An image tells enough:
It happends on i-devices plus big variety andoids, but situation of desktops I don’t know.
This is not a major nor even minor issue. It is just a bit annoying one 
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Users are reporting an issue with a strange, selected space before the shield icon in Discourse. Jagster posted an image of the issue, which occurs on i-devices and some Androids, and is not specific to any particular topic. pmusaraj was able to reproduce the issue on Chrome, but only when tabbing to a user with a shield icon. The issue is believed to be related to focus, as users are using tabbing to clear the selected space Jagster. pmusaraj has noted the issue and will keep it in mind while working on a fix for a related issue. Other users, including Firepup650 and hello-smile6, have reported experiencing the issue on desktop and multiple forum tabs.
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What are the steps that lead to this screen? Just normal navigation?
Yes, just opening a topic, nothing fancy or strange.
Can you link a topic where it happens? I don’t encounter the issue on my android device.
Actually, I can repro on Chrome, I see the same thing as you, but only when tabbing to a user with a shield icon:
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You are way better with Discouse than I’m ever. Can you find a topic where some has answered? And hopefully is the newest too, because that is the situation normally.
And I (and my users) are using tabbing to clear that. So can it be kind of focus question?
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Yes, it’s a focus question. Slightly related to Discourse with a screen reader - #146 by pmusaraj – will keep this minor issue in mind as I work on a fix for that.
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I see this occasionally when just switching between multiple forum tabs (not the same forum, but I’m not sure if that matters), I don’t recall this happening before though, so it’s a recent issue.
Did you accidentally highlight the empty space?
Nope, just switched between tabs. Nothing more than that.
It is inconsistent on when it happens, but it does happen.
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I’ve been noticing this a lot lately on desktop.
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