Sonoma spaces issue

martonkert wrote:

But it isn't Chrome that switches between the windows it is the OS. For some reason it thinks it needs to switch back for when that notification disappears and that has nothing to do with Chrome

If Chrome is the only app exhibiting the behavior, then it stands to reason the way Chrome is written is interferring with normal operations. "If it walks like a duck…".

You could always try a different Chromium-based browser such as Brave.

This bug has been plaguing my workflow since it appeared. Multiple minimized windows automatically unminimize just by switching between MacOS spaces. The issue appeared immediately after upgrading to Sonoma, so the OS is pretty clearly responsible for the breaking change.

I believe the reason people are primarily running into it in browsers is that it's an application that is commonly accessed in multiple windows/spaces. Keeping multiple browser profiles open in different spaces is also a very common workflow.

Regardless of where the blame lies, I've never encountered such a workflow-breaking bug upon upgrading to a new MacOS version in the past. I'm very much regretting upgrading to Sonoma, and I'll be much slower to do so in the future. I sincerely hope someone fixes this soon.

Against that argument that Chrome is the culprit, I'm having what I believe to be the same type of issue with TextEdit, Apple's own software. Different TextEdit documents will open only in certain Spaces. Even if I first open TextEdit, then use "open recent" within the Space where I want to work on that file (along with, e.g., Acrobat, which opens in Space #1 in my configuration), OS Sonoma insists on switching back to Space #5, where the Finder primarily resides. Not the world's worst bug, but annoying after decades of being used to how the Mac UI works.

If it only happens with Chrome, I suggest you look here: Google Chrome Help

Feel free to report it to Apple.

Feedback - macOS - Apple

Thanks for the link. Submitted.

You're welcome.