tmux: keyboard cursor disappears after leaving scroll mode

I have a similar problem in tmux. Sometimes the cursor disappears in one window; but the other windows have a flashing cursor.

I found this: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues/538#issuecomment-222312367

TL;DR:

   tput cnorm

fixes it, in that window. Still don't know what causes it, or how to prevent it.