Droid <> Zed terminal - Intense flickering issue

[0xSero]

Issue: Huge flickering issue in the Zed IDE terminal

Details

• OS: Mac OS v26
• Device Macbook Pro M1 Max
• IDE: Zed
• Environment: Zed IDE's built in terminal
• Bug: intense flickering

Behaviour

• During window resizes, or accessing either models list or settings
• The screen flickers for 1-2 minutes before settling down
• Nothing fixes this, it happens when conversations get long as well
• This behaviour is especially bad within the Zed terminal

How to reproduce:

1. open the zed IDE
2. run droid in their built in terminal
3. run /models
4. witness the flickering

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[factory-davidgu]

@0xSero thanks for reporting the issue!

while we work on a more permanent fix, you can try reducing the amount of custom models and that should improve things considerably