Release v0.6.37: isolate image capture and OCR, fingerprint history duplicates

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
-project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.6.32 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
+project(KSwitcher VERSION 0.6.37 LANGUAGES CXX RC)
 if(NOT WIN32)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "KSwitcher uses native Windows APIs")
 endif()
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 add_executable(KSwitcherOcrTests tests/ocr.cpp src/screenshot_launcher.cpp src/screenshot_activation.cpp src/app.cpp src/screenshot_notifications.cpp src/screenshot.cpp src/configuration.cpp src/ui.cpp resources/app.rc)
 target_link_libraries(KSwitcherOcrTests PRIVATE kscore)
+add_dependencies(KSwitcherOcrTests KSwitcherScreenshot)
 if(MSVC)
   set_property(TARGET kscore KSwitcher KSwitcherConfig KSwitcherScreenshot KSwitcherTests KSwitcherScrollTests KSwitcherIntegration KSwitcherInputTests KSwitcherOcrTests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
   target_compile_options(kscore PRIVATE /W4 /utf-8)
@@ -65,6 +66,26 @@ else()
   target_link_options(KSwitcherOcrTests PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
 endif()
 enable_testing()
+add_executable(KSwitcherImageCaptureTests tests/image_capture.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(KSwitcherImageCaptureTests PRIVATE kscore)
+add_dependencies(KSwitcherImageCaptureTests KSwitcherScreenshot)
+if(MSVC)
+  target_compile_options(KSwitcherImageCaptureTests PRIVATE /utf-8)
+  set_property(TARGET KSwitcherImageCaptureTests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+else()
+  target_link_options(KSwitcherImageCaptureTests PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+endif()
+# Explicit interactive test: stop the resident first so its clipboard listener
+# does not capture the test fixtures. Like KSwitcherIntegration, not part of ctest.
+add_executable(KSwitcherDictionaryTests tests/dictionary.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(KSwitcherDictionaryTests PRIVATE kscore psapi)
+if(MSVC)
+  set_property(TARGET KSwitcherDictionaryTests PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+else()
+  target_link_options(KSwitcherDictionaryTests PRIVATE -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+endif()
+add_test(NAME dictionary-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherDictionaryTests)
+set_tests_properties(dictionary-regressions PROPERTIES WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 add_test(NAME sync-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherSyncTests)
 add_test(NAME native-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherTests)
 add_test(NAME scroll-regressions COMMAND KSwitcherScrollTests)

README.md

@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ Run `build/KSwitcher.exe`, or extract `dist/KSwitcher-win-x64.zip` and run the e
 The build also refreshes the release copy in `build/release/`. Exit KSwitcher before rebuilding.
 The application lives in the notification area. Right-click its icon for Settings, Snippets and history.
 Double-click the tray icon to open Settings, the bold default menu item.
+Closing Settings with unsaved changes (including accepted auto-correction or OCR options)
+asks whether to save, discard changes, or keep editing. Unchanged settings close without a prompt.
+If saving fails, the window stays open with your edits intact.
 Menus support access keys: press the underlined letter while the menu is open (for example,
 S for Settings or X for Exit in the tray menu). In forms, press Alt+the underlined letter
-to activate a button, toggle a checkbox or focus a labeled field. Press Alt to reveal
-the underlines when Windows hides them. Shortcut-capture fields still record Alt combinations;
+to activate a button, toggle a checkbox or focus a labeled field. Dialog underline visibility
+still follows Windows preferences; press Alt in a dialog to reveal them.
+From v0.6.33, tray and history menus show access letters in the right-hand column.
+Press the menu letter without Alt: Alt dismisses an open menu. Shortcut-capture fields still record Alt combinations;
 press Tab to leave a shortcut field before using form access keys.
 Settings, the snippet editor and log viewer run on demand in **KSwitcher.Config.exe**, beside the main executable.
 Repeated launches activate the existing configurator; closing its last window exits that process.
@@ -187,6 +192,9 @@ Every shape has a round rotation handle above its outline. Drag it to rotate aro
 hold **Shift** for 15-degree steps. The handle works for toolbar shapes and recognized shapes,
 including triangles. Resize handles and attached connectors follow the rotation; Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y
 undo and redo it. The square handle still controls outline thickness.
+From v0.6.34, endpoint, shape-corner and number-radius handles show the four-direction move cursor.
+Thickness handles retain directional resize cursors; rotation retains the hand cursor. Dragging,
+snapping and shape constraints are unchanged.
 **Triangle (G)** is also available directly on the toolbar: drag to create a triangle.
 Both drawn and recognized triangles have three independent vertex handles instead of bounding-box
 resize handles. Drag any vertex to reshape the triangle while keeping the other two fixed, even
@@ -619,7 +627,12 @@ support automatic correction. Dictionary recognition is heuristic, not an unders
 subtitle vocabulary is incomplete, and uncommon names or jargon can need personal exceptions.
 
 No network service or language model is used. The three dictionary files occupy about 2.6 MB on disk;
-the English/Ukrainian lookup data uses less than 3 MiB of RAM and is loaded on first automatic check.
+the bundled EN/UK/RU lookup payload uses about 0.90 MiB of RAM. When automatic correction is enabled,
+selected dictionaries are loaded before typing and shared by the input predictor and worker.
+Words are stored in compact indexed blocks; all words and frequency ranks are retained, and editable
+UTF-8 dictionary files keep the same format. Custom dictionaries can use more memory.
+`build.ps1 -Test` checks every bundled word/rank and measures lookup speed; CMake exposes the same
+check as `dictionary-regressions`. The payload figure excludes the rest of the process and allocator overhead.
 Keep `dictionaries/` beside the executable when copying the app. These word lists derive from
 [FrequencyWords](https://github.com/hermitdave/FrequencyWords) and are separately licensed under
 CC BY-SA 4.0; attribution, pinned source revision and license are in `dictionaries/`.
@@ -694,3 +707,15 @@ supporting old clients; their immutable update code only reads that page.
 ### Editors that omit copied trailing spaces
 
 From v0.6.31, KSwitcher recovers trailing ordinary spaces omitted by Ctrl+C only when Windows accessibility proves the complete selection. The same focused control and range are rechecked before paste, and the result is read back even without Write log. Recent-text conversion, automatic correction, repeat conversion and Undo retain exact verification. Missing letters, tabs, line breaks and unavailable or ambiguous selections are not reconstructed. No setting or shortcut has changed.
+
+### Notification registration and Viber — v0.6.36
+
+Notification registration runs in KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe; keep all three executables together. Startup registration is asynchronous. Viber pastes allow 75 ms for clipboard notifications before Ctrl+V, retaining focus, ownership and selection checks. This mitigates an intermittent clipboard timing issue; it does not guarantee all Viber failures are resolved. UI Automation is unchanged.
+
+### Image history, OCR and duplicate fingerprints — v0.6.37
+
+Image clipboard capture and automatic/uncached manual history OCR run in short-lived KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe processes. Keep all three executables together. Original clipboard formats, image limits, privacy exclusions, Windows OCR, optional Tesseract and searchable encrypted OCR results are preserved. Background OCR is cancelled on shutdown or an OCR-profile change; late results do not recreate deleted entries.
+
+Consecutive duplicates use SHA-256 fingerprints inside the encrypted history index, including pixel fingerprints for equivalent image encodings. Older entries acquire fingerprints on first comparison without a bulk migration. Pins and OCR caches survive duplicate detection; non-consecutive copies still create separate entries. New text no longer loads the preceding image to rule out a duplicate. No shortcut, setting or default changed.
+
+Moving OCR isolates its temporary memory rather than reducing the combined processing peak. A controlled three-run comparison retained about 0.8 MiB less private RAM in the caller after recognition; combined peak RAM was about 55.6 MiB before and 56.6 MiB with the helper. Results depend on the image, OCR engine and system.

Release/README.md

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 # Latest Windows release
 
-## v0.6.32 — 2026-11-03
+## v0.6.37 — 2026-11-04
 
 ## Changes
-- Fix the screenshot panning regression test for high-DPI displays. It now derives the image zoom from the actual viewport dimensions, centers the image, and checks that both axes have enough clearance for the tested drag.
-- At 240 DPI (250% scaling), the previous fixture's 1600 × 1200 image still fit inside the 2468 × 1389 viewport. The editor correctly prevented panning, but the test incorrectly expected a 15 × 10 pixel movement.
-- Application behavior, shortcuts, defaults and settings are unchanged. The verified Viber trailing-space recovery from v0.6.31 remains included. No screenshot-editor workaround is needed for this test failure.
+- Image clipboard history capture runs in KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe, so Windows clipboard image allocations are released when the helper exits. The configured size limit, privacy exclusions and original clipboard formats are preserved.
+- Automatic and uncached manual history OCR run in the same helper executable, in a separate short-lived process. Only encrypted requests and recognized text cross the process boundary. Windows OCR and optional Tesseract remain supported; profile changes and shutdown cancel background work, and deleted entries are not recreated by late results.
+- Consecutive duplicate detection uses SHA-256 fingerprints stored inside the encrypted index. Exact payloads, image representations and decoded pixels can be compared without loading the previous record. Old entries acquire fingerprints on first comparison; pins and cached OCR are preserved. This does not introduce global deduplication.
+- Copying text after an image no longer loads the previous image just to rule out a duplicate. Settings, shortcuts and defaults are unchanged. Keep all three executables together.
 
 ## Validation
-The full `build.ps1 -Stage -Test` run passed: 105 sync checks, shared wheel batching, 483 native regressions, 541 input/UI checks at 240 DPI, the full screenshot editor UI suite (including the corrected pan test), PNG saving, screenshot registration, 48 updater regressions and updater progress UI checks. All three packaged executable versions and all 12 manifest file sizes/SHA-256 hashes were verified; the package contains no personal data.
+Staged build: dictionary equivalence for 140,939 words, 105 sync checks, wheel batching, 313 native checks, 559 input checks, screenshot UI/PNG/notification registration, 48 updater checks and updater progress UI. Windows OCR tests cover helper equivalence, cancellation, failure, encrypted temporary-file cleanup, persisted background search and unchanged clipboard. Optional Tesseract and clipboard-capture integration are also verified.
+
+Three controlled OCR comparisons used the same image and settings: retained private working set in the isolated test process fell by about 0.8 MiB. Combined parent/helper peak RAM did not fall (about 55.6 versus 56.6 MiB); the large peak is now outside the resident process and disappears when the helper exits. A separate live screenshot test finished at 4.41 MiB private working set in the main application. These observations are not fixed memory limits or guarantees for another machine/workload.
 
 ## Upgrade
 Choose **Update** in the tray menu. Legacy v0.3.0–v0.4.1 clients first receive the v0.4.2 compatibility bridge, then the current full release. v0.2.3 and earlier require manual installation.

Release/SHA256SUMS.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-37c8ba8a27279141ac74318c24adf8b4ff4f573d68d4abff571a2abef7e739a1  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip
+c5cfe4c21a8e0631470120dd30be54e5d395abf9ca3bd4069f8bd2c827f2105d  KSwitcher-win-x64.zip

build.ps1

@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ try {
     if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Configurator link failed' }
     Copy-Item -LiteralPath $configPath -Destination build/release/KSwitcher.Config.exe -Force
     $screenshotPath = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe'
-    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/ocr.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_main.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -o $screenshotPath
+    & $compiler -mwindows -municode -static -s '-Wl,--gc-sections' build/core.o build/platform.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_main.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -o $screenshotPath
     if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Screenshot link failed' }
     Copy-Item -LiteralPath $screenshotPath -Destination build/release/KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe -Force
     if ($Test) {
+        & $compiler @common tests/dictionary.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autocorrect.o @libs -lpsapi -static -s -o build/KSwitcherDictionaryTests.exe
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Dictionary test build failed' }
+        & .\build\KSwitcherDictionaryTests.exe
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Dictionary tests failed' }
         & $compiler @common tests/sync.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/storage.o build/sync.o build/ocr.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherSyncTests.exe
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Sync test build failed' }
         & .\build\KSwitcherSyncTests.exe
@@ -77,15 +81,21 @@ try {
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Updater progress UI tests failed' }
     }
     if ($Integration) {
+        $captureTest = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcherImageCaptureTests.exe'
+        & $compiler @common tests/image_capture.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/storage.o build/ocr.o @libs -static -s -o $captureTest
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Image capture test build failed' }
+        & $captureTest
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Image capture tests failed' }
         & $compiler @common tests/integration.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/sync.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherIntegration.exe
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Integration test build failed' }
         & .\build\KSwitcherIntegration.exe
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Integration tests failed' }
     }
     if ($Ocr) {
-        & $compiler @common tests/ocr.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/sync.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o build/KSwitcherOcrTests.exe
+        $ocrTest = Join-Path (Split-Path $executablePath) 'KSwitcherOcrTests.exe'
+        & $compiler @common tests/ocr.cpp build/core.o build/platform.o build/autostart.o build/autocorrect.o build/storage.o build/sync.o build/ocr.o build/richtext.o build/update.o build/screenshot.o build/screenshot_launcher.o build/screenshot_activation.o build/screenshot_notifications.o build/app.o build/configuration.o build/ui.o build/screenshot-res.o @libs -static -s -o $ocrTest
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'OCR test build failed' }
-        & .\build\KSwitcherOcrTests.exe
+        & $ocrTest
         if ($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'OCR tests failed' }
     }
     foreach ($folder in @('build/dictionaries','build/release/dictionaries','build/staged/dictionaries')) {

resources/app.rc

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ IDC_SCREENSHOT_PENCIL CURSOR "icons/lucide/pencil.cur"
 1 RT_MANIFEST "app.manifest"
 201 RCDATA "update.ps1"
 1 VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 0,6,32,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 0,6,32,0
+ FILEVERSION 0,6,37,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,6,37,0
  FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
  FILETYPE VFT_APP
 BEGIN
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BEGIN
   BEGIN
    VALUE "FileDescription", "KSwitcher — native keyboard and clipboard utility"
    VALUE "ProductName", "KSwitcher"
-   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.6.32"
+   VALUE "FileVersion", "0.6.37"
   END
  END
  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"

