keyboard shortcut again, I can see the app. But in the screen sharing, it shows up as a blank screen instead of being invisible

This issue only occurs on Windows and works perfectly on Mac. Attaching a video for the same.

In the video you can see that a sudden black screen appears. For me the app looks as it should look like, but on the screen share, instead of being invisible, it create a black screen

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4b194657-52f3-46a7-88a5-a7a5aaec7a14

Reproduction

The below is my lib.rs

use tauri::Manager;
mod shortcut;
// Learn more about Tauri commands at https://tauri.app/develop/calling-rust/
#[tauri::command]
fn greet(name: &str) -> String {
    format!("Hello, {}! You've been greeted from Rust!", name)
}

#[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
pub fn run() {
    tauri::Builder::default()
        .plugin(tauri_plugin_store::Builder::new().build())
        .setup(|app| {
            let window = app
                .get_webview_window("main")
                .expect("Failed to get window");
            let result = window.set_content_protected(true).unwrap();
            shortcut::register_shortcuts(&app.handle()).unwrap();
            Ok(())
        })
        // .plugin(tauri_plugin_global_shortcut::Builder::new().build())
        .plugin(tauri_plugin_opener::init())
        .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![greet])
        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
        .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

Below is my shortcut.rs

use tauri::{AppHandle, Manager};
use tauri_plugin_global_shortcut::{Code, GlobalShortcutExt, Modifiers, Shortcut, ShortcutState};

pub fn register_shortcuts(app: &AppHandle) -> tauri::Result<()> {
    let window = app.get_webview_window("main").unwrap();

    let ctrl_backslash = Shortcut::new(Some(Modifiers::CONTROL), Code::Backslash);

    // Attach plugin with handler
    app.plugin(
        tauri_plugin_global_shortcut::Builder::new()
            .with_handler(move |_app, shortcut, event| {
                println!("{:?}", shortcut);
                if shortcut == &ctrl_backslash {
                    match event.state() {
                        ShortcutState::Pressed => {
                            if window.is_visible().unwrap() {
                                window.hide().unwrap();
                            } else {
                                window.show().unwrap();
                            }
                        }
                        ShortcutState::Released => {}
                    }
                }
            })
            .build(),
    )
    .unwrap();

    // Register shortcut
    app.global_shortcut().register(ctrl_backslash).unwrap();

    Ok(())
}

Expected behavior

Black screen should not appear

Full tauri info output

[✔] Environment
    - OS: Windows 10.0.19045 x86_64 (X64)
    ✔ WebView2: 140.0.3485.66
    ✔ MSVC: Visual Studio Community 2022
    ✔ rustc: 1.89.0 (29483883e 2025-08-04)
    ✔ cargo: 1.89.0 (c24e10642 2025-06-23)
    ✔ rustup: 1.28.2 (e4f3ad6f8 2025-04-28)
    ✔ Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (default)
    - node: 20.19.5
    - yarn: 1.22.22
    - npm: 10.8.2

[-] Packages
    - tauri 🦀: 2.8.5
    - tauri-build 🦀: 2.4.1
    - wry 🦀: 0.53.3
    - tao 🦀: 0.34.3
    - @tauri-apps/api : 2.8.0
    - @tauri-apps/cli : 2.8.4

[-] Plugins
    - tauri-plugin-store 🦀: 2.4.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-store : 2.4.0
    - tauri-plugin-global-shortcut 🦀: 2.3.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-global-shortcut : 2.3.0
    - tauri-plugin-opener 🦀: 2.5.0
    - @tauri-apps/plugin-opener : 2.5.0

[-] App
    - build-type: bundle
    - CSP: unset
    - frontendDist: ../dist
    - devUrl: http://localhost:1420/
    - framework: React
    - bundler: Vite

Stack trace

Additional context

No response

[maneetgoyal]

@LuciAkirami Are you still facing this issue?

[pers0na2dev]

I am facing same issue

[pers0na2dev]

Seems like after window.show() / window.hide() WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE resets to WDA_MONITOR / WDA_NONE, i tried to reset it manually, but its not helping(