SteamVR "waiting..." while in editor

Using a Varjo XR-3. These things are awkward to take off and put back on constantly for testing. Varjo has a nice proprietary virtual desktop overlay, but it only shows when no other apps are open. It seems that Unreal (4.26.2) keeps the link with SteamVR open after I’ve exited playmode, which means I get the SteamVR “Waiting…” popup. Varjo recognises the popup/open link, and displays that instead of my nice Varjo virtual desktop which would let me get back to work without having to take off the headset. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Not sure if that is possible without rewriting the VR plugins, or get Valve to implement full multi-tasking in SteamVR. Unreal keeps the plugin instance active while the editor is running, and SteamVR will always consider a scene application as the active foreground application until its instance is closed.