Desktop apps become unresponsive when audio is played
On my laptop, when desktop apps play audio, they become unresponsive - their UIs freeze and can't be interacted with, and the "unresponsive app" dialog pops up shortly afterwards.
I've been experiencing this issue since I installed Fedora 39. There are periods when the bug doesn't happen (possibly for a time after a reboot), but most of the time it does, and when it is active it affects all apps. Examples of affected apps include:
- Firefox, when Whatsapp plays a notification bell
- Settings, when using the sound test window
- Rhythmbox, when playing music
- Totem, when playing a video
- Spotify doesn't play audio, but it doesn't become unresponsive
Pipewire version: 0.3.79
I captured this backtrace while reproducing the issue with gnome-control-center's sound test feature: backtrace.log