From 50f35d681f48a59a77a009f201fd4cf3a287904c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Moore <jacksonmoore@tuta.io>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 13:44:39 +0200
Subject: Keep Escape outside timer refresh

---
 tests/run.lua | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests')

diff --git a/tests/run.lua b/tests/run.lua
index d0838e8..6a49408 100644
--- a/tests/run.lua
+++ b/tests/run.lua
@@ -7634,6 +7634,28 @@ test("Fresh and repeated primary actions refresh highlight timeout", function()
   same(repeated_timer, coordinator:last_primary_resolution().highlight_timer)
 end)
 
+test("Escape primary action starts no highlight timer", function()
+  local state = fresh_sequence_state()
+  local host = MemoryHost.new({
+    input_packets = {
+      { kind = "special_key", name = "Escape", bytes = { 27 } },
+    },
+    configuration = {
+      mark_cursor = false,
+      mark_char = true,
+      highlight_timeout_ms = 30,
+    },
+  })
+
+  local outcome = sequence_coordinator.new({ host = host }):primary("f")
+
+  same(domain.ActionKind.ESCAPE, outcome.kind)
+  same(nil, state.highlight_timer)
+  for _, operation in ipairs(host:operations()) do
+    falsy(operation.operation == "start_timer")
+  end
+end)
+
 for _, item in ipairs(tests) do
   local ok, failure = xpcall(item.body, debug.traceback)
   if not ok then
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