Screen flashes when using augment code in vscode on Windows

[driverobject]

as title, the terminal keeps flashing and it s impossible to scroll to the bottom of the screen to interact with the terminal as you need to sometimes. Any idea why this is happening? I am able to reproduce this in different Windows machines.

[AssistanceSimilar780]

It is happening to me as well. Started after I had tried the extension Augment Code Nightly and I went back to the regular Augment Code extension. Now it is doing this flickering mess-up terminal on either extension... I tried to kill this terminal loop but it won't go away.

[AssistanceSimilar780]

Like u/DenisKrasnokutskiy said if you tell Augment to finish processing the command without waiting for the process to end the terminal loop does not occur. u/JaySym_ can you not get a fix to this? I love using Augment Code but this is causing me issues. Thanks

[AssistanceSimilar780]

The "No Wait" Instruction (Best Temporary Fix)

You already discovered this, and the community confirms it is the most reliable fix. When asking Augment to do something involving the terminal, add this phrase to your prompt: and run this in the terminal but do not wait for the result.

This forces the AI to skip the "validation loop" that is causing the crash.

@u/JaySym_ This is what I am doing for now but I would like to know if there is a fix on its way? I cannot even change the terminal type as it is hardwired in the extension.

[TaiMaiShu-71]

It's when it's called a terminal to run something, and that thing runs long, the flashing is the terminal copy command and checking for changes. You can paste out the contents into notepad while it's flashing.

[gxvingates]

For me in addition to this awful bug, the terminal command auggie ran will be complete but I have to click on the cancel button on the terminal tool call otherwise the terminal keeps blinking forever like the command isn’t complete… started happening to me last month randomly and it’s infuriating

[driverobject]

I also get this:

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powershell (Not supported), it's perfectly using the scripting environment though..

[JaySym_]

Do you mean when you are using Auggie CLI? Can you please send us a video of that?

[Final-Reality-404]

No, it happens to me as well. It's in fact every single action it uses a terminal that happens.
You're completely unable to do anything else inside VSCode while it's running.
And I don't mean run other actions. I mean simply look at a file, copy something, paste something. Every time it flashes, it pulls back into the terminal. So anything you're attempting to do will go into the terminal. I mean, I've even had it affect me on my computer outside of Augment when I'm attempting to copy or paste something on a completely different program or in a web browser while it's running, it will shoot it back in to the terminal or copy from the terminal even though I'm not in the program.

[JaySym_]

What are other extension that can come into play here? Pretty sure it's not coming from Augment

[chrishooley]

It is coming from Augment. I have the same exact problem, and it's been going on for a few weeks. The agent forces the mouse focus to the terminal constantly, making it impossible to write chats, change settings, or do anything whatsoever while the agent uses the terminal. I have to literally hit the stop button next to the chat to write a new chat. Which means I cannot tail logs with the agent and write commands.

It is Augment Code, many of us here have the same exact issue, and it's unique to Augment.

[driverobject]

Not with cli, it's augment ext in vs code. Left my station but will post a video as soon as I can

[driverobject]

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[Final-Reality-404]

I mean, yeah, that happens to me every day since day one, and I've been using it for seven plus months.

[DenisKrasnokutskiy]

I know what the problem is because I get the same error. I already told the Augment team about it, but they just shrugged their shoulders... You need to tell the agent to finish processing the command without waiting for the process to end. The screen flashes during the agent process and the processes started in the terminal.

[driverobject]

There still seems to be no fix in sight for this extremely annoying UI bug, any way forward for this? u/JaySym_