P: Brush Outline/Circle disappearing when working with masks

I find that whenever I copy paste something (using the lasso tool and Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V), and then use the brush again, the cursor starts flickering. And the only way I found to fix this is to create a new layer and merge down to the copied layer. STILL ANNOYING ADOBE, pls fix this.

@jeromea13244388 It seems certain that it rarely happens in general situations now.
For example, with a very weak brush of flow 1%, it only seems to be visible from time to time in situations where you draw or retouch a fast repeat with a wacom tablet pen.

But I still don't know the exact cause. =(

But what's clear is that I don't remember experiencing anything like this in the old version (like Photoshop 2020, or 2019-2016 before that).

@JqqerryYeah, before I would experience the bug whenever i started drawing on a new layer and now it appears so rarely I can't really determine why it appears... I guess it's an improvement.
I haven't use the Remove tool yet so I'm sticking to this 26.0 for now.

@jeromea13244388 hi longtime no see. Yes. I think in 26.0, these bugs and issues have improved a lot. (It might just be a mood but I think it's less frequent)
But because of the deceleration and crash of the Remove tool (probably another issue with the Nvidia driver, it seems like a glitch), I deleted it and stayed at 25.12.

I don't exactly remember the version we first reported and talked about before. But back then, if I purposely tried to recreate the bug, I could immediately recreate the problem with the brush cursor.
But now 25.12 to 26.0 seems a bit difficult to forcefully reproduce. (Of course, when I'm busy working, I sometimes turn into a mouse cursor)

Hi, sounds like the bug is kinda reduced (?) with Photoshop 26.0... I experienced it more rarely in the conditions it appeared before... I might be interested in the experience of others with this latest update.

Hi, I'm currently dealing with a similar issue with the brush outline and cursor... and I found a temporary solution.

The problem: The brush outline changes into a Windows cursor during quick brush strokes.

When does the problem occur in my case: While painting on pixel layer masks and smart object masks. The problem doesn't occur when painting on layers, adjustment layer masks or group masks.

My solution: Add the pixel layer or the smart object to a group and then paint on the mask added to that group. In that case, the brush outline remains as the brush outline.

I hope this trick might work for some of you as well until Adobe properly fixes this issue...

Cheers!

Edit: 

It turns out that leaving my Mac overnight made the circle disappear and the Caps Lock ineffective again.

However, going back to the above menu and just changing the setting from "Precise" back to "Normal Brush Tip" works. i.e. Caps Lock and circle both work as expected.

One thing that worked for me (MacOS 14.5) for both Beta and Production versions (latest as of today) is:

1. Photoshop > Settings > Cursors 

2. Change the "Painting Cursor" setting from "Normal Brush Tip" to "Precise"

And the CAP LOCK switch suddenly worked again. On both Beta and Production versions.

I just noticed the same issue. I've tried a few things but nothing has changed. I'm in the middle of working on a project so I haven't restarted Photoshop yet. I can deal with it, but it is lame that this is still going on. 

I  am having the same problem. Is there any update?