src/app.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "app.h"
+#include <utility>
 #include "../vendor/json.hpp"
 #include "../resources/resource.h"
 #include "ocr.h"
@@ -357,6 +358,14 @@ class Transaction
         if (!valid())
             return false;
         write(clip);
+        // Viber's Qt editor observes clipboard changes asynchronously. Give it
+        // a chance to discard the data object from Ctrl+C before requesting paste.
+        // Recheck ownership and input below; never retry a possibly applied paste.
+        if (lower(processName(target)) == L"viber")
+        {
+            Sleep(75);
+            diagnosticEvent(L"Paste: Viber clipboard notification settling interval completed");
+        }
         for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
         {
             check();
@@ -432,6 +441,7 @@ App::App(HINSTANCE h, bool test, const std::filesystem::path &dataRoot) : instan
 }
 App::~App()
 {
+    if (notificationRegistration) CloseHandle(notificationRegistration);
     if (syncWorker.joinable()) syncWorker.join();
     if (updateWorker.joinable())
         updateWorker.join();
@@ -526,7 +536,10 @@ void App::scheduleHistoryOcr(const Settings &config)
                         if (!entry.image || (entry.ocrState != 1 && entry.ocrProfile == profile)) continue;
                         try
                         {
-                            auto text = recognizeText(history->load(entry.id), config);
+                            auto text = history->recognizeImage(entry.id, config, [this, &profile] {
+                                std::lock_guard lock(jobsMutex);
+                                return stop || ocrProfile(historyOcrSettings) != profile;
+                            });
                             std::lock_guard lock(jobsMutex);
                             if (stop || ocrProfile(historyOcrSettings) != profile) continue;
                             if (history->saveOcr(entry.id, text, config))
@@ -642,7 +655,7 @@ void App::applySettings(const Settings &requested)
         ++inputVersion;
         if (busy) diagnosticEvent(L"Input context changed: settings applied version=" + std::to_wstring(inputVersion.load()));
     }
-    // Clear on the worker so the next check reloads edits to dictionary files.
+    // Release the worker's old snapshot; the next check shares the freshly loaded predictor.
     enqueue([this] { autoCorrector.configure({}, {}); });
     scheduleHistoryOcr(s);
     nextSync = std::max(GetTickCount64() + 2000, syncRetryAfter);
@@ -703,6 +716,13 @@ void App::resetInput()
     run.reset();
     last.reset();
 }
+void App::releaseIdleMemory(ULONGLONG now)
+{
+    expireDiagnostics(now);
+    std::lock_guard lock(stateMutex);
+    // Match the Undo eligibility deadline; never discard an available operation.
+    if (!busy && last && now - last->at > 120000) last.reset();
+}
 void App::clearLog(bool previous) { clearDiagnosticLog(previous); }
 void App::keyboard(const KBDLLHOOKSTRUCT &k, UINT mods)
 {
@@ -1166,9 +1186,11 @@ void App::transform(int command, int snippet)
                     if (!config.autoCorrect || recent.window != target || recent.overflow ||
                         recent.keys.empty() || recent.keys.back() != L' ' || hint < 0)
                         return;
-                    autoCorrector.configure(std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path() /
-                                                L"dictionaries",
-                                            config.autoLanguages);
+                    {
+                        std::lock_guard lock(stateMutex);
+                        if (inputVersion.load() != version) return;
+                        autoCorrector.shareDictionaries(autoPredictor);
+                    }
                     std::wstring predicted;
                     for (wchar_t key : recent.keys)
                         predicted += key == L' ' ? L' ' : available[hint].at(physicalLayout().code(key));
@@ -1566,6 +1588,17 @@ void App::captureHistory()
                 for (auto &name : config.excluded)
                     if (lower(name) == lower(app))
                         return;
+                if (IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_DIB) || IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_DIBV5) ||
+                    IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_BITMAP) ||
+                    IsClipboardFormatAvailable(RegisterClipboardFormatW(L"PNG")))
+                {
+                    if (history->captureImage(sequence, app, config))
+                    {
+                        scheduleHistoryOcr(config);
+                        PostMessageW(window, HistoryMessage, 0, 0);
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
                 auto clip = readClipboard(window, (size_t)config.maxImageMiB * 1024 * 1024);
                 if (sequence != GetClipboardSequenceNumber())
                     return;
@@ -1603,7 +1636,9 @@ void App::recognizeEntry(std::wstring id)
             try
             {
                 auto cached = history->ocrText(id, ocrProfile(config));
-                auto text = cached ? *cached : recognizeText(history->load(id), config);
+                auto text = cached ? *cached : history->recognizeImage(id, config, [this] {
+                    std::lock_guard lock(jobsMutex); return stop;
+                });
                 if (!cached) history->saveOcr(id, text, config);
                 if (text.empty())
                 {
@@ -1654,6 +1689,7 @@ void App::trayMenu()
     GetCursorPos(&pt);
     pasteTarget = GetForegroundWindow();
     SetForegroundWindow(window);
+    showMenuAccessKeys(menu);
     int cmd = TrackPopupMenu(menu, TPM_RETURNCMD | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, pt.x, pt.y, 0, window, nullptr);
     DestroyMenu(menu);
     PostMessageW(window, WM_NULL, 0, 0);
@@ -1882,6 +1918,15 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK App::windowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
     case WM_TIMER:
         if (wp == 6)
         {
+            if (app->notificationRegistration && WaitForSingleObject(app->notificationRegistration, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+            {
+                DWORD code = ERROR_GEN_FAILURE;
+                GetExitCodeProcess(app->notificationRegistration, &code);
+                if (code) log(L"Screenshot notification registration helper failed: " + std::to_wstring(code));
+                CloseHandle(app->notificationRegistration);
+                app->notificationRegistration = nullptr;
+            }
+            app->releaseIdleMemory(GetTickCount64());
             app->pollSync();
             return 0;
         }
@@ -2000,7 +2045,7 @@ int App::execute()
         log(std::wstring(L"Update completed; running version ") + AppVersion);
     if (startCommand)
         PostMessageW(window, WM_HOTKEY, startCommand, 0);
-    try { registerScreenshotNotifications(); }
+    try { notificationRegistration = startScreenshotNotificationRegistration(); }
     catch(const std::exception &e) { log(L"Screenshot notification registration: "+wide(e.what())); }
     auto screenshotActivation=startScreenshotActivationListener();
     MSG msg;

src/app.h

@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ class App
 
   private:
     friend struct InputRegressionAccess;
+    void releaseIdleMemory(ULONGLONG now);
     HHOOK keyboardHook{}, mouseHook{};
     std::mutex jobsMutex;
     std::condition_variable jobsReady;
     std::deque<std::function<void()>> jobs;
     std::thread worker;
+    HANDLE notificationRegistration{};
     std::thread historySearchWorker;
     std::condition_variable historySearchReady;
     std::function<void()> pendingHistorySearch;

src/app_sync.inl

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ std::wstring App::syncCommand(int action, const std::vector<SyncChoice> &choices
             syncDone.store(true);
         });
     }
-    catch (...) { syncRunning = false; throw; }
+    catch (...) { syncRunning = false; Bytes().swap(syncSnapshot); syncResult = {}; throw; }
     return syncStatus;
 }
 void App::pollSync()
@@ -57,25 +57,28 @@ void App::pollSync()
         {
             if (busy) return;
             syncWorker.join();
+            // Own completed payloads locally so every return/exception releases them.
+            auto result = std::exchange(syncResult, SyncResult{});
+            auto snapshot = std::exchange(syncSnapshot, Bytes{});
             syncRunning = false;
             syncDone = false;
-            syncStatus = syncResult.status;
-            if (syncResult.success)
+            syncStatus = result.status;
+            if (result.success)
             {
-                if (loadSyncConfig(data) != syncConnection || encodeSettings(settings) != syncSnapshot)
+                if (loadSyncConfig(data) != syncConnection || encodeSettings(settings) != snapshot)
                 {
                     syncStatus = L"Local settings or connection changed during sync. Checking again shortly.";
                     nextSync = GetTickCount64() + 2000;
                     return;
                 }
-                auto next = restoreSyncSettings(syncResult.settings, settings, layouts, syncConnection.keepLocalLayouts);
-                if (encodeSettings(next) != syncSnapshot)
+                auto next = restoreSyncSettings(result.settings, settings, layouts, syncConnection.keepLocalLayouts);
+                if (encodeSettings(next) != snapshot)
                 {
-                    atomicWrite(data / L"settings-before-sync.bin", protect(syncSnapshot));
+                    atomicWrite(data / L"settings-before-sync.bin", protect(snapshot));
                     applySettings(next);
                 }
-                saveSyncBase(data, syncConnection, syncResult.base.empty() ? syncResult.settings : syncResult.base);
-                pendingSyncConflicts = syncResult.conflicts;
+                saveSyncBase(data, syncConnection, result.base.empty() ? result.settings : result.base);
+                pendingSyncConflicts = std::move(result.conflicts);
                 conflictConnection = syncConnection;
                 SYSTEMTIME time{}; GetLocalTime(&time);
                 wchar_t stamp[32]{};
@@ -84,8 +87,8 @@ void App::pollSync()
             }
             // Back off after errors (including bad credentials) instead of repeatedly
             // hitting userpass lockout. The explicit Sync button remains available.
-            syncRetryAfter = syncResult.success ? 0 : GetTickCount64() + 15 * 60000;
-            nextSync = syncResult.success ? GetTickCount64() + SyncIntervalMs : syncRetryAfter;
+            syncRetryAfter = result.success ? 0 : GetTickCount64() + 15 * 60000;
+            nextSync = result.success ? GetTickCount64() + SyncIntervalMs : syncRetryAfter;
         }
         if (!syncRunning && GetTickCount64() >= nextSync)
         {

