That indicates the Persistent Connection for WebRTC. If they want to disable it, they can click on their profile and the down arrow for their Phone should have the option for disconnect persistent connection.

Downside to that, next call they receive, their phone will need to reconnect to the server before they connect with the customer. Persistent Connection keeps that connection open, depending on what your org is setup for so connections with calls are quicker/smoother. I think default is 5mins?
I believe it used to spin less in the old UI, but in terms of the animation, I guess Genesys would need to change it to animate once or twice and stop. Alternatively if your business manages something like Ublock Origin, you could find the spinning animation and block it, but that's probably not a great idea.
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Robert Niblock
Contact Centre Technology Analyst
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