This fixed it for me as well - thanks all.

Annoying aspects of this "feature":


You can't turn it off
It's inconsistent - some apps restart and others don't
It takes longer to restart apps after boot than it does for me to do it...

I recently started noticing this issue as well.

It was quite difficult to diagnose because the problem seemed intermittent - it would be fine for awhile and then go away.


Realtek ALC S1220A...