From 0c7f4c7828604561da97a1f32e96e26a483ebc11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:03:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] settings: guard internal writes from watcher

---
 quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index 87494559..3b19a582 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool _hasLoaded: false
     property bool _isReadOnly: false
     property bool _hasUnsavedChanges: false
+    property bool _selfWrite: false
     property var _loadedSettingsSnapshot: null
     property var pluginSettings: ({})
     property var builtInPluginSettings: ({})
@@ -1243,6 +1244,7 @@ Singleton {
     function saveSettings() {
         if (_loading || _parseError || !_hasLoaded)
             return;
+        _selfWrite = true;
         settingsFile.setText(JSON.stringify(Store.toJson(root), null, 2));
         if (_isReadOnly)
             _checkSettingsWritable();
@@ -2589,7 +2591,13 @@ Singleton {
         blockWrites: true
         atomicWrites: true
         watchChanges: true
-        onFileChanged: settingsFileReloadDebounce.restart()
+        onFileChanged: {
+            if (_selfWrite) {
+                _selfWrite = false;
+                return;
+            }
+            settingsFileReloadDebounce.restart();
+        }
         onLoaded: {
             if (isGreeterMode)
                 return;