diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
index a68b3cb2a2ea5..12cfa26342449 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/Transition.java
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ class Transition implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListener {
         }
 
         boolean hasParticipatedDisplay = false;
-        boolean reportTaskStackChanged = false;
+        boolean hasVisibleTransientLaunch = false;
         // Commit all going-invisible containers
         for (int i = 0; i < mParticipants.size(); ++i) {
             final WindowContainer<?> participant = mParticipants.valueAt(i);
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ class Transition implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListener {
                         && ar.isVisible()) {
                     // Transient launch was committed, so report enteringAnimation
                     ar.mEnteringAnimation = true;
-                    reportTaskStackChanged = true;
+                    hasVisibleTransientLaunch = true;
 
                     // Since transient launches don't automatically take focus, make sure we
                     // synchronize focus since we committed to the launch.
@@ -900,8 +900,14 @@ class Transition implements BLASTSyncEngine.TransactionReadyListener {
             }
         }
 
-        if (reportTaskStackChanged) {
+        if (hasVisibleTransientLaunch) {
+            // Notify the change about the transient-below task that becomes invisible.
             mController.mAtm.getTaskChangeNotificationController().notifyTaskStackChanged();
+            // Prevent spurious background app switches.
+            mController.mAtm.stopAppSwitches();
+            // The end of transient launch may not reorder task, so make sure to compute the latest
+            // task rank according to the current visibility.
+            mController.mAtm.mRootWindowContainer.rankTaskLayers();
         }
 
         // dispatch legacy callback in a different loop. This is because multiple legacy handlers
diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowProcessController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowProcessController.java
index aa10291a03649..694f1be67d1a9 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowProcessController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/wm/WindowProcessController.java
@@ -1826,6 +1826,9 @@ public class WindowProcessController extends ConfigurationContainer<Configuratio
                     pw.print("F|");
                 }
             }
+            if ((stateFlags & ACTIVITY_STATE_FLAG_HAS_ACTIVITY_IN_VISIBLE_TASK) != 0) {
+                pw.print("VT|");
+            }
             final int taskLayer = stateFlags & ACTIVITY_STATE_FLAG_MASK_MIN_TASK_LAYER;
             if (taskLayer != ACTIVITY_STATE_FLAG_MASK_MIN_TASK_LAYER) {
                 pw.print("taskLayer=" + taskLayer);
diff --git a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/TransitionTests.java b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/TransitionTests.java
index 3f14217b7a18a..b8bb45f05ab52 100644
--- a/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/TransitionTests.java
+++ b/services/tests/wmtests/src/com/android/server/wm/TransitionTests.java
@@ -1376,6 +1376,9 @@ public class TransitionTests extends WindowTestsBase {
         enteringAnimReports.clear();
         closeTransition.finishTransition();
 
+        assertEquals(ActivityTaskManagerService.APP_SWITCH_DISALLOW, mAtm.getBalAppSwitchesState());
+        assertFalse(activity1.app.hasActivityInVisibleTask());
+
         verify(snapshotController, times(1)).recordSnapshot(eq(task1), eq(false));
         assertTrue(enteringAnimReports.contains(activity2));
     }