From 3301db5817aeb76aca3052b2d03924730d1829bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VoiceLessQ <t12kaem@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:48:55 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] Image Trace: starting a background trace asks for a frame

The frame a trace starts in may already have asked for its next one before the trace started, so with no input the finished trace could wait. From the review of #4617.
---
 crates/ui-egui/src/tests/trace_runs.rs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 crates/ui-egui/src/trace_runs.rs       |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/trace_runs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/trace_runs.rs
index 9fbd1b2d6..d2de2f00f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/trace_runs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/trace_runs.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ fn make_traces_off_the_ui_thread_as_one_undo_step() {
     assert_eq!(app.session.doc().unwrap().history.undo.last().unwrap().label, "Image Trace (Make and Expand)");
 }
 
+/// Starting a trace asks for a frame, so its result is picked up without input: the frame that
+/// started it may have asked for its next one before it did (#4617 review).
+#[test]
+fn starting_a_trace_asks_for_a_frame() {
+    let mut app = app();
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    app.adopt_context(&ctx);
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        if !ctx.has_requested_repaint() {
+            break;
+        }
+        let mut out = ctx.run_ui(Default::default(), |_| {});
+        out.textures_delta.clear();
+    }
+    assert!(!ctx.has_requested_repaint(), "the context settled");
+    crate::menus::invoke(&mut app, "imageTrace.make", json!({"preset": "Default"}));
+    assert_eq!(app.trace_runs.running.len(), 1);
+    assert!(ctx.has_requested_repaint());
+    wait(&mut app);
+}
+
 /// Without threads (the web, `VECTORCRAFT_SYNC_OPEN`, unit tests that don't ask), Make traces at once.
 #[test]
 fn without_threads_make_traces_at_once() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/trace_runs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/trace_runs.rs
index a5bf0fd5e..e05448b10 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/trace_runs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/trace_runs.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ pub fn start(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, command: &str, p: Value, from_panel: bool
     let runs = &mut app.trace_runs;
     runs.next_id += 1;
     runs.running.push(Running { id: runs.next_id, doc, target, token, superseded: false, steps, from_panel, hidden: false, done });
+    // This frame may have asked for its next one before the trace started (`tick`): ask now.
+    if let Some(ctx) = &app.ui_ctx {
+        ctx.request_repaint();
+    }
     let status = format!("{}…", crate::i18n::msg(LABEL));
     app.status(status.clone());
     Ok(json!({ "background": true, "status": status }))