Following the previous two repair records of Cherry MX2.0S RGB LED failures (see earlier notes: Repair log of Cherry MX2.0S RGB keyboard lighting failure after more than 3 years , Cherry MX2.0S RGB keyboard LED failure repair log again), after about two months another group of keys (Ctrl, Shift, =, F11) developed the same fault:

Because I know this keyboard has the bad LED issue, I often subconsciously press keys repeatedly to trigger the lighting effect and check if any LEDs have died.
This time I caught it in the act, witnessing the entire process of this group of LEDs going from ‘normal to failing’:
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