Some open apps flash then disappear when swiping up. Can’t close them.

If your iPad is not operating as expected, try a forced-restart - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:

Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)

If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:

1. Press and quickly release the volume button nearest to the top button.
2. Press and quickly release the volume button farthest from the top button.
3. Press and hold the top button.
4. When the Apple logo appears, release the top button.

If the problem persists after performing the restart, it may be necessary to reset your iPad settings. While this reset will not cause any loss of data, as a precaution, it is always wise to ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup before performing the reset:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

When you are happy to proceed, you can perform the reset from iPad settings:

Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset All Settings

If the problem still doesn’t clear, the next step is to reset the iPad to factory settings:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

Otherwise, you would be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page. Alternatively and perhaps easier, you can initiate and manage your support cases using the excellent Apple Support App. If not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-support/id1130498044

You might also visit the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) - where the technicians will be able to assist with troubleshooting:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

Of course it's not;

1) Started just immediately after upgrading or installing iPadOs 26 in all my iPads. One of them is brand new.

2) Affects the UI and it's related to very specific gestures and conditions. Hardware doesnt care of

gestures or interface conditions, so its not an option.

3) You can flush GPU and UI buffers, so bypass the bug itself, by switching to Stage Manager because it does reassign the entire UI to different managers; multitasking vs desktop focus. Desktop is more affected by the bug, but you can also get it with Stage Manager mode too.

4) Plenty of users reporting this, just ignored.

Again, sigh.

Mello_Man wrote:

Did all of that. Nothing worked. It’s a bug. Apple has to remedy this via a new software update. Many people dealing with same issue. Not sure why they have not fixed this. Very disappointing.

No, it is NOT a bug. If it was a bug you would see 10,000 posts or more about it. This is a problem with your iPad.

If you carefully follow the instructions posted by LotusPilot and your iPad doesn’t restart it has a hardware problem.

Placing the number of reports in the ratio of the entire userbase isnt a valid procedure in debugging. Thanks the lord Id say.

Bugs can ve VERY environmental specific and depend on specific combinations of OS, data inconsistencies, device and user configurations that are not widely representing the general userbase (which is not even a thing, technically speaking).

Also even just 20 users reporting an issue may actually be the "tip of the iceberg," representing a much larger, unseen group of users who are experiencing the same issue but not taking the time to report it. This entire forum is a minority per se. I have read

people reporting this on reddit, facebook, couple of youtube vids, mac reports and few other threads over here.

Also you must have missed the bit where I said u can close the apps with same gestures, switching to stage manager.

This is a workaround, try it out and see if it works for you as well.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g40x1bizco3d4b8lzi2wi/Video-10-03-26-22-51-19.mov?rlkey=lepv3mt3byj36s2dct131qyio&st=wmpwfxpu&dl=0

Still not fixed. Sigh.

I have 3 iPad, they all have this bug and there is no way it can be hardware related. And I mean No Way.

PierM69 wrote:

4) Plenty of users reporting this, just ignored.

What is “plenty” in the context of a half billion iPad users?