#1644 Icon on taskbar flickers on Win11 v2.8.85 `(Control client requests tray icon visibility flag)`

[Szakmári László]

On Win11 the icon on the taskbar sometimes flashes / flickers.
Sometimes means between: 2x/sec -- 1x/10sec randomly.
Nobody is connecting to it.

I've changed LOG trace level to 9, and the result is:

[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932   Recieved control message ID 17, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932 : Control client requests server info
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932   Recieved control message ID 4, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:53:932 : Control client requests client list
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442   Recieved control message ID 17, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442 : Control client requests server info
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442   Recieved control message ID 4, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:442 : Control client requests client list
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955   Recieved control message ID 17, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955   process memory usage: 10366976 
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955 : Control client requests server info
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955   Recieved control message ID 4, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:54:955 : Control client requests client list
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467   Recieved control message ID 17, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467 : Control client requests server info
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467   Recieved control message ID 4, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:467 : Control client requests client list
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979   Recieved control message ID 17, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979 : Control client requests server info
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979   Recieved control message ID 4, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:55:979 : Control client requests client list
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:56:491   Recieved control message ID 20, size 0
[ 4944/11472] 2025-04-22 11:01:56:491 : Control client requests tray icon visibility flag

... and so on.
the ID is always 17,4,20 . (Whatever is means... ?)

I've used an older version before, result was the same, so the problem is not new.

[Szakmári László]

PS.:

I know, it is not a huge bug, but it can be very very VERY annoying after a while, if you are distracted all the time, because your eye is trained to watch and catch any screen changes near the bottom-right notification area.
Especially if you are looking at your PC 16 hours / day.
(And no, hiding the icon is not a "solution"... )

[Pelican Media]

I have the same. Its been like it for a few months now. VERY annoying.

[n8aktiv]

+1