From 1508bec957cddbb8be4d8ecee06a2ed11e5d401d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:25:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't bother to send notifications to clients with
 CLIENT_EXIT, GitHub issue 5357 from Ben Maurer.

---
 control-notify.c | 1 +
 control.c        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/control-notify.c b/control-notify.c
index 021f9884a..e85660297 100644
--- a/control-notify.c
+++ b/control-notify.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #define CONTROL_SHOULD_NOTIFY_CLIENT(c) \
 	((c) != NULL && ((c)->flags & CLIENT_CONTROL) && \
+	 (~(c)->flags & CLIENT_EXIT) && \
 	 (c)->control_state != NULL)
 
 void
diff --git a/control.c b/control.c
index 1b026e849..c1cc79e25 100644
--- a/control.c
+++ b/control.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ control_write_output(struct client *c, struct window_pane *wp)
 	if (winlink_find_by_window(&c->session->windows, wp->window) == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if (c->flags & CONTROL_IGNORE_FLAGS) {
+	if (c->flags & (CONTROL_IGNORE_FLAGS|CLIENT_EXIT)) {
 		cp = control_get_pane(c, wp);
 		if (cp != NULL)
 			goto ignore;