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Slack Screen Share Lags and Huddle Bar Goes Blank on Mac

Slack screen sharing degrades noticeably on large calls, and the huddle control bar intermittently renders as a blank bar on macOS. Both issues disrupt real-time collaboration. The problems are vendor-owned and have persisted without resolution.

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