How to prevent a4j:status from flickering when polled by a4j:poll - jsf

Question

I am working on a project that uses a rich:tree element that, when expanded, should display a processing animation nearby using a4j:status. The problem that I am running into is that the tree is rerendered by multiple other elements. The one that I believe to be causing the most trouble is an a4j:push element that rerenders the tree every second. This rerendering is causing the status element to change states when it shouldn't, causing a flickering on screen.
My status element:
<a:outputPanel id="working_animation" style="display: block; height: 1px">
<!-- Working animation -->
<a:status stopText=" " id="header_progress">
<a:facet name="start">
<a:outputPanel id="header_working" rendered="#{rich:element('tree_state.value').value}" style="padding-left: 16.5em;">
<span id="l-1"></span>
<span id="l-2"></span>
<span id="l-3"></span>
<span id="l-4"></span>
<span id="l-5"></span>
<span id="l-6"></span>
</a:outputPanel>
</a:facet>
</a:status>
</a:outputPanel>
Part of the tree element:
<rich:tree
id="sectionTree"
switchType="ajax"
value="#{sectionAction.sectionNodes}"
var="node"
nodeFace="#{node.nodeType}"
rightClickSelection="true"
ajaxSubmitSelection="true"
iconCollapsed="/img/treenode/collapsed.png"
iconExpanded="/img/treenode/expanded.png"
componentState="#{sectionAction.treeState}">
<rich:changeExpandListener binding="#{sectionAction}" />
<rich:nodeSelectListener binding="#{sectionAction}" />
beyond that are node definitions
The push element:
<h:form>
<a:push
eventProducer="#{loggedUser.registerLoginListener}"
interval="1000"
reRender="sectionTree">
</a:push>
<a:push
eventProducer="#{loggedUser.registerStudentListener}"
interval="2000"
reRender="sectionTree">
</a:push>
</h:form>

Answer 1

There are two options how to disable status:
Wrap a:push tags by a:region.
Specify status="none" attribute for a:push.
Refer to the livedemo for more details: http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/status.jsf?c=status&tab=usage