tooltip on input flicker

[jstrimpel]

I assign a tooltip to an input when there is a form validation error. After a few times of rendering it then begins to flicker on quickly then disappears on subsequent validation errors. Initially I thought I was binding multiple event handlers, but I am only initializing once then toggling states something like below. What am I doing wrong?

if (!this.renderFormError[key]) {
this.renderFormError[key] = true;
$target.tooltip({ trigger: 'manual' });
}

if (error)
$target.tooltip('show');
else
$target.tooltip('hide');

[fat]

that looks like it should work, could you please provide a jsfiddle? Thanks!

[fat]

closing for now. feel free to reopen with a fiddle.