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The problem and solution is reported by vx-sec on Github. It was found on Xmonad WM. The fix simply raises the override-redirect window to top, flushes display events and the restack windows for "Keep-on-top" windows to work properly

Also tested on the default XFCE on r4.3

resolves: QubesOS/qubes-issues#9935

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OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025060912-4.3&flavor=pull-requests

Test run included the following:

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.3&build=2025031804-4.3&flavor=update

  • system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Notepad-file-...
  • system_tests_whonix

    • whonixcheck: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'curl --form upload=@whonixcheck-anon-whonix ....
  • system_tests_splitgpg

  • system_tests_extra

  • system_tests_dispvm

  • system_tests_kde_gui_interactive

    • gui_keyboard_layout: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: "echo -e '[Layout]\nLayoutList=us,de' | sud...

    • gui_keyboard_layout: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'test "$(cd ~user;ls e1*)" = "$(qvm-run -p wor...

  • system_tests_audio

    • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_debian-12-xfce: test_223_audio_play_hvm (failure)
      AssertionError: only silence detected, no useful audio data
  • system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_xfs

    • TC_20_NonAudio_whonix-gateway-17-pool: test_400_long_window_title (error)
      subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'qubes.WaitForSession' retur...
  • system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13

    • windows_install: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: qr/dcWzE-\d+-/...

    • windows_install: Failed (test died + timed out)
      # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

Failed tests

38 failures
  • system_tests_qwt_win10_seamless@hw13

    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • windows_clipboard_and_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'windows-Notepad-file-...
  • system_tests_whonix

    • whonixcheck: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'curl --form upload=@whonixcheck-anon-whonix ....
  • system_tests_splitgpg

  • system_tests_extra

  • system_tests_dispvm

  • system_tests_kde_gui_interactive

    • gui_keyboard_layout: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: "echo -e '[Layout]\nLayoutList=us,de' | sud...

    • gui_keyboard_layout: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: command 'test "$(cd ~user;ls e1*)" = "$(qvm-run -p wor...

  • system_tests_audio

    • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_debian-12-xfce: test_223_audio_play_hvm (failure)
      AssertionError: only silence detected, no useful audio data
  • system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_xfs

    • TC_20_NonAudio_whonix-gateway-17-pool: test_400_long_window_title (error)
      subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'qubes.WaitForSession' retur...
  • system_tests_qwt_win11@hw13

    • windows_install: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: qr/dcWzE-\d+-/...

    • windows_install: Failed (test died + timed out)
      # Test died: command 'script -e -c 'bash -x /usr/bin/qvm-create-win...

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/132953#dependencies

14 fixed
  • system_tests_whonix@hw7

    • whonixcheck: fail (unknown)
      Whonixcheck for sys-whonix failed...

    • whonixcheck: unnamed test (unknown)

  • system_tests_whonix

    • whonixcheck: fail (unknown)
      Whonixcheck for sys-whonix failed...

    • whonixcheck: unnamed test (unknown)

  • system_tests_suspend

    • suspend: unnamed test (unknown)
    • suspend: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'SUSPEND-FAILED' match...
  • system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui

  • system_tests_qrexec

  • system_tests_kde_gui_interactive

    • clipboard_and_web: unnamed test (unknown)

    • clipboard_and_web: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'qubes-website' matche...

    • clipboard_and_web: wait_serial (wait serial expected)
      # wait_serial expected: "lspci; echo 2E8vz-\$?-"...

  • system_tests_audio

  • system_tests_guivm_vnc_gui_interactive

    • gui_filecopy: unnamed test (unknown)
    • gui_filecopy: Failed (test died)
      # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'files-work' matched...

Unstable tests

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

14 performance degradations
  • whonix-gateway-17_exec: 8.28 🔺 ( previous job: 6.82, degradation: 121.42%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_exec: 8.47 🔺 ( previous job: 7.67, degradation: 110.39%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 187893.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 294295.00, degradation: 63.85%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 52948.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 95454.00, degradation: 55.47%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 22836.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 79803.00, degradation: 28.62%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1006.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 4826.00, degradation: 20.85%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 132187.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 250795.00, degradation: 52.71%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 3925.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 4903.00, degradation: 80.05%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 30951.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 87940.00, degradation: 35.20%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2950.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 3599.00, degradation: 81.97%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 297890.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 334687.00, degradation: 89.01%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 125704.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 179949.00, degradation: 69.86%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 2622.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 5672.00, degradation: 46.23%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1045.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 1953.00, degradation: 53.51%)

Remaining performance tests:

