zed-industries/zed · error

screen was already shared

Error message

screen was already shared

What it means

Error "screen was already shared" thrown in zed-industries/zed.

Source

Thrown at crates/call/src/call_impl/room.rs:1485

                            cx.notify();
                            Err(error)
                        }
                    }
                }
            })?
        })
    }

    pub fn share_screen(
        &mut self,
        source: Rc<dyn ScreenCaptureSource>,
        cx: &mut Context<Self>,
    ) -> Task<Result<()>> {
        if self.status.is_offline() {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("room is offline")));
        }
        if self.is_sharing_screen() {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("screen was already shared")));
        }

        let (participant, publish_id) = if let Some(live_kit) = self.live_kit.as_mut() {
            let publish_id = post_inc(&mut live_kit.next_publish_id);
            live_kit.screen_track = LocalTrack::Pending { publish_id };
            cx.notify();
            (live_kit.room.local_participant(), publish_id)
        } else {
            return Task::ready(Err(anyhow!("live-kit was not initialized")));
        };

        cx.spawn(async move |this, cx| {
            let publication = participant.publish_screenshare_track(&*source, cx).await;

            this.update(cx, |this, cx| {
                let live_kit = this
                    .live_kit
                    .as_mut()

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/call/src/call_impl/room.rs:1485 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of zed-industries/zed@bc538def45 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/bf0fb7e09b595fdf. Report an issue: GitHub.