Multiple solutions opened and the window focus keeps switching back to the first solution

I tried googling this issue, but nobody else seems to be experiencing it.

I usually open multiple solutions and work on them by switching between windows. The problem is that focus automatically jumps to the first solution whenever I navigate to a different file or view (or do almost anything). I then have to switch back to the solution I was working on every time I want to edit something — or just keep a single solution open at a time.

I'm running Rider 2026.1.3 on macOS 26.5. The previous version (I think it was a release from about four months ago) worked fine, but this strange behaviour started right after the recent update.

I installed a fresh new Rider EAP and it seems mostly fine but the focus still changes to the first solution when I double click on a file during PR reviews.

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Hello, this looks similar to this known issue: IJPL-247089 IntelliJ randomly switches between projects, which was caused by Git Prefix plugin. Please try to disable it. If the Git Prefix plugin is not installed, please disable all downloaded plugins to determine whether it's caused by a specific plugin. 

If the issue persists, please follow the steps below to collect logs:
1. Enable internal mode for Rider

2. Invoke Find Action, type Log Focus Requests and enable the toggle that appears. 

3. Try to work until the issue reproduces and attach the resulting IDE log files (Help -> Collect Logs and Diagnostic Data).

4. Disable Log Focus Requests

You can upload the logs to the Upload Service (https://uploads.jetbrains.com/) and share the Upload ID.

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