Unplugging a monitor repositions the other monitors but not their layers

[martician1]

Hyprland version

Hyprland 0.49.0 built from branch at commit 9958d29 (version: bump to 0.49.0).
Date: Thu May 8 20:15:18 2025
Tag: v0.49.0, commits: 6098
built against:
aquamarine 0.9.1
hyprlang 0.6.3
hyprutils 0.8.1
hyprcursor 0.1.12
hyprgraphics 0.1.4

Regression

I haven't tried it for previous versions.

Describe the bug

I have my laptop plugged to an HDMI monitor, the monitor is to the left of the laptop.
The problem is that every time i disconnect the HDMI monitor the hyprpaper and waybar layers don't change their positions while the default eDP-1 position moves from 1920x0 to 0x0 (as it should). As a result i am left with a default wallpaper and no visible bar (hyprpaper and waybar are still active they just draw at position 1920x0 which is not visible).

Hyprland monitor config

# force hdmi monitor to be to the left of default laptop monitor
monitor=HDMI-A-1,preferred,0x0,1
# put new monitors to the right
monitor=,preferred,auto,1

Layers and monitors before unplug

❯ hyprctl layers  
Monitor eDP-1:
	Layer level 0 (background):
		Layer 55fbbd959c30: xywh: 1920 0 1920 1080, namespace: hyprpaper, pid: 3417
	Layer level 1 (bottom):
	Layer level 2 (top):
		Layer 55fbbd480e50: xywh: 1920 0 1920 26, namespace: waybar, pid: 3407
	Layer level 3 (overlay):
Monitor HDMI-A-1:
	Layer level 0 (background):
		Layer 55fbbd917e70: xywh: 0 0 1920 1080, namespace: hyprpaper, pid: 3417
	Layer level 1 (bottom):
	Layer level 2 (top):
		Layer 55fbbd90c350: xywh: 0 0 1920 26, namespace: waybar, pid: 3407
	Layer level 3 (overlay):

❯ hyprctl monitors  
Monitor eDP-1 (ID 0):
	[email protected] at 1920x0
	description: LG Display 0x0739
	make: LG Display
	model: 0x0739
	serial: 
	active workspace: 3 (3)
	special workspace: 0 ()
	reserved: 0 26 0 0
	scale: 1.00
	transform: 0
	focused: yes
	dpmsStatus: 1
	vrr: false
	solitary: 0
	activelyTearing: false
	directScanoutTo: 0
	disabled: false
	currentFormat: XRGB8888
	mirrorOf: none
	availableModes: [email protected] 

Monitor HDMI-A-1 (ID 1):
	[email protected] at 0x0
	description: Ancor Communications Inc ASUS VS228 C7LMTF030444
	make: Ancor Communications Inc
	model: ASUS VS228
	serial: C7LMTF030444
	active workspace: 1 (1)
	special workspace: 0 ()
	reserved: 0 26 0 0
	scale: 1.00
	transform: 0
	focused: no
	dpmsStatus: 1
	vrr: false
	solitary: 0
	activelyTearing: false
	directScanoutTo: 0
	disabled: false
	currentFormat: XRGB8888
	mirrorOf: none
	availableModes: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 

Layers and monitors after unplug

❯ hyprctl layers    
Monitor eDP-1:
	Layer level 0 (background):
		Layer 55fbbd959c30: xywh: 1920 0 1920 1080, namespace: hyprpaper, pid: 3417
	Layer level 1 (bottom):
	Layer level 2 (top):
		Layer 55fbbd480e50: xywh: 1920 0 1920 26, namespace: waybar, pid: 3407
	Layer level 3 (overlay):

❯ hyprctl monitors 
Monitor eDP-1 (ID 0):
	[email protected] at 0x0
	description: LG Display 0x0739
	make: LG Display
	model: 0x0739
	serial: 
	active workspace: 2 (2)
	special workspace: 0 ()
	reserved: 0 26 0 0
	scale: 1.00
	transform: 0
	focused: yes
	dpmsStatus: 1
	vrr: false
	solitary: 0
	activelyTearing: false
	directScanoutTo: 0
	disabled: false
	currentFormat: XRGB8888
	mirrorOf: none
	availableModes: [email protected] 

Workaround

Reloading hyprland fixes the problem but i have to do this manually every time so i wondered whether there is another more convenient way to fix this.

❯ hyprctl reload  
ok
❯ hyprctl layers
Monitor eDP-1:
	Layer level 0 (background):
		Layer 55fbbd959c30: xywh: 0 0 1920 1080, namespace: hyprpaper, pid: 3417
	Layer level 1 (bottom):
	Layer level 2 (top):
		Layer 55fbbd480e50: xywh: 0 0 1920 26, namespace: waybar, pid: 3407
	Layer level 3 (overlay):