The bug: a fullscreen game mode-sets the virtual display (format/size); the driver's publish() guard then drops every frame; the host's ring — fixed at the session-negotiated mode — never adapts -> frozen picture, then black on reconnect.
RECOVER (no DDA, per the chosen design): the ring now TRACKS the display's actual mode. At open it is sized to the display's actual resolution (new win_display::active_resolution, CCD/GDI) — so reconnecting while a game holds a different mode just works. Mid-session, the 250ms poll (was HDR-only) now also follows the active resolution; on any descriptor change (size or HDR) it recreates the ring at the new mode (recreate_ring generalized to a new size) -> the driver re-attaches -> frames resume at the game's mode. No freeze, no reconnect needed.
DROP if unrecoverable: a descriptor change starts a recovery clock (recovering_since); if no fresh frame resumes within 3s (e.g. an exclusive-flip the host can't follow), try_consume bails -> the session ends cleanly -> the client reconnects, instead of freezing forever. A pure idle desktop (no mode change) never triggers this.
Verified: host clippy (nvenc) clean on the RTX box. NEEDS ON-GLASS (Doom repro on .158): confirm the poll sees the mode-set, the ring recreates + recovers, the encoder+client adapt to the size change; tune the 3s window.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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