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Random keyboard delays and sounds

Within the last few days, my workstation has acquired a new ‘feature’.

Symptoms:

  • keyboard entry is stopped for a few seconds
  • the active window looses focus
  • the device connect sound is played
  • situation repeats every 10 seconds or so

This question was helpful in identifying the sound, but not the resolution.

I have a number of applications running:

  • WSL2
  • Docker for Windows
  • Cisco AnyConnect
  • McAfee
  • Edge

Any ideas on the cause or solution?

** edit **
rebooting doesn’t fix the problem.