[GH-ISSUE #642] [BUG] Extra open window in background #572

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opened 2026-03-03 15:34:42 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 15:34:42 +03:00

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Originally created by @LostShadowGD on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/LiveContainer/LiveContainer/issues/642

Describe the bug

There is an extra app window open, while using apps in LiveContainer. This only happens on my iPad, my iPhone doesn’t have this.

iPad = iPad mini 7th Gen, iOS 18.
iPhone = iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26 (it was like this before iOS 26)

Instructions to reproduce

Open LiveContainer
Open any app
Go to the open app menu thing
Extra blank app.

What version of LiveContainer and iOS are you using?

3.5.1

Other info

If you close the “LiveContainer” app, and open the blank “app name” app, it relaunches the app in LiveContainer.

Originally created by @LostShadowGD on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/LiveContainer/LiveContainer/issues/642 ### Describe the bug There is an extra app window open, while using apps in LiveContainer. This only happens on my iPad, my iPhone doesn’t have this. ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b331c99a-3ffd-4d70-b19a-1ba29e39fbc1) iPad = iPad mini 7th Gen, iOS 18. iPhone = iPhone 13 mini, iOS 26 (it was like this before iOS 26) ### Instructions to reproduce 1. Open LiveContainer 2. Open *any* app 3. Go to the open app menu thing 4. Extra blank app. ### What version of LiveContainer and iOS are you using? 3.5.1 ### Other info If you close the “LiveContainer” app, and open the blank “_app name_” app, it relaunches the app in LiveContainer.

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kerem commented

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@Vishram1123 commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

Do you launch the app with the app clip (as in after adding it to the homescreen)?

@Vishram1123 commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): Do you launch the app with the app clip (as in after adding it to the homescreen)?

kerem commented

2026-03-03 15:34:43 +03:00

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@LostShadowGD commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

Yes. I use shortcuts on iPhone. Is that the issue?

@LostShadowGD commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): Yes. I use shortcuts on iPhone. Is that the issue?

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@khanhduytran0 commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025):

Yes. App clips opens a Safari instance, which is different from using shortcut to open URL directly.

@khanhduytran0 commented on GitHub (Jul 4, 2025): Yes. App clips opens a Safari instance, which is different from using shortcut to open URL directly.