From e5a2a25fafb8ee107c230d8acad694f6b635f8bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:35:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Do not notify clients if not fully initialized, from Ben
 Maurer in GitHub issue 4980.

---
 control-notify.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/control-notify.c b/control-notify.c
index ba6a8355..0ced0c87 100644
--- a/control-notify.c
+++ b/control-notify.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 #include "tmux.h"
 
 #define CONTROL_SHOULD_NOTIFY_CLIENT(c) \
-	((c) != NULL && ((c)->flags & CLIENT_CONTROL))
+	((c) != NULL && ((c)->flags & CLIENT_CONTROL) && \
+	 (c)->control_state != NULL)
 
 void
 control_notify_pane_mode_changed(int pane)