Terminal blinking issue when using version 1.19.4

Google Antigravity
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I just updated to version 1.19.4 and I’m seeing a weird issue. Every time the agent sends a message, a terminal window (sometimes PowerShell) flashes on the screen for a split second and then disappears. Is anyone else experiencing this? Everything was working perfectly on version 1.18.

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I have the same issue here. But my terminal windows don’t disappear—they just stay open and keep piling up.

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I am have the same issue, and it is quite bothersome

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me too,can you delete your auto update???

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same issue unfortunately and Antigravity says it’s normal which it isn’t didn’t happen in the other previous versions

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They still have not fixed the coverssation history bug . how incompetent are these guys

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Nope. I just used the built-in auto-update in Antigravity for the latest release.

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I’m having the same issue too. This morning i’m forced to upgrade to 1.18.4 and few hours later i’m receiving update 1.19.4 . I thought this would be good. But nah .. Those command prompt keep blinking in front of my face.

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Google Antigravity Try installing an older version.Try installing an older version.

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I’m seeing the same thing. Previously, there wasn’t windows flashing thing … I thought I’m getting bombarded with malware.

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same here its so annoying

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Yes! I am experiencing the exact same issue, and it is incredibly frustrating.

I have spent a significant amount of time trying to troubleshoot this locally to force PowerShell to run silently in the background, but absolutely nothing works. Here is a list of methods I have already tried:

  • Changing the “Default terminal application” to “Windows Console Host” in Windows 11 settings.

  • Toggling the “Enable Shell Integration” option in the Antigravity settings. (Note: Disabling this actually makes the situation worse—instead of flashing, the terminal window hangs indefinitely as a zombie process).

  • Checking settings.json to ensure there are no forced external terminal profiles (Terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows is null).

  • Adjusting the PowerShell extension language settings within VS Code.

All of these attempts failed. This confirms that the issue is a hardcoded bug within the extension’s subprocess execution logic (likely missing the windowsHide or CREATE_NO_WINDOW parameters).

This visual bug only appeared after the recent 1.19 update. Everything ran perfectly and silently in version 1.18 and earlier.

The Google development team needs to push a hotfix for this ASAP! It completely disrupts the focus and workflow of developers.

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Have you tried disabling the auto-update and then reinstalling an older version?

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Hi all,

Thank you for flagging this issue. We recommend updating to the latest version (i.e, 1.19.5) of Antigravity and checking whether the issue still occurs. Please let us know if the problem persists after updating.

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The update is great. The PowerShell bug is gone, and I can open the browser again.

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facing same issue on Windows 11

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Try uninstalling the old version and installing the latest version 1.19.5.

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resolved after update to 1.19.5/1.19.6

thanks team; keep up the good work

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I had same issue after updating to 1.19.5 this issue is gone