Brave runs a task that flashes a window extremely briefly

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Description of the issue: Brave, seemingly randomly, does something that causes a window to flash on my middle monitor for a fraction of a second. Just long enough to notice but so brief that it’s impossible to tell what it is.

Edit: If I run taskkill /im brave.exe /F to kill ALL brave instances and leave it closed, this does not occur, so I can’t see it not being something in Brave.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): Brave windows/tabs open.

Expected result:

Reproduces how often: Seemingly random

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu): Windows 10 Brave 1.87.190

Additional Information: I suspect this may be something that a tab is doing. Is there a way within Brave to try and catch whatever this is and determine what tab or perhaps Brave process is doing this?

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Do you by chance have extensions installed? The only time I may see a brief flash is if Brave was updating, but it wouldn’t be consistent like it seems for you, and that I can’t replicate.

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The only extension I have installed is the Bitwarden extension.

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@Dave, I can appreciate the confusion. The state of New York recently passed a law specifically requiring AI platforms to display certain notifications to users located in New York.

Here is a link to the bill that specifically requires this: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/A47

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“Dave’s not here man.”

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Well, Dave is sort of here (I’m a Dave lol).

So there are no ways to monitor what Brave is doing and slow that monitoring down so one can see what brief things are running?