From 606a06535e100575d261502ecd9ee6403219b6b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoffrey McRae <geoff@hostfission.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 09:40:32 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [client] overlay: keep the splash fade on fresh buffers

Fully invalidate the render target when the full-screen splash changes.
This restores the desktop before alpha blending and prevents stale fade
states from cycling between swapchain buffers when guest updates are
sparse.
---
 client/src/overlay/splash.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/overlay/splash.c b/client/src/overlay/splash.c
index 8a111497..1a6f0c51 100644
--- a/client/src/overlay/splash.c
+++ b/client/src/overlay/splash.c
@@ -233,13 +233,15 @@ static bool splash_tick(void * udata, unsigned long long tickCount)
     if (g_params.quickSplash)
     {
       l_fadeDone = true;
-      return true;
+      app_invalidateWindow(true);
+      return false;
     }
 
     l_alpha -= 1.0f / TICK_RATE;
     if (l_alpha <= 0.0f)
       l_fadeDone = true;
-    return true;
+    app_invalidateWindow(true);
+    return false;
   }
 
   return false;
@@ -261,4 +263,5 @@ void overlaySplash_show(bool show)
 
   l_show = show;
   app_invalidateOverlay(true);
+  app_invalidateWindow(true);
 }