BUG: Excalidraw freezes after a moment of not drawing

Author: KnurzycielCreated Jul 31, 2026Updated Sep 4, 2026

Have you searched for existing issues (including closed ones)?

  • Yes, I have searched the existing issues.

Does this bug persist in a new vault with only Excalidraw installed?

  • Yes, I have verified the issue persists.

Your environment

SYSTEM INFO: Obsidian version: 1.13.4 Installer version: 1.13.4 Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 21 03:41:50 UTC 2026 7.1.3-ogc5.1.fc44.x86_64 Login status: not logged in Language: pl Insider build toggle: off Live preview: on Base theme: adapt to system Community theme: Things 2.1.2 Snippets enabled: 0 Restricted mode: off Plugins installed: 6 Plugins enabled: 6 1: Excalidraw v2.25.3 2: File Color v1.1.0 3: Iconize v2.14.7 4: Colored Text v1.3.0 5: Better Export PDF v2.0.3 6: Excalidraw Extras v0.0.15

RECOMMENDATIONS: Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets. Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.

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Describe the bug

When I stop drawing, after a little moment (a couple to maybe 20 seconds, seems random) excalidraw freezes/becomes completely unresponsive. Can't draw or click anything, change tools, nothing. Clicking on obsidian icon on the bar to minimize and bring it back up instantly unfreezes it. Also I've noticed obsidian got the generic wayland icon on the system bar.

Steps to reproduce

Draw. Stop. Wait a couple of seconds. There it is.

Expected behavior

Not freeze?

Additional context

I am on Bazzite.

Source: zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin