**Bead document** from Bead: Spinning Mouse Troubleshooting · [canonical source](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/efbda399-538c-4aef-931c-0240e201c7c9/README.md) · discussion: Talk: Spinning Mouse Troubleshooting
Diagnosis log and playbook for the recurring Windows spinning busy cursor on Stephen's workstation (VS Code watcher churn, orphaned Chrome debug processes, process-spawn flicker). Read order: 1. [about.md](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/efbda399-538c-4aef-931c-0240e201c7c9/about.md), the canonical entry 2. [2026-07-08/notes/02-playbook.md](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/efbda399-538c-4aef-931c-0240e201c7c9/2026-07-08/notes/02-playbook.md), run this when the symptom recurs 3. [2026-07-08/notes/01-diagnosis-2026-07-08.md](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/efbda399-538c-4aef-931c-0240e201c7c9/2026-07-08/notes/01-diagnosis-2026-07-08.md), the first recorded occurrence