Fixed some issues and pushed last release.

src/ptlinux/presentation/game_window.py

@@ -1708,6 +1708,8 @@ def _focus_game_window(
 			focused = _repair_game_window_focus(mapper, window)
 		else:
 			# Host focus may have changed during the dashboard handoff delay.
+			# The nested monitor owns startup mapping so it can defer that step
+			# until the host becomes active and handle replacement login clients.
 			focused = _repair_gamescope_game_window_focus(mapper, window)
 		outcome = "focused" if focused else "focus_not_owned"
 	except Exception as exc:
@@ -1975,6 +1977,14 @@ def _resolve_gamescope_game_window(
 	except Exception:
 		return None
 	if found is None:
+		# A named GE startup client can exist before Gamescope gives it
+		# WM_STATE. Keep following it while waiting for host focus instead of
+		# permanently excluding it as if it were a destroyed login window.
+		try:
+			if mapper.window_state(window) is None and mapper.window_size(window) is not None:
+				return window
+		except Exception:
+			pass
 		return None
 	replacement, title = found
 	_apply_game_window_identity(mapper, replacement)
@@ -2256,6 +2266,60 @@ def _maintain_game_window_focus(
 	return int(process.wait())
 
 
+def _prepare_gamescope_startup_window(
+	mapper: _X11,
+	window: int,
+	prepared_windows: set[int],
+	*,
+	diagnostics: WindowDiagnosticRecorder | None = None,
+) -> None:
+	"""Map each new nested client once, deferring while its host is inactive."""
+
+	if window in prepared_windows:
+		return
+	try:
+		if mapper.window_state(window) is not None:
+			# A previously managed window losing WM_STATE later is a teardown,
+			# not permission to map it again. Nested iconify recovery is separate.
+			prepared_windows.add(window)
+			return
+		if not _gamescope_host_focus_is_allowed() or mapper.window_size(window) is None:
+			return
+		# Recheck state and host ownership after the X11 geometry round trip.
+		if mapper.window_state(window) is not None:
+			prepared_windows.add(window)
+			return
+		if not _gamescope_host_focus_is_allowed():
+			return
+	except Exception:
+		return
+
+	# GE publishes its title before mapping the initial client. Mapping only
+	# this nested window restores Gamescope's surface without resizing it or
+	# activating a desktop window. Bound attempts even if the WM never replies.
+	prepared_windows.add(window)
+	try:
+		mapper.map_window(window, borderless=False)
+		if diagnostics is not None:
+			diagnostics.record("nested_startup_window_mapped", window_id=window)
+		deadline = time.monotonic() + WINDOW_STATE_CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+		while mapper.window_state(window) is None:
+			remaining = deadline - time.monotonic()
+			if remaining <= 0 or not _gamescope_host_focus_is_allowed():
+				break
+			time.sleep(min(WINDOW_CONFIRM_POLL_SECONDS, remaining))
+	except Exception as exc:
+		if diagnostics is not None:
+			diagnostics.record(
+				"nested_startup_mapping_failed", window_id=window,
+				error_type=type(exc).__name__,
+			)
+		print(
+			f"Warning: could not map the nested startup window ({exc}); continuing normally",
+			file=sys.stderr, flush=True,
+		)
+
+
 def _maintain_gamescope_game_window_focus(
 	mapper: _X11,
 	process: subprocess.Popen[bytes],
@@ -2269,6 +2333,7 @@ def _maintain_gamescope_game_window_focus(
 
 	active_window: int = window
 	retired_window_ids = set(existing_window_ids)
+	prepared_windows: set[int] = set()
 	next_focus_repair_at = (
 		time.monotonic() + GAMESCOPE_FOCUS_REPAIR_INTERVAL_SECONDS
 	)
@@ -2301,6 +2366,9 @@ def _maintain_gamescope_game_window_focus(
 		if resolved_window_id != active_window:
 			retired_window_ids.add(active_window)
 			active_window = resolved_window_id
+		_prepare_gamescope_startup_window(
+			mapper, active_window, prepared_windows, diagnostics=diagnostics,
+		)
 		if diagnostics is None:
 			_repair_gamescope_game_window_focus(mapper, active_window)
 		else:

