Release 0.4.1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

app/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "frame-control",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "frame-control",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "version": "0.4.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "electron": "^44.4.5",

app/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "frame-control",
   "productName": "Frame Control",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "description": "Desktop app for managing a Valve Steam Frame over SSH",
   "private": true,
   "main": "main.js",

docs/privacy.md

@@ -107,7 +107,14 @@ wrote, a short reference shown after sending, and the diagnostics below. Your
 email address goes with it only if you tick **The maintainer may contact me
 with follow-up questions** (the report then carries `contact_followup: true`);
 it's filled in from **Contact email** below when you've agreed there. It has its own random id, so it isn't linked to
-your analytics events.
+your analytics events. With that box ticked, the address also becomes your
+**Contact email** below with follow-up questions ticked, so you remove it there
+like any other. If it's a different address from the one saved there, it
+replaces it, and update notices stop until you turn them on again (they were
+agreed for the old address); the form says so before you send. The report then also
+carries this copy's contact id and change number (`contact_id`, `contact_rev`,
+see below), so removing or changing the address later takes back the
+follow-up permission given with the report too.
 
 With **Include diagnostics** ticked (the default), the report adds:
 
@@ -141,8 +148,8 @@ are two separate choices, both off until you tick them:
 | **The maintainer may contact me with follow-up questions** | Questions about problem reports you send, mostly |
 
 You're asked once, in a bar at the top of the page, after the Frame has
-connected for the first time, and never while or straight after the
-first-run privacy notice is showing. **No thanks** hides it for good, and it isn't
+connected for the first time, and never in the same visit as the first-run
+privacy notice. **No thanks** hides it for good, and it isn't
 shown again even if you ignore it. **Contact email** in **Privacy & updates**
 is where you add, change or remove the address and either choice at any time.
 
@@ -151,7 +158,10 @@ Frame Control's PostHog project, the same place as problem reports, as a
 `contact_consent` event with `email`, `updates`, `followup`, `action` (`set`
 or `withdraw`) and the common properties above. Only the maintainer can read
 that project, and nothing in it is published or shared. It's sent only when
-you save, whatever the analytics settings are, because you chose to. It
+you save, or when you send a problem report with follow-up questions ticked,
+whatever the analytics settings are, because you chose to. With a report, the
+address and choices are saved before the report is sent and stay saved if it
+fails; like any change, they're sent as soon as PostHog can be reached. It
 carries its own random contact id, not the analytics id, so it isn't linked
 to your usage events, and a `rev` number that goes up with each change, so
 the newest choice always wins. Like everything else sent, it's listed under
@@ -164,7 +174,11 @@ deletes it from this computer, including from the **Show what's been sent**
 log (in earlier contact events and problem reports), and sends a `withdraw`
 event with no address in it. The maintainer's list only uses the newest event from each copy, so from
 then on the address isn't listed for either choice. Unticking one choice
-works the same way for that choice. If you're offline, the change waits on
+works the same way for that choice. This also covers problem reports you sent
+from this copy with follow-up questions ticked: if your newest choice since the
+report (by change number, not the clock) no longer agrees to follow-up
+questions at that address, the maintainer's inbox shows the permission as
+withdrawn and leaves the address out. If you're offline, the change waits on
 this computer and is sent when PostHog can be reached. The earlier event
 stays in PostHog until its data retention removes it; to have it deleted
 sooner, ask the maintainer (for example in a problem report).

tests/test_contact.py

@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ class Contact(Base):
         self.assertEqual(fc.load()["email"], "")
         self.assertEqual(self.got, [])
 
+    def test_only_a_real_true_counts_as_consent(self):
+        for wrong in ("false", "true", 1, 0, [], {}):
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "true or false"):
+                fc.save({"email": "me@example.com", "updates": wrong, "followup": True})
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "true or false"):
+                fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": wrong})
+        self.assertEqual((fc.load()["email"], self.got), ("", []))
+        fc.save({"email": "me@example.com", "updates": True})  # left out is no
+        self.assertEqual((fc.load()["updates"], fc.load()["followup"]), (True, False))
+
     def test_each_choice_is_sent_privately_on_its_own(self):
         fc.save({"email": " me@example.com ", "updates": True})
         fc.save({"email": "me@example.com", "updates": False, "followup": True})
@@ -239,15 +249,121 @@ class Contact(Base):
 