58 tests
  • debian-12-xfce_exec: 7.00 🟢 ( previous job: 7.12, improvement: 98.27%)
  • debian-12-xfce_exec-root: 29.19 🔺 ( previous job: 28.65, degradation: 101.86%)
  • debian-12-xfce_socket: 8.62 🔺 ( previous job: 8.60, degradation: 100.24%)
  • debian-12-xfce_socket-root: 8.79 🔺 ( previous job: 8.52, degradation: 103.10%)
  • debian-12-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 67.55 🟢 ( previous job: 71.62, improvement: 94.31%)
  • debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 73.78 🔺 ( previous job: 70.34, degradation: 104.89%)
  • debian-12-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 87.81 🔺 ( previous job: 82.72, degradation: 106.15%)
  • debian-12-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 167.18 🔺 ( previous job: 156.96, degradation: 106.51%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_exec: 9.20 🟢 ( previous job: 9.27, improvement: 99.26%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_exec-root: 61.00 🟢 ( previous job: 61.51, improvement: 99.17%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_socket: 8.61 🟢 ( previous job: 8.63, improvement: 99.81%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_socket-root: 8.25 🟢 ( previous job: 8.71, improvement: 94.74%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_exec-data-simplex: 80.69 🔺 ( previous job: 75.53, degradation: 106.83%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_exec-data-duplex: 68.54 🟢 ( previous job: 71.56, improvement: 95.79%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_exec-data-duplex-root: 94.88 🟢 ( previous job: 109.13, improvement: 86.95%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_socket-data-duplex: 153.70 🔺 ( previous job: 150.61, degradation: 102.05%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_exec-root: 38.02 🟢 ( previous job: 40.43, improvement: 94.02%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_socket: 6.24 🟢 ( previous job: 7.24, improvement: 86.21%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_socket-root: 7.28 🟢 ( previous job: 7.65, improvement: 95.17%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-simplex: 74.90 🟢 ( previous job: 78.32, improvement: 95.63%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex: 77.73 🔺 ( previous job: 76.65, degradation: 101.41%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 87.61 🟢 ( previous job: 88.52, improvement: 98.97%)
  • whonix-gateway-17_socket-data-duplex: 149.28 🟢 ( previous job: 171.76, improvement: 86.91%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_exec-root: 54.88 🟢 ( previous job: 58.26, improvement: 94.19%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_socket: 8.90 🔺 ( previous job: 8.19, degradation: 108.65%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_socket-root: 8.30 🔺 ( previous job: 8.13, degradation: 102.11%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-simplex: 61.07 🟢 ( previous job: 74.99, improvement: 81.44%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex: 72.54 🟢 ( previous job: 72.71, improvement: 99.77%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_exec-data-duplex-root: 94.60 🟢 ( previous job: 99.82, improvement: 94.77%)
  • whonix-workstation-17_socket-data-duplex: 144.13 🟢 ( previous job: 169.50, improvement: 85.03%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 417260.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 446963.00, degradation: 93.35%)
  • dom0_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 210769.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 129298.00, improvement: 163.01%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 6978.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 6149.00, improvement: 113.48%)
  • dom0_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 11316.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 10795.00, improvement: 104.83%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 466033.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 382273.00, improvement: 121.91%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 443747.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 437636.00, improvement: 101.40%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 171960.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 184752.00, degradation: 93.08%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 108183.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 62195.00, improvement: 173.94%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 6707.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 6479.00, improvement: 103.52%)
  • dom0_varlibqubes_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 6918.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 7669.00, degradation: 90.21%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 375430.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 368309.00, improvement: 101.93%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 247072.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 162081.00, improvement: 152.44%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 330572.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 318716.00, improvement: 103.72%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 83532.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 82694.00, improvement: 101.01%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8404.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 8485.00, degradation: 99.05%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_root_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 867.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 542.00, improvement: 159.96%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 351164.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 373957.00, degradation: 93.90%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_seq1m_q8t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 172488.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 170062.00, improvement: 101.43%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 143926.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 61534.00, improvement: 233.90%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 93262.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 80283.00, improvement: 116.17%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_rnd4k_q32t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 4191.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 2215.00, improvement: 189.21%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 8282.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 7540.00, improvement: 109.84%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_private_rnd4k_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 1167.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 1130.00, improvement: 103.27%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q8t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 342448.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 369868.00, degradation: 92.59%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 336513.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 324737.00, improvement: 103.63%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_seq1m_q1t1_write 3:write_bandwidth_kb: 52598.00 :green_circle: ( previous job: 17567.00, improvement: 299.41%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q32t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 77149.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 79021.00, degradation: 97.63%)
  • fedora-41-xfce_volatile_rnd4k_q1t1_read 3:read_bandwidth_kb: 7343.00 :small_red_triangle: ( previous job: 7867.00, degradation: 93.34%)

This was referenced May 22, 2025
The problem and solution is reported by `vx-sec` on  Github. It was
found on Xmonad WM. The fix simply raises the override-redirect window
to top, flushes display events and the restack windows for "Keep-on-top"
windows to work properly

Also tested on the default XFCE on r4.3

resolves: QubesOS/qubes-issues#9935
@alimirjamali alimirjamali force-pushed the issue-9935-override-redirect branch from 1ddd88d to 3a59811 Compare June 1, 2025 13:54
@alimirjamali alimirjamali requested a review from marmarek June 1, 2025 13:55
@marmarek marmarek merged commit 82634df into QubesOS:main Jun 10, 2025
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