Blurred garuda-dock icons on startup

Hello ,
I'm currently facing this blurred icons issue ( not really a big one) ,
it starts happening i think i week after installing the Os ,

it's not happening every time i boot the system but , i faced it at least 3 times a day ,

is that because of some widgets or something else ?

garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.3.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=373b505e-0101-42f9-9423-26c00f9385dc rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP EliteBook 840 G4 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 828C v: KBC Version 45.52 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: HP v: P78 Ver. 01.45 date: 12/15/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.0 Wh (69.8%) condition: 44.4/51.3 Wh (86.7%)
volts: 12.0 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: discharging cycles: 619
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-7300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake
note: check gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2017
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 9
microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1750 high: 2700 min/max: 400/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 2700
4: 2700 bogomips: 21599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP HD Camera
driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 05c8:0397 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x123d built: 2013 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.3 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 50.68 GiB (21.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: MTFDDAV256TBN-1AR15ABHA
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0T12 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 15 GiB size: 15 GiB (100.00%) used: 11.4 GiB (76.0%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 500 MiB size: 499 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 182.99 GiB size: 182.99 GiB (100.00%)
used: 13.32 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 15 GiB size: 15 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.4 GiB (76.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 15 GiB size: 15 GiB (100.00%)
used: 11.4 GiB (76.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C pch: 33.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 244 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 2 Memory: available: 7.64 GiB
used: 2.2 GiB (28.7%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1281
libs: 339 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-06-22
Last full system update: 2023-06-29
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

It seems to be a very specific problem (I don’t remember and haven’t found anything similar), so there will need to be more troubleshooting and information on your part.
When it happens try to retrieve the logs, note what applications were running.

This seems like a good idea.
In these cases the best thing is to disable the (added) widgets one by one, and wait to see if it improves.

Out of context (it doesn’t seem to be the cause of your problem), this seems rather little to me!

Although I see that the home is elsewhere. I don’t know if that will affect it, but it shouldn’t. Maybe in those cases the system cannot “reach” your home folder, where configurations are stored.

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Actually ,I have just the "Better inline clock" widget installed so far .
and the blur disappear when I hover over the icons ,
and what about home .how the system can't reach it ? what can make it ?

Don't worry about home. It's mounted, it works, so there is no reason for this setup to create that glitch. I was just thinking when writing...

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