Roblox Studio occasionally opens with weird black shadow

Summary
I’m not sure if this applies in general or only for opening RBXL files, but occasionally when I open an RBXL file to work on development, Roblox Studio opens behaving weird, casting a black shadow on surfaces away from me (likely in a circular/spherical way, lighting bug?) and some beams seemingly fading out when they’re not close to me. Closing and reopening usually fixes this. Today, this happened twice in a row and this behavior perplexed me greatly, so I am now reporting it.

Screenshots
Attempt 1: pure black surface shadow. one part of the train was also made completely black despite being close to me.



Attempt 2: black surface shadow is not as dark.

Attempt 3: opened normally.

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It only happens occasionally, but it’s been popping up for a while now. I presume it hasn’t gone away.

I should probably list my relevant device specs:
Windows 11 desktop
Intel i5-14400F
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

I assume I’ll have to retrieve the log only when it happens? And do I retrieve it while the application is still open or after closing out of it?

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