Slack Displays Broken Mixed Dark/Light Mode After Latest Update
After a Slack update, the app renders some UI elements in dark mode and others in light mode simultaneously, making it effectively unusable. Opening channels reveals transparent backgrounds that expose underlying menus. A widespread update regression affecting the core reading experience.
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