What is this red flashing dot in Service Manager tray icon?

I bet there was this one time when you wondered: "What is that red flashing dot?"
Well, the dot flashes when SQL Server Service Manager polls the Server to find its state to display.
You can set the interval in options menu. It does not hit the server performance.

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