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Ketrel

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Registered: 2022-11-14

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Graphical Issues in World of Warcraft after System Update

I use umu-launcher (from the Arch repo)
I use GE-Proton9-23 (though I've moved to 9-26 as part of testing), which I maintain manually.
I did a system update yesterday, and since then I've been getting graphical issues in World of Warcraft.
The issues started without any reboot, and persisted after a reboot.
As a nuclear option, I used the ALA to go back to the date of my previous system update 2025-03-25, and rebooted.
The issue is still persisting.

I'm not quite sure what to look at or where to even begin to troubleshoot this.  I did try running Super Tux Kart which does appear to play without any glitches.  I don't have any other 3D games handy, but the 2D game 'The Binding of Isaac' which I run via the same means as World of Warcraft functions without any issues.

Some spec info (courtesy of fastfetch)

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: MS-7D91 (3.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.13.8-arch1-1
Uptime: 13 hours, 7 mins
Packages: 2276 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (VS24A): 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz in 24" [External] *
Display (VS24A): 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz in 24" [External]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.3
WM: KWin (X11)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Fusion (BreezeDark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3/4]
Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: breeze (24px)
Terminal: konsole 24.12.3
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KS (24) @ 5.50 GHz
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 @ 1.55 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 8.86 GiB / 125.57 GiB (7%)
Locale: en_US.UTF-8

I have a video of it occurring below.  It shows 3 things which happen. 
1. (Hard to see) As the character walks at the beginning, there's a minor stutter (00:00:28)
2. (Easy to see) The very obvious graphical glitch that can continue to happen and doesn't always stop. (00:00:59)
3. (Mixed visual ease) The graphics locking up entirely (but there's flicker on some things that were moving prior) when the window is maximized/unmaximized. (00:01:09)
I know this is graphical (and not a game freeze) because the way I'm unfreezing it (when it goes black briefly) is issuing the

/console gxrestart

command in-game, which restarts the graphics engine

Video: https://0x0.st/82vb.mkv