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Version used: androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.7.1
Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Pixel 6 / Android 12, Android-x86 vm running Android 12L
I originally thought that this was a problem with Glance, but I changes the widgets to use the old RemoveViews / AppWidgetManager implementation, and had the same issue. To be clear, I'm not using WorkManager to update the widgets, or anywhere else in the widget generation/update process. What's happening is that whenever enqueueUniqueWork() is called anywhere, the widgets "flicker" by going back to their initialLayout that's declared in the XML, and then re-loading the actual data that should be in the widget.
I'm attaching a sample project, which only has a randomly generated widget. There is also a persisted Application() component, that triggers enqueueUniqueWork() in a loop every second for 10 seconds during onCreate(). So, if you minimize the app as soon as it launches, you can see the widget "flicker" for 10 seconds.