From 0d5ffb000e190a4666337de24d9bcad8ba443eb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Rose <172423086+nornagon-openai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 16:14:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tui: fix occasional UI flicker (#2918)

occasionally i was seeing some minor flickering when adding history
lines. hopefully this clears it up.
---
 codex-rs/tui/src/tui.rs | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/tui.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/tui.rs
index 51828771..df957fee 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/tui.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/tui.rs
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ impl Tui {
                                 if next_deadline.is_none_or(|cur| at < cur) {
                                     next_deadline = Some(at);
                                 }
-                                if at <= Instant::now() {
-                                    next_deadline = None;
-                                    let _ = draw_tx_clone.send(());
-                                }
+                                // Do not send a draw immediately here. By continuing the loop,
+                                // we recompute the sleep target so the draw fires once via the
+                                // sleep branch, coalescing multiple requests into a single draw.
+                                continue;
                             }
                             None => break,
                         }