src/autocorrect.cpp

@@ -42,82 +42,160 @@ bool safeAutoWord(const std::wstring &word, int minimumLength)
     auto small = lower(word);
     return word == small || (word.substr(1) == small.substr(1) && word != upper(word));
 }
-std::string_view AutoCorrector::Dictionary::word(size_t index) const
+namespace {
+constexpr size_t DictionaryBlockWords = 32;
+}
+std::string_view AutoCorrector::Dictionary::word(size_t block) const
 {
-    auto start = offsets[index];
-    auto end = bytes.find('\t', start);
-    return std::string_view(bytes).substr(start, end - start);
+    size_t start = offsets[block];
+    // Every block starts with a complete word (zero shared prefix).
+    size_t length = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[start++]) & 15;
+    if (length == 15) length = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[start++]);
+    return std::string_view(bytes).substr(start, length);
 }
 AutoCorrector::Dictionary::Dictionary(const std::filesystem::path &path)
 {
-    auto raw = readFile(path, 2 * 1024 * 1024);
-    bytes.assign(raw.begin(), raw.end());
-    for (size_t start = 0; start < bytes.size();)
+    const auto raw = readFile(path, 2 * 1024 * 1024);
+    const std::string_view source(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(raw.data()), raw.size());
+    std::vector<uint32_t> lines;
+    lines.reserve(std::count(source.begin(), source.end(), '\n') + 1);
+    for (size_t start = 0; start < source.size();)
     {
-        auto end = bytes.find('\n', start);
-        if (end == bytes.npos)
-            end = bytes.size();
-        auto tab = bytes.find('\t', start);
-        if (tab == bytes.npos || tab >= end || tab == start || tab - start > 160)
+        auto end = source.find('\n', start);
+        if (end == source.npos) end = source.size();
+        auto tab = source.find('\t', start);
+        if (tab == source.npos || tab >= end || tab == start || tab - start > 160)
             throw std::runtime_error("Invalid auto-correction dictionary");
         int rank{};
-        auto rankEnd = end > tab + 1 && bytes[end - 1] == '\r' ? end - 1 : end;
-        auto parse = std::from_chars(bytes.data() + tab + 1, bytes.data() + rankEnd, rank);
-        if (parse.ec != std::errc() || parse.ptr != bytes.data() + rankEnd || rank <= 0)
+        auto rankEnd = end > tab + 1 && source[end - 1] == '\r' ? end - 1 : end;
+        auto parse = std::from_chars(source.data() + tab + 1, source.data() + rankEnd, rank);
+        if (parse.ec != std::errc() || parse.ptr != source.data() + rankEnd || rank <= 0)
             throw std::runtime_error("Invalid dictionary rank");
-        offsets.push_back((uint32_t)start);
+        lines.push_back(static_cast<uint32_t>(start));
         start = end + 1;
     }
-    if (offsets.empty())
-        throw std::runtime_error("Empty auto-correction dictionary");
-    auto entry = [&](uint32_t offset) { return std::string_view(bytes).substr(offset, bytes.find('\t', offset) - offset); };
-    auto frequency = [&](uint32_t offset)
-    {
+    if (lines.empty()) throw std::runtime_error("Empty auto-correction dictionary");
+    auto entry = [&](uint32_t offset) { return source.substr(offset, source.find('\t', offset) - offset); };
+    auto frequency = [&](uint32_t offset) {
         int rank{};
         auto start = offset + entry(offset).size() + 1;
-        std::from_chars(bytes.data() + start, bytes.data() + bytes.size(), rank);
+        std::from_chars(source.data() + start, source.data() + source.size(), rank);
         return rank;
     };
-    std::sort(offsets.begin(), offsets.end(), [&](uint32_t a, uint32_t b)
-              { return entry(a) == entry(b) ? frequency(a) < frequency(b) : entry(a) < entry(b); });
-    offsets.erase(std::unique(offsets.begin(), offsets.end(), [&](uint32_t a, uint32_t b)
-                              { return entry(a) == entry(b); }), offsets.end());
-    offsets.shrink_to_fit();
-    bytes.shrink_to_fit();
+    std::sort(lines.begin(), lines.end(), [&](uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+        return entry(a) == entry(b) ? frequency(a) < frequency(b) : entry(a) < entry(b);
+    });
+    lines.erase(std::unique(lines.begin(), lines.end(), [&](uint32_t a, uint32_t b) {
+        return entry(a) == entry(b);
+    }), lines.end());
+    offsets.reserve((lines.size() + DictionaryBlockWords - 1) / DictionaryBlockWords);
+    std::string_view previous;
+    // Allocate the packed payload exactly once. Geometric growth and a final
+    // shrink otherwise leave discarded buffers in the resident process heap.
+    size_t packedSize = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < lines.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        auto current = entry(lines[i]);
+        size_t prefix = 0;
+        if (i % DictionaryBlockWords != 0)
+            while (prefix < std::min(previous.size(), current.size()) && previous[prefix] == current[prefix]) ++prefix;
+        auto suffix = current.size() - prefix;
+        packedSize += 1 + (prefix >= 15) + (suffix >= 15) + suffix + 2;
+        auto rank = static_cast<uint32_t>(frequency(lines[i]));
+        if (rank >= 65535)
+            do { ++packedSize; rank >>= 7; } while (rank);
+        previous = current;
+    }
+    bytes.reserve(packedSize);
+    previous = {};
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < lines.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        auto current = entry(lines[i]);
+        size_t prefix = 0;
+        if (i % DictionaryBlockWords == 0)
+            offsets.push_back(static_cast<uint32_t>(bytes.size()));
+        else
+            while (prefix < std::min(previous.size(), current.size()) && previous[prefix] == current[prefix]) ++prefix;
+        size_t suffix = current.size() - prefix;
+        bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>((std::min(prefix, size_t(15)) << 4) | std::min(suffix, size_t(15))));
+        if (prefix >= 15) bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>(prefix));
+        if (suffix >= 15) bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>(suffix));
+        bytes.append(current.substr(prefix));
+        auto rank = static_cast<uint32_t>(frequency(lines[i]));
+        auto shortRank = std::min(rank, uint32_t(65535));
+        bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>(shortRank & 255));
+        bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>(shortRank >> 8));
+        if (rank >= 65535)
+            do {
+                auto next = rank & 127;
+                rank >>= 7;
+                bytes.push_back(static_cast<char>(next | (rank ? 128 : 0)));
+            } while (rank);
+        previous = current;
+    }
 }
 int AutoCorrector::Dictionary::rank(const std::wstring &text) const
 {
     auto key = utf8(lower(text));
     size_t begin = 0, end = offsets.size();
+    // Find the last block whose first word is <= the search key.
     while (begin < end)
     {
         auto mid = begin + (end - begin) / 2;
-        if (word(mid) < key)
-            begin = mid + 1;
-        else
-            end = mid;
+        if (word(mid) <= key) begin = mid + 1;
+        else end = mid;
+    }
+    if (!begin) return 0;
+    size_t block = begin - 1;
+    size_t at = offsets[block];
+    const size_t limit = begin < offsets.size() ? offsets[begin] : bytes.size();
+    char decoded[160]; // The loader validates lengths; lookup never allocates a decoded word.
+    while (at < limit)
+    {
+        auto lengths = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at++]);
+        size_t prefix = lengths >> 4, suffix = lengths & 15;
+        if (prefix == 15) prefix = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at++]);
+        if (suffix == 15) suffix = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at++]);
+        memcpy(decoded + prefix, bytes.data() + at, suffix);
+        at += suffix;
+        uint32_t rank = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at]) |
+                        (uint32_t(static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at + 1])) << 8);
+        at += 2;
+        if (rank == 65535) {
+            rank = 0;
+            uint32_t shift = 0;
+            unsigned char part;
+            do {
+                part = static_cast<unsigned char>(bytes[at++]);
+                rank |= uint32_t(part & 127) << shift;
+                shift += 7;
+            } while (part & 128);
+        }
+        auto compared = std::string_view(decoded, size_t(prefix) + suffix).compare(key);
+        if (compared == 0) return static_cast<int>(rank);
+        if (compared > 0) return 0;
     }
-    if (begin == offsets.size() || word(begin) != key)
     return 0;
-    auto start = offsets[begin] + word(begin).size() + 1;
-    int rank{};
-    std::from_chars(bytes.data() + start, bytes.data() + bytes.size(), rank);
-    return rank;
 }
 void AutoCorrector::configure(const std::filesystem::path &folder, const std::vector<std::wstring> &wanted)
 {
     if (languages == wanted)
         return;
-    std::map<std::wstring, Dictionary> next;
+    std::map<std::wstring, std::shared_ptr<const Dictionary>> next;
     for (auto &lang : wanted)
     {
         if (lang != L"en" && lang != L"uk" && lang != L"ru")
             throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported dictionary language");
-        next.emplace(lang, Dictionary(folder / (lang + L".txt")));
+        next.emplace(lang, std::make_shared<const Dictionary>(folder / (lang + L".txt")));
     }
     dictionaries = std::move(next);
     languages = wanted;
 }
+void AutoCorrector::shareDictionaries(const AutoCorrector &source)
+{
+    dictionaries = source.dictionaries;
+    languages = source.languages;
+}
 void AutoCorrector::reject(std::wstring word, const Settings &settings)
 {
     while (!word.empty() && openingDelimiter(word.front(), settings))
@@ -132,7 +210,7 @@ size_t AutoCorrector::memoryBytes() const
 {
     size_t bytes = 0;
     for (auto &[language, d] : dictionaries)
-        bytes += d.bytes.capacity() + d.offsets.capacity() * sizeof(uint32_t);
+        bytes += d->bytes.capacity() + d->offsets.capacity() * sizeof(uint32_t);
     return bytes;
 }
 std::optional<AutoSuggestion> AutoCorrector::suggest(const std::wstring &typed, int source,
@@ -191,7 +269,7 @@ std::optional<AutoSuggestion> AutoCorrector::suggest(const std::wstring &typed,
     };
     // Valid words from either selected language are never changed.
     for (auto &[language, d] : dictionaries)
-        if (d.rank(word) || personal(language, word))
+        if (d->rank(word) || personal(language, word))
             return {};
     std::optional<AutoSuggestion> candidate;
     std::optional<std::wstring> matchedText;
@@ -211,7 +289,7 @@ std::optional<AutoSuggestion> AutoCorrector::suggest(const std::wstring &typed,
         auto converted = convert(word, layouts[source], layouts[i], true);
         if (converted == word || !safeAutoWord(converted, settings.autoMinLength))
             continue;
-        int rank = personal(dictionary->first, converted) ? 1 : dictionary->second.rank(converted);
+        int rank = personal(dictionary->first, converted) ? 1 : dictionary->second->rank(converted);
         if (!rank)
             continue;
         if (matchedText && *matchedText != converted)
@@ -233,7 +311,7 @@ std::optional<AutoSuggestion> AutoCorrector::suggest(const std::wstring &typed,
     auto consider = [&](const std::wstring &text)
     {
         if (text == small || text == found || text.size() < 4 || text.size() > 32) return true;
-        int rank = personalTargets.contains(text) ? 1 : dictionaries.at(sourceLanguage).rank(text);
+        int rank = personalTargets.contains(text) ? 1 : dictionaries.at(sourceLanguage)->rank(text);
         if (!rank) return true;
         if (!found.empty()) return false;
         found = text;

src/autocorrect.h

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "platform.h"
 #include <map>
+#include <memory>
 #include <set>
 #include <string_view>
 namespace ks
@@ -18,23 +19,30 @@ int matchAutoInput(const Run &, const std::wstring &, const std::vector<Layout>
 bool autoCorrectionAllowed(HWND, const Settings &);
 class AutoCorrector
 {
+    friend struct AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess;
     struct Dictionary
     {
+        // Front-coded UTF-8 words in independently searchable blocks of 32.
+        // Prefix/suffix lengths share a byte (15 escapes to a full byte length).
+        // Ranks use two bytes; 65535 escapes to a varint for larger custom ranks.
         std::string bytes;
         std::vector<uint32_t> offsets;
         std::string_view word(size_t) const;
         explicit Dictionary(const std::filesystem::path &);
         int rank(const std::wstring &) const;
     };
-    std::map<std::wstring, Dictionary> dictionaries;
+    std::map<std::wstring, std::shared_ptr<const Dictionary>> dictionaries;
     std::vector<std::wstring> languages;
     std::set<std::wstring> rejected;
 
   public:
     void configure(const std::filesystem::path &, const std::vector<std::wstring> &);
+    // Share immutable dictionary storage, keeping each consumer's undo rejections private.
+    void shareDictionaries(const AutoCorrector &);
     std::optional<AutoSuggestion> suggest(const std::wstring &, int source, const std::vector<Layout> &,
                                           const Settings &) const;
     void reject(std::wstring word, const Settings & = {});
+    // Referenced dictionary payload, including shared storage (do not sum across consumers).
     size_t memoryBytes() const;
 };
 } // namespace ks

src/history_preview.h

@@ -4,14 +4,28 @@
 #include <string>
 
 namespace ks {
+inline constexpr size_t HistoryThumbnailBudget = 1024 * 1024;
+inline constexpr size_t HistoryRichTextBudget = 256 * 1024;
 // Keep the visible working set even in unusually tall windows. Never evict a
 // visible preview to admit another visible preview: that creates a paint loop.
+template<class T, class Weight>
+void trimHistoryPreviews(std::map<std::wstring,T> &cache,
+                         const std::set<std::wstring> &visible, size_t limit,
+                         size_t byteLimit, Weight weight)
+{
+    size_t bytes = 0;
+    for (const auto &[id, value] : cache) bytes += weight(value);
+    for(auto it=cache.begin(); (cache.size()>limit || bytes>byteLimit) && it!=cache.end();)
+        if(!visible.contains(it->first)) {
+            bytes -= weight(it->second);
+            it=cache.erase(it);
+        }
+        else ++it;
+}
 template<class T>
 void trimHistoryPreviews(std::map<std::wstring,T> &cache,
                          const std::set<std::wstring> &visible, size_t limit=32)
 {
-    for(auto it=cache.begin(); cache.size()>limit && it!=cache.end();)
-        if(!visible.contains(it->first)) it=cache.erase(it);
-        else ++it;
+    trimHistoryPreviews(cache, visible, limit, 0, [](const T &) { return size_t{}; });
 }
 }

src/ocr.cpp

@@ -123,13 +123,16 @@ struct OcrStatics : IInspectable
 Pixels decodeImage(const Clip &clip, UINT maxWidth, UINT maxHeight)
 {
     Bytes encoded;
+    const Bytes *input = &encoded;
     for (const auto &f : clip.formats)
         if (f.name == L"PNG")
         {
-            encoded = f.data;
+            input = &f.data;
             break;
         }
-    if (encoded.empty())
+    if (input->empty())
+    {
+        input = &encoded;
         for (const auto &f : clip.formats)
             if ((f.id == CF_DIB || f.id == CF_DIBV5) && f.data.size() >= 40)
             {
@@ -146,19 +149,21 @@ Pixels decodeImage(const Clip &clip, UINT maxWidth, UINT maxHeight)
                 file.bfType = 0x4d42;
                 file.bfSize = (DWORD)(sizeof(file) + f.data.size());
                 file.bfOffBits = (DWORD)offset;
-                encoded.resize(sizeof(file));
+                encoded.resize(sizeof(file) + f.data.size());
                 memcpy(encoded.data(), &file, sizeof(file));
-                encoded.insert(encoded.end(), f.data.begin(), f.data.end());
+                memcpy(encoded.data() + sizeof(file), f.data.data(), f.data.size());
                 break;
             }
-    if (encoded.empty())
+    }
+    if (input->empty())
         throw std::runtime_error("This clipboard item has no supported image");
     Com<IWICImagingFactory> wic;
     check(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_WICImagingFactory, nullptr, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IWICImagingFactory,
                            (void **)wic.out()));
     Com<IWICStream> stream;
     check(wic->CreateStream(stream.out()));
-    check(stream->InitializeFromMemory(encoded.data(), (DWORD)encoded.size()));
+    // WIC decoding only reads the stream. The clip outlives every WIC object here.
+    check(stream->InitializeFromMemory(const_cast<BYTE *>(input->data()), (DWORD)input->size()));
     Com<IWICBitmapDecoder> decoder;
     check(wic->CreateDecoderFromStream(stream.p, nullptr, WICDecodeMetadataCacheOnLoad, decoder.out()));
     Com<IWICBitmapFrameDecode> frame;

src/platform.cpp

@@ -159,6 +159,31 @@ void showRequestedWindow(HWND window)
     if (!IsWindowVisible(window))
         ShowWindow(window, SW_SHOW);
 }
+void showMenuAccessKeys(HMENU menu)
+{
+    // Mouse-opened popups ignore the owner's keyboard-cue state.
+    // Preserve the mnemonic and expose it in the right-hand hint column.
+    for (int i = 0; i < GetMenuItemCount(menu); ++i)
+    {
+        if (auto child = GetSubMenu(menu, i)) showMenuAccessKeys(child);
+        int length = GetMenuStringW(menu, i, nullptr, 0, MF_BYPOSITION);
+        std::wstring text(length + 1, L'\0');
+        GetMenuStringW(menu, i, text.data(), (int)text.size(), MF_BYPOSITION);
+        text.resize(length);
+        if (text.find(L'\t') != text.npos) continue;
+        for (size_t p = 0; p + 1 < text.size(); ++p)
+        {
+            if (text[p] != L'&') continue;
+            if (text[p + 1] == L'&') { ++p; continue; }
+            text += L"\t" + upper(text.substr(p + 1, 1));
+            MENUITEMINFOW item{sizeof(item)};
+            item.fMask = MIIM_STRING;
+            item.dwTypeData = text.data();
+            SetMenuItemInfoW(menu, i, TRUE, &item);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
 bool activateWindow(HWND window)
 {
     if (!IsWindow(window))
@@ -579,10 +604,25 @@ std::recursive_mutex logGate;
 bool loggingEnabled = false;
 DiagnosticBuffer diagnosticBuffer;
 }
+size_t DiagnosticBuffer::expire(ULONGLONG now)
+{
+    size_t removed = 0;
+    while (!entries.empty() && now - entries.front().first > 30000)
+    {
+        entries.pop_front();
+        ++removed;
+    }
+    return removed;
+}
+void expireDiagnostics(ULONGLONG now)
+{
+    std::lock_guard lock(logGate);
+    diagnosticBuffer.expire(now);
+}
 std::wstring DiagnosticBuffer::record(const std::wstring &message, bool problem, ULONGLONG now)
 {
-    while (!entries.empty() && (entries.size() >= 128 || now - entries.front().first > 30000))
-        entries.pop_front();
+    expire(now);
+    while (entries.size() >= 128) entries.pop_front();
     entries.emplace_back(now, message);
     if (!problem)
         return {};

src/platform.h

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ HKL windowLayout(HWND);
 bool switchWindowLayout(HWND, HKL, const std::function<bool()> &valid);
 bool activateWindow(HWND);
 void showRequestedWindow(HWND);
+void showMenuAccessKeys(HMENU);
 bool ownsClipboard(HWND);
 bool webViewDescendant(DWORD owner, DWORD host,
                        const std::function<std::optional<std::pair<DWORD, std::wstring>>(DWORD)> &read);
@@ -71,10 +72,12 @@ class DiagnosticBuffer
 {
     std::deque<std::pair<ULONGLONG, std::wstring>> entries;
   public:
+    size_t expire(ULONGLONG now);
     std::wstring record(const std::wstring &message, bool problem, ULONGLONG now);
     void clear() { entries.clear(); }
 };
 void setLoggingEnabled(bool enabled);
+void expireDiagnostics(ULONGLONG now);
 void diagnosticEvent(const std::wstring &message, bool problem = false);
 void diagnosticOperation(const std::string &json);
 std::wstring readDiagnosticLog(bool previous);