     # ---- reports and the maintainer's list
 
+    def reports(self):
+        return [e["properties"] for e in self.events() if e["event"] == "problem_report"]
+
     def test_a_report_carries_the_address_only_with_follow_up_consent(self):
         fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com"})
+        self.assertFalse(fc.FILE.exists())  # no follow-up: nothing kept, nothing linked
         fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
-        without, with_ = (e["properties"] for e in self.events())
-        self.assertEqual((without["contact"], without["contact_followup"]), ("", False))
+        without, with_ = self.reports()
+        self.assertEqual((without["contact"], without["contact_followup"], without["contact_id"]), ("", False, ""))
         self.assertEqual((with_["contact"], with_["contact_followup"]), ("me@example.com", True))
+        self.assertEqual((with_["contact_id"], with_["contact_rev"]), (fc.load()["id"], fc.load()["rev"]))
+        self.assertNotEqual(with_["contact_id"], tm.settings()["id"])  # not the analytics id
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "email address"):
             fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "discord:me", "contactFollowup": True})
 
+    def test_follow_up_given_with_a_report_is_kept_and_removed_in_settings(self):
+        fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
+        s = fc.state()
+        self.assertEqual((s["email"], s["updates"], s["followup"]), ("me@example.com", False, True))
+        consent = [e for e in self.events() if e["event"] == "contact_consent"]
+        self.assertEqual([(e["properties"]["action"], e["properties"]["rev"]) for e in consent], [("set", 1)])
+        self.assertEqual(consent[0]["distinct_id"], self.reports()[0]["contact_id"])
+        fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "ME@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})  # already agreed
+        self.assertEqual(len([e for e in self.events() if e["event"] == "contact_consent"]), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.reports()[1]["contact_rev"], 1)
+        fc.save({"email": ""})  # Remove my email
+        last = self.events()[-1]
+        self.assertEqual((last["properties"]["action"], last["properties"]["email"], last["properties"]["rev"]),
+                         ("withdraw", "", 2))
+        logged = [e["properties"].get("contact") for e in tm._read_lines(tm.SENT) if e["event"] == "problem_report"]
+        self.assertEqual(logged, ["<removed>", "<removed>"])
+
+    def test_a_report_to_another_address_replaces_it_with_follow_up_only(self):
+        """Update notices were agreed for the old address, not the new one (the form says so)."""
+        fc.save({"email": "old@example.com", "updates": True})
+        fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "new@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
+        s = fc.state()
+        self.assertEqual((s["email"], s["updates"], s["followup"]), ("new@example.com", False, True))
+        self.assertEqual(self.reports()[0]["contact_rev"], 2)
+        fc.save({"email": "new@example.com", "updates": True, "followup": False})
+        fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "NEW@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})  # same address: kept
+        s = fc.state()
+        self.assertEqual((s["email"], s["updates"], s["followup"]), ("new@example.com", True, True))
+
+    def test_a_removal_while_the_report_saves_its_address_still_counts(self):
+        """Removed while the report's own consent is on its way: the report keeps that consent's
+        rev (so the removal is newer) and is logged without the address."""
+        post, removed = tm.post, []
+
+        def slow_post(events, **kw):
+            post(events, **kw)
+            if not removed and events[0]["event"] == "contact_consent":
+                removed.append(fc.save({"email": ""}))  # Remove my email, mid-send
+        with mock.patch.object(tm, "post", side_effect=slow_post):
+            fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
+        report = self.reports()[0]
+        self.assertEqual((report["contact_rev"], fc.load()["rev"], fc.state()["email"]), (1, 2, ""))
+        consents = [[e["distinct_id"], e["properties"]["email"], e["properties"]["followup"], e["properties"]["rev"]]
+                    for e in self.events() if e["event"] == "contact_consent"]
