This is in TTY emacs from master (exact commit is below), run in standard Terminal app under macOS 10.14.5: emacs -Q -nw open 2 windows: 1) (above) some long-running compilation process, put point in the end so it's constantly scrolled 2) (below) open some buffer (dired, for example) and make Terminal-level selection, so that the point is inside it Now, at some point, selection in the lower window becomes garbled, looking like the line is redrawn, but selection not restored. This can be seen in attached screenshot. This has transient effect, appearing for a short period of time (few seconds). Text in the upper window, on the contrary, sometimes becomes "selected", this is also transient. Thanks. In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 17, x86_64-apple-darwin18.6.0, NS appkit-1671.50 Version 10.14.5 (Build 18F132)) of 2019-06-24 built on fgunbin.local Repository revision: f3b1b5fb5034de026adc41cf2403cff42f4a0b67 Repository branch: HEAD System Description: Mac OS X 10.14.5