From a207f13f73a0b323d875fdb977e9b08f5e9b3939 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NetterSilver <133535268+Silvertree2010@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:47:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Keep the graphics backend when the window closes before its
 first frame

Fixes #2116

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs         |  7 ++++++-
 apps/designcraft/src/gpu/backend.rs | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs b/apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs
index 907117b0c..93586e585 100644
--- a/apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs
+++ b/apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs
@@ -678,7 +678,12 @@ fn restart_without<'a>(graphics_failed: bool, frames: u64, picked: Option<&'a st
 /// ended it.
 pub fn finish(outcome: Result<eframe::Result, String>, startup: &Startup) -> Result<(), String> {
     let (why, graphics_failed) = match outcome {
-        Ok(Ok(())) => return Ok(()),
+        // The window closed normally, perhaps before its first frame or before the app was
+        // created (so `on_exit` never ran): no driver fault took this start down (#2116).
+        Ok(Ok(())) => {
+            startup.presented();
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         Ok(Err(e @ eframe::Error::Wgpu(_))) => (e.to_string(), true),
         Ok(Err(e)) => (e.to_string(), false),
         Err(panic) => (panic, GRAPHICS_PANIC.load(Ordering::Relaxed)),
diff --git a/apps/designcraft/src/gpu/backend.rs b/apps/designcraft/src/gpu/backend.rs
index 6aa250dd4..06c477064 100644
--- a/apps/designcraft/src/gpu/backend.rs
+++ b/apps/designcraft/src/gpu/backend.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 //! fallback off.
 //!
 //! The fallback: before the window is created, `gpu.json` in the settings directory records the
-//! backend being tried; once a frame has been presented, or the graphics failed with an error the
-//! app caught (see `gpu::finish`), that entry is cleared. An entry still there at the next start
+//! backend being tried; once a frame has been presented, the window closed normally (even before
+//! its first frame), or the graphics failed with an error the app caught (see `gpu::finish`), that
+//! entry is cleared. An entry still there at the next start
 //! means the previous start never got that far — the driver crashed, or the app was killed
 //! meanwhile — so that backend joins `failed`, the next candidate is tried and the status bar says
 //! so. Backends a restart left out (`--gpu-skip=`, see `gpu`) aren't chosen for that start but
@@ -538,6 +539,23 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(path.parent().expect("dir"));
     }
 
+    /// A window closed before its first frame (#2116): the app was created slowly or not at all,
+    /// so neither a frame nor `on_exit` cleared the record, but eframe ended cleanly. No driver
+    /// fault took that start down, so the next start keeps the backend.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_start_that_ends_cleanly_before_its_first_frame_does_not_fail_its_backend() {
+        let path = temp_path("clean-end");
+        let fallback = Fallback::begin_unforced(Some(path.clone()), V, &[]).expect("candidates");
+        let first = fallback.backend;
+        assert_eq!(read(&path).trying, Some(first));
+        let startup = super::super::Startup::new(Some(fallback), Vec::new());
+        assert_eq!(super::super::finish(Ok(Ok(())), &startup), Ok(()));
+        assert_eq!(read(&path).trying, None, "a clean end leaves no backend being tried");
+        let c = choose(candidates(), &read(&path), V, &[]).expect("candidates");
+        assert_eq!((c.backend, c.record.failed, c.switched_from), (first, Vec::new(), None));
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(path.parent().expect("dir"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn without_a_path_nothing_is_written_and_a_bad_path_is_not_fatal() {
         let mut s = Fallback::begin_unforced(None, V, &[]).expect("candidates");