From fafe4dfe8ae5ef86ead6667f6d821c32cb5e13ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Moore <jacksonmoore@tuta.io>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:27:53 +0200
Subject: Stop counts at search boundaries

---
 lua/clever_f/destination_engine.lua |  9 +++++++--
 tests/run.lua                       | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/clever_f/destination_engine.lua b/lua/clever_f/destination_engine.lua
index 8a07328..e039851 100644
--- a/lua/clever_f/destination_engine.lua
+++ b/lua/clever_f/destination_engine.lua
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ function DestinationEngine:calculate(view, origin, plan, count, first_move)
   local request = calculation_inputs(view, origin, plan, count, first_move)
   local current_origin = request.origin
   local successful_steps = 0
+  local boundary_reached = false
 
   while successful_steps < request.count.value do
     local destination = next_destination(
@@ -159,13 +160,17 @@ function DestinationEngine:calculate(view, origin, plan, count, first_move)
       till_equality_allowed(request, successful_steps)
     )
     if destination == nil then
-      return domain.SearchOutcome.boundary_before_any(request.origin)
+      boundary_reached = true
+      break
     end
     current_origin = destination
     successful_steps = successful_steps + 1
   end
 
-  return domain.SearchOutcome.complete(current_origin, successful_steps)
+  if not boundary_reached then
+    return domain.SearchOutcome.complete(current_origin, successful_steps)
+  end
+  return domain.SearchOutcome.boundary_before_any(request.origin)
 end
 
 function M.new()
diff --git a/tests/run.lua b/tests/run.lua
index 209cf28..c6905b5 100644
--- a/tests/run.lua
+++ b/tests/run.lua
@@ -2744,6 +2744,33 @@ test("Sequential counts reuse each accepted destination as origin", function()
   )
 end)
 
+test("Count calculation stops when its fixed boundary is reached", function()
+  local visits = 0
+  local view = text_topology.new({ "axaxa" }, "utf-8")
+  local target_match = domain.TargetPlan.new({
+    target = target("a"),
+    kind = domain.TargetPlanKind.LITERAL,
+    case_mode = domain.CaseMode.SENSITIVE,
+    matcher = function(character)
+      visits = visits + 1
+      return character == "a"
+    end,
+  })
+  local plan = motion_plan.build(target_match, "f", "buffer")
+  local engine = destination_engine.new()
+  local origin = domain.Position.new(1, 1)
+
+  local complete = engine:calculate(view, origin, plan, 2, true)
+  same(domain.SearchStatus.COMPLETE, complete.status)
+  same(domain.Position.new(1, 5), complete.endpoint)
+  same(4, visits)
+
+  visits = 0
+  local incomplete = engine:calculate(view, origin, plan, 3, true)
+  falsy(incomplete.complete)
+  same(4, visits)
+end)
+
 for _, item in ipairs(tests) do
   local ok, failure = xpcall(item.body, debug.traceback)
   if not ok then
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