From 07d40d5fa9655243ca261e6a12684f70ef47c308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Grant <mgrant@grant.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:36:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cmd-attach-session: redraw pane styles when changing active
 pane

Call window_redraw_active_switch() before selecting a pane so differing window-style and window-active-style colours are updated immediately.\n\nAdd a regression test for selecting a pane through attach-session.
---
 cmd-attach-session.c             |  4 +-
 regress/attach-session-redraw.sh | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 regress/attach-session-redraw.sh

diff --git a/cmd-attach-session.c b/cmd-attach-session.c
index 050c7ca38..9527444d2 100644
--- a/cmd-attach-session.c
+++ b/cmd-attach-session.c
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ cmd_attach_session(struct cmdq_item *item, const char *tflag, int dflag,
 	wp = target.wp;
 
 	if (wl != NULL) {
-		if (wp != NULL)
+		if (wp != NULL) {
+			window_redraw_active_switch(wp->window, wp);
 			window_set_active_pane(wp->window, wp, 1);
+		}
 		session_set_current(s, wl);
 		if (wp != NULL)
 			cmd_find_from_winlink_pane(current, wl, wp, 0);
diff --git a/regress/attach-session-redraw.sh b/regress/attach-session-redraw.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..985461499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/attach-session-redraw.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Selecting a pane with attach-session from an already attached client must
+# redraw pane contents when window-style and window-active-style differ.
+
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+TERM=screen
+LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+export PATH TERM LC_ALL
+
+[ -z "$TEST_TMUX" ] && TEST_TMUX=$(readlink -f ../tmux)
+
+DIR=$(mktemp -d) || exit 1
+INNER="$TEST_TMUX -Lattach-redraw-inner-$$ -f/dev/null"
+OUTER="$TEST_TMUX -Lattach-redraw-outer-$$ -f/dev/null"
+BEFORE=$DIR/before
+AFTER=$DIR/after
+
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	$OUTER kill-server 2>/dev/null
+	$INNER kill-server 2>/dev/null
+	rm -rf "$DIR"
+}
+trap cleanup 0 1 15
+
+wait_for_client()
+{
+	i=0
+	while [ "$i" -lt 50 ]; do
+		CLIENT=$($INNER list-clients -F '#{client_name}' 2>/dev/null)
+		[ -n "$CLIENT" ] && return 0
+		sleep 0.1
+		i=$((i + 1))
+	done
+	fail "inner client did not attach"
+}
+
+LEFT=$($INNER new-session -dPF '#{pane_id}' -s inner -x 40 -y 8 \
+    "printf 'LEFT'; exec sleep 100") || exit 1
+$INNER set-option -g status off || exit 1
+$INNER set-option -g window-size manual || exit 1
+$INNER set-option -g default-terminal screen || exit 1
+$INNER split-window -h -t "$LEFT" "printf 'RIGHT'; exec sleep 100" || exit 1
+$INNER set-option -w -t "$LEFT" window-style bg=red || exit 1
+$INNER set-option -w -t "$LEFT" window-active-style bg=blue || exit 1
+$INNER bind-key -n x attach-session -t "$LEFT" || exit 1
+
+$OUTER new-session -d -s outer -x 40 -y 8 'sleep 100' || exit 1
+$OUTER set-option -g status off || exit 1
+$OUTER set-option -g window-size manual || exit 1
+$OUTER set-option -g default-terminal screen || exit 1
+$OUTER respawn-pane -k -t outer:0.0 \
+    "$TEST_TMUX -Lattach-redraw-inner-$$ -f/dev/null attach-session -t inner" ||
+    exit 1
+
+wait_for_client
+sleep 1
+$OUTER send-keys -t outer:0.0 x || exit 1
+sleep 1
+[ "$($INNER display-message -p -t inner '#{pane_id}')" = "$LEFT" ] ||
+    fail "attach-session did not select the target pane"
+$OUTER capture-pane -pe -t outer:0.0 >"$BEFORE" || exit 1
+
+# A forced redraw produces the correct scene. It must be identical to the
+# scene drawn immediately by attach-session.
+$INNER refresh-client -t "$CLIENT" || exit 1
+sleep 1
+$OUTER capture-pane -pe -t outer:0.0 >"$AFTER" || exit 1
+cmp -s "$BEFORE" "$AFTER" ||
+    fail "attach-session left stale active/inactive pane styles"
+
+exit 0