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status: OBS 33 stops showing controller input unless OBS is focused - #2

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Publishes a warning for the OBS 33.0.0 focus regression.

id obs-33-background-input
severity warning — the overlay still works, and there are two ways out
startsAt 2026-10-23T22:20:29Z, the OBS 33.0.0 release
endsAt empty, ongoing

Facts, and where they came from

  • OBS 33.0.0 published 2026-10-23T22:20:29Z; OBS 32.2.2 published 2026-08-14T22:43:31Z. Both confirmed against the GitHub releases API.
  • obsproject/obs-studio#14083 is open, titled "Controller inputs not being read in browser source after OBS loses focus", filed against 33.0.0, and reproduces against app.gpv.gg.
  • A correction: the first link was given to me labelled "OBS 32.3.3" pointing at the 32.2.2 tag. There is no 32.3.3 release — the API 404s on that tag — and the workaround names 32.2.2, so the label is now "OBS 32.2.2 release" to match where it points.

Two judgement calls worth a look

  • The body notes that running as administrator is a Windows notion and says macOS users should go straight to the downgrade. The upstream report is from a macOS user, so "run as administrator" would be dead advice for exactly the person who filed it.
  • Link order puts the 32.2.2 release first, because the dashboard banner shows the workaround plus the first link, and the workaround ends on the downgrade.

Checked

  • node build.mjs passes; every field is inside its limit (summary 380/500, title 66/120, workaround 73/200)
  • Index card and detail page rendered locally in both colour schemes

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Warning rather than outage: the overlay still works, and there are two ways out
of it. Starts at the 33.0.0 release, which is when the behaviour changed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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