From 738b6aad34cb2a2cdb7b70e11fea194735dc0812 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Cardoza <tcardoza@cardoza.construction>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:02:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] stopped load flickering

---
 src/store/index.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/store/index.ts b/src/store/index.ts
index 6c1f5e8..e24fd4e 100644
--- a/src/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/store/index.ts
@@ -1035,7 +1035,14 @@ export const initStore = async () => {
                 const taskMap = new Map(currentTasks.map(t => [t.id, t]));
                 allIncomplete.forEach((r: any) => {
                     if (r.tags?.includes("__template__")) return;
+
                     const existing = taskMap.get(r.id);
+
+                    // Prevent DOM rebuilding/flickering for tasks that haven't changed
+                    if (existing && existing.updated === r.updated) {
+                        return; // Keeps the exact same reference in the map
+                    }
+
                     // If existing has content, keep it. Otherwise use new record (which likely has no content yet)
                     const newTask = mapRecordToTask(r);
                     if (existing && existing.content) {