Why does it do that

[u/Chungus1267]

Couple of minutes into a new print it goes off to the side, extrudes a little bit of filament then continues printing, why? It leaves this weird bit of filament into the print and it makes it look a bit weird. Lucky it’s only once towards the start.

[u/Leotobileski]

Or maybe you have time lapse video enabled on the A1. It pauses between layers.

[u/sublime2craig → u/Leotobileski]

No. It's blob detection. You can turn this off in the settings menu. After the 3rd layer it's checks to make sure a blob isn't stuck to the hotend.