Issues

• Vulkan encoder on NVIDIA GPU fails to import KWin DMA-BUF (Intel modifier mismatch)

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5846 · Filter by author dsvarela opened on Oct 1, 2026

• (Steam Deck) Vulkan encoder is picked by default and produces broken HEVC

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5841 · Filter by author causa-prima opened on Sep 30, 2026

• (Steam Deck) Black picture in 4-7/10 streams when GAMESCOPE_COMPOSITE_FORCE set to 0 since 2026.906

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5839 · Filter by author causa-prima opened on Sep 30, 2026
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• Abort (SIGABRT) in nvhttp thread on first run — capture initialises fine, no ports ever bind (Wayland/COSMIC, VAAPI)

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  LizardByte/Sunshine#5827 · Filter by author jon-m-craig opened on Sep 28, 2026

• macOS (Apple Silicon): 4K stream capped at ~55 FPS because AV_CODEC_FLAG_LOW_DELAY forces VideoToolbox low-latency rate control

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5814 · Filter by author Yourkaikai opened on Sep 27, 2026

• [v2026.914.233613][NvFBC][Linux] Sunshine process regularly hangs

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5812 · Filter by author Sidefix opened on Sep 26, 2026
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• VRAM leak: orphaned DMA-BUFs sized to physical monitor accumulate while streaming a virtual headless output (wlr capture, NVENC)

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  LizardByte/Sunshine#5810 · Filter by author dWacing opened on Sep 26, 2026
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• egl_worker thread never receives CAP_SYS_ADMIN despite correct setcap on the binary — blocks KMS capture entirely (reproducible on both direct-login and xrdp-created sessions)

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5803 · Filter by author jessica-atk opened on Sep 25, 2026
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• Does not start in the tray on Ubuntu 22.04 due to missing Qt platform plugin

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5795 · Filter by author IndefiniteBen opened on Sep 24, 2026

• VAAPI "auto" quality sends compression_level 0 to the driver; Intel HD 620 rejects it for HEVC and every stream aborts

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5792 · Filter by author dros74 opened on Sep 24, 2026
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• fails to initialize

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5785 · Filter by author blackxored opened on Sep 24, 2026
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• libvirtualhid exposes generic HID VHF absolute pointer causing frontends to detect an active lightgun

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5784 · Filter by author GinSoakedBoy opened on Sep 23, 2026
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• Found Hyprland fix for HW-accelerated encoding on problematic Nvidia Optimus Pascal generation laptops

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5779 · Filter by author Whosdeez opened on Sep 22, 2026
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• Touchpad scroll speed inconsistent

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5775 · Filter by author neta540 opened on Sep 21, 2026
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• Periodic unprompted "Starting async encoder teardown" during active session causes brief capture/input disruption (no corresponding OS/driver event)

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5765 · Filter by author miahmartin opened on Sep 21, 2026

• Linux/wlr capture delivers ~2/3 of the requested frame rate (pacing sleeps before requesting the frame)

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5751 · Filter by author DasunLin opened on Sep 19, 2026
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• Portal capture hangs on live client connection after loading restore token (succeeds during self-test) — GNOME headless Remote Login session

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5750 · Filter by author NovaStorm775 opened on Sep 19, 2026
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• macOS mouse on wrong monitor

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  Bug

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5733 · Filter by author ReenigneArcher opened on Sep 16, 2026
  

• Enable Vulkan encoding for wlroots capture method.

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5726 · Filter by author Arbitrate3280 opened on Sep 15, 2026
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• NVENC fails on Pascal (GTX 1080 Ti) since 2026.914: cudaErrorNoKernelImageForDevice in RGBA_to_NV12

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5725 · Filter by author yoz-adv opened on Sep 15, 2026

• Regression: Display config fails with error 1610 "DisplayModePrepFailed" when forcing exclusive activation on dummy/virtual HDMI display (worked in previous version)

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5718 · Filter by author supwang opened on Sep 14, 2026

• capture = kwin cannot satisfy KWin's permission check under Flatpak

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5716 · Filter by author Zeyckler opened on Sep 14, 2026
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• NvFBC is incorrectly rejected when XRandR is unavailable, despite valid virtual desktop capture support

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5707 · Filter by author uebian opened on Sep 13, 2026
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• MacOS: Very large slowdown between 2026.516.143833 and 2026.906.222525

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5697 · Filter by author wixoff opened on Sep 12, 2026
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• Sunshine streaming suddenly causes wild color artifacts with webOS client since v2026.906.222525

  LizardByte/Sunshine#5667 · Filter by author rugk opened on Sep 9, 2026
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