diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
index 33a9f48..ca9c577 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/QuickstepTransitionManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static android.app.WindowConfiguration.ACTIVITY_TYPE_HOME;
 import static android.app.WindowConfiguration.ACTIVITY_TYPE_STANDARD;
+import static android.app.WindowConfiguration.WINDOWING_MODE_MULTI_WINDOW;
 import static android.provider.Settings.Secure.LAUNCHER_TASKBAR_EDUCATION_SHOWING;
 import static android.view.RemoteAnimationTarget.MODE_CLOSING;
 import static android.view.RemoteAnimationTarget.MODE_OPENING;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
 import com.android.quickstep.util.SurfaceTransaction;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.SurfaceTransaction.SurfaceProperties;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.SurfaceTransactionApplier;
+import com.android.quickstep.util.TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener;
 import com.android.quickstep.util.WorkspaceRevealAnim;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.FloatingWidgetView;
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView;
@@ -299,6 +301,12 @@
         boolean fromRecents = isLaunchingFromRecents(v, null /* targets */);
         RunnableList onEndCallback = new RunnableList();
 
+        // Handle the case where an already visible task is launched which results in no transition
+        TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener restartedListener =
+                new TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener();
+        restartedListener.register(onEndCallback::executeAllAndDestroy);
+        onEndCallback.add(restartedListener::unregister);
+
         mAppLaunchRunner = new AppLaunchAnimationRunner(v, onEndCallback);
         ItemInfo tag = (ItemInfo) v.getTag();
         if (tag != null && tag.shouldUseBackgroundAnimation()) {
@@ -1203,14 +1211,15 @@
         return false;
     }
 
-    private boolean hasMultipleTargetsWithMode(RemoteAnimationTarget[] targets, int mode) {
+    private boolean shouldPlayFallbackClosingAnimation(RemoteAnimationTarget[] targets) {
         int numTargets = 0;
         for (RemoteAnimationTarget target : targets) {
-            if (target.mode == mode) {
+            if (target.mode == MODE_CLOSING) {
                 numTargets++;
-            }
-            if (numTargets > 1) {
-                return true;
+                if (numTargets > 1 || target.windowConfiguration.getWindowingMode()
+                        == WINDOWING_MODE_MULTI_WINDOW) {
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
         }
         return false;
@@ -1597,7 +1606,7 @@
             boolean playFallBackAnimation = (launcherView == null
                     && launcherIsForceInvisibleOrOpening)
                     || mLauncher.getWorkspace().isOverlayShown()
-                    || hasMultipleTargetsWithMode(appTargets, MODE_CLOSING);
+                    || shouldPlayFallbackClosingAnimation(appTargets);
 
             boolean playWorkspaceReveal = true;
             boolean skipAllAppsScale = false;
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
index 658bf2d..2f13c5d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
@@ -345,11 +345,13 @@
 
     @Override
     public RunnableList startActivitySafely(View v, Intent intent, ItemInfo item) {
-        // Only pause is taskbar controller is not present
+        // Only pause is taskbar controller is not present until the transition (if it exists) ends
         mHotseatPredictionController.setPauseUIUpdate(getTaskbarUIController() == null);
         RunnableList result = super.startActivitySafely(v, intent, item);
-        if (getTaskbarUIController() == null && result == null) {
-            mHotseatPredictionController.setPauseUIUpdate(false);
+        if (result == null) {
+            if (getTaskbarUIController() == null) {
+                mHotseatPredictionController.setPauseUIUpdate(false);
+            }
         } else {
             result.add(() -> mHotseatPredictionController.setPauseUIUpdate(false));
         }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91e8376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.quickstep.util;
+
+import static android.app.ActivityTaskManager.INVALID_TASK_ID;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.app.ActivityManager;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+
+import com.android.launcher3.util.ActivityLifecycleCallbacksAdapter;
+import com.android.quickstep.RecentsModel;
+import com.android.systemui.shared.system.TaskStackChangeListener;
+import com.android.systemui.shared.system.TaskStackChangeListeners;
+
+/**
+ * This class tracks the failure of a task launch through the Launcher.startActivitySafely() call,
+ * in an edge case in which a task may already be visible on screen (ie. in PIP) and no transition
+ * will be run in WM, which results in expected callbacks to not be processed.
+ *
+ * We transiently register a task stack listener during a task launch and if the restart signal is
+ * received, then the registered callback will be notified.
+ */
+public class TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener implements TaskStackChangeListener {
+
+    private static final String TAG = "TaskRestartedDuringLaunchListener";
+
+    private @NonNull Runnable mTaskRestartedCallback = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Registers a failure listener callback if it detects a scenario in which an app launch
+     * resulted in an already existing task to be "restarted".
+     */
+    public void register(@NonNull Runnable taskRestartedCallback) {
+        TaskStackChangeListeners.getInstance().registerTaskStackListener(this);
+        mTaskRestartedCallback = taskRestartedCallback;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Unregisters the failure listener.
+     */
+    public void unregister() {
+        TaskStackChangeListeners.getInstance().unregisterTaskStackListener(this);
+        mTaskRestartedCallback = null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onActivityRestartAttempt(ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo task,
+            boolean homeTaskVisible, boolean clearedTask, boolean wasVisible) {
+        if (wasVisible) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "Detected activity restart during launch for task=" + task.taskId);
+            mTaskRestartedCallback.run();
+            unregister();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/res/layout/hotseat.xml b/res/layout/hotseat.xml
index 95ebd94..82b0b8d 100644
--- a/res/layout/hotseat.xml
+++ b/res/layout/hotseat.xml
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:theme="@style/HomeScreenElementTheme"
     android:importantForAccessibility="no"
-    android:preferKeepClear="true"
     launcher:containerType="hotseat" />
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