src/screenshot.cpp

@@ -783,12 +783,13 @@ HCURSOR actionCursor(const Capture &c,std::pair<int,MarkPart> hit,bool inside)
     if(hit.second==MarkPart::Body || hit.second==MarkPart::Label) cursor=IDC_SIZEALL;
     else if(hit.second==MarkPart::Rotation) cursor=IDC_HAND;
     else if(hit.second>=MarkPart::Vertex0 && hit.second<=MarkPart::Vertex2) cursor=IDC_SIZEALL;
-    else if(hit.second==MarkPart::Radius) cursor=IDC_SIZEWE;
-    else if(hit.second==MarkPart::Start || hit.second==MarkPart::End || hit.second==MarkPart::Thickness) {
+    else if(hit.second==MarkPart::Start || hit.second==MarkPart::End || hit.second==MarkPart::Radius)
+        cursor=IDC_SIZEALL;
+    else if(hit.second==MarkPart::Thickness) {
         const auto &mark=c.marks[hit.first];
-        auto [from,to]=hit.second==MarkPart::Thickness?thicknessSegment(mark):std::pair{mark.from,mark.to};
+        auto [from,to]=thicknessSegment(mark);
         double angle=std::atan2(double(to.y-from.y),double(to.x-from.x));
-        if(hit.second==MarkPart::Thickness) angle+=3.141592653589793/2;
+        angle+=3.141592653589793/2;
         int axis=(int(std::lround(angle/(3.141592653589793/4)))+8)%4;
         const LPCWSTR cursors[]{IDC_SIZEWE,IDC_SIZENWSE,IDC_SIZENS,IDC_SIZENESW};
         cursor=cursors[axis];

src/screenshot_activation.cpp

@@ -50,6 +50,30 @@ void registerScreenshotNotifications()
     // Notify the shell that notification identity/activation registration changed.
     SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_ASSOCCHANGED,SHCNF_IDLIST,nullptr,nullptr);
 }
+HANDLE startScreenshotNotificationRegistration()
+{
+    auto path=std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+    auto command=L"\""+path.wstring()+L"\" --register-notifications";
+    STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)};
+    startup.dwFlags=STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; startup.wShowWindow=SW_HIDE;
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION process{};
+    if(!CreateProcessW(path.c_str(),command.data(),nullptr,nullptr,FALSE,CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
+                       nullptr,path.parent_path().c_str(),&startup,&process))
+        throw std::runtime_error(utf8(lastError(L"Cannot start notification registration helper")));
+    CloseHandle(process.hThread);
+    return process.hProcess;
+}
+void registerScreenshotNotificationsInHelper()
+{
+    auto process=startScreenshotNotificationRegistration();
+    auto wait=WaitForSingleObject(process,10000);
+    DWORD code=ERROR_GEN_FAILURE;
+    bool completed=wait==WAIT_OBJECT_0 && GetExitCodeProcess(process,&code);
+    CloseHandle(process);
+    if(!completed || code)
+        throw std::runtime_error(completed ? "Notification registration helper failed: "+std::to_string(code)
+                                          : "Notification registration helper did not complete within 10 seconds");
+}
 bool validScreenshotToken(const std::wstring &id)
 {
     if(id.size()!=36) return false;

src/screenshot_main.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "screenshot.h"
 #include "screenshot_notifications.h"
+#include "storage.h"
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <roapi.h>
@@ -49,6 +50,14 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance,HINSTANCE,PWSTR,int)
     std::wstring token;
     bool autoOpenEditor=false, writeLog=false;
     int argc{}; auto argv=CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLineW(),&argc);
+    if(argc==3 && (std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--capture-history" || std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--history-ocr")) {
+        bool ocr=std::wstring(argv[1])==L"--history-ocr";
+        std::filesystem::path request=argv[2]; LocalFree(argv);
+        auto initialized=CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
+        if(FAILED(initialized)) return 1;
+        int result=ocr ? ks::runHistoryOcr(request) : ks::runImageHistoryCapture(request);
+        CoUninitialize(); return result;
+    }
     if(argc>1 && std::wstring(argv[argc-1])==L"--write-log") {
         writeLog=true; --argc;
         ks::setLoggingEnabled(true);

src/screenshot_notifications.cpp

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ bool notifyUpdateAvailable(const std::wstring &version)
 {
     try {
         // Reuse the screenshot notification identity, Windows settings and COM activator.
-        registerScreenshotNotifications();
+        registerScreenshotNotificationsInHelper();
         ComPtr<Notifications::IToastNotificationManagerStatics> manager;
         String managerClass(L"Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager");
         check(RoGetActivationFactory(managerClass.value,IID_PPV_ARGS(&manager)));

src/screenshot_notifications.h

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ namespace ks {
 bool notifyScreenshot(const Clip &);
 std::string screenshotNotificationError();
 void registerScreenshotNotifications();
+// Caller owns the returned process handle; the helper exits after registration.
+HANDLE startScreenshotNotificationRegistration();
+// For background notification workers only; bounded wait, never on the UI thread.
+void registerScreenshotNotificationsInHelper();
 int runScreenshotToastActivator();
 DWORD startScreenshotActivationListener();
 bool validScreenshotToken(const std::wstring &);

src/storage.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <wincrypt.h>
 
 namespace ks
 {
@@ -374,9 +375,17 @@ Clip decodeClip(const Bytes &b)
 History::History(const std::filesystem::path &folder) : folder_(folder)
 {
     std::filesystem::create_directories(folder_);
+    loadIndex();
+}
+void History::loadIndex()
+{
+    std::vector<Entry> loaded;
     auto index = folder_ / L"index.dat";
     if (!std::filesystem::exists(index))
+    {
+        entries_.clear();
         return;
+    }
     auto j = parse(unprotect(readFile(index, 16 * 1024 * 1024)));
     if (!j.is_array() || j.size() > 10000)
         throw std::runtime_error("Invalid history index");
@@ -391,8 +400,88 @@ History::History(const std::filesystem::path &folder) : folder_(folder)
                    e.value("image", false),
                    e.value("files", false), e.value("ocrState", e.value("image", false) ? 1 : 0),
                    str(e, "ocrProfile", L"windows")};
+        if (e.value("fingerprintVersion", 0) == 1) {
+            item.contentHash = e.value("contentHash", std::string{});
+            item.imageHash = e.value("imageHash", std::string{});
+            item.pixelHash = e.value("pixelHash", std::string{});
+        }
         if (validId(item.id) && std::filesystem::exists(folder_ / (item.id + L".dat")))
-            entries_.push_back(std::move(item));
+            loaded.push_back(std::move(item));
+    }
+    entries_ = std::move(loaded);
+}
+bool History::captureImage(DWORD sequence, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &settings)
+{
+    // Serialize helper index changes with all resident history mutations. Only
+    // metadata is reloaded: GetClipboardData's image allocations die with the child.
+    std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
+    if (sequence != GetClipboardSequenceNumber()) return false;
+    auto request = std::filesystem::absolute(folder_) / (L"capture-" + newSnippetId() + L".request");
+    struct Cleanup {
+        std::filesystem::path path;
+        ~Cleanup() { std::error_code ignored; std::filesystem::remove(path, ignored); }
+    } cleanup{request};
+    Json job{{"schema", 1}, {"sequence", sequence}, {"app", utf8(app)},
+             {"settings", Json::parse(encodeSettings(settings))}};
+    atomicWrite(request, protect(jsonBytes(job)));
+    auto helper = std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path() / L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+    auto command = L"\"" + helper.wstring() + L"\" --capture-history \"" + request.wstring() + L"\"";
+    STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)};
+    startup.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; startup.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION process{};
+    if (!CreateProcessW(helper.c_str(), command.data(), nullptr, nullptr, FALSE, CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
+                        nullptr, helper.parent_path().c_str(), &startup, &process))
+        throw std::runtime_error(utf8(lastError(L"Cannot start image history helper")));
+    CloseHandle(process.hThread);
+    auto wait = WaitForSingleObject(process.hProcess, 30000);
+    DWORD result = ERROR_GEN_FAILURE;
+    if (wait != WAIT_OBJECT_0)
+    {
+        // Never release the index lock while a timed-out child can still write it.
+        TerminateProcess(process.hProcess, ERROR_TIMEOUT);
+        WaitForSingleObject(process.hProcess, INFINITE);
+    }
+    GetExitCodeProcess(process.hProcess, &result);
+    CloseHandle(process.hProcess);
+    loadIndex(); // Also reconcile any completed atomic save before a child failure.
+    if (wait != WAIT_OBJECT_0) throw std::runtime_error("Image history helper timed out");
+    if (result == 2) return false;
+    if (result == 3) throw std::runtime_error("Clipboard exceeds the configured size limit");
+    if (result) throw std::runtime_error("Image history helper failed: " + std::to_string(result));
+    return true;
+}
+int runImageHistoryCapture(const std::filesystem::path &request)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (!request.is_absolute() || !request.filename().wstring().starts_with(L"capture-") ||
+            request.extension() != L".request") return 1;
+        auto job = parse(unprotect(readFile(request, 4 * 1024 * 1024)));
+        if (job.at("schema") != 1) return 1;
+        auto sequence = job.at("sequence").get<DWORD>();
+        auto settings = decodeSettings(jsonBytes(job.at("settings")), readLayouts());
+        auto valid = [&] {
+            return settings.history && sequence == GetClipboardSequenceNumber() &&
+                !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(RegisterClipboardFormatW(L"ExcludeClipboardContentFromMonitorProcessing")) &&
+                !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(RegisterClipboardFormatW(L"Clipboard Viewer Ignore"));
+        };
+        if (!valid()) return 2;
+        if (!IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_DIB) && !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_DIBV5) &&
+            !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_BITMAP) &&
+            !IsClipboardFormatAvailable(RegisterClipboardFormatW(L"PNG"))) return 2;
+        auto clip = readClipboard(nullptr, size_t(settings.maxImageMiB) * 1024 * 1024);
+        if (!valid()) return 2;
+        for (const auto &format : clip.formats)
+            if (format.name == L"CanIncludeInClipboardHistory" && format.data.size() >= 4 &&
+                !format.data[0] && !format.data[1] && !format.data[2] && !format.data[3]) return 2;
+        History history(request.parent_path());
+        if (!valid()) return 2;
+        history.add(clip, str(job, "app"), settings);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &e)
+    {
+        return std::string(e.what()) == "Clipboard exceeds the configured size limit" ? 3 : 1;
     }
 }
 void History::saveIndex()
@@ -406,7 +495,9 @@ void History::saveIndex()
                      {"at", e.at},
                      {"pinned", e.pinned},
                      {"image", e.image},
-                     {"files", e.files}, {"ocrState", e.ocrState}, {"ocrProfile", utf8(e.ocrProfile)}});
+                     {"files", e.files}, {"ocrState", e.ocrState}, {"ocrProfile", utf8(e.ocrProfile)},
+                     {"fingerprintVersion", 1}, {"contentHash", e.contentHash},
+                     {"imageHash", e.imageHash}, {"pixelHash", e.pixelHash}});
     atomicWrite(folder_ / L"index.dat", protect(jsonBytes(j)));
 }
 std::vector<Entry> History::entries() const
@@ -439,12 +530,10 @@ void History::prune(const Settings &s)
         entries_.erase(entries_.begin() + i);
     }
 }
-bool sameClipboardImage(const Clip &a, const Clip &b)
+static const Format *clipboardImageFormat(const Clip &c)
 {
     // OLE DataObject / Ole Private Data change when Snipping Tool republishes
     // the same capture. They are transport metadata, not image identity.
-    auto image = [](const Clip &c) -> const Format *
-    {
         if (!c.text().empty())
             return nullptr;
         for (const auto &f : c.formats)
@@ -458,8 +547,42 @@ bool sameClipboardImage(const Clip &a, const Clip &b)
                 if (f.id == id && !f.data.empty())
                     return &f;
         return nullptr;
-    };
-    const auto *left = image(a), *right = image(b);
+}
+static std::string clipboardHash(const Bytes &bytes)
+{
+    struct Hash {
+        HCRYPTPROV provider{}; HCRYPTHASH hash{};
+        ~Hash() { if (hash) CryptDestroyHash(hash); if (provider) CryptReleaseContext(provider, 0); }
+    } state;
+    if (!CryptAcquireContextW(&state.provider, nullptr, nullptr, PROV_RSA_AES, CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT) ||
+        !CryptCreateHash(state.provider, CALG_SHA_256, 0, 0, &state.hash) ||
+        !CryptHashData(state.hash, bytes.data(), static_cast<DWORD>(bytes.size()), 0))
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot hash clipboard data");
+    BYTE digest[32]{}; DWORD size = sizeof(digest);
+    if (!CryptGetHashParam(state.hash, HP_HASHVAL, digest, &size, 0) || size != sizeof(digest))
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot read clipboard hash");
+    static constexpr char hex[] = "0123456789abcdef";
+    std::string result; result.reserve(64);
+    for (auto b : digest) { result += hex[b >> 4]; result += hex[b & 15]; }
+    return result;
+}
+static void imageFingerprints(Entry &entry, const Clip &clip, bool decodePixels = true)
+{
+    const auto *image = clipboardImageFormat(clip);
+    if (!image) return;
+    if (entry.imageHash.empty())
+        entry.imageHash = std::to_string(image->id) + ":" + utf8(image->name) + ":" + clipboardHash(image->data);
+    if (!decodePixels) return;
+    try {
+        auto pixels = decodeImage(clip);
+        entry.pixelHash = std::to_string(pixels.width) + "x" + std::to_string(pixels.height) + ":" + clipboardHash(pixels.bgra);
+    } catch (const std::exception &) {
+        // Undecodable images can still be compared by their original bytes.
+    }
+}
+bool sameClipboardImage(const Clip &a, const Clip &b)
+{
+    const auto *left = clipboardImageFormat(a), *right = clipboardImageFormat(b);
     if (!left || !right)
         return false;
     if (left->id == right->id && left->name == right->name && left->data == right->data)
@@ -483,16 +606,41 @@ void History::add(const Clip &clip, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &s)
     auto data = encodeClip(clip);
     if (data.size() > uint64_t(s.maxImageMiB) * 1024 * 1024)
         return;
+    bool image = false, files = false;
+    for (const auto &f : clip.formats)
+    {
+        image |= f.id == CF_DIB || f.id == CF_DIBV5 || f.name == L"PNG";
+        files |= f.id == CF_HDROP;
+    }
     std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
-    // Compare only the newest record; never keep image payloads in the resident index.
-    if (!entries_.empty())
+    Entry fingerprints;
+    fingerprints.contentHash = clipboardHash(data);
+    if (!entries_.empty() && entries_.front().contentHash == fingerprints.contentHash)
+        return;
+    imageFingerprints(fingerprints, clip, false);
+    if (!entries_.empty() && !fingerprints.imageHash.empty() && entries_.front().imageHash == fingerprints.imageHash)
+        return;
+    imageFingerprints(fingerprints, clip);
+    // Different payload kinds cannot be duplicates. Consult the index first so
+    // copying text after a screenshot never loads/decrypts the previous image.
+    if (!entries_.empty() && entries_.front().image == image && entries_.front().files == files)
     {
         try
         {
-            auto previous = load(entries_.front().id);
-            if (encodeClip(previous) == data || sameClipboardImage(previous, clip))
+            auto &previous = entries_.front();
+            bool migrated = previous.contentHash.empty();
+            if (migrated) {
+                auto oldClip = load(previous.id);
+                previous.contentHash = clipboardHash(encodeClip(oldClip));
+                imageFingerprints(previous, oldClip);
+            }
+            if (previous.contentHash == fingerprints.contentHash ||
+                (!fingerprints.imageHash.empty() && previous.imageHash == fingerprints.imageHash) ||
+                (!fingerprints.pixelHash.empty() && previous.pixelHash == fingerprints.pixelHash)) {
+                if (migrated) saveIndex();
                 return;
             }
+        }
         catch (...)
         {
         }
@@ -506,12 +654,6 @@ void History::add(const Clip &clip, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &s)
     auto encrypted = protect(data);
     atomicWrite(folder_ / (id + L".dat"), encrypted);
     auto text = clip.text();
-    bool image = false, files = false;
-    for (auto &f : clip.formats)
-    {
-        image |= f.id == CF_DIB || f.id == CF_DIBV5 || f.name == L"PNG";
-        files |= f.id == CF_HDROP;
-    }
     if (text.empty())
         text = files ? L"[Files]" : image ? L"[Image]" : L"[Clipboard data]";
     for (auto &c : text)
@@ -524,7 +666,8 @@ void History::add(const Clip &clip, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &s)
     entries_.insert(entries_.begin(),
                     Entry{id, text, app, encrypted.size(),
                           (uint64_t(now.dwHighDateTime) << 32) | now.dwLowDateTime, false, image, files,
-                          image ? 1 : 0, ocrProfile(s)});
+                          image ? 1 : 0, ocrProfile(s), std::move(fingerprints.contentHash),
+                          std::move(fingerprints.imageHash), std::move(fingerprints.pixelHash)});
     prune(s);
     saveIndex();
 }
@@ -563,6 +706,80 @@ void History::clear()
         std::filesystem::remove(folder_ / (e.id + L".ocr"), ec);
     }
 }
+std::wstring History::recognizeImage(const std::wstring &id, const Settings &settings,
+                                    const std::function<bool()> &cancelled) const
+{
+    if (!validId(id)) throw std::runtime_error("Invalid history ID");
+    if (cancelled && cancelled()) throw std::runtime_error("History OCR cancelled");
+    auto request = std::filesystem::absolute(folder_) / (L"ocr-" + newSnippetId() + L".request");
+    auto response = request; response += L".result";
+    struct Cleanup {
+        std::filesystem::path request, response;
+        ~Cleanup() {
+            std::error_code ignored;
+            std::filesystem::remove(request, ignored);
+            std::filesystem::remove(response, ignored);
+        }
+    } cleanup{request, response};
+    // Send only OCR options and the entry ID. The resident never loads image bytes.
+    Json job{{"schema", 1}, {"id", utf8(id)}, {"tesseract", settings.useTesseract},
+             {"path", utf8(settings.tesseractPath)}, {"languages", utf8(settings.tesseractLanguages)}};
+    atomicWrite(request, protect(jsonBytes(job)));
+    auto helper = std::filesystem::path(executable()).parent_path() / L"KSwitcher.Screenshot.exe";
+    auto command = L"\"" + helper.wstring() + L"\" --history-ocr \"" + request.wstring() + L"\"";
+    STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)};
+    startup.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; startup.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION process{};
+    if (!CreateProcessW(helper.c_str(), command.data(), nullptr, nullptr, FALSE, CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
+                        nullptr, helper.parent_path().c_str(), &startup, &process))
+        throw std::runtime_error(utf8(lastError(L"Cannot start history OCR helper")));
+    CloseHandle(process.hThread);
+    struct Child {
+        HANDLE handle;
+        ~Child() {
+            if (WaitForSingleObject(handle, 0) != WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
+                TerminateProcess(handle, ERROR_CANCELLED);
+                WaitForSingleObject(handle, INFINITE);
+            }
+            CloseHandle(handle);
+        }
+    } child{process.hProcess};
+    auto deadline = GetTickCount64() + 60000;
+    for (;;) {
+        auto wait = WaitForSingleObject(child.handle, 100);
+        if (wait == WAIT_OBJECT_0) break;
+        if (wait != WAIT_TIMEOUT) throw std::runtime_error("Cannot wait for history OCR helper");
+        if (cancelled && cancelled()) throw std::runtime_error("History OCR cancelled");
+        if (GetTickCount64() >= deadline) throw std::runtime_error("History OCR helper timed out");
+    }
+    DWORD result{};
+    if (!GetExitCodeProcess(child.handle, &result) || result)
+        throw std::runtime_error("History OCR helper failed: " + std::to_string(result));
+    auto reply = parse(unprotect(readFile(response, 8 * 1024 * 1024)));
+    if (reply.at("schema") != 1 || str(reply, "id") != id)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Invalid history OCR response");
+    return str(reply, "text");
+}
+int runHistoryOcr(const std::filesystem::path &request)
+{
+    try {
+        if (!request.is_absolute() || !request.filename().wstring().starts_with(L"ocr-") ||
+            request.extension() != L".request") return 1;
+        auto job = parse(unprotect(readFile(request, 1024 * 1024)));
+        auto id = str(job, "id");
+        if (job.at("schema") != 1 || !validId(id)) return 1;
+        Settings settings;
+        settings.useTesseract = job.at("tesseract").get<bool>();
+        settings.tesseractPath = str(job, "path");
+        settings.tesseractLanguages = str(job, "languages");
+        auto clip = decodeClip(unprotect(readFile(request.parent_path() / (id + L".dat"), 80 * 1024 * 1024)));
+        auto text = utf8(recognizeText(clip, settings));
+        if (text.size() > 1024 * 1024) return 1;
+        auto response = request; response += L".result";
+        atomicWrite(response, protect(jsonBytes(Json{{"schema", 1}, {"id", utf8(id)}, {"text", text}})));
+        return 0;
+    } catch (...) { return 1; }
+}
 bool History::saveOcr(const std::wstring &id, const std::optional<std::wstring> &text, const Settings &settings)
 {
     std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);

