From 0105f15201743fe80a9af105c2117510d3b6fdf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barrett Ruth <62671086+barrettruth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 05:39:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(window): statusline can silently fail to make room #41201

---
 src/nvim/window.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/nvim/window.c b/src/nvim/window.c
index 18cb9cc48e..a1e712c2cd 100644
--- a/src/nvim/window.c
+++ b/src/nvim/window.c
@@ -7254,7 +7254,13 @@ static bool resize_frame_for_status(frame_T *fr)
     emsg(_(e_noroom));
     return false;
   } else if (fp != fr) {
-    frame_setheight(fr, fr->fr_height + 1, false);
+    int old_height = fr->fr_height;
+
+    frame_setheight(fr, old_height + 1, false);
+    if (fr->fr_height == old_height) {
+      emsg(_(e_noroom));
+      return false;
+    }
     win_comp_pos();
   } else {
     win_new_height(wp, wp->w_height - 1);