Salutations all,
Probably two updates/several months ago – I can't pinpoint exactly when the issue started – Alfred began spawning three identical menubar items.
It's never more than three, and I have not seen two instances either.
Functionality-wise, there seem to be no negative effects.
When I delete one or two instances, the others remain working fine.
After quitting the duplicate processes, until only one process remains, after some time the duplicates reappear again. (I can't pinpoint a specific event or timeframe for this).
Alfred is naturally set as a Login Item, though AFAIK, a restart doesn't produce the duplicates.
Activity Monitor shows three processes as well.
It's definitely not a use-breaking issue, though the behaviour is somewhat odd.
Maybe look into this on a low priority? Thanks!