Icemaker and movable icemaker cover for a refrigerator appliance

A refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the refrigerator appliance comprising:

• a cabinet defining a receiving chamber;
• a cabinet door coupled to the cabinet to provide selective access to the receiving chamber;
• a cabinet door sensor configured to sense a position of the cabinet door;
• an icemaker positioned within the receiving chamber or on the cabinet door, the icemaker being configured to selectively produce ice;
• an icemaker cover movably coupled with respect to the icemaker;
• and
• a controller operably coupled with each of the icemaker and the icemaker cover, the controller being configured to perform an operation, the operation comprising:
• determining that the icemaker is in an active icemaking mode;
• detecting, via the cabinet door sensor, a movement of the cabinet door from a closed position after determining that the icemaker is in the active icemaking mode;
• moving the icemaker cover from an open state to a closed state in response to detecting the movement of the cabinet door from the closed position;
• determining that the icemaker is inactive;
• and
• moving the icemaker cover from the open state to the closed state in response to determining that the icemaker is inactive.