+        row = self.report_row(cid=report["contact_id"], rev=report["contact_rev"])
+        fr.mark_withdrawn([row], consents)
+        self.assertEqual(row[10], "withdrawn")
+        logged = [e["properties"]["contact"] for e in tm._read_lines(tm.SENT) if e["event"] == "problem_report"]
+        self.assertEqual(logged, ["<removed>"])
+
+    def report_row(self, contact="me@example.com", followup=True, cid="copy", rev=1):
+        return ["2026-09-10T10:00:00Z", "AB12CD34", "bug", "RDP", "It never connects.", contact,
+                "0.4.0", "Windows", "", "", followup, cid, rev]
+
+    def test_a_later_change_takes_back_a_reports_follow_up_permission(self):
+        reports = [self.report_row(),                                   # removed later
+                   self.report_row(cid="other"),                        # another copy, still agrees
+                   self.report_row(rev=3),                              # sent after the removal
+                   self.report_row(cid="moved"),                        # address changed later
+                   self.report_row(cid="news-only"),                    # follow-up unticked later
+                   self.report_row(contact="Me@Example.com", cid="case"),  # same address, any case
+                   self.report_row(cid="", followup=True),              # no contact id: left alone
+                   self.report_row(cid="bad", rev="x")]                 # malformed rev: treated as 0
+        consents = [["copy", "me@example.com", True, 1], ["copy", "", False, 2],
+                    ["other", "me@example.com", True, 1], ["other", "me@example.com", True, 2],
+                    ["moved", "new@example.com", True, 2], ["news-only", "me@example.com", False, 2],
+                    ["case", "me@example.com", True, 2], ["bad", "", False, 1], ["short"], ["x", "", False, "?"]]
+        fr.mark_withdrawn(reports, consents)
+        self.assertEqual([r[10] for r in reports],
+                         ["withdrawn", True, True, "withdrawn", "withdrawn", True, True, "withdrawn"])
+
+    def test_the_change_number_decides_not_the_clock(self):
+        """The clock went back between the report and the removal: the removal still counts."""
+        fr.send({**REPORT, "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
+        with mock.patch.object(fc.time, "gmtime", return_value=time.gmtime(0)):
+            fc.save({"email": ""})
+        report = self.reports()[0]
+        row = self.report_row(cid=report["contact_id"], rev=report["contact_rev"])
+        consents = [[e["distinct_id"], e["properties"]["email"], e["properties"]["followup"], e["properties"]["rev"]]
+                    for e in self.events() if e["event"] == "contact_consent"]
+        self.assertEqual(self.events()[-1]["timestamp"], "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z")
+        fr.mark_withdrawn([row], consents)
+        self.assertEqual(row[10], "withdrawn")
+
+    def test_the_inbox_shows_withdrawn_follow_up_without_the_address(self):
+        reports = [self.report_row(), ["short"]]
+        consents = [["copy", "", False, 2]]
+        with mock.patch.object(db, "_posthog_query", side_effect=[{"results": reports}, {"results": consents}]) as q, \
+             mock.patch.object(sys, "argv", ["frame_report.py", "inbox", "30"]), \
+             mock.patch("builtins.print") as out:
+            fr.main()
+        self.assertIn("properties.contact_rev", q.call_args_list[0].args[0])
+        self.assertIn("event = 'contact_consent'", q.call_args_list[1].args[0])
+        printed = " ".join(str(c.args[0]) for c in out.call_args_list if c.args)
+        self.assertIn("follow-up permission since withdrawn", printed)
+        self.assertNotIn("me@example.com", printed)
+        with mock.patch.object(db, "_posthog_query", return_value={"results": [self.report_row(followup=False)]}) as q:
+            fr.inbox()
+        self.assertEqual(q.call_count, 1)  # nothing to reconcile, no second query
+
     def test_contacts_lists_the_newest_choice_per_copy_by_consent(self):
         rows = [["a", "both@example.com", True, "true", "2026-09-01T10:00:00Z"],
                 ["b", "news@example.com", "true", False, "2026-09-02T10:00:00Z"],
@@ -272,6 +388,22 @@ class Contact(Base):
         self.assertIs(server.POST["/api/contact"], fc.save)
         self.assertIs(server.POST["/api/contact/prompt"], fc.prompt)
 
