Flickering isn’t just a visual nuisance; in a hardened environment it can hide real alerts, break scripts that poll the status line, or even leak timing info to an attacker. A recent upgrade that swapped in a new terminal renderer, patched a font, or tweaked an environment variable can push the status bar past the terminal’s refresh limits. Below is a practical, step‑by‑step walk‑through that covers the usual suspects, fixes you can apply immediately, and how to keep the bar steady without opening new attack vectors.
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