src/storage.h

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "platform.h"
 #include <mutex>
+#include <functional>
 namespace ks
 {
 Settings loadSettings(const std::filesystem::path &, const std::vector<Layout> &);
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ struct Entry
     bool pinned{}, image{}, files{};
     int ocrState{}; // 0: legacy/not applicable, 1: pending, 2: saved, 3: failed
     std::wstring ocrProfile = L"windows";
+    std::string contentHash, imageHash, pixelHash;
 };
 class History
 {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ class History
     std::vector<Entry> entries_;
     mutable std::mutex mutex_;
     void saveIndex();
+    void loadIndex();
     void prune(const Settings &);
 
   public:
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@ class History
     std::vector<Entry> entries() const;
     Clip load(const std::wstring &id) const;
     void add(const Clip &, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &);
+    bool captureImage(DWORD sequence, const std::wstring &app, const Settings &);
+    std::wstring recognizeImage(const std::wstring &id, const Settings &,
+                                const std::function<bool()> &cancelled = {}) const;
     bool saveOcr(const std::wstring &id, const std::optional<std::wstring> &, const Settings &);
     std::optional<std::wstring> ocrText(const std::wstring &id, const std::wstring &profile = L"") const;
     void remove(const std::wstring &);
@@ -39,4 +45,6 @@ class History
 Bytes encodeClip(const Clip &);
 Clip decodeClip(const Bytes &);
 bool sameClipboardImage(const Clip &, const Clip &);
+int runImageHistoryCapture(const std::filesystem::path &request);
+int runHistoryOcr(const std::filesystem::path &request);
 } // namespace ks

src/ui.cpp

@@ -479,12 +479,14 @@ struct HistoryView
 {
     App *app{};
     std::vector<Entry> items;
+    std::wstring rememberedSelection, rememberedTop;
     uint64_t generation{};
     std::map<std::wstring, Pixels> thumbnails;
     std::map<std::wstring, std::string> richTexts;
     HWND rich{};
     std::set<std::wstring> pending;
     bool scrolling{};
+    bool closed{};
 };
 bool selectedImage(HWND w, HistoryView *v)
 {
@@ -502,6 +504,7 @@ std::wstring selected(HWND w, HistoryView *v)
 }
 void search(HWND w, HistoryView *v)
 {
+    v->closed = false;
     auto q = value(w, 101);
     auto generation = ++v->generation;
     v->pending.clear();
@@ -770,6 +773,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
         }
         case WM_TIMER:
             KillTimer(w, 1);
+            if (v->closed) return 0;
             search(w, v);
             return 0;
         case ResultsMessage:
@@ -778,8 +782,10 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
             if (result->generation != v->generation)
                 return 0;
             auto old = selected(w, v);
+            if (old.empty()) old = v->rememberedSelection;
             int top=(int)SendDlgItemMessageW(w,102,LB_GETTOPINDEX,0,0);
             auto topId=top>=0 && top<(int)v->items.size()?v->items[top].id:L"";
+            if (topId.empty()) topId = v->rememberedTop;
             v->items = std::move(result->items);
             SendDlgItemMessageW(w, 102, WM_SETREDRAW, FALSE, 0);
             SendDlgItemMessageW(w, 102, LB_RESETCONTENT, 0, 0);
@@ -823,8 +829,10 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
                 v->richTexts[result->id] = std::move(result->rtf);
             else
                 v->thumbnails[result->id] = std::move(result->pixels);
-            trimHistoryPreviews(v->thumbnails,visible);
-            trimHistoryPreviews(v->richTexts,visible);
+            trimHistoryPreviews(v->thumbnails,visible,32,HistoryThumbnailBudget,
+                                [](const Pixels &p) { return p.bgra.capacity(); });
+            trimHistoryPreviews(v->richTexts,visible,32,HistoryRichTextBudget,
+                                [](const std::string &s) { return s.capacity(); });
             if(repaint) InvalidateRect(list,&changed,FALSE);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -867,6 +875,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
             AppendMenuW(menu, MF_STRING, 113, L"&Delete");
             AppendMenuW(menu, MF_STRING, 114, selectedImage(w,v)?L"&Edit image in screenshot editor":L"&Open full item");
             AppendMenuW(menu, MF_STRING, 115, L"&Copy text from image (OCR)");
+            showMenuAccessKeys(menu);
             int cmd = TrackPopupMenu(menu, TPM_RETURNCMD, p.x, p.y, 0, w, nullptr);
             DestroyMenu(menu);
             if (cmd)
@@ -874,14 +883,23 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK historyProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
             return 0;
         }
         case WM_CLOSE:
+        {
+            v->rememberedSelection = selected(w, v);
+            int top = (int)SendDlgItemMessageW(w,102,LB_GETTOPINDEX,0,0);
+            v->rememberedTop = top >= 0 && top < (int)v->items.size() ? v->items[top].id : L"";
+            KillTimer(w, 1);
+            v->closed = true;
+            ++v->generation; // Discard search/preview results queued before closing.
             ShowWindow(w, SW_HIDE);
+            SendDlgItemMessageW(w,102,LB_RESETCONTENT,0,0);
+            std::vector<Entry>().swap(v->items);
             v->thumbnails.clear();
             v->richTexts.clear();
             if (v->rich)
                 SetWindowTextW(v->rich, L"");
             v->pending.clear();
-            ++v->generation;
             return 0;
+        }
         case WM_NCDESTROY:
             disposeFont(w);
             v->app->historyWindow = nullptr;
@@ -1338,6 +1356,46 @@ void showOcrOptions(HWND parent, SettingsView *v)
     showRequestedWindow(w); SetForegroundWindow(w);
 }
 #include "ui_sync.inl"
+bool settingsChanged(HWND w, SettingsView *v)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return encodeSettings(collectSettings(w, v)) != encodeSettings(v->app->settings);
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &)
+    {
+        // Invalid edits are unsaved changes too. Allow discarding them without
+        // requiring the user to repair the fields first.
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+void closeSettings(HWND w, SettingsView *v)
+{
+    if (settingsChanged(w, v))
+    {
+        int choice = MessageBoxW(w,
+            L"You have unsaved settings changes. Save them before closing?\n\n"
+            L"Yes: save and close.\nNo: discard changes.\nCancel: keep editing.",
+            L"KSwitcher — Unsaved settings", MB_YESNOCANCEL | MB_ICONWARNING | MB_DEFBUTTON3);
+        if (choice != IDYES && choice != IDNO)
+            return;
+        if (choice == IDYES)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (v->app->busy)
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Wait for the current text operation to finish");
+                v->app->applySettings(collectSettings(w, v));
+            }
+            catch (const std::exception &e)
+            {
+                error(w, e);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    DestroyWindow(w);
+}
 LRESULT CALLBACK settingsProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
 {
     if (msg == WM_DPICHANGED)
@@ -1403,7 +1461,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK settingsProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
             }
             if (id == IDCANCEL)
             {
-                DestroyWindow(w);
+                closeSettings(w, v);
                 return 0;
             }
             if (id == 250)
@@ -1454,7 +1512,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK settingsProc(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
             break;
         }
         case WM_CLOSE:
-            DestroyWindow(w);
+            closeSettings(w, v);
             return 0;
         case WM_NCDESTROY:
             disposeFont(w);

src/update.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "platform.h"
 namespace ks
 {
-inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.6.32";
+inline constexpr wchar_t AppVersion[] = L"0.6.37";
 inline constexpr UINT UpdateMessage = WM_APP + 7;
 inline constexpr UINT UpdateCheckIntervalMs = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 inline constexpr UINT UpdateNotificationRetryMs = 5 * 60 * 1000;

