Why does the pointer have this weird behaviour

Hyprland version
Hyprland 0.50.0 built from branch  at commit c4a4c341568944bd4fb9cd503558b2de602c0213  (version: bump to 0.50.0).
Date: Wed Jul 16 09:33:42 2025
Tag: v0.50.0, commits: 6279
built against:
 aquamarine 0.9.1
 hyprlang 0.6.3
 hyprutils 0.8.1
 hyprcursor 0.1.12
 hyprgraphics 0.1.5


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Cursor theme doesn’t render correctly on few applications. The application in the video is ungoogled-chromium-bin version 138.0.7204.168-1 from arch repositories. the cursor theme appears only when mouse_1 button is down on only that specific menu button. i noticed in another app a while ago which i can’t remember right now that cursor theme doesn’t work. i have my hyprcursor and xcursor variables setup correctly as per docs. What could be the reason? is this an issue with the chromium application? if so, any workarounds?
Please see the video linked: https://0x0.st/87cE.mp4

Because you are running it in xwayland for some god-forsaken reason :)

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thanks vaxry, you’re the GOAT as always