MoonshotAI / MoonshotAI/kimi-code
TUI flickers when opening /usage while agents status box is live-updating (Alacritty)
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Description
What version of Kimi Code is running?
0.28.1
Which open platform/subscription were you using?
custom provider
Which model were you using?
No response
What platform is your computer?
No response
What issue are you seeing?
TUI flickers/flashes in Alacritty when the agents status box (live-updating, e.g. per-agent elapsed time) is on screen and another box like /usage is opened on top of it — screen redraw becomes unstable.
Kimi Code CLI version: 0.28.1
Terminal: Alacritty 0.15.1
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Start a task that spawns subagents so the agents status box appears, live-updating
- While that box is actively updating, run /usage , etc
- The TUI starts flickering/flashing — screen redraw becomes visually unstable,
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Alacritty by running a task with a live-updating agents status box and opening /usage on top of it. Trace the TUI update and redraw path involved in those two views, then verify that the same interaction no longer flickers or flashes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100