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Checks completing flicker when they are really fast #113
Description
Currently, scope run shows a tree of all the checks as they run, but then hides them when complete. I think for an end-user, it can be a little disorienting to see them pop up quickly, and then go away.
I'm wondering if we could do one of:
- keep the check there, with info about it finishing successfully, how long it took, etc
- keep the check there for at least a few seconds so it's not like an immediately flash
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rubberduck203 commentedon Jul 28, 2026
Evaluated as part of an issue-validity review (2026-07-28). Closing as not planned.
Technically this still reproduces: the tree UI is driven by
tracing-indicatifspans (src/doctor/runner.rs:433-506) that disappear the instant they close, with no completion state, elapsed-time display, or minimum-visibility duration. That's been true since the progress bar was introduced in PR #84 (March 2024), and nothing since (including the recent span-nesting change in #346) has touched this.That said, this flicker is largely an inherent tradeoff of a fast, spinner/tree-style progress UI rather than a defect — and
--progress plainavoids it entirely by not using the animated tree renderer at all. That's already our team's more common way of runningscope doctorinternally. Given the workaround exists and the fancy-mode flicker is expected behavior for that UI style, we're not planning to invest in a completion/hold-duration fix here. Happy to reopen if the fancy-progress mode becomes the primary path and this becomes more of a pain point.