Chrome/border shows up on Obsidian desktop 1.13.4 on Linux after upgrade

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Steps to reproduce

  • Upgrade obsidian Debian package from 1.12.7 to 1.13.4, I obtained the package from obsidian-releases github repo and I’m running Debian Trixie with ‘awesome’ window manager
  • Observe window chrome border show up

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N]

Yes

Expected result

No border appears

Actual result

White chrome/border shows up, see screenshot. The white border showed up only after the 1.12.7 → 1.13.4 upgrade.

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Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: 1.13.4
Installer version: 1.13.4
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 7.2~rc3-1~exp1 (2026-07-18) 7.2-amd64
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: none
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 0
Plugins enabled: 0
RECOMMENDATIONS:
none

thank you !

2

I am using the default setting for “window frame style” of “hidden” and indeed the border did not show up in 1.12

3

For other users that might have the same issue: switching to ‘native frame’ fixes the issue and the border disappears. I am using X11.

4

this may be an electron regression.

However, we don’t support the awesome wm. Sorry

5

Also using X11, window manager Herbstluftwm. Switching to native frame (found via “Window frame style” section in Obsidian’s settings) has indeed fixed the issue for me. Thanks.