diff --git a/app/streaming/session.cpp b/app/streaming/session.cpp
index d11aed41..c0cd24b7 100644
--- a/app/streaming/session.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/session.cpp
@@ -1653,6 +1653,12 @@ void Session::execInternal()
         case SDL_RENDER_DEVICE_RESET:
         case SDL_RENDER_TARGETS_RESET:
 
+            if (event.type != SDL_WINDOWEVENT) {
+                SDL_LogWarn(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
+                            "Recreating renderer by internal request: %d",
+                            event.type);
+            }
+
             SDL_AtomicLock(&m_DecoderLock);
 
             // Destroy the old decoder
diff --git a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/eglvid.cpp b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/eglvid.cpp
index ff355080..464f0da0 100644
--- a/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/eglvid.cpp
+++ b/app/streaming/video/ffmpeg-renderers/eglvid.cpp
@@ -893,6 +893,18 @@ void EGLRenderer::renderFrame(AVFrame* frame)
 
         if (!specialize()) {
             m_EGLImagePixelFormat = AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
+
+            // Failure to specialize is fatal. We must reset the renderer
+            // to recover successfully.
+            //
+            // Note: This seems to be easy to trigger when transitioning from
+            // maximized mode by dragging the window down on GNOME 42 using
+            // XWayland. Other strategies like calling glGetError() don't seem
+            // to be able to detect this situation for some reason.
+            SDL_Event event;
+            event.type = SDL_RENDER_TARGETS_RESET;
+            SDL_PushEvent(&event);
+
             return;
         }
     }