UI Flikering [FLASHING LIGHTS]

[broken-usb]

I recently did a fresh-install of my OS and when i went to install Gale this happend:

gale-error.mp4

My OS is Linux Mint 22.3

[Kesomannen]

Yikes, I would guess this is something on tauri's side since the latest version bumped the version of that. Do check the logs if there's something in there, although I would expect something like this is more on the webview side rather than rust.

[broken-usb]

There isn't much on the logs:

2026-02-18T01:25:44.424556Z  INFO gale: gale v1.12.0 running on linux
2026-02-18T01:25:44.432268Z  INFO gale::db: connecting to database at /home/broken-usb/.local/share/com.kesomannen.gale/data.sqlite3 (exists: true)
2026-02-18T01:25:44.433381Z  INFO gale::game: using cached games list, last commit at 2026-02-05 22:52:01 UTC
2026-02-18T01:25:44.434091Z  INFO gale::thunderstore::cache: no cache file found at /home/broken-usb/.local/share/com.kesomannen.gale/among-us/thunderstore_cache.json
2026-02-18T01:25:44.447259Z  INFO gale::cli: running cli with args: ["/usr/bin/gale"]
2026-02-18T01:25:44.447331Z  INFO gale: setup done
2026-02-18T01:25:44.839168Z  INFO gale::game: updated games list from github, last commit at 2026-02-05 22:52:01 UTC

Running from the terminal doesn't display any errors but it spams a bunch of debug messages:

2026-02-18T01:26:24.799162Z  INFO gale: gale v1.12.0 running on linux
2026-02-18T01:26:24.807993Z  INFO gale::db: connecting to database at /home/broken-usb/.local/share/com.kesomannen.gale/data.sqlite3 (exists: true)
2026-02-18T01:26:24.809236Z  INFO gale::game: using cached games list, last commit at 2026-02-05 22:52:01 UTC
2026-02-18T01:26:24.809950Z  INFO gale::thunderstore::cache: no cache file found at /home/broken-usb/.local/share/com.kesomannen.gale/among-us/thunderstore_cache.json
2026-02-18T01:26:24.812004Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::http: connecting to [2606:4700:20::681a:ed2]:443
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823187Z DEBUG gale::deep_link: deep link has too few arguments
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823203Z  INFO gale::cli: running cli with args: ["gale"]
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823272Z DEBUG gale::cli: cli finished
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823295Z  INFO gale: setup done
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823463Z DEBUG gale::db::cache: readme_cache is below threshold (0 < 1000)
2026-02-18T01:26:24.823610Z DEBUG gale::db::cache: changelog_cache is below threshold (0 < 1000)
2026-02-18T01:26:24.824140Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::http: connecting to [2606:50c0:8002::154]:443
2026-02-18T01:26:24.827426Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::http: connected to [2606:4700:20::681a:ed2]:443
2026-02-18T01:26:24.888600Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::http: connected to [2606:50c0:8002::154]:443
2026-02-18T01:26:24.908691Z DEBUG h2::client: binding client connection
2026-02-18T01:26:24.908729Z DEBUG h2::client: client connection bound
2026-02-18T01:26:24.908845Z DEBUG h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=Settings { flags: (0x0), enable_push: 0, initial_window_size: 2097152, max_frame_size: 16384, max_header_list_size: 16384 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.908925Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=WindowUpdate { stream_id: StreamId(0), size_increment: 5177345 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.908996Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::pool: pooling idle connection for ("https", raw.githubusercontent.com)
2026-02-18T01:26:24.909189Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=Headers { stream_id: StreamId(1), flags: (0x5: END_HEADERS | END_STREAM) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924194Z DEBUG h2::client: binding client connection
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924505Z DEBUG h2::client: client connection bound
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924539Z DEBUG h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=Settings { flags: (0x0), enable_push: 0, initial_window_size: 2097152, max_frame_size: 16384, max_header_list_size: 16384 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924605Z DEBUG hyper_util::client::legacy::pool: pooling idle connection for ("https", thunderstore.io)
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924662Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=Settings { flags: (0x0), max_concurrent_streams: 100 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924707Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=Settings { flags: (0x1: ACK) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924719Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=WindowUpdate { stream_id: StreamId(0), size_increment: 16711681 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924731Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=Settings { flags: (0x1: ACK) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924742Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::proto::settings: received settings ACK; applying Settings { flags: (0x0), enable_push: 0, initial_window_size: 2097152, max_frame_size: 16384, max_header_list_size: 16384 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924679Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=WindowUpdate { stream_id: StreamId(0), size_increment: 5177345 }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.924962Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_write: send frame=Headers { stream_id: StreamId(1), flags: (0x5: END_HEADERS | END_STREAM) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.926721Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=Headers { stream_id: StreamId(1), flags: (0x4: END_HEADERS) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.928139Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=Data { stream_id: StreamId(1), flags: (0x1: END_STREAM) }
2026-02-18T01:26:24.938672Z DEBUG Connection{peer=Client}: h2::codec::framed_read: received frame=Settings { flags: (0x0), max_concurrent_streams: 100, initial_window_size: 65536, max_frame_size: 16777215 }

I only copied a portion of it because it spams those debug messages a LOT.

[broken-usb]

I also gave the AppImage a try and it also flickers but not in the same way, with the .deb it constantly flickers but with the AppImage it flickers when i move my cursor around the window.
The AppImage also doesn't print anything new in the logs or terminal.

[DiabeloDev]

I have the same
Arch Linux
When I switched the language to Polish

[broken-usb]

Just tested 1.13.0, the issue still happens.
I also tried it on Fedora with KDE Plasma and the issue also happens there.