+    def test_saving_is_not_headset_work(self):
+        """A slow send mustn't hold up switching headsets, nor be refused after a switch."""
+        import io
+        import server
+        seen = []
+        for path in ("/api/contact", "/api/contact/prompt"):
+            h = server.Handler.__new__(server.Handler)
+            body = b'{"prompt": "shown"}' if path.endswith("prompt") else b'{"email": "me@example.com", "updates": true}'
+            h.path, h.rfile = path, io.BytesIO(body)
+            h.headers = {"Content-Length": str(len(body)), "X-Frame-Device": "a-headset-switched-away-from"}
+            h.local_request = lambda: True
+            h.send_json = lambda obj, status=200: seen.append((status, server._work[0]))
+            with mock.patch.object(fc, "_send_pending", side_effect=lambda block=True: seen.append(("send", server._work[0]))):
+                h.do_POST()
+        self.assertEqual(seen, [("send", 0), (200, 0), (200, 0)])
+
 
 # Run these once, in test_telemetry, not again through the import above.
 del Base, ReportProblem

tests/test_telemetry.py

@@ -391,15 +391,16 @@ class ReportProblem(Base):
     def test_send_is_a_private_posthog_event_whatever_the_settings(self):
         got = self.serve()
         tm.update_settings({"usage": False})  # analytics off: a deliberate report still goes
-        res = fr.send({"kind": "idea", "title": "Live view stops", "message": "It stops after a minute.",
-                       "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
+        with mock.patch.object(fr.frame_contact, "from_report", return_value=("contact-id", 1)):  # test_contact
+            res = fr.send({"kind": "idea", "title": "Live view stops", "message": "It stops after a minute.",
+                           "contact": "me@example.com", "contactFollowup": True})
         path, body = got[0]
         event = body["batch"][0]
         self.assertEqual((path, body["api_key"], event["event"]), ("/batch/", "phc_test", "problem_report"))
         props = event["properties"]
         self.assertEqual((props["kind"], props["title"], props["message"], props["contact"], props["report_id"]),
                          ("idea", "Live view stops", "It stops after a minute.", "me@example.com", res["id"]))
-        self.assertIs(props["contact_followup"], True)
+        self.assertEqual((props["contact_followup"], props["contact_id"], props["contact_rev"]), (True, "contact-id", 1))
         self.assertEqual((props["$process_person_profile"], props["$geoip_disable"]), (False, True))
         self.assertNotEqual(event["distinct_id"], tm.settings()["id"])  # not linked to the analytics
         self.assertIn(res["id"], res["message"])
@@ -422,8 +423,8 @@ class ReportProblem(Base):
 
     def test_the_inbox_skips_malformed_reports(self):
         good = ["2026-09-28T09:50:00Z", "AB12CD34", "bug", "Live view stops", "It stops.", None,
-                "0.4.0", "macOS", "", "", None]
-        rows = [["2026-09-28T10:00:00Z", "X", "bug", "Hand-made", None, None, None, None, None, None, None],
+                "0.4.0", "macOS", "", "", None, None, None]
+        rows = [["2026-09-28T10:00:00Z", "X", "bug", "Hand-made", None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None],
                 ["short"], good]
         with mock.patch.object(db, "_posthog_query", return_value={"results": rows}), \
              mock.patch.object(sys, "argv", ["frame_report.py", "inbox"]), \

ui/frame_contact.py

@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ def valid_email(email):
     return len(email) <= EMAIL_MAX and bool(EMAIL_RE.fullmatch(email))
 
