Windows 11 safety capture outlines regression

[TheAdmiringBog]

Operating System Info

Windows 11

Other OS

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OBS Studio Version

32.0.2

OBS Studio Version (Other)

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OBS Studio Log URL

https://obsproject.com/logs/bHLsNUc0R6Qg9YwI

OBS Studio Crash Log URL

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Expected Behavior

The expected behavior is that, when an element is being captured, a yellow outline will appear around that window to indicate that it is being recorded, making the user aware of what is currently visible on their recording/stream.
This behavior is still correctly observable in non-Studio mode, but has regressed in Studio mode in recent updates.

Here are two pictures of expected behavior currently encountered in the non-Studio mode: When an element is visible, a yellow outline appears. When it is hidden, the yellow outline disappears.

Current Behavior

In Studio mode, this behavior no longer functions properly. As soon as an element is visible, the yellow outline will remain even after the element is hidden, as shown in pictures below.

This behavior creates uncertainty as to which element is visible or not, which creates a security risk by nullifying the effects of the Windows capture outlines. If they are always on, they do not serve their purpose of indicating what is visible or not.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Enter studio mode
2. Add a window source
3. Make sure the source is visible
4. On Windows, you should see a yellow outline. If not, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Screenshot borders > Uncheck "OBS" in the section "Let apps turn off the screenshot border".
5. Once you see the yellow outline, hide the source.
6. If you are in Studio mode, the yellow outline will still be visible.
7. If you repeat these steps outside of Studio mode, you will notice that the yellow outline disappears after hiding the source, and only appears when the source is visible.

Anything else we should know?

In the screenshots, you may notice the plugin "Advanced Scene Switcher". The problematic behavior is still consistent when the plugin is disabled.

[Fenrirthviti]

The tl;dr of this doesn't seem to be anything to do with the yellow border itself, but rather that capture is still active when the source is inactive in OBS.

I'm not aware of us making any changes specifically around capture sources recently, but that's what is likely going on here. It may have been affected by other backend cleanup work.