I fixed my missing macro recording indicator that I lost and was never quite sure why. (because I forgot that I set cmdheight=0).
vim.cmd [[ autocmd RecordingEnter * set cmdheight=1 ]]
vim.cmd [[ autocmd RecordingLeave * set cmdheight=0 ]]
π nvim: `vim.o.cmdheight=0`
!https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/39947/nvim-vim-o-cmdheight-0-looses-the-recording-a-macro-messages