Broken or flickering application windows

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I'm using the following setting:

• Device: M1 MacBook air
• MacOS: Sequoia 15.5 (24F74)
• AeroSpace: 0.18.5-Beta
• Two displays (as the following image)
  

With my ./config/aerospace/aerospace.toml set as:

after-login-command = []
after-startup-command = []
start-at-login = true 

enable-normalization-flatten-containers = true
enable-normalization-opposite-orientation-for-nested-containers = true

accordion-padding = 0

default-root-container-layout = 'tiles'
default-root-container-orientation = 'auto'

on-focused-monitor-changed = ['move-mouse monitor-lazy-center']

automatically-unhide-macos-hidden-apps = true 

exec-on-workspace-change = ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'sketchybar --trigger aerospace_workspace_change FOCUSED_WORKSPACE=$AEROSPACE_FOCUSED_WORKSPACE PREV_WORKSPACE=$AEROSPACE_PREV_WORKSPACE && ~/.config/sketchybar/plugins/update_workspace_icons.sh']

[key-mapping]
preset = 'qwerty'

[gaps]
inner.horizontal = 8
inner.vertical = 8
outer.bottom = 5
outer.top = [{ monitor.main = 10}, 10]
outer.right = 5
outer.left = 5

[mode.main.binding]
# App shortcuts

alt-b = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Safari.app'
alt-c = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Cursor.app'
alt-s = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Slack.app'
alt-n = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Notes.app'
alt-a = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/ChatGPT.app'
alt-m = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Spotify.app'
alt-p = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Preview.app'
alt-w = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/Warp.app'
alt-i = 'exec-and-forget open -a /System/Applications/Photos.app'
alt-q = 'exec-and-forget open -a /Applications/LINE.app'
alt-shift-r = ['exec-and-forget /opt/homebrew/bin/sketchybar --reload']

alt-e = 'layout tiles horizontal vertical'
alt-comma = 'layout accordion horizontal vertical'
alt-f = 'fullscreen'
alt-y = ['focus right', 'join-with down', 'layout tiles horizontal']
alt-h = 'focus left'
alt-j = 'focus down'
alt-k = 'focus up'
alt-l = 'focus right'

alt-shift-h = 'move left'
alt-shift-j = 'move down'
alt-shift-k = 'move up'
alt-shift-l = 'move right'

alt-shift-minus = 'resize smart -50'
alt-shift-equal = 'resize smart +50'

alt-1 = 'workspace 1'
alt-2 = 'workspace 2'
alt-3 = 'workspace 3'
alt-4 = 'workspace 4'
alt-5 = 'workspace 5'
alt-6 = 'workspace 6'
alt-7 = 'workspace 7'

alt-shift-1 = 'move-node-to-workspace 1'
alt-shift-2 = 'move-node-to-workspace 2'
alt-shift-3 = 'move-node-to-workspace 3'
alt-shift-4 = 'move-node-to-workspace 4'
alt-shift-5 = 'move-node-to-workspace 5'
alt-shift-6 = 'move-node-to-workspace 6'
alt-shift-7 = 'move-node-to-workspace 7'

alt-tab = 'workspace-back-and-forth'
alt-shift-tab = 'move-workspace-to-monitor --wrap-around next'
alt-shift-semicolon = 'mode service'

[mode.service.binding]
esc = ['reload-config', 'mode main']
r = ['flatten-workspace-tree', 'mode main'] # reset layout
f = ['layout floating tiling', 'mode main'] # Toggle between floating and tiling layout
backspace = ['close-all-windows-but-current', 'mode main']

#s = ['layout sticky tiling', 'mode main']

alt-shift-h = ['join-with left', 'mode main']
alt-shift-j = ['join-with down', 'mode main']
alt-shift-k = ['join-with up', 'mode main']
alt-shift-l = ['join-with right', 'mode main']

# Default space
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id ='com.spotify.client'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 1']

[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id ='com.apple.finder'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 1']

[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'jp.naver.line.mac'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 1']

# Preview (Space 2)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'com.apple.Preview'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 2']

# Warp (Space 3)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'dev.warp.Warp-Stable'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 3']

# Cursor (space 4)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'com.todesktop.230313mzl4w4u92'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 4']

# Safari (Space 5)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'com.apple.Safari'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 5']

# ChatGPT (Space 6, secondary)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'com.openai.chat'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 6']

# Notes (Space 7, secondary)
[[on-window-detected]]
if.app-id = 'com.apple.Notes'
run = ['move-node-to-workspace 7']

# force certain workspaces to certain monitors
[workspace-to-monitor-force-assignment]
1 = 'main'                         
2 = 'main'                       
3 = 'main'                  
4 = 'main'                  
5 = 'main'
6 = 'secondary'
7 = 'secondary'

Currently I'm facing multiple issues:

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1. Flickering windows

The first is that when I opened multiple applications in the same workspace (default workspace 1), they kept flickering and when I tried to transform one of the windows into full screen by alt + f, it would not work (which would properly work in other situations):

Screen.Recording.2025-07-08.at.11.35.31.AM.mov

I ran aerospace debug-windows in this workspace, and the resulting output is shown in the following link (which is a link to a warp output block):

https://app.warp.dev/block/0qxeJeKMXI211hSkkcYQKS

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2. Deprecated ChatGPT desktop application

Another thing is that the ChatGPT desktop application window is deprecated and only the top bar would be shown, as in the following image:

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3. Apple Notes unable to insert

Finally, the apple Notes app is also uncontrollable at the same time. In the following video, I tried to insert something on the note, but every time I clicked at a position to insert, I would be switched to another workspace:

Broken_notes_app.mov

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I found that the ChatGPT app and my macOS version (Sequoia) are having issues, but I haven't found people having same problems in the discussion section. I would be really appreciated if these problems could be solved, since the application switching functionality works great, and I really loved it! If any other information is needed, please let me know.