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Droid <> Zed terminal - Intense flickering issue #639

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@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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