--- title: Explicit sync | daily.dev description: Explicit sync is a new synchronization model that allows applications to explicitly tell relevant components when rendering is complete, avoiding accidental... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Explicit sync | daily.dev og:description: Explicit sync is a new synchronization model that allows applications to explicitly tell relevant components when rendering is complete, avoiding accidental... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ep7zcdVAw.png og:image:alt: Explicit sync og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Explicit sync **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Explicit sync is a new synchronization model that allows applications to explicitly tell relevant components when rendering is complete, avoiding accidental synchronizations and improving performance. It is a big deal because the proprietary NVidia driver and commonly used compositors do not support implicit sync, causing flickering and frame pacing issues on Wayland. With the implementation of explicit sync, these problems will be solved. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Explicit sync","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw"},"datePublished":"2024-04-08T06:42:36.026Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Explicit sync is a new synchronization model that allows applications to explicitly tell relevant components when rendering is complete, avoiding accidental...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/explicit-sync-ep7zcdvaw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,vulkan","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Explicit sync"}]} ```