From 74b7ef892fce8a8f88ea89a1ae0614714a217d98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:08:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix always active custom shaders stopping when window is idle

---
 kitty/shaders.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kitty/shaders.c b/kitty/shaders.c
index 81c0efb7f..78bf80b95 100644
--- a/kitty/shaders.c
+++ b/kitty/shaders.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ update_custom_shader_animations(unsigned event_mask, monotonic_t now, OSWindow *
             // Always-active, non-attached group — never enters the state machine.
             any_active = true;
             this_active = true;
+            min_step = MIN(min_step, cg->animation_step);
         } else {
             monotonic_t eff_dur = cg->animation_end_duration < 0 ? OPT(cursor_stop_blinking_after) : cg->animation_end_duration;
             if (cg->animation_start_events != 0) {