updates/stable.json

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
   "archive": {
     "layout": "flat",
     "name": "PristonTale-EU-1.1.2.tar.gz",
-    "sha256": "5e2ced0bee8bb82a8731b5e6acfa10abba3b86190a56ff5c58d2c98248f27281",
+    "sha256": "25c75071274552ced010f410ea7c947bceb929ffa376c9ad0c03a2ed4bf9518b",
-    "size": 1553283,
+    "size": 1553917,
-    "url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v1.1.2/PristonTale-EU-1.1.2.tar.gz?sha256=5e2ced0bee8bb82a8731b5e6acfa10abba3b86190a56ff5c58d2c98248f27281"
+    "url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v1.1.2/PristonTale-EU-1.1.2.tar.gz?sha256=25c75071274552ced010f410ea7c947bceb929ffa376c9ad0c03a2ed4bf9518b"
   },
-  "archive_sha256": "5e2ced0bee8bb82a8731b5e6acfa10abba3b86190a56ff5c58d2c98248f27281",
+  "archive_sha256": "25c75071274552ced010f410ea7c947bceb929ffa376c9ad0c03a2ed4bf9518b",
-  "archive_size": 1553283,
+  "archive_size": 1553917,
-  "archive_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v1.1.2/PristonTale-EU-1.1.2.tar.gz?sha256=5e2ced0bee8bb82a8731b5e6acfa10abba3b86190a56ff5c58d2c98248f27281",
+  "archive_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/download/v1.1.2/PristonTale-EU-1.1.2.tar.gz?sha256=25c75071274552ced010f410ea7c947bceb929ffa376c9ad0c03a2ed4bf9518b",
   "channel": "stable",
-  "commit": "770bbb8a88ecc0a847649aee1af2e9500951bcd6",
+  "commit": "531480b195518a27da3c44e59016ca4f232143a8",
   "compatibility": {
     "config_schema": 1,
     "manifest_schema": 1,
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "ptlinux/presentation/game_window.py",
-      "sha256": "a605537bb8b3a052369510fdf7709ac5bfde917be651169470f79b59887ea58f",
+      "sha256": "6d3a50ae513bb051452d1b5be83bb5bca12f20c9a78eef30b469c195f5d59323",
-      "size": 80275
+      "size": 82777
     },
     {
       "path": "ptlinux/presentation/gamescope.py",
@@ -706,17 +706,17 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "release.json",
-      "sha256": "f95fab56f77e0dff21b6f0129625de84f0dff413671126921b37afe8f629e181",
+      "sha256": "b9b5ed456ef4c8b3a9d0615a15576fb2e5b33307a62cf785d567e03804f7e03b",
       "size": 218
     }
   ],
   "minimum_updater_version": "0.9.9",
   "notes_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/tag/v1.1.2",
-  "published_at": "2026-10-23T19:34:51Z",
+  "published_at": "2026-10-23T22:23:50Z",
   "release": {
-    "notes_markdown": "# PristonTale EU Launcher 1.1.2\n\n- Improved GE-Proton keyboard focus on X11, including delayed startup and login-window changes.\n- Kept focus recovery active for fixed-size and borderless windows while respecting Alt-Tab and minimization.\n- Prevented replacement-window tracking from attaching to another game account.\n- Added GE-Proton comparison advice for Direct3D resource exhaustion while preserving PTR runtime requirements.\n- Clarified that reported launcher memory and CPU usage exclude the game process.\n\nThe reported Zorin/NVIDIA freeze still needs a gameplay retest with GE-Proton and these focus fixes.\n\n---\n\nVersion: `1.1.2`  \nChannel: `stable`  \nTag: `v1.1.2`  \nSource commit: `770bbb8a88ecc0a847649aee1af2e9500951bcd6`\n",
+    "notes_markdown": "# PristonTale EU Launcher 1.1.2\n\n- Fixed Gamescope startup windows remaining hidden when GE-Proton publishes the game title before the window is mapped.\n- Retry startup preparation when host focus returns, including replacement login windows, with guards against repeated mapping and focus stealing.\n- Improved GE-Proton keyboard focus on X11, including delayed startup and login-window changes.\n- Kept focus recovery active for fixed-size and borderless windows while respecting Alt-Tab and minimization.\n- Prevented replacement-window tracking from attaching to another game account.\n- Added GE-Proton comparison advice for Direct3D resource exhaustion while preserving PTR runtime requirements.\n- Clarified that reported launcher memory and CPU usage exclude the game process.\n\nThis rebuild retains version 1.1.2. Existing 1.1.2 installations will not receive it automatically through the version-based updater.\n\nThe reported Zorin/NVIDIA freeze and automatic Gamescope shutdown still need a gameplay retest.\n\n---\n\nVersion: `1.1.2`  \nChannel: `stable`  \nTag: `v1.1.2`  \nSource commit: `531480b195518a27da3c44e59016ca4f232143a8`\n",
     "release_notes_url": "https://git.m4ko.net/m4ko/pristontale-eu-linux/releases/tag/v1.1.2",
-    "summary": "Improved GE-Proton keyboard focus on X11, including delayed startup and login-window changes.",
+    "summary": "Fixed Gamescope startup windows remaining hidden when GE-Proton publishes the game title before the window is mapped.",
     "title": "PristonTale EU Launcher 1.1.2"
   },
   "schema": 1,