 
+def flag(body, key):
+    """A consent choice: true only when it really is true (not "false" or 1), left out is no."""
+    v = body.get(key)
+    if v is not None and not isinstance(v, bool):
+        raise ValueError(f'{key} must be true or false')
+    return v is True
+
+
+def from_report(email):
+    """Follow-up questions agreed to with a problem report: the address becomes the contact
+    email with that choice ticked, so it shows in Settings and is removed the same way. Update
+    notices stay on only for the same address: a different one replaces the old address with
+    follow-up questions only (the report form says so before sending). Returns (contact id,
+    rev) for the report to carry, read together with the change itself: a later change from
+    this copy has a higher rev, and the newest such change decides whether the report's
+    follow-up permission still stands, whatever the clocks say."""
+    with _lock:
+        s = load()
+        same = s['email'].lower() == email.lower()
+        changed, cid, rev = _apply({'email': s['email'] if same else email,
+                                    'updates': s['updates'] and same, 'followup': True})
+    _deliver(changed)
+    return cid, rev
+
+
 def state():
     """What the page shows. showPrompt: the one-time prompt hasn't been shown or answered yet,
     and the Frame has connected at least once (setup worked), so it never greets a new install."""
@@ -155,8 +180,14 @@ def redact_removed(event, started):
 def save(body):
     """Set, change or remove the address and the two choices. An address needs at least one
     choice ticked; an empty address (or neither ticked) removes it and withdraws both."""
+    _deliver(_apply(body)[0])
+    return state()
+
+
+def _apply(body):
+    """save()'s change, kept here and waiting to send. Returns (changed, contact id, rev)."""
     email = str(body.get('email') or '').strip()
-    updates, followup = bool(body.get('updates')), bool(body.get('followup'))
+    updates, followup = flag(body, 'updates'), flag(body, 'followup')
     if email and not valid_email(email):
         raise ValueError("that doesn't look like an email address")
     if email and not (updates or followup):
@@ -181,9 +212,12 @@ def save(body):
                 _forget_locally(old)
             except OSError:
                 pass
+        return changed, s['id'], s['rev']
+
+
+def _deliver(changed):
     if changed and not _send_pending(block=False):
         _wake.set()  # offline, or a send under way that will take this change with it
-    return state()
 
 
 def prompt(body):

ui/frame_report.py

@@ -112,18 +112,22 @@ def send(body):
     """Send the report to PostHog. Returns {"id", "message"}; raises ReportError."""
     kind = body.get('kind') if body.get('kind') in KINDS else 'bug'
     title, text, diag = compose(body)
-    followup = bool(body.get('contactFollowup'))
+    followup = frame_contact.flag(body, 'contactFollowup')
     contact = str(body.get('contact') or '').strip() if followup else ''
     if followup and not frame_contact.valid_email(contact):
         raise ValueError('add your email address for follow-up questions, or untick that box')
+    started = time.time()  # a removal from now on (even while saving the address) is redacted from the log
+    # It becomes the contact email in Settings, where it's changed or removed like any other.
+    contact_id, contact_rev = frame_contact.from_report(contact) if followup else ('', 0)
     ref = uuid.uuid4().hex[:8].upper()
     props = {**frame_telemetry.common(), 'kind': kind, 'title': title, 'message': text,
              'contact': contact, 'contact_followup': followup, 'diagnostics': diag,
+             # Only with an address: a later change from this copy (higher rev) can take it back.
+             'contact_id': contact_id, 'contact_rev': contact_rev,
              'report_id': ref, 'steamos': str(frame.get('build') or '')[:120], 'level': 'report'}
     # Its own random id: a report can carry contact details, so it isn't linked to this copy's analytics.
     event = {'event': 'problem_report', 'distinct_id': str(uuid.uuid4()), 'uuid': str(uuid.uuid4()),
              'timestamp': time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', time.gmtime()), 'properties': props}
-    started = time.time()
     try:
         frame_telemetry.post([event], timeout=30)
     except frame_telemetry.SendError as e:
@@ -143,15 +147,50 @@ class ReportError(RuntimeError):
 
