with the most recent apple OS update, sending keystrokes to applications on another space no longer work

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
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Describe the bug
Keyboard action (in my case F19, though it happens with other keys as well) sends "space" to spotify app.
Prior to the most recent mac update, I could press this and spotify would play or pause, regardless of which macos space I was on. Now it only works when spotify is on the current space.

Update: after further testing, this may be limited to spotify. I changed the shortcut to send space to textedit, and it seems to work fine. Feel free to ignore/close this if it's a spotify-only issue.

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

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Device information:

  • Type of Mac: 2021 macbook pro
  • macOS version: Sequoia 15.4.1
  • BetterTouchTool version: 5.398 (was previously on 5.295 when I first experienced the issue)

Additional information (e.g. crash logs, related issues, etc.):

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there is a general issue with spotify related to background keyboard events, here is a workaround: