Why is this happening? For days now, I’ve been having the same problem — the shader isn’t working and isn’t rendering on the canvas. I hope I can get some insight or guidance from the Figma team on how to resolve this issue. Thank you.
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shader having issues
Hi
I completely understand how this must be disrupting your workflow. Sometimes, the shader code fails to download in the background, so the panel loads but nothing renders on canvas. A recent fix went out for this, so a couple of quick things to try first:
- Fully quit and reopen Figma (not just close the window), and update to the latest version if one's available for you
- Try the same file in a browser If shaders render there but not in the desktop app, that will point us in a helpful direction
- If you're on a VPN, proxy, or company network, try without it and let us know, if that helps
If it's still not rendering, could you share:
- Desktop app, browser, or both? Plus your app/browser version and OS version
- Is it every shader (including the built-in ones), or specific ones?
With these details, we can investigate further. And if you haven’t seen this topic yet, it may be helpful. This was a similar bug that is now resolved: All built-in shaders fail to load
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