 def inbox(days=30):
     """The maintainer's recent reports from PostHog, newest first (needs the personal API key
-    frame_compat_db.sync uses)."""
+    frame_compat_db.sync uses). Column 10 is whether the person may be asked follow-up
+    questions now: 'withdrawn' when a later choice from the same copy took it back."""
     import frame_compat_db
+    days = int(days)
     res = frame_compat_db._posthog_query(
         "SELECT timestamp, properties.report_id, properties.kind, properties.title, properties.message, "
         "properties.contact, properties.app_version, properties.os, properties.steamos, properties.diagnostics, "
-        "properties.contact_followup "
-        f"FROM events WHERE event = 'problem_report' AND timestamp > now() - INTERVAL {int(days)} DAY "
+        "properties.contact_followup, properties.contact_id, properties.contact_rev "
+        f"FROM events WHERE event = 'problem_report' AND timestamp > now() - INTERVAL {days} DAY "
         "ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 200")
-    return res.get('results') or []
+    rows = [r for r in res.get('results') or [] if isinstance(r, list) and len(r) == 13]
+    if any(r[11] and _yes(r[10]) for r in rows):
+        later = frame_compat_db._posthog_query(
+            "SELECT distinct_id, properties.email, properties.followup, ifNull(toInt(properties.rev), 0) "
+            "FROM events WHERE event = 'contact_consent' LIMIT 100000")
+        mark_withdrawn(rows, later.get('results') or [])
+    return rows
+
+
+def mark_withdrawn(reports, consents):
+    """Mark reports whose follow-up permission was taken back: the newest contact choice from
+    the same copy made after the report (a higher rev than it carries, not a later clock) no
+    longer agrees to follow-up questions at that address."""
+    newest = {}
+    for c in consents:
+        if not isinstance(c, list) or len(c) != 4:
+            continue
+        cid, email, followup, rev = c
+        try:
+            rev = int(rev or 0)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            continue
+        if rev > newest.get(str(cid), (-1,))[0]:
+            newest[str(cid)] = (rev, str(email or ''), followup)
+    for r in reports:
+        if not (r[11] and _yes(r[10])):
+            continue
+        try:
+            sent_at = int(r[12] or 0)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            sent_at = 0
+        rev, email, followup = newest.get(str(r[11]), (-1, '', None))
+        if rev > sent_at and not (_yes(followup) and email.strip().lower() == str(r[5] or '').strip().lower()):
+            r[10] = 'withdrawn'
 
 
 def _yes(v):
@@ -204,14 +243,13 @@ def main():
     if cmd != 'inbox':
         sys.exit(USAGE)
     for row in inbox(*(args[:1] or [30])):
-        if not isinstance(row, list) or len(row) != 11:
-            continue
         ts, ref, kind, title, text, contact, version, osname, steamos, diag = (str(v or '') for v in row[:10])
         # Reports from before contact_followup existed only carried an address given for a reply.
         reply = contact and (row[10] is None or _yes(row[10]))
         print(f"== {ts[:16].replace('T', ' ')}  {ref}  [{kind}] {title}")
         print(f"   {version} on {osname}, SteamOS {steamos or 'unknown'}"
-              f"{', may follow up at ' + contact if reply else ''}")
+              f"{', may follow up at ' + contact if reply else ''}"
+              f"{', follow-up permission since withdrawn' if row[10] == 'withdrawn' else ''}")
         print('   ' + text.replace('\n', '\n   '))
         if diag:
             print('   --- diagnostics\n   ' + diag.replace('\n', '\n   '))

ui/index.html

@@ -1268,8 +1268,9 @@
     <label class="field">What happened?<textarea id="bugText" maxlength="5000" required minlength="10"
       placeholder="What you did, what happened, and what you expected."></textarea></label>
     <label class="popt"><input type="checkbox" id="bugFollowup"><b>The maintainer may contact me with follow-up questions</b>
-      <span class="sub">Optional. Your email address goes with this report only when this is ticked.</span></label>
+      <span class="sub">Optional. Your email address goes with this report only when this is ticked, and is kept as your contact email in Privacy &amp; updates, where you can remove it.</span></label>
     <label class="field">Your email address<input type="email" id="bugContact" maxlength="254" placeholder="you@example.com" disabled></label>
+    <p class="hint" id="bugReplaces" role="status" hidden></p>
     <label class="popt"><input type="checkbox" id="bugDiag" checked><b>Include diagnostics</b>
       <span class="sub">Frame Control's version, your OS and the Frame's SteamOS build.</span></label>
     <label class="popt"><input type="checkbox" id="bugLogs"><b>Also include recent activity and the server log</b>
@@ -4131,6 +4132,7 @@ async function offerTest(m) {
 