tests/dictionary.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#include "autocorrect.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <psapi.h>
+#include <random>
+namespace ks {
+struct AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess {
+ static int rank(const AutoCorrector &c,const std::wstring &lang,const std::wstring &word) {
+  return c.dictionaries.at(lang)->rank(word);
+ }
+ static std::vector<int> ranks(const std::filesystem::path &path,const std::vector<std::wstring> &words) {
+  AutoCorrector::Dictionary d(path);
+  std::vector<int> values;for(const auto &word:words)values.push_back(d.rank(word));return values;
+ }
+};
+}
+int main(int argc,char **argv) {
+ try {
+  auto start=std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  ks::AutoCorrector c;c.configure(L"dictionaries",{L"en",L"uk",L"ru"});
+  PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS_EX m{};
+  GetProcessMemoryInfo(GetCurrentProcess(),reinterpret_cast<PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS*>(&m),sizeof(m));
+  std::cout<<"dictionary_bytes="<<c.memoryBytes()<<" private_bytes="<<m.PrivateUsage
+   <<" load_ms="<<std::chrono::duration<double,std::milli>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now()-start).count()<<'\n';
+  struct Query {std::wstring language,word; int rank;};
+  std::vector<Query> queries;
+  for(const auto *lang:{L"en",L"uk",L"ru"}) {
+   std::ifstream input(std::filesystem::path(L"dictionaries")/(std::wstring(lang)+L".txt"));
+   std::map<std::wstring,int> expected;
+   for(std::string line;std::getline(input,line);) {
+    auto tab=line.find('\t');auto word=ks::wide(line.substr(0,tab));auto rank=std::stoi(line.substr(tab+1));
+    auto [it,added]=expected.emplace(word,rank);if(!added)it->second=std::min(it->second,rank);
+   }
+   if(expected.empty())throw std::runtime_error("Missing benchmark dictionary");
+   for(auto &[word,rank]:expected) {
+    if(ks::AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess::rank(c,lang,word)!=rank)throw std::runtime_error("Dictionary rank differs from source");
+    if(ks::AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess::rank(c,lang,word+L"~")!=0)throw std::runtime_error("False dictionary hit");
+    queries.push_back({lang,word,rank});queries.push_back({lang,word+L"~",0});
+   }
+  }
+  std::mt19937 random(42);std::shuffle(queries.begin(),queries.end(),random);
+  uint64_t checksum=0,expected=0;
+  for(auto &q:queries)expected+=q.rank;
+  start=std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  for(int pass=0;pass<5;++pass)for(auto &q:queries)checksum+=ks::AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess::rank(c,q.language,q.word);
+  auto ms=std::chrono::duration<double,std::milli>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now()-start).count();
+  if(checksum!=expected*5)throw std::runtime_error("Lookup checksum mismatch");
+  std::cout<<"verified_words="<<queries.size()/2<<" queries="<<queries.size()*5<<" lookup_ms="<<ms
+   <<" ns_per_lookup="<<ms*1000000/(queries.size()*5)<<" checksum="<<checksum<<'\n';
+  auto fixture=std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()/(L"KSwitcher-dictionary-"+
+      std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId())+L"-"+std::to_wstring(GetTickCount64())+L".txt");
+  struct RemoveFixture { std::filesystem::path path; ~RemoveFixture(){std::error_code ec;std::filesystem::remove(path,ec);} } cleanup{fixture};
+  auto put=[&](const std::string &text){ks::atomicWrite(fixture,ks::Bytes(text.begin(),text.end()));};
+  std::string text="duplicate\t9\r\nduplicate\t2\n";
+  std::vector<std::wstring> words;
+  std::vector<int> expectedRanks;
+  for(int i=129;i>=0;--i) {
+   auto word=L"prefix_"+std::to_wstring(i);
+   text+=ks::utf8(word)+"\t"+std::to_string(i+1)+"\n";
+   words.push_back(word);expectedRanks.push_back(i+1);
+  }
+  text+=std::string(160,'x')+"\t2147483647"; // Maximum length/rank, no final newline.
+  words.insert(words.end(),{std::wstring(160,L'x'),L"DUPLICATE",L"",L"prefix_",L"zzzz"});
+  expectedRanks.insert(expectedRanks.end(),{2147483647,2,0,0,0});
+  for(auto rank:{65534,65535,65536}) {
+   auto word=std::wstring(159,L'x')+wchar_t(L'y'+rank-65534);
+   text+="\n"+ks::utf8(word)+"\t"+std::to_string(rank);
+   words.push_back(word);expectedRanks.push_back(rank);
+  }
+  put(text);
+  if(ks::AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess::ranks(fixture,words)!=expectedRanks)
+   throw std::runtime_error("Block boundaries, duplicate ranks or maximum values failed");
+  for(const auto &invalid:std::vector<std::string>{"","missing-tab","x\t0","x\t-1","x\t2147483648",std::string(161,'x')+"\t1","\t1","x\t1bad"}) {
+   put(invalid);bool rejected=false;
+   try {ks::AutoCorrectorRegressionAccess::ranks(fixture,{L"x"});}catch(const std::runtime_error &){rejected=true;}
+   if(!rejected)throw std::runtime_error("Invalid dictionary was accepted");
+  }
+  const bool baseline=argc==2 && std::string(argv[1])=="--baseline";
+  if(!baseline && c.memoryBytes()>=1536*1024)throw std::runtime_error("Bundled dictionaries exceed compact memory budget");
+  std::cout<<"Passed complete dictionary equivalence and format regressions\n";
+  return 0;
+ }catch(const std::exception&e){std::cerr<<e.what()<<'\n';return 1;}
+}

tests/image_capture.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Interactive clipboard test. Run with the resident stopped; the original
+// clipboard is restored. The helper must be beside this test executable.
+#include "storage.h"
+#include "ocr.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
+static void require(bool ok,const char *name) {
+    if(!ok) throw std::runtime_error(name);
+    std::cout << "PASS " << name << '\n';
+}
+int main() {
+    CoInitializeEx(nullptr,COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
+    HWND owner=CreateWindowExW(0,L"STATIC",L"Capture test",0,0,0,0,0,HWND_MESSAGE,nullptr,nullptr,nullptr);
+    ks::Clip saved; bool captured=false; int result=0;
+    auto folder=std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()/(L"KSwitcher-image-capture-"+std::to_wstring(GetCurrentProcessId()));
+    try {
+        saved=ks::readClipboard(owner,128*1024*1024); captured=true;
+        ks::Settings settings; settings.history=true;
+        ks::History history(folder);
+        history.add(ks::textClip(L"keep pinned"),L"test",settings);
+        auto pinned=history.entries().front().id; history.pin(pinned);
+        ks::Pixels pixels{32,16,ks::Bytes(32*16*4,255)};
+        ks::Clip image{{ks::imageDib(pixels),{0,L"PNG",ks::encodePng(pixels)}}};
+        auto sequence=ks::writeClipboard(owner,image);
+        require(history.captureImage(sequence,L"capture test",settings),"helper captures image");
+        auto entries=history.entries();
+        require(entries.size()==2 && entries.front().image && entries.front().ocrState==1,"resident reloads metadata with pending OCR");
+        require(entries.front().contentHash.size()==64 && !entries.front().pixelHash.empty(),
+                "helper persists fingerprints and resident reloads them");
+        require(entries.back().id==pinned && entries.back().pinned,"helper preserves existing pinned entry");
+        auto restored=history.load(entries.front().id);
+        auto has=[&](const ks::Format &expected) {
+            return std::any_of(restored.formats.begin(),restored.formats.end(),[&](const ks::Format &actual) {
+                return (expected.name.empty()?actual.id==expected.id:actual.name==expected.name) && actual.data==expected.data;
+            });
+        };
+        require(has(image.formats[0]) && has(image.formats[1]),
+                "encrypted history preserves both image representations");
+        require(ks::readFile(folder/(entries.front().id+L".dat"),1024*1024)!=ks::encodeClip(restored),"saved image is encrypted");
+        require(GetClipboardSequenceNumber()==sequence,"capture leaves clipboard unchanged");
+        require(history.captureImage(sequence,L"capture test",settings) && history.entries().size()==2,"duplicate capture is not added");
+        ks::writeClipboard(owner,ks::textClip(L"new clipboard"));
+        require(!history.captureImage(sequence,L"stale",settings) && history.entries().size()==2,"stale request does not save another clipboard");
+        for(auto name : {L"ExcludeClipboardContentFromMonitorProcessing",L"Clipboard Viewer Ignore",L"CanIncludeInClipboardHistory"}) {
+            auto blocked=image; blocked.formats.push_back({0,name,ks::Bytes(4,0)});
+            sequence=ks::writeClipboard(owner,blocked);
+            require(!history.captureImage(sequence,L"excluded",settings) && history.entries().size()==2,"clipboard privacy flag prevents capture");
+        }
+        pixels={1024,512,ks::Bytes(1024*512*4,255)};
+        sequence=ks::writeClipboard(owner,ks::Clip{{ks::imageDib(pixels)}});
+        settings.maxImageMiB=1;
+        bool rejected=false;
+        try {history.captureImage(sequence,L"oversized",settings);} catch(const std::exception &e) {
+            rejected=std::string(e.what())=="Clipboard exceeds the configured size limit";
+        }
+        require(rejected && history.entries().size()==2,"oversized image is rejected without changing index");
+        require(GetClipboardSequenceNumber()==sequence,"rejection leaves clipboard unchanged");
+        for(const auto &file:std::filesystem::directory_iterator(folder))
+            require(file.path().extension()!=L".request","encrypted capture request is cleaned up");
+    } catch(const std::exception &e) {std::cerr << "FAIL " << e.what() << '\n';result=1;}
+    if(captured) try {ks::writeClipboard(owner,saved);} catch(...) {result=1;}
+    DestroyWindow(owner); CoUninitialize();
+    // Remove only the exact PID-specific fixture under the system temp directory.
+    std::error_code ignored;
+    if(std::filesystem::weakly_canonical(folder).parent_path()==std::filesystem::weakly_canonical(std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()))
+        std::filesystem::remove_all(folder,ignored);
+    return result;
+}

