QOpenGLWidget: QSurfaceFormat sample count doesn't match *actual* sample count

C. Hafner

I'm using an QOpenGLWidget to render some stuff in OpenGL 4.5 Core. Before displaying the window, I set the QSurfaceFormat. Depending on the number of samples (let's say 0 and 8), I get the desired behavior.

For 0 samples:
For 8 samples:

Other integers also work as expected. But the strange thing is, that querying the current format in initializeGL() or paintGL() always yields the default surface format.

void MyWidget::paintGL()
{
    auto fa = format();
    std::cout << "Samples: " << fa.samples() << std::endl;
    [...]
}

always prints "Samples: 0", no matter what number of samples is actually displayed in the widget.
However,

GLint n;
gl_func->glGetFramebufferParameteriv(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_SAMPLES, &n);
std::cout << "Samples: " << n << std::endl;

gives the correct number of samples.

I've also tried changing the default QSurfaceFormat before initializing anything, but the behavior is the same.
This behavior is not a problem for me per se, but I'd be interested in knowing what causes it and whether it can be avoided.

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
GPU: GTX 1080 Ti
Using cmake + Visual Studio 2017 x64