macOS - Continual "Control System Events" Message

Describe the bug

Just installed the new version (9) on Mojave for the first time. After the app opens ActivityWatch continues to spam me with messages to control “System Events” even after I have given the app permission under Security & Privacy > Automation as well as Security & Privacy > Accessibility`. This also causes a noticeable lag/slowness for the operating system as a whole.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open the app on macOS

Expected behavior

I should only need to grant the app permission once and the app should not cause my computer to stutter.

Documentation

aw-qt_2020-03-19T12-56-05.log aw-watcher-window_2020-03-19T12-56-05.log aw-server_2020-03-19T12-56-05.log

Environment

• ActivityWatch version: v0.9.dev+c815323
• OS: [macOS (Mojave)]

[officerats]

I am sorry for spamming, but I’m trying to find out what’s wrong. My finding is that if I unpack .zip from releases page - it actually works ok. My steps:

1. download, unpack
2. run ./aw-qt from iTerm
3. it asks same permission to “Control System Events”, but for iTerm, not for ActivityWatcher, since the parent process is zsh from iTerm
4. works normally: no freezes, no permission dialog spam and detects window’s titles correctly, as opposed to bundled .app

I decided to also check how it works from bundled app:

1. cd /Applications/ActivityWatch.app/Contents/MacOS/
2. ./aw-qt

And again, works well. Since iTerm2 already has permission it doesn’t even ask for one. No freezes. Window title detection works.

Hope it helps.

edit:formatting

[8bitgentleman]

@ErikBjare Disabling all of those from the tray icon stops the constant messages and stutter. By process of elimination I turned on and off several combinations of those modules and it seems that the window watcher is the one causing the issue