tests/input.cpp

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cmath>
+static int settingsCloseChoice = IDCANCEL;
+static int settingsClosePrompts = 0;
+static void CALLBACK answerSettingsClose(HWND, UINT, UINT_PTR, DWORD)
+{
+    HWND dialog = FindWindowW(L"#32770", L"KSwitcher — Unsaved settings");
+    DWORD process{};
+    if (dialog && GetWindowThreadProcessId(dialog, &process) == GetCurrentThreadId() &&
+        process == GetCurrentProcessId())
+    {
+        ++settingsClosePrompts;
+        SendMessageW(dialog, WM_COMMAND, settingsCloseChoice, 0);
+    }
+}
 LRESULT CALLBACK countControlMoves(HWND w, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp, UINT_PTR, DWORD_PTR data)
 {
     if (message == WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING) ++*reinterpret_cast<int *>(data);
@@ -12,6 +25,38 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK countControlMoves(HWND w, UINT message, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp, U
 }
 namespace ks {
 struct InputRegressionAccess {
+    static bool idleUndo(App &a) {
+        a.last=LastTransform{}; a.last->at=100;
+        a.releaseIdleMemory(120100);
+        if (!a.last) return false;
+        a.busy=true;
+        a.releaseIdleMemory(120101);
+        if (!a.last) { a.busy=false; return false; }
+        a.busy=false;
+        a.releaseIdleMemory(120101);
+        return !a.last;
+    }
+    static bool releasedSync(const App &a) {
+        return a.syncSnapshot.capacity()==0 && a.syncResult.settings.capacity()==0 &&
+            a.syncResult.base.capacity()==0 && a.syncResult.conflicts.capacity()==0;
+    }
+    static bool completedSync(App &a, int mode) {
+        sampleConflicts(a);
+        auto conflicts=encodeSyncConflicts(a.pendingSyncConflicts);
+        a.syncConnection=loadSyncConfig(a.data);
+        a.syncSnapshot=encodeSettings(a.settings);
+        a.syncResult={mode!=1,sharedSyncSettings(a.settings),2,L"test"};
+        a.syncResult.base=a.syncResult.settings;
+        a.syncResult.conflicts=a.pendingSyncConflicts;
+        if(mode==2) a.syncResult.settings={1,2,3}; // Decode exception after joining.
+        a.syncWorker=std::thread([]{});
+        a.syncRunning=true; a.syncDone=true; a.busy=true;
+        a.pollSync();
+        bool retained=!a.syncSnapshot.empty() && a.syncRunning;
+        a.busy=false; a.pollSync();
+        return retained && releasedSync(a) && !a.syncRunning &&
+            encodeSyncConflicts(a.pendingSyncConflicts)==conflicts;
+    }
     static inline bool delivery = true;
     static inline int notifications = 0;
     static bool notify(const std::wstring &) { ++notifications; return delivery; }
@@ -31,6 +76,7 @@ struct InputRegressionAccess {
         a.syncRunning=true; a.syncDone=true;
         a.pollSync();
         return encodeSettings(a.settings)==before && !a.syncRunning &&
+            releasedSync(a) &&
             !std::filesystem::exists(a.data/L"sync-base.bin");
     }
     static bool syncBackoff(App &a) {
@@ -80,6 +126,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     try {
         INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX controls{sizeof(controls),ICC_STANDARD_CLASSES|ICC_LISTVIEW_CLASSES};
         InitCommonControlsEx(&controls);
+        {
+            HMENU menu = CreatePopupMenu(), child = CreatePopupMenu();
+            AppendMenuW(menu,MF_STRING | MF_CHECKED,1,L"&Settings…");
+            AppendMenuW(menu,MF_STRING,2,L"Copy\tCtrl+C");
+            AppendMenuW(child,MF_STRING,3,L"Rock && &Roll");
+            AppendMenuW(menu,MF_POPUP,(UINT_PTR)child,L"&Pause");
+            ks::showMenuAccessKeys(menu);
+            ks::showMenuAccessKeys(menu);
+            wchar_t label[128]{};
+            GetMenuStringW(menu,1,label,128,MF_BYCOMMAND);
+            require(std::wstring(label)==L"&Settings…\tS" &&
+                    (GetMenuState(menu,1,MF_BYCOMMAND)&MF_CHECKED),
+                    "visible menu mnemonic is idempotent and preserves item state");
+            GetMenuStringW(menu,2,label,128,MF_BYCOMMAND);
+            require(std::wstring(label)==L"Copy\tCtrl+C","existing menu shortcut hints are retained");
+            GetMenuStringW(child,3,label,128,MF_BYCOMMAND);
+            require(std::wstring(label)==L"Rock && &Roll\tR","submenu hints skip escaped ampersands");
+            DestroyMenu(menu);
+        }
         {
             ks::App app(GetModuleHandleW(nullptr),true,temp);
             ks::InputRegressionAccess::setup(app);
@@ -629,6 +694,49 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             fitted=ks::fitWindowRect({2000,2000,2600,2400},{-1920,0,0,1080});
             require(fitted.left==-600&&fitted.top==680&&fitted.right==0,"negative-coordinate monitor supported");
             ks::showSettings(app,false);
+            {
+                auto timer = SetTimer(nullptr, 0, 10, answerSettingsClose);
+                require(timer != 0, "settings close prompt responder");
+                SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
+                require(!app.settingsWindow && settingsClosePrompts == 0,
+                        "unchanged settings close without prompting");
+                ks::showSettings(app,false);
+                auto settingsWindow = app.settingsWindow;
+                auto initial = SendDlgItemMessageW(settingsWindow,205,BM_GETCHECK,0,0);
+                SendDlgItemMessageW(settingsWindow,205,BM_SETCHECK,!initial,0);
+                SendMessageW(settingsWindow, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
+                require(IsWindow(settingsWindow) && settingsClosePrompts == 1,
+                        "cancel close preserves changed settings");
+                SendDlgItemMessageW(settingsWindow,205,BM_SETCHECK,initial,0);
+                SendMessageW(settingsWindow, WM_CLOSE, 0, 0);
+                require(!app.settingsWindow && settingsClosePrompts == 1,
+                        "reverted settings close without prompting");
+                ks::showSettings(app,false);
+                SetDlgItemTextW(app.settingsWindow,240,L"invalid");
+                settingsCloseChoice = IDNO;
+                SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow,WM_COMMAND,IDCANCEL,0);
+                require(!app.settingsWindow && settingsClosePrompts == 2,
+                        "Cancel button allows discarding invalid edits");
+                auto originalSettings = app.settings;
+                // The isolated harness has no keyboard hook; save without shortcuts.
+                app.settings.toggle = app.settings.casing = app.settings.translit =
+                    app.settings.undo = app.settings.clipboard = app.settings.screenshot = L"";
+                app.settings.direct.assign(app.layouts.size(), L"");
+                ks::showSettings(app,false);
+                SendDlgItemMessageW(app.settingsWindow,208,BM_SETCHECK,
+                                    originalSettings.writeLog ? BST_UNCHECKED : BST_CHECKED,0);
+                settingsCloseChoice = IDYES;
+                SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
+                require(!app.settingsWindow && settingsClosePrompts == 3 &&
+                        app.settings.writeLog != originalSettings.writeLog &&
+                        ks::loadSettings(app.data / L"settings.json",app.layouts).writeLog == app.settings.writeLog,
+                        "Yes saves settings to disk and applies them before closing");
+                app.settings = originalSettings;
+                ks::setLoggingEnabled(originalSettings.writeLog);
+                KillTimer(nullptr,timer);
+                settingsCloseChoice = IDCANCEL;
+                ks::showSettings(app,false);
+            }
             require(GetDlgItem(app.settingsWindow,258)!=nullptr,"sync available without local opt-in");
             // Mnemonics only target visible controls; show without taking foreground focus.
             ShowWindow(app.settingsWindow,SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE);
@@ -716,6 +824,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             require(IsWindowEnabled(app.settingsWindow),"closing sync restores parent");
             require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::staleSync(app,false),"in-flight sync cannot overwrite newer local edits");
             require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::staleSync(app,true),"disconnect discards in-flight downloaded profile");
+            require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::idleUndo(app),"idle cleanup retains available/busy Undo and frees expired Undo");
+            for(int mode=0;mode<3;++mode)
+                require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::completedSync(app,mode),
+                        "completed, failed and invalid sync release buffers but preserve conflict choices");
             require(ks::InputRegressionAccess::syncBackoff(app),"saving settings preserves authentication error backoff");
             SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow,WM_COMMAND,255,0);
             auto autoOptions=FindWindowW(L"KSwitcher.AutoOptions",nullptr);
@@ -774,6 +886,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             SendDlgItemMessageW(autoOptions,415,BM_SETCHECK,BST_CHECKED,0);
             SendMessageW(autoOptions,WM_COMMAND,IDOK,0);
             require(!IsWindow(autoOptions),"personal words accepted without file editing");
+            {
+                auto timer = SetTimer(nullptr,0,10,answerSettingsClose);
+                auto before = settingsClosePrompts;
+                SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
+                KillTimer(nullptr,timer);
+                require(app.settingsWindow && settingsClosePrompts == before + 1,
+                        "accepted personal dictionary edits trigger unsaved settings warning");
+            }
             SendMessageW(app.settingsWindow,WM_COMMAND,255,0);
             autoOptions=FindWindowW(L"KSwitcher.AutoOptions",nullptr);
             ShowWindow(autoOptions,SW_HIDE);
@@ -819,6 +939,25 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 SetDlgItemTextW(history,101,L"");
                 require(pumpUntil(2),"clearing search restores history");
                 require(GetFocus()==originalFocus,"history search preserves focus");
+                SendDlgItemMessageW(history,102,LB_SETCURSEL,1,0);
+                ks::refreshHistory(app); // A result may still be in flight when closing.
+                SendMessageW(history,WM_CLOSE,0,0);
+                SendMessageW(history,WM_TIMER,1,0); // KillTimer cannot retract a posted timer message.
+                require(pumpUntil(0),"closing history releases list strings");
+                auto until=GetTickCount64()+250;
+                while(GetTickCount64()<until) {
+                    MSG message{};
+                    while(PeekMessageW(&message,nullptr,0,0,PM_REMOVE)) {
+                        TranslateMessage(&message); DispatchMessageW(&message);
+                    }
+                    Sleep(5);
+                }
+                require(SendDlgItemMessageW(history,102,LB_GETCOUNT,0,0)==0,
+                        "late search results do not refill closed history");
+                ks::refreshHistory(app);
+                require(pumpUntil(2),"history reloads after releasing hidden rows");
+                require(SendDlgItemMessageW(history,102,LB_GETCURSEL,0,0)==1,
+                        "history retains selected record across close and reload");
             }
             auto childRect=[&](int id) { RECT r{}; GetWindowRect(GetDlgItem(history,id),&r); MapWindowPoints(nullptr,history,(POINT*)&r,2); return r; };
             RECT historyFrame{}; GetWindowRect(history,&historyFrame);

tests/integration.cpp

@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK procedure(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
                 require(text() == L"wrong ", "unrelated selection remains rejected with trimmed clipboard");
                 app->settings.autoCorrect = true;
                 app->settings.autoLanguages = {L"en", L"ru"};
+                // The worker now shares the predictor's immutable dictionaries.
+                // This fixture changes settings directly instead of applySettings.
+                app->autoPredictor.configure(L"dictionaries", app->settings.autoLanguages);
                 app->autoCorrector = ks::AutoCorrector{};
                 ActivateKeyboardLayout(app->layouts[en].handle, 0);
                 prepare(L"ghbdtn ", false);
@@ -556,9 +559,22 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK procedure(HWND w, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp)
                 require(trimmedCopies >= 7, "fixture actually stripped spaces during recovery scenarios");
                 pasteBehavior = 0;
                 trimCopiedSpaces = false;
-                finish();
+                // User-selected middle range, followed by the same command with
+                // no selection: retain both surrounding text and trailing spaces.
+                prepare(L"OLDghbdtn  NEXT", false);
+                SendMessageW(field, EM_SETSEL, 3, 11);
+                app->transform(ks::Direct + ru);
                 break;
             }
+            case 58:
+                require(text() == L"OLDпривет  NEXT", "explicit middle selection preserves surrounding text");
+                app->transform(ks::Direct + en);
+                break;
+            case 59:
+                require(text() == L"OLDghbdtn  NEXT", "hotkey without selection reconverts only the previous middle range");
+                require(ks::readClipboard(app->window).text() == sentinel, "selected and repeated conversions restore clipboard");
+                finish();
+                break;
             case 30:
             case 32:
             case 34:

tests/ocr.cpp

@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             app.settings.history = true;
             app.history->add(clip, L"OCR fixture", app.settings);
             auto id = app.history->entries().front().id;
+            auto isolated = app.history->recognizeImage(id, config);
+            if (isolated != text) throw std::runtime_error("Helper and in-process OCR results differ");
+            bool cancelled = false;
+            try { app.history->recognizeImage(id, config, [] { return true; }); }
+            catch (const std::exception &) { cancelled = true; }
+            if (!cancelled) throw std::runtime_error("Cancelled OCR request was executed");
+            auto invalid = config;
+            invalid.useTesseract = true;
+            invalid.tesseractPath = (temp / L"missing-tesseract.exe").wstring();
+            bool failed = false;
+            try { app.history->recognizeImage(id, invalid); }
+            catch (const std::exception &) { failed = true; }
+            if (!failed || app.history->entries().front().ocrState != 1)
+                throw std::runtime_error("Failed helper modified history metadata");
+            for (const auto &file : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(temp / L"history"))
+                if (file.path().filename().wstring().starts_with(L"ocr-"))
+                    throw std::runtime_error("OCR helper left temporary files");
+            std::cout << "PASS isolated OCR equivalence, cancellation, failure and encrypted IPC cleanup\n";
             if (tesseract)
             {
                 app.history->saveOcr(id, L"old Windows result", app.settings);

tests/screenshot_registration.cpp

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 static std::wstring programs;
 static std::wstring activationExecutable, activationCommand;
 static int activationCalls{};
+static DWORD launchFlags{}; static bool inheritsHandles{};
 static BOOL WINAPI testCreateProcess(LPCWSTR path, LPWSTR command, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
-    LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, BOOL, DWORD, LPVOID, LPCWSTR, LPSTARTUPINFOW, LPPROCESS_INFORMATION)
+    LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, BOOL inherit, DWORD flags, LPVOID, LPCWSTR, LPSTARTUPINFOW, LPPROCESS_INFORMATION)
 {
+    launchFlags=flags; inheritsHandles=inherit;
     ++activationCalls; activationExecutable=path; activationCommand=command;
     SetLastError(ERROR_CANCELLED); return FALSE; // Inspect activation without starting any program.
 }
@@ -55,6 +57,14 @@ int main()
         valid=id.vt==VT_CLSID && *id.puuid==ks::ActivatorId; PropVariantClear(&id);
         if(!valid) throw std::runtime_error("shortcut activator missing");
         ks::registerScreenshotNotifications(); // Registration is safe to repeat.
+        bool launchFailed=false;
+        try { ks::startScreenshotNotificationRegistration(); }
+        catch(const std::exception &) { launchFailed=true; }
+        if(!launchFailed || activationExecutable!=helper.wstring() ||
+           activationCommand!=L"\""+helper.wstring()+L"\" --register-notifications" ||
+           !(launchFlags&CREATE_NO_WINDOW) || inheritsHandles)
+            throw std::runtime_error("registration must launch the sibling helper and propagate failure");
+        activationCalls=0;
         ks::Activator activator(helper.wstring(),false);
         activator.Activate(L"HrynCo.KSwitcher.Screenshot",L"check-update",nullptr,0);
         auto main=(helper.parent_path()/L"KSwitcher.exe").wstring();

tests/screenshot_ui.cpp

@@ -454,8 +454,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             c.marks={{{20,20},{120,20},0}};
             require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::Body},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZEALL),"move cursor overrides drawing tool");
             require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::Rotation},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_HAND),"rotation cursor overrides drawing tool");
-            require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::End},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZEWE),"endpoint resize overrides drawing tool");
+            for(auto part:{ks::MarkPart::Start,ks::MarkPart::End,ks::MarkPart::Radius,
+                           ks::MarkPart::Label,ks::MarkPart::Vertex0,ks::MarkPart::Vertex1,ks::MarkPart::Vertex2})
+                require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,part},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZEALL),
+                        "freely movable handles use four-direction cursor for every drawing tool");
             require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::Thickness},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZENS),"thickness resize is perpendicular to line");
+            c.marks[0].to={20,120};
+            require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::End},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZEALL),
+                    "vertical line endpoint still moves in both axes");
+            require(ks::actionCursor(c,{0,ks::MarkPart::Thickness},true)==LoadCursorW(nullptr,IDC_SIZEWE),
+                    "vertical line thickness retains horizontal resize cursor");
         }
         c.marks.clear(); SendMessageW(window,WM_COMMAND,27,0);
         wchar_t windowTitle[128]{}; GetWindowTextW(window,windowTitle,128);

