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[Bug] Lens Helper spamming clipboard/pasteboard continuously on macOS #8276

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@blueberry6401

Describe the bug
Lens Helper (Renderer) is continuously writing to the macOS pasteboard/clipboard, causing severe performance issues and interfering with normal clipboard usage. The process updates the clipboard multiple times per second even when the application is idle.
When I quit Lens, issue stopped. The data being copied to clipboard is the current time, and sometimes the old data I copied before.

Screen.Recording.2025-11-20.at.16.51.50.mov

It’s very hard for me to find the culprit because this shitty app keeps trying to overwrite my clipboard several times per second, so I can’t copy anything.

log stream --level debug --predicate 'process == "pboard"' | grep -v "private"


2025-11-20 17:16:45.355701+0700 pboard: Apple CFPasteboard general has new generation 6350 
  with owner process: Lens Helper (Renderer) - pid: 81928 - uuid: 943715CB-58AB-4B70-A966-F1A7F82E8E5A
2025-11-20 17:16:45.356027+0700 pboard: Adding type: public.utf8-plain-text to item: 0 in generation: 6350
2025-11-20 17:16:45.356350+0700 pboard: Did send update to server for generation: 6350

2025-11-20 17:16:45.658919+0700 pboard: Apple CFPasteboard general has new generation 6351 
  with owner process: Lens Helper (Renderer) - pid: 81928 - uuid: 943715CB-58AB-4B70-A966-F1A7F82E8E5A
2025-11-20 17:16:45.659260+0700 pboard: Adding type: public.utf8-plain-text to item: 0 in generation: 6351
2025-11-20 17:16:45.659682+0700 pboard: Did send update to server for generation: 6351

2025-11-20 17:16:46.337616+0700 pboard: Apple CFPasteboard general has new generation 6352 
  with owner process: Lens Helper (Renderer) - pid: 81928 - uuid: 943715CB-58AB-4B70-A966-F1A7F82E8E5A
2025-11-20 17:16:46.337965+0700 pboard: Adding type: public.utf8-plain-text to item: 0 in generation: 6352
2025-11-20 17:16:46.338395+0700 pboard: Did send update to server for generation: 6352

And, Lens app has too many bugs. From bugs that cause the entire computer to lose network connection, bugs that prevent viewing pod logs, and now this one. All these bugs have been reported for over a year with no one fixing them, while the team keeps developing stuff that no one cares. If there was a better alternative, I wouldn't be using this app. Although I can quit and restart the app, I hope you guys can find a balance on when to start putting resources into making this app decent.

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Don't know. It just happens randomly.

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Environment (please complete the following information):

  • Lens Version: 2025.10.230725-latest
  • OS: Tahoe 26.1 (25B78)
  • Installation method (e.g. snap or AppImage in Linux):

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