diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
index b55ec20..ad6a852 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/WindowTransformSwipeHandler.java
@@ -1028,6 +1028,15 @@
 
     @UiThread
     private void startNewTask() {
+        if (ENABLE_QUICKSTEP_LIVE_TILE.get()) {
+            mRecentsAnimationController.finish(true /* toRecents */, this::startNewTaskInternal);
+        } else {
+            startNewTaskInternal();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @UiThread
+    private void startNewTaskInternal() {
         startNewTask(STATE_HANDLER_INVALIDATED, success -> {
             if (!success) {
                 // We couldn't launch the task, so take user to overview so they can
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 c875ba0..cf616fe 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
@@ -1742,7 +1742,17 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        mRecentsAnimationController.finish(toRecents, onFinishComplete);
+        mRecentsAnimationController.finish(toRecents, () -> {
+            if (onFinishComplete != null) {
+                onFinishComplete.run();
+                // After we finish the recents animation, the current task id should be correctly
+                // reset so that when the task is launched from Overview later, it goes through the
+                // flow of starting a new task instead of finishing recents animation to app. A
+                // typical example of this is (1) user swipes up from app to Overview (2) user
+                // taps on QSB (3) user goes back to Overview and launch the most recent task.
+                setCurrentTask(-1);
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     public void setDisallowScrollToClearAll(boolean disallowScrollToClearAll) {
diff --git a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
index 57327f8..a1775f4 100644
--- a/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
+++ b/quickstep/recents_ui_overrides/src/com/android/quickstep/views/TaskView.java
@@ -287,11 +287,19 @@
     public void launchTask(boolean animate, boolean freezeTaskList, Consumer<Boolean> resultCallback,
             Handler resultCallbackHandler) {
         if (ENABLE_QUICKSTEP_LIVE_TILE.get()) {
+            RecentsView recentsView = getRecentsView();
             if (isRunningTask()) {
-                getRecentsView().finishRecentsAnimation(false /* toRecents */,
+                recentsView.finishRecentsAnimation(false /* toRecents */,
                         () -> resultCallbackHandler.post(() -> resultCallback.accept(true)));
             } else {
-                launchTaskInternal(animate, freezeTaskList, resultCallback, resultCallbackHandler);
+                // This is a workaround against the WM issue that app open is not correctly animated
+                // when recents animation is being cleaned up (b/143774568). When that's possible,
+                // we should rely on the framework side to cancel the recents animation, and we will
+                // clean up the screenshot on the launcher side while we launch the next task.
+                recentsView.switchToScreenshot(null,
+                        () -> recentsView.finishRecentsAnimation(true /* toRecents */,
+                                () -> launchTaskInternal(animate, freezeTaskList, resultCallback,
+                                        resultCallbackHandler)));
             }
         } else {
             launchTaskInternal(animate, freezeTaskList, resultCallback, resultCallbackHandler);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
index 28000b9..98f7fd8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/ArrowPopup.java
@@ -360,10 +360,14 @@
         final TimeInterpolator revealInterpolator = ACCEL_DEACCEL;
 
         // Rectangular reveal.
+        mEndRect.set(0, 0, getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight());
         final ValueAnimator revealAnim = createOpenCloseOutlineProvider()
                 .createRevealAnimator(this, false);
         revealAnim.setDuration(revealDuration);
         revealAnim.setInterpolator(revealInterpolator);
+        // Clip the popup to the initial outline while the notification dot and arrow animate.
+        revealAnim.start();
+        revealAnim.pause();
 
         ValueAnimator fadeIn = ValueAnimator.ofFloat(0, 1);
         fadeIn.setDuration(revealDuration + arrowDuration);
@@ -399,7 +403,6 @@
         if (!mIsOpen) {
             return;
         }
-        mEndRect.setEmpty();
         if (getOutlineProvider() instanceof RevealOutlineAnimation) {
             ((RevealOutlineAnimation) getOutlineProvider()).getOutline(mEndRect);
         }
@@ -471,9 +474,6 @@
 
         mStartRect.set(arrowCenterX - halfArrowWidth, arrowCenterY, arrowCenterX + halfArrowWidth,
                 arrowCenterY);
-        if (mEndRect.isEmpty()) {
-            mEndRect.set(0, 0, getMeasuredWidth(), getMeasuredHeight());
-        }
 
         return new RoundedRectRevealOutlineProvider
                 (arrowCornerRadius, mOutlineRadius, mStartRect, mEndRect);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/PopupContainerWithArrow.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/PopupContainerWithArrow.java
index 79b41c1..e70673a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/PopupContainerWithArrow.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/popup/PopupContainerWithArrow.java
@@ -570,8 +570,11 @@
 
     @Override
     protected void closeComplete() {
-        mOriginalIcon.setTextVisibility(mOriginalIcon.shouldTextBeVisible());
-        mOriginalIcon.setForceHideDot(false);
+        PopupContainerWithArrow openPopup = getOpen(mLauncher);
+        if (openPopup == null || openPopup.mOriginalIcon != mOriginalIcon) {
+            mOriginalIcon.setTextVisibility(mOriginalIcon.shouldTextBeVisible());
+            mOriginalIcon.setForceHideDot(false);
+        }
         super.closeComplete();
     }