tests/tests.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "richtext.h"
 #include "storage.h"
 #include "diagnostics.h"
+#include "json.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <map>
@@ -23,20 +24,6 @@ void rejects(const std::function<void()> &f, const char *name)
     bool thrown = false;
     try
     {
-        {
-            std::map<std::wstring,int> previews;
-            std::set<std::wstring> visible;
-            for(int i=0;i<40;++i) previews[std::to_wstring(i)]=i;
-            for(int i=0;i<8;++i) visible.insert(std::to_wstring(i));
-            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
-            require(previews.size()==32,"preview cache stays bounded");
-            for(const auto &id:visible) require(previews.contains(id),"visible preview survives eviction");
-            for(int i=0;i<40;++i) { auto id=std::to_wstring(i); previews[id]=i; visible.insert(id); }
-            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
-            require(previews.size()==40,"tall viewport does not thrash visible previews");
-            visible.clear(); ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
-            require(previews.size()==32,"cache shrinks after leaving tall viewport");
-        }
         f();
     }
     catch (...)
@@ -60,6 +47,34 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     try
     {
+        // Byte budgets must retain visible entries even when they alone exceed the budget.
+        {
+            std::map<std::wstring, size_t> cache{{L"a", 800}, {L"b", 800}, {L"c", 100}};
+            std::set<std::wstring> visible{L"b"};
+            auto weight=[](size_t bytes) { return bytes; };
+            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(cache, visible, 32, 1000, weight);
+            require(cache.size()==2 && cache.contains(L"b") && cache.contains(L"c"),
+                    "byte budget evicts offscreen previews below count limit");
+            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(cache, visible, 32, 100, weight);
+            require(cache.size()==1 && cache.contains(L"b"), "oversized visible preview never thrashes");
+            visible.clear();
+            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(cache, visible, 32, 100, weight);
+            require(cache.empty(), "oversized preview is freed after leaving viewport");
+        }
+        {
+            std::map<std::wstring,int> previews;
+            std::set<std::wstring> visible;
+            for(int i=0;i<40;++i) previews[std::to_wstring(i)]=i;
+            for(int i=0;i<8;++i) visible.insert(std::to_wstring(i));
+            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
+            require(previews.size()==32,"preview cache stays bounded");
+            for(const auto &id:visible) require(previews.contains(id),"visible preview survives eviction");
+            for(int i=0;i<40;++i) { auto id=std::to_wstring(i); previews[id]=i; visible.insert(id); }
+            ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
+            require(previews.size()==40,"tall viewport does not thrash visible previews");
+            visible.clear(); ks::trimHistoryPreviews(previews,visible);
+            require(previews.size()==32,"cache shrinks after leaving tall viewport");
+        }
         {
             ks::DiagnosticJson record{{"attempt", "42"}, {"process", "editor.exe"}, {"command", "Convert / cycle"},
                 {"source", "English"}, {"target", "Ukrainian"}, {"outcome", "Original text remained"},
@@ -99,6 +114,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 "large diagnostic selections are explicitly truncated");
         STARTUPINFOW startup{sizeof(startup)};
         ks::DiagnosticBuffer diagnostics;
+        diagnostics.record(L"idle-expiry", false, 0);
+        require(diagnostics.expire(30000)==0,"diagnostics remain available at expiry boundary");
+        require(diagnostics.expire(30001)==1,"idle expiry releases context without another log event");
+        require(diagnostics.expire(60000)==0,"repeated idle expiry is safe");
         require(diagnostics.record(L"successful-attempt", false, 100).empty(),
                 "successful diagnostics stay in memory");
         auto incident = diagnostics.record(L"failed-attempt", true, 200);
@@ -217,6 +236,26 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         require(!autoSettings.autoCorrect, "auto-correction defaults off");
         autoSettings.cycle = {L"en", L"uk"};
         corrector.configure(L"dictionaries", autoSettings.autoLanguages);
+        {
+            ks::AutoCorrector consumer;
+            consumer.shareDictionaries(corrector);
+            require(consumer.suggest(L"ghbdsn ", 0, layouts, autoSettings).has_value(),
+                    "shared dictionaries produce the same correction");
+            consumer.reject(L"ghbdsn");
+            consumer.shareDictionaries(corrector);
+            require(!consumer.suggest(L"ghbdsn ", 0, layouts, autoSettings),
+                    "refreshing shared dictionaries preserves consumer undo rejections");
+            require(corrector.suggest(L"ghbdsn ", 0, layouts, autoSettings).has_value(),
+                    "consumer rejections do not affect the predictor");
+            ks::AutoCorrector retained;
+            retained.shareDictionaries(corrector);
+            corrector.configure({}, {});
+            require(retained.suggest(L"ghbdsn ", 0, layouts, autoSettings).has_value(),
+                    "in-flight dictionary snapshot survives source reset");
+            consumer.shareDictionaries(corrector);
+            require(consumer.memoryBytes() == 0, "disabled correction releases consumer dictionaries");
+            corrector.shareDictionaries(retained);
+        }
         {
             auto options = autoSettings;
             options.autoTypos = true;
@@ -545,6 +584,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             require(!ambiguous.suggest(L"hell ", 0, layouts, options), "frequency filter does not conceal ambiguous typo targets");
         }
         ks::Pixels pixels{2, 1, {10, 20, 30, 255, 40, 50, 60, 255}};
+        {
+            auto png = ks::encodePng(pixels);
+            ks::Clip encoded{{{0, L"PNG", png}}};
+            for (int i=0; i<3; ++i) {
+                auto decoded=ks::decodeImage(encoded);
+                require(decoded.bgra==pixels.bgra && decoded.width==2 && decoded.height==1,
+                        "borrowed PNG stream preserves decoded pixels on repeated reads");
+                require(encoded.formats[0].data==png,"PNG decoder never modifies the borrowed input");
+            }
+            ks::Clip fallback{{{0,L"PNG",{}},ks::imageDib(pixels)}};
+            require(ks::decodeImage(fallback).bgra==pixels.bgra,"empty PNG falls back to DIB");
+            ks::Clip invalid{{{0,L"PNG",{1,2,3}}}};
+            rejects([&] { ks::decodeImage(invalid); },"invalid borrowed PNG fails safely");
+        }
         ks::Clip firstImage{{ks::imageDib(pixels), {0, L"Ole Private Data", {1, 2, 3}}}};
         auto thumbnail = ks::decodeImage(firstImage, 1, 1);
         require(thumbnail.width == 1 && thumbnail.height == 1 && thumbnail.bgra.size() == 4,
@@ -583,6 +636,55 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                     "Snipping Tool republish retains one pinned history entry");
             history.add(changedImage, L"SnippingTool", defaults);
             require(history.entries().size() == 2, "a new screenshot is retained");
+            auto copiedText = ks::textClip(L"text after screenshot");
+            history.add(copiedText, L"Editor", defaults);
+            history.add(copiedText, L"Editor", defaults);
+            require(history.entries().size() == 3 && !history.entries().front().image,
+                    "text after screenshot is retained and consecutive text duplicates are skipped");
+            history.add(changedImage, L"SnippingTool", defaults);
+            history.add(changedImage, L"SnippingTool", defaults);
+            require(history.entries().size() == 4 && history.entries().front().image,
+                    "image after text is retained and consecutive image duplicates are skipped");
+            history.add(withText, L"Editor", defaults);
+            require(history.entries().size() == 5,
+                    "mixed image and text payload is not discarded by metadata prefilter");
+        }
+        {
+            auto folder = temp / L"fingerprints";
+            ks::Settings defaults;
+            ks::History history(folder);
+            history.add(firstImage, L"test", defaults);
+            auto id = history.entries().front().id;
+            history.pin(id);
+            history.saveOcr(id, L"retained OCR", defaults);
+            ks::History reopened(folder);
+            require(reopened.entries().front().contentHash.size() == 64,
+                    "SHA-256 fingerprint survives encrypted index reload");
+            // Deny payload reads: duplicates must still be detected using only the index.
+            auto handle = CreateFileW((folder / (id + L".dat")).c_str(), GENERIC_READ, 0, nullptr,
+                                      OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
+            require(handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, "lock image payload for no-read regression");
+            reopened.add(firstImage, L"test", defaults);
+            reopened.add(secondImage, L"test", defaults);
+            reopened.add(recoded, L"test", defaults);
+            CloseHandle(handle);
+            require(reopened.entries().size() == 1 && reopened.entries().front().pinned &&
+                    reopened.ocrText(id) == std::optional<std::wstring>(L"retained OCR"),
+                    "exact, OLE and pixel-equivalent duplicates need no payload read and retain pin/OCR");
+            auto index = nlohmann::json::parse(ks::unprotect(ks::readFile(folder / L"index.dat", 1024*1024)));
+            for (auto &entry : index)
+                for (auto key : {"fingerprintVersion", "contentHash", "imageHash", "pixelHash"}) entry.erase(key);
+            auto legacy = index.dump();
+            ks::atomicWrite(folder / L"index.dat", ks::protect(ks::Bytes(legacy.begin(), legacy.end())));
+            ks::History migrated(folder);
+            migrated.add(secondImage, L"test", defaults);
+            ks::History persisted(folder);
+            require(persisted.entries().size() == 1 && persisted.entries().front().contentHash.size() == 64,
+                    "legacy duplicate migrates fingerprints without adding or losing an entry");
+            persisted.add(changedImage, L"test", defaults);
+            require(persisted.entries().size() == 2, "pixel fingerprint preserves genuinely changed images");
+            persisted.add(firstImage, L"test", defaults);
+            require(persisted.entries().size() == 3, "hash deduplication remains consecutive rather than global");
         }
         ks::Settings settings;
         settings.writeLog = false;

tools/measure-memory-components.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+param([ValidateRange(1,20)][int]$Runs=3,[ValidateRange(100,10000)][int]$SettleMilliseconds=1500)
+# Private resident pages are counted externally, so the measurement buffer is
+# allocated in PowerShell, not in the measured process. Never trim working sets.
+$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'
+$root=Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent
+$output=Join-Path $root 'build/memory-components'
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force $output | Out-Null
+$exe=Join-Path $output 'probe.exe'
+& "$root/.tools/w64devkit/bin/g++.exe" -std=c++20 -Os -static -s -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00 "$PSScriptRoot/memory-components.cpp" -o $exe -lole32 -loleaut32 -lshell32 -lpropsys -lshlwapi -luuid -luiautomationcore
+if($LASTEXITCODE) { throw 'Probe compilation failed' }
+Add-Type @'
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+public static class ComponentWorkingSet {
+ [DllImport("psapi.dll", SetLastError=true)] static extern bool QueryWorkingSet(IntPtr process,IntPtr buffer,int size);
+ public static long PrivateBytes(IntPtr process) {
+  int size=4*1024*1024;
+  IntPtr buffer=Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+  try {
+   if(!QueryWorkingSet(process,buffer,size)) throw new System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception();
+   long count=Marshal.ReadIntPtr(buffer).ToInt64(), pages=0;
+   if(count>(size/IntPtr.Size)-1) throw new InvalidOperationException("Working set buffer is too small");
+   for(int i=0;i<count;i++) if((Marshal.ReadIntPtr(buffer,(i+1)*IntPtr.Size).ToInt64() & 256)==0) pages++;
+   return pages*Environment.SystemPageSize;
+  } finally { Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer); }
+ }
+}
+'@
+$rows=[Collections.Generic.List[object]]::new()
+foreach($run in 1..$Runs) {
+ foreach($mode in @('baseline','sta','mta','shell','uia','focused','combined')) {
+  $start=[Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo]::new($exe,$mode)
+  $start.UseShellExecute=$false; $start.CreateNoWindow=$true
+  $start.RedirectStandardOutput=$true; $start.RedirectStandardInput=$true; $start.RedirectStandardError=$true
+  $process=[Diagnostics.Process]::Start($start)
+  $errors=$process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync()
+  try {
+   foreach($expected in @('baseline','com','active','released','uninitialized')) {
+    $pending=$process.StandardOutput.ReadLineAsync()
+    if(!$pending.Wait(15000)) { throw "Timeout: $mode/$expected" }
+    $phase=$pending.Result
+    if($phase -ne $expected) { throw "Unexpected phase '$phase', expected $expected" }
+    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds $SettleMilliseconds
+    $process.Refresh()
+    $rows.Add([pscustomobject]@{Run=$run;Mode=$mode;Phase=$phase;PrivateBytes=$process.PrivateMemorySize64;PrivateWorkingSet=[ComponentWorkingSet]::PrivateBytes($process.Handle);WorkingSet=$process.WorkingSet64;Threads=$process.Threads.Count;Modules=@($process.Modules | ForEach-Object ModuleName)})
+    $process.StandardInput.Write("`n"); $process.StandardInput.Flush()
+   }
+   if(!$process.WaitForExit(15000)) { throw 'Exit timeout' }
+   if($process.ExitCode) { throw "Probe failed: $($errors.Result)" }
+   $errors.Result | Set-Content (Join-Path $output "$run-$mode.txt")
+  } finally {
+   if(!$process.HasExited) { $process.Kill(); $process.WaitForExit() }
+   $process.Dispose()
+   $rows | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 | Set-Content (Join-Path $output 'results.json')
+  }
+  Write-Host "Completed $run/$Runs $mode"
+ }
+}
+$rows | Group-Object Mode,Phase | ForEach-Object {
+ [pscustomobject]@{Case=$_.Name;PrivateMiB=[math]::Round(($_.Group.PrivateBytes | Measure-Object -Average).Average/1MB,3);PrivateWorkingSetMiB=[math]::Round(($_.Group.PrivateWorkingSet | Measure-Object -Average).Average/1MB,3)}
+} | Format-Table

tools/memory-components.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Standalone attribution probe. No clipboard, registry or user input mutations.
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <propkey.h>
+#include <propvarutil.h>
+#include <uiautomation.h>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+static void check(HRESULT hr) {
+    if (FAILED(hr)) { fprintf(stderr,"HRESULT=%08lx\n",(unsigned long)hr); exit(2); }
+}
+static void phase(const char *name) {
+    printf("%s\n",name); fflush(stdout);
+    if (getchar()==EOF) exit(3);
+}
+int main(int argc,char **argv) {
+    const char *mode=argc>1?argv[1]:"baseline";
+    const bool baseline=!strcmp(mode,"baseline");
+    const bool shell=!strcmp(mode,"shell") || !strcmp(mode,"combined");
+    const bool uia=!strcmp(mode,"uia") || !strcmp(mode,"focused") || !strcmp(mode,"combined");
+    phase("baseline");
+    if(!baseline) check(CoInitializeEx(nullptr,!strcmp(mode,"sta") || shell ? COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED : COINIT_MULTITHREADED));
+    phase("com");
+    IShellLinkW *link{}; IPropertyStore *store{}; IPersistFile *file{};
+    IUIAutomation2 *automation{}; IUIAutomationElement *element{}; IUIAutomationTextPattern *pattern{};
+    wchar_t temporary[MAX_PATH]{},shortcut[MAX_PATH]{},exe[MAX_PATH]{};
+    if(shell) {
+        check(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink,nullptr,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_PPV_ARGS(&link)));
+        GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr,exe,MAX_PATH);
+        check(link->SetPath(exe)); check(link->SetIconLocation(exe,0));
+        check(link->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&store)));
+        PROPVARIANT value{}; check(InitPropVariantFromString(L"KSwitcher.MemoryProbe",&value));
+        check(store->SetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ID,value)); PropVariantClear(&value);
+        GUID id{0xe3f78047,0xf0ad,0x49b6,{0x90,0x74,0x41,0x19,0x31,0x70,0x61,0x67}};
+        value.vt=VT_CLSID; value.puuid=&id;
+        check(store->SetValue(PKEY_AppUserModel_ToastActivatorCLSID,value)); check(store->Commit());
+        PWSTR programs{}; check(SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Programs,0,nullptr,&programs)); CoTaskMemFree(programs);
+        GetTempPathW(MAX_PATH,temporary); if(!GetTempFileNameW(temporary,L"ksm",0,shortcut)) return 4;
+        check(link->QueryInterface(IID_PPV_ARGS(&file))); check(file->Save(shortcut,TRUE));
+    }
+    if(uia) {
+        check(CoCreateInstance(CLSID_CUIAutomation8,nullptr,CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,IID_PPV_ARGS(&automation)));
+        check(automation->put_ConnectionTimeout(200)); check(automation->put_TransactionTimeout(200));
+        if(strcmp(mode,"uia")) {
+            HRESULT focused=automation->GetFocusedElement(&element);
+            fprintf(stderr,"focus=%08lx\n",(unsigned long)focused);
+            if(SUCCEEDED(focused) && element) {
+                BOOL password=TRUE,enabled=FALSE; CONTROLTYPEID type{};
+                element->get_CurrentIsPassword(&password); element->get_CurrentIsEnabled(&enabled); element->get_CurrentControlType(&type);
+                fprintf(stderr,"type=%d enabled=%d protected=%d\n",type,enabled,password);
+                if(!password) fprintf(stderr,"pattern=%08lx\n",(unsigned long)element->GetCurrentPatternAs(UIA_TextPatternId,IID_PPV_ARGS(&pattern)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    phase("active");
+    if(pattern) pattern->Release(); if(element) element->Release(); if(automation) automation->Release();
+    if(file) file->Release(); if(store) store->Release(); if(link) link->Release();
+    if(shortcut[0]) DeleteFileW(shortcut);
+    phase("released");
+    if(!baseline) { CoFreeUnusedLibrariesEx(0,0); CoUninitialize(); }
+    phase("uninitialized");
+    return 0;
+}