From a1864e588096e236e30a2856bfde738cdea041d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Miller <jared@smell.flowers>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:49:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Generate bridge clientId once

---
 adapters/vim/bridge.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/adapters/vim/bridge.ts b/adapters/vim/bridge.ts
index 8e096f4..16872f8 100644
--- a/adapters/vim/bridge.ts
+++ b/adapters/vim/bridge.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ let ws: WebSocket | null = null;
 let doc: Y.Doc | null = null;
 let text: Y.Text | null = null;
 let suppressLocal = 0;
+let clientId: number | null = null;
 
 function send(msg: object) {
   console.log(JSON.stringify(msg));
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ function connect(roomName: string) {
   ws = new WebSocket(DAEMON_URL);
 
   ws.onopen = () => {
+    clientId = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000);
     ws?.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "join", room: roomName }));
     send({ type: "connected", room: roomName });
   };
@@ -161,12 +163,17 @@ for await (const chunk of Bun.stdin.stream()) {
           setContent(msg.text);
           break;
         case "cursor":
-          if (ws && msg.line !== undefined && msg.col !== undefined) {
+          if (
+            ws &&
+            clientId !== null &&
+            msg.line !== undefined &&
+            msg.col !== undefined
+          ) {
             ws.send(
               JSON.stringify({
                 type: "awareness",
                 data: {
-                  clientId: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000),
+                  clientId,
                   cursor: { line: msg.line, col: msg.col },
                 },
               }),