 // ---- privacy: anonymous analytics levels (ui/frame_telemetry.py, docs/privacy.md) ----
 const telemetry = { usage: false, compat: false, blocked: "not loaded" };
+let privacyNoticeShown = false;  // this visit: then the contact prompt waits for another one
 function renderTelemetry(s) {
   Object.assign(telemetry, s);
   setRepHint();
@@ -4141,6 +4143,7 @@ function renderTelemetry(s) {
                                          : "Nothing sent yet.";
   const showNotice = !s.blocked && !s.noticeShown && s.usage;
   $("privacyNotice").hidden = !showNotice;
+  if (showNotice) privacyNoticeShown = true;
   if (showNotice) api("/api/telemetry", { noticeShown: true }).catch(() => {});
 }
 async function loadTelemetry() {
@@ -4183,13 +4186,14 @@ async function loadContact() {
   try { renderContact(await api("/api/contact")); } catch { return; }
   checkContactPrompt();
 }
-// One time only, only once the Frame has connected, and never on top of the privacy notice or
-// straight after it (two asks in a row is nagging): checked at load and whenever the Frame connects.
+// One time only, only once the Frame has connected, and never in a visit that showed the privacy
+// notice (two asks in a row is nagging): checked at load and whenever the Frame connects.
 async function checkContactPrompt() {
-  if (!$("contactNotice").hidden || !$("privacyNotice").hidden) return;
+  await telemetryLoaded;
+  if (privacyNoticeShown || !$("contactNotice").hidden) return;
   let s;
   try { s = await api("/api/contact"); } catch { return; }
-  if (!s.showPrompt || !$("contactNotice").hidden || !$("privacyNotice").hidden) return;
+  if (!s.showPrompt || privacyNoticeShown || !$("contactNotice").hidden) return;
   $("contactNotice").hidden = false;
   api("/api/contact/prompt", { prompt: "shown" }).catch(() => {});
 }
@@ -4257,6 +4261,7 @@ function openBugReport() {
   // A standing yes to follow-up questions (Privacy & updates) fills this in; it can be unticked.
   $("bugFollowup").checked = contact.followup; $("bugContact").value = contact.followup ? contact.email : "";
   $("bugContact").disabled = !contact.followup; $("bugContact").required = contact.followup;
+  bugReplaces();
   $("bugDlg").showModal();
   loadBugPreview();
 }
@@ -4267,7 +4272,17 @@ $("bugFollowup").onchange = () => {
   const on = $("bugFollowup").checked;
   $("bugContact").disabled = !on; $("bugContact").required = on;
   if (on && !$("bugContact").value) { $("bugContact").value = contact.email; $("bugContact").focus(); }
+  bugReplaces();
 };
+// Sending with another address replaces the saved one (ui/frame_contact.py from_report): say so first.
+function bugReplaces() {
+  const email = $("bugContact").value.trim(), old = contact.email;
+  const replaces = $("bugFollowup").checked && email && old && email.toLowerCase() !== old.toLowerCase();
+  $("bugReplaces").hidden = !replaces;
+  $("bugReplaces").textContent = !replaces ? "" : `Sending replaces ${old} as your contact email${contact.updates
+    ? ", and update notices stop until you turn them on again in Privacy & updates" : ""}.`;
+}
+$("bugContact").oninput = bugReplaces;
 $("bugCancel").onclick = () => $("bugDlg").close();
 $("bugCopy").onclick = async () => {
   const { title, body } = bugReportText();
@@ -4290,6 +4305,7 @@ $("bugForm").onsubmit = async e => {
     $("bugMsg").textContent = `Couldn't send it: ${err.message}. Try again later, or use Copy report.`;
     $("bugSend").disabled = false;
   }
+  api("/api/contact").then(renderContact).catch(() => {});  // the report may have saved the address
 };
 if (window.frameApp && window.frameApp.onReportProblem) window.frameApp.onReportProblem(openBugReport);
 

ui/server.py

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ LINK = None  # the connector (frame_link.Link); None on the Frame itself
 # install's clean-up) to the other headset.
 _work_lock = threading.Lock()
 _work = [0]
+NOT_HEADSET_WORK = {"/api/devices", "/api/contact", "/api/contact/prompt"}
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -2486,7 +2487,8 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             body = json.loads(self.rfile.read(length) or b"{}")
             if not isinstance(body, dict):
                 raise Failure("request body must be a JSON object", 400)
-            with (contextlib.nullcontext() if path == "/api/devices" else working(meant)):
+            # Not headset work: switching headsets mustn't wait for (or refuse) these.
+            with (contextlib.nullcontext() if path in NOT_HEADSET_WORK else working(meant)):
                 result = handler(body)
             self.send_json(result)
         except ClientGone: