From ddb3d03864434a4893e9667b0b4abba643999a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Timothy Z." <timothy@stremio.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:00:01 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: delay shell app-ready

---
 src/App/App.js                        |  8 +++++++-
 src/common/Platform/shell/shell.d.ts  |  1 +
 src/common/Platform/shell/useShell.ts | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/App/App.js b/src/App/App.js
index 4906a5921..ecd6fabbb 100644
--- a/src/App/App.js
+++ b/src/App/App.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const App = () => {
     const { i18n } = useTranslation();
     const { shell } = usePlatform();
     const [gamepadSupportEnabled, setGamepadSupportEnabled] = React.useState(false);
+    const appReadySent = React.useRef(false);
     const onPathNotMatch = React.useCallback(() => {
         return NotFound;
     }, []);
@@ -126,10 +127,15 @@ const App = () => {
 
         shell.on('open-media', onOpenMedia);
 
+        if (shell.state.initialized && !appReadySent.current) {
+            appReadySent.current = true;
+            shell.send('app-ready');
+        }
+
         return () => {
             shell.off('open-media', onOpenMedia);
         };
-    }, []);
+    }, [shell.state.initialized]);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         if (typeof profile.settings?.interfaceLanguage === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/common/Platform/shell/shell.d.ts b/src/common/Platform/shell/shell.d.ts
index 3d8d47e23..bf7b25ca5 100644
--- a/src/common/Platform/shell/shell.d.ts
+++ b/src/common/Platform/shell/shell.d.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ interface Shell {
 }
 
 type ShellState = {
+    initialized: boolean;
     version: string | null;
     windowClosed: boolean;
     windowHidden: boolean;
diff --git a/src/common/Platform/shell/useShell.ts b/src/common/Platform/shell/useShell.ts
index cad232540..55775578d 100644
--- a/src/common/Platform/shell/useShell.ts
+++ b/src/common/Platform/shell/useShell.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type ShellMessage = {
 
 const useShell = (): Shell => {
     const [state, setState] = useState<ShellState>({
+        initialized: false,
         version: null,
         windowClosed: false,
         windowHidden: false,
@@ -81,11 +82,6 @@ const useShell = (): Shell => {
     }, []);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        IPC?.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
-            id: 0,
-            type: ShellEventType.INIT,
-        }));
-
         const onMessage = (message: ShellMessage) => {
             try {
                 const event = JSON.parse(message.data) as ShellEvent;
@@ -94,8 +90,7 @@ const useShell = (): Shell => {
                     const { data } = event as ShellEventInit;
                     const [, [,,, version]] = data.transport.properties;
 
-                    setState((state) => ({ ...state, version }));
-                    send('app-ready');
+                    setState((state) => ({ ...state, initialized: true, version }));
                 }
 
                 if (event.type === ShellEventType.SIGNAL) {
@@ -109,6 +104,11 @@ const useShell = (): Shell => {
         };
 
         IPC?.addEventListener('message', onMessage);
+        IPC?.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
+            id: 0,
+            type: ShellEventType.INIT,
+        }));
+
         return () => IPC?.removeEventListener('message', onMessage);
     }, []);