From dc7854d10b1cbf3780d15dbfa31c4a6423ab426c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: saphid <4596216+saphid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 20:52:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Touch: a bare release no longer clears the stale-focus notice
 before the page has seen it

The page leaves the panel off releases, so a release says nothing about focus.
Found in review of the stale-latch fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 tests/test_touch.py | 8 ++++++++
 ui/frame_touch.py   | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_touch.py b/tests/test_touch.py
index 2319589..213aa32 100644
--- a/tests/test_touch.py
+++ b/tests/test_touch.py
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ class Apply(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(self.t.STALE[0])
         self.assertEqual(self.said[-1][1].get("stale"), None)
 
+    def test_stale_survives_a_bare_release(self):
+        gs = FakeGamescope()
+        panel = self.t.apply(gs, {"button": "left", "down": True, "window": 99, "display": ":1"}, None)
+        self.assertTrue(self.t.STALE[0])
+        self.t.apply(gs, {"button": "left", "down": False}, panel)  # the page's release names no panel
+        self.assertTrue(self.t.STALE[0])
+        self.assertEqual(self.said[-1][1].get("stale"), True)
+
     def test_same_window_id_on_the_other_display_is_another_panel(self):
         gs = FakeGamescope()
         self.t.apply(gs, {"fx": 0.5, "fy": 0.5, "window": 7, "display": ":0"}, None)
diff --git a/ui/frame_touch.py b/ui/frame_touch.py
index 867f492..3d464b9 100644
--- a/ui/frame_touch.py
+++ b/ui/frame_touch.py
@@ -369,8 +369,10 @@ def apply(gs, event, panel):
         say("ready", focus=panel.get("window"), display=panel.get("display"), stale=True)  # the page re-syncs
         STALE[0] = True
         return panel
-    if STALE[0] and not stale:
+    release = event.get("down") is False and ("button" in event or "key" in event)
+    if STALE[0] and not stale and not (release and "window" not in event):
         # Anything that goes through (a trackpad move names no panel) means caught up: stop re-syncing.
+        # A bare release doesn't: the page leaves the panel off releases, so it says nothing about focus.
         STALE[0] = False
         say("ready", focus=(panel or {}).get("window"), display=(panel or {}).get("display"))
     if "fx" in event and panel and panel.get("window"):