System freezes with "can't update stage views actor" for MetaWindowGroup and MetaWindowActorX11

[Laurence]

Syslog spam...

Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:07 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:13 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:13 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x555ca3c79b10] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:13 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x555ca3c7cdc0] is on because it needs an allocation.
Mar 24 11:09:13 myhostname gnome-shell[2307]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowGroup>:0x555ca1fa0350] is on because it needs an allocation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Mar 24 11:17:07 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-17 (280 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.5-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 2007742, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.