Screen Sharing window expansion glitch

Has anyone else experienced when you click the upper right button to expand (and only expand upon collapsed on open) in the Screen Sharing.app window that it gets all glitchy in the title bar area. I have tried this on a few computers. It seems to open happen on the 20" iMac viewing the 17" iMac. I'm curious if this has to do with emulating a smaller screen.

Posted video here… Not sure you anyone has access, but if you do try it… https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/95/wo/PF6ZOqAJSB1Gno BYXzC0h0/5.9.45.29.0.3.2.3.1.0

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