Public bug reported:

Summary

On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with GNOME Shell 50.1 running under Wayland, the
GNOME top bar remains visible when launching World of Warcraft through
Battle.net/Lutris in Windowed (Fullscreen) mode.

The issue is 100% reproducible.

An upstream report has already been opened against GNOME Mutter:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/work_items/4911

System information

Distribution

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Desktop

GNOME Shell 50.1

Session

Wayland

Hardware

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
AMD Radeon 760M Graphics (RADV)
Mesa 26.0.3-1ubuntu1
Internal display (1920×1200 @ 60 Hz)
Software
Lutris 0.5.22 (.deb package)
Gamescope 3.16.20
GE-Proton (UMU runtime)
Battle.net
World of Warcraft Classic
Steps to reproduce
Log into an Ubuntu Wayland session.
Launch Battle.net from Lutris.
Launch World of Warcraft.
Open Graphics settings.
Select Windowed (Fullscreen).
Use the native display resolution (1920×1200).
Return to the game.
Expected result

The GNOME top bar should automatically hide while the game occupies the
entire display.

Actual result

The GNOME top bar remains permanently visible above the game.

The game renders correctly but does not cover the top panel.

Additional observations

Switching the game to Fullscreen hides the GNOME top bar correctly.

However, this display mode causes input/UI issues, making it unusable.

The issue only affects Windowed (Fullscreen) mode.

Troubleshooting performed

The problem has been reproduced after testing:

Lutris Flatpak
Lutris native (.deb)
GE-Proton
UMU runtime
DXVK enabled
VKD3D enabled
Esync enabled
Fsync enabled
GameMode enabled

The behavior is identical in every configuration.

Gamescope comparison

Launching the exact same game through Gamescope correctly hides the
GNOME top bar.

Gamescope is not required to reproduce the issue; it is only used as a
comparison.

GNOME Extensions

The issue is reproducible with the default Ubuntu session.

Disabling all non-default GNOME extensions does not change the behavior.

Upstream report

This issue has already been reported upstream to the GNOME Mutter
developers:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/work_items/4911

If this is confirmed as an upstream Mutter issue, this Launchpad report
can be linked to the upstream report for tracking within Ubuntu.

Reproducibility

Always (100%).

Additional information

I am available to provide additional logs or perform further testing if
requested.

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  GNOME top bar remains visible for XWayland borderless fullscreen games
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