Selector is matching when window is in a different states

[LewisHenderson]

I am building an automation and I am using the seelctor shown below
<wnd app='menu.exe' ctrlname='SOPOrderDetails' aastate='focusable' />

During the process, pop-up windows can occur which require extra handling, which I have added handling by using Pick branches. During the times with pop-ups. The app state changes to the following.

<wnd app='menu.exe' ctrlname='SOPOrderDetails' aastate='unavailable, focusable' />

My problem is that my current selector still sees that aastate as valid even though it is different. How can I stop my selector from being greedy and only use windows exclusively with the focusable element and to not return a match when other aastate properties are present, like unavailable

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[LewisHenderson]

I was able to self-resolve this issue. After looking at the whole process at large, I found that the selector was able to attach the unavailable window as it was still contained in a previous Use Application state, so when trying to re-attach, it was acting greedy as the previous attach was still in effect. Moving the activity out of the previous attach and into a new Use Application instance resolved this problem.