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Yabai 7.1.15 Requesting Screen Recording Permissions #2650

@Mirage-Panda

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@Mirage-Panda

Bug

In yabai v7.1.15, setting window_animation_duration gives an error Screen Recording permission message even when the permissions have already been granted:

$ yabai -m config window_animation_duration 1.0
> command 'window_animation_duration' for domain 'config' requires Screen Recording permissions! ignoring request..

Even though screen recording permissions is on for yabai.

System Info

  • Yabai: 7.1.15
  • MacOS: Sequoia 15.5

Reproducing

  1. System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Screen Recording and give yabai permission
  2. Use a blank config (only yabai -m config layout bsp)
  3. Run yabai -m config window_animation_duration 1.0 in the terminal
  4. Check output

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