Press Pause but audio continues playing for a second

Hi all, thanks in advance.
I'm editing a podcast, very simple stuff with minimal filters, and I've been doing it on this machine for over a year with no trouble. Today Audition started something new - when I press space to pause, the audio stops briefly (less than a second) then continues to play for 1 more second before stopping. Almost like I triple tapped the spacebar, but that's definitely not happening. When I press play to resume, it does pick up from where I originally paused, but the additional blip of audio is super frustrating.

I'm on Windows 11 running the most up to date version of Audition and working on a heavy duty gaming laptop from Sager, which I only use for editing currently. Chrome Browser is the only other open window, and I haven't had any other issues with the computer or with Audition. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the whole program with the same problem.
I've seen people with a similar issue in Premiere, but haven't seen any discussions about this in Audition.