diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandler.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandler.java
index f76b18b..eb976c7 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/BaseSwipeUpHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
-import android.view.View;
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -131,6 +130,8 @@
     protected boolean mCanceled;
     protected int mLastStartedTaskId = -1;
 
+    private boolean mRecentsViewScrollLinked = false;
+
     protected BaseSwipeUpHandler(Context context, RecentsAnimationDeviceState deviceState,
             GestureState gestureState, InputConsumerController inputConsumer,
             WindowSizeStrategy windowSizeStrategy) {
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@
         runOnRecentsAnimationStart(() ->
                 mRecentsView.setRecentsAnimationTargets(mRecentsAnimationController,
                         mRecentsAnimationTargets));
+        mRecentsViewScrollLinked = true;
     }
 
     protected void startNewTask(Consumer<Boolean> resultCallback) {
@@ -329,19 +331,6 @@
                 : mRecentsView.getRunningTaskIndex();
     }
 
-    private Rect getStackBounds(DeviceProfile dp) {
-        if (mActivity != null) {
-            int loc[] = new int[2];
-            View rootView = mActivity.getRootView();
-            rootView.getLocationOnScreen(loc);
-            return new Rect(loc[0], loc[1], loc[0] + rootView.getWidth(),
-                    loc[1] + rootView.getHeight());
-        } else {
-            return new Rect(dp.windowX, dp.windowY,
-                    dp.windowX + dp.widthPx, dp.windowY + dp.heightPx);
-        }
-    }
-
     protected void initTransitionEndpoints(DeviceProfile dp) {
         mDp = dp;
 
@@ -440,7 +429,9 @@
             mWindowTransitionController.setPlayFraction(progress);
             mTransformParams.setTargetSet(mRecentsAnimationTargets);
 
-            mTaskViewSimulator.setScroll(mRecentsView == null ? 0 : mRecentsView.getScrollOffset());
+            if (mRecentsViewScrollLinked) {
+                mTaskViewSimulator.setScroll(mRecentsView.getScrollOffset());
+            }
             mTaskViewSimulator.apply(mTransformParams);
         }
     }
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherSwipeHandler.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherSwipeHandler.java
index 4386d0b..21c8c20 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherSwipeHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherSwipeHandler.java
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@
 
         mRecentsView = activity.getOverviewPanel();
         mRecentsView.setOnPageTransitionEndCallback(null);
-        linkRecentsViewScroll();
         addLiveTileOverlay();
 
         mStateCallback.setState(STATE_LAUNCHER_PRESENT);
@@ -312,6 +311,8 @@
             // so we need to kick off switching to the overview predictions as soon as possible
             mActivityInterface.updateOverviewPredictionState();
         }
+        linkRecentsViewScroll();
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 777d16b..700af97 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.quickstep.views;
 
 import static android.view.Surface.ROTATION_0;
+
 import static com.android.launcher3.BaseActivity.STATE_HANDLER_INVISIBILITY_FLAGS;
 import static com.android.launcher3.InvariantDeviceProfile.CHANGE_FLAG_ICON_PARAMS;
 import static com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils.SCALE_PROPERTY;
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.model.Task;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.recents.model.ThumbnailData;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.ActivityManagerWrapper;
-import com.android.systemui.shared.system.ConfigurationCompat;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.LauncherEventUtil;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.PackageManagerWrapper;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.system.SyncRtSurfaceTransactionApplierCompat;
@@ -1689,7 +1689,8 @@
         }
         int count = getChildCount();
 
-        TaskView runningTask = mRunningTaskId == -1 ? null : getTaskView(mRunningTaskId);
+        TaskView runningTask = mRunningTaskId == -1 || !mRunningTaskTileHidden
+                ? null : getTaskView(mRunningTaskId);
         int midPoint = runningTask == null ? -1 : indexOfChild(runningTask);
         int currentPage = getCurrentPage();
 
@@ -2066,14 +2067,6 @@
         return getScrollForPage(getRunningTaskIndex()) - mOrientationHandler.getPrimaryScroll(this);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return How many pixels the running task is offset on the x-axis due to the current scrollX
-     * and parent scale.
-     */
-    public float getScrollOffsetScaled() {
-        return getScrollOffset() * mOrientationHandler.getPrimaryScale(this);
-    }
-
     public Consumer<MotionEvent> getEventDispatcher(float navbarRotation) {
         float degreesRotated;
         if (navbarRotation == 0) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
index 90aaf44..9e6282e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/LoaderTask.java
@@ -851,20 +851,23 @@
     }
 
     private List<AppInfo> loadCachedPredictions() {
-        List<ComponentKey> componentKeys = mApp.getPredictionModel().getPredictionComponentKeys();
-        List<AppInfo> results = new ArrayList<>();
-        if (componentKeys == null) return results;
-        List<LauncherActivityInfo> l;
-        mBgDataModel.cachedPredictedItems.clear();
-        for (ComponentKey key : componentKeys) {
-            l = mLauncherApps.getActivityList(key.componentName.getPackageName(), key.user);
-            if (l.size() == 0) continue;
-            boolean quietMode = mUserManager.isQuietModeEnabled(key.user);
-            AppInfo info = new AppInfo(l.get(0), key.user, quietMode);
-            mBgDataModel.cachedPredictedItems.add(info);
-            mIconCache.getTitleAndIcon(info, false);
+        synchronized (mBgDataModel) {
+            List<ComponentKey> componentKeys =
+                    mApp.getPredictionModel().getPredictionComponentKeys();
+            List<AppInfo> results = new ArrayList<>();
+            if (componentKeys == null) return results;
+            List<LauncherActivityInfo> l;
+            mBgDataModel.cachedPredictedItems.clear();
+            for (ComponentKey key : componentKeys) {
+                l = mLauncherApps.getActivityList(key.componentName.getPackageName(), key.user);
+                if (l.size() == 0) continue;
+                boolean quietMode = mUserManager.isQuietModeEnabled(key.user);
+                AppInfo info = new AppInfo(l.get(0), key.user, quietMode);
+                mBgDataModel.cachedPredictedItems.add(info);
+                mIconCache.getTitleAndIcon(info, false);
+            }
+            return results;
         }
-        return results;
     }
 
     private List<LauncherActivityInfo> loadAllApps() {
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
index 192e69f..480b29f 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/ui/AbstractLauncherUiTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.os.StrictMode;
+import android.os.UserHandle;
+import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import androidx.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
@@ -276,6 +278,15 @@
         mTargetContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
         mTargetPackage = mTargetContext.getPackageName();
         mLauncherPid = mLauncher.getPid();
+
+        UserManager userManager = mTargetContext.getSystemService(UserManager.class);
+        if (userManager != null) {
+            for (UserHandle userHandle : userManager.getUserProfiles()) {
+                if (!userHandle.isSystem()) {
+                    mDevice.executeShellCommand("pm remove-user " + userHandle.getIdentifier());
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @After