microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Tab bar flickering randomly on both stable and preview version
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Description
### Windows Terminal version
1.16.2642.0
### Windows build number
10.0.22621.0
### Other Software
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
Just by normal usage but also sometimes it's triggered more when the app loses and gains focus
### Expected Behavior
Expecting the tab bar not to flicker
### Actual Behavior
Windows Terminal tab bar flickers randomly

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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is identified in the report. Begin by reproducing the tab-bar flicker in Windows Terminal 1.16.2642.0, especially across focus changes, and use the attached recording and reported environment as reference. Done means the tab bar remains stable during normal use and focus transitions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100