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Had a problem like this a year ago, figured out it was because I was using display port. Some weird quirk of its protocol basically fubars it.
Switching to hdmi cables fixes the problem.
But HDMI cables have bigger issues so I just learned to deal with the problem.
Funny thing is that the same issue was resolved for me by switching the other way around - from HDMI to DisplayPort. So there's something weirder going on than a bug in DP implementation
I don't really have an option. I have four monitors and four video outputs, and only one output is HDMI. In fact, three of the cables are DP to HDMI because I don't have any DP capable monitors. So yeah.
Seems like this would be something to be producing logs on for community developers in hopes of finding a solution though. Could you maybe point me to the info you found on this? I'd be interested to see if there's any timeline that anyone is working toward in fixing it.