TouchBar: Always run on become visible/run every x seconds not working

Describe the bug
I have a TouchBar Run Shell Script Widget (app specific in MS PowerPoint) which is linked to a modifier key (CTLR). I have checked the option "Always run on become visible" and the standard value for execute this script every x seconds which is 5.

For simplicity reasons, the shell script returns just a static value which is shown than as button as button title

Now I conduct the following steps where I would expect the button to behave different than it does:

  • For the beginning, the shell script returns "A"
  • I switch to PowerPoint and press the modifier key CTLR and the widget appears and shows A - so far so good
  • I then switch the app to change the shell script to return "B"
  • I switch back to PowerPoint and press the modifier key CTLR:
    • Expectation: the widget appears and shows B, as "always run on become visible" was selected
    • Reality: the widget appears and shows still A
    • Fallback expectation: if I hold the modifier key for 5 seconds and longer, I would expect the the widget to run the script again and show A, but again, nothing happens
  • Only if I open up the BTT config again, the widget then shows "B" instead of "A"

Thus, it appears that "always run on become visible" and "run every x seconds" is not working at all in my case. Any suggestions what to try?

Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):
TouchBar

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Device information:

  • Type of Mac: MacBook Pro 13" 2016
  • macOS version: 10.13.5
  • BetterTouchTool version: 2.513

Additional information (e.g. StackTraces, related issues, screenshots, workarounds, etc.):

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Small additional bug: when copy and pasting the "Run shell script" widget, the "always run on become visible" property is not copied appropriately and therefore has to be activated again manually after pasting

Having the same issue here, all my widgets have it unchecked now and it doesn't seem to do anything.

That said, I'm not (and have never been) truly sure what the "always run when becoming visible" actually does. When it works as expected, if I set the cron to 0, hide the widget by default, and check this box, it would only run the widget once whenever it is displayed? Does it make the widget run constantly if it's visible? Does it override the cron schedule? It would be good to know the expected behavior for this, haha.