From 79fade5add6546c40b6ce72590fa7aad66eb1bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: austinpower1258 <austinwang115@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:32:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Sync browser devtools preference on surface focus loss

---
 Sources/Panels/BrowserPanelView.swift | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Sources/Panels/BrowserPanelView.swift b/Sources/Panels/BrowserPanelView.swift
index 2d45cfa9..96c468c7 100644
--- a/Sources/Panels/BrowserPanelView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Panels/BrowserPanelView.swift
@@ -536,6 +536,13 @@ struct BrowserPanelView: View {
                 panel.invalidateAddressBarPageFocusRestoreAttempts()
                 hideSuggestions()
                 setAddressBarFocused(false, reason: "panelFocus.onChange.unfocused")
+                // Surface switches in split layouts can keep the browser visible, so
+                // `isVisibleInUI` never flips to false. Sample the real inspector
+                // state when focus leaves the panel as well, otherwise an X-close can
+                // leave the persisted DevTools intent stale until the next reattach.
+                DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                    panel.syncDeveloperToolsPreferenceFromInspector()
+                }
             }
             syncWebViewResponderPolicyWithViewState(
                 reason: "panelFocusChanged",