`browseros_server.exe` launches visible console window pop-up on a recurring interval on Windows

[jvvilar]

Issue Type

Both / Not sure

Operating System

Windows

Description of the bug

Description

A visible console window from browseros_server.exe flashes on the screen every few minutes. The window opens and closes too quickly to read, causing focus disruption during normal desktop use.

Using Windows Event Viewer process auditing, the recurring process execution was captured and traced directly to the BrowserOS local server binary.

Environment Data

• OS: Windows (x64)
• BrowserOS Version: 0.0.124
• Executable Path: C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\BrowserOS\User Data\.browseros\versions\0.0.124\resources\bin\browseros_server.exe

Captured Event Log Details

Process auditing (Audit Process Creation / Event ID 4688) logs the following execution context whenever the flash occurs:

• New Process Name: ...\resources\bin\browseros_server.exe
• Trigger Interval: Recurring every few minutes.

Expected Behavior

The local background server component (browseros_server.exe) should execute completely silently in the background (e.g., spawned with flags or a window style that suppresses GUI/console creation, such as CREATE_NO_WINDOW in Windows process creation flags) without stealing focus or flashing a console window at the user.

Actual Behavior

A console window interacts with the user desktop environment, blinking into view briefly and disrupting user focus.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Boot into Windows and start BrowserOS.
2. Wait.
3. Observe a command prompt / console window quickly flash on the desktop and immediately disappear at some interval.

Screenshots / Videos

Too fast to capture a screenshot but enough to disrupt any foreground task.

BrowserOS Version

148.0.7949.97

Additional Context

No response

[Chivenh]

I've also encountered the same problem.

[DigitalRavagers]

I can confirm that this is definitely happening, and it happens on any screen that you're on. It randomly pops up, stays there for a while, and then goes away.