Black screen and flickering occur during navigation in Control Features In AI Plugin

[abduremon]

## Description

In WordPress 7.0, navigating through the Control Features in AI Plugin inside Connectors causes a temporary black screen before redirecting to the next page. When returning to the previous page, the interface flickers/renders multiple times before navigation completes.

## Reproduction Steps

• Open Connectors tab.
• Click Control Feature in the AI Plugin.
• Navigate back to the previous page.
• Observed Result.

## Observed Result

• A temporary black screen appears before the next page loads
• Returning to the previous page causes the interface to flicker/render one or two times before redirecting.

## Expected Result
Navigation between pages should be smooth without black screens, flickering, or repeated rendering.

[abduremon]

Connectors --> Control features in the AI plugin

[abcd95]

Reproduction Report

Environment

• WordPress: 7.1
• Subdirectory: No
• PHP: 8.3.31
• Server: Apache/2.4.67 (Debian)
• Database: mysqli (Server: 11.8.6-MariaDB-ubu2404 / Client: mysqlnd 8.3.31)
• Browser: Chrome 148.0.0.0
• OS: macOS
• Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.5
• MU Plugins: None activated
• Plugins:
  • Gutenberg 23.2.2

Steps taken

• Opened the Connectors tab in the WordPress admin.
• Clicked on Control Features in the AI Plugin.
• Observed a temporary black screen appearing before the next page loaded.
• Navigated back to the previous page.

🐞 Bug occurs — the interface flickered/rendered multiple times before the navigation completed.

Expected behavior

Navigation between pages within the Control Features section of the AI Plugin (inside Connectors) should be seamless and smooth. No black screens should appear during forward navigation, and returning to a previous page should render only once without any flickering or repeated re-renders.

Screenshots/Screencast with results

Screencast - ​https://bvvrdzu01i.ufs.sh/f/vtiKpIr2gd0cCHEmRblhiU5HZgo2LBMEtf9ejJAFam0O3VWR

I will be investigating this further to identify the root cause, and will update the ticket once findings are available.

[wildworks]

This issue appears to be addressed upstream. ​https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/78493