Large clipboard lag
Affected version
Arch Linux, Fedora
gnome-shell 42.1
Wayland
Bug summary
Shell receives extreme frame drops when clipboard contains large content
Steps to reproduce
- Copy a large sample to the clipboard. To replicate, open Chrome Developer Tools and execute this script:
copy(' '.repeat(100000000))
What happened
Shell became very laggy with significant frame drops
What did you expect to happen
Shell would remain smooth.