Consistant, periodic flickering on all programs. Arch / I3

[OmegaLambda1998]

Platform: Arch Linux 5.3.1.1 Laptop with I3 4.17.1

GPU, drivers, and screen setup: Intel HD graphics (sorry don't know version) using modesetting driver. Laptop screen (no external monitor)

Compton version: vgit-9a88d from AUR

Compton configuration: exec_always compton --config /dev/null --inactive-dim 0.1 &

Steps of reproduction

Have the command exec_always compton --config /dev/null --inactive-dim 0.1 & in i3 config. This runs it on startup

Expected behavior

Inactive program faded slightly.
I am also using termite with transparency so am expecting that to be transparent.

Current Behavior & Other details

Every program (with a few notable exceptions) has a consistant, periodic flickering. This happens about once every second and occurs at the same time for every program.
The exceptions are:
Firefox if in preferences
Thunar
Master PDF viewer

All other programs exhibit this flickering.

By commenting out exec_always compton --config /dev/null --inactive-dim 0.1 & (not running compton) the flickering goes away.

[ambeeeeee]

Hi, just wanted to let you know that if you perform a system upgrade you'll find compton has been replaced with picom. This is because Compton is not being updated due to its codebase's complexity and unfriendliness. If the issue still happens with picom, open an issue there and they'll actually fix it.