compton config for transparency in i3's tabbed/stacked mode

Question

I am trying to:

make some applications transparent using compton on i3wm such that
in tabbed/ stacked mode in i3wm the underlying windows are hidden (or are not drawn).

For example's sake, let us take the application to be zathura.

I tried the following in my compton.conf:

opacity-rule = [
"90:class_g = 'Zathura' && !_NET_WM_STATE@:32a",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
]

This doesn't make zathura transparent, but zathura is hidden if it is beneath any other transparent window in tabbed/ stacked window.

Next I tried the following in compton.conf:

opacity-rule = [
"90:class_g = 'Zathura'",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
]

This does make zathura transparent, but this draws zathura beneath other windows when in tabbed or stacked mode in i3wm.

I found this and tried the suggested solution. That is, I replaced "0:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'" with

"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[0]:32a = '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[1]:32a = '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[2]:32a = '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[3]:32a = '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'",
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[4]:32a = '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"

However this made no change. Please help.

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My entire compton.conf is as follows:

menu        = { shadow = false; };
dropdown_menu = { shadow = false; };
popup_menu    = { shadow = false; };
utility       = { shadow = false; };

# Shadow
shadow = true;
no-dnd-shadow = true;
no-dock-shadow = true;
clear-shadow = true;
shadow-radius = 7;
shadow-offset-x = -7;
shadow-offset-y = -7;
shadow-exclude = [
       "class_g = 'i3-frame'",
       "class_g = 'keynav'",           
       "name = 'Notification'",
       "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
       "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c"
];


opacity-rule = [
# "90:class_g = 'Zathura'",
"90:class_g = 'Zathura' && !_NET_WM_STATE@:32a",

# "0:_NET_WM_STATE@:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[0]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
,"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[1]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
,"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[2]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
,"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[3]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
,"0:_NET_WM_STATE@[4]:32a *= '_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN'"
];

# Fading
fading = true;
fade-delta = 5;
fade-in-step = 0.03;
fade-out-step = 0.03;
fade-exclude = [ ];

# Other
backend = "xrender";
mark-wmwin-focused = true;
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
detect-rounded-corners = true;
detect-client-opacity = true;
refresh-rate = 0;
vsync = "none";
dbe = false;
focus-exclude = [ "class_g = 'Cairo-clock'" ];
detect-transient = true;
detect-client-leader = true;
invert-color-include = [ ];

# GLX backend
glx-copy-from-front = false;
glx-swap-method = "undefined";

# Window type settings
wintypes:
{
  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; };
};

compton config for transparency in i3's tabbed/stacked mode

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