What is this blue pulsating circle?

[victore2045391]

This is a screenshot of the circle I'm referring to. It was changing over time, sort of pulsating. The screenshot is of a portion of the screen showing my browser window. This blue circle stayed in front of any screen I switched to, until I switched to Photoshop. Then it disappears. That leads me to believe it's Adobe software doing it. I'm using a 16" M4 Macbook Pro. Searching the internet for explanations I see other Adobe products are implicated in this same issue.

What is the animated icon meant to represent? How can I prevent it in the future? I really don't know what I did to have triggered it. Hovering over it and clicking it did nothing. So it's a useless feature. Worse than that, it's an annoyance, since it encumberts other applications.

[karli_7654]

im having this problem too. super annoying and distracting

[mattk50879414]

I'm getting this too now, since the '26 update. It's only there is Photoshop is minimized, and disappears as soon as I go back into Photoshop. If I click it, Photoshop opens. But it also opens if I click the Ps icon or the minimized window so what's the point?!? MacBook Pro running 15.6.1 (24G90)
 

[luciano_6348]

I am having the exact same issue. The other "fix" I've discovered is if you click into that lightbulb (What it's circling) and enable "workspace map" and then disable, the blue circle will disappear for a little bit but return shortly after. Someone please let me know if there's a fix!

[pansensory]

This is the culprit, indeed. I have that pulsating blue ring overlaid over any other app when I cmd-tab switch out of Photoshop.

[Troy26824184yu0t]

it's chatgpt or ?? - it's using CODEX so programmers learn more about you or?? over my head.. but they are watching.. ha ha.. i have exact same blue rig.. drives me nuts.. i thought it was malware or a "bug" as us old schoolers call it.. guess it's harmless as anything else these days... new photoshop rocks!!!!