fix(vegas): restore live plugin-update refresh dropped by sync refactor

src/display_controller.py

@@ -502,7 +502,10 @@ def _vegas_interrupt():
 
             # Run plugin updates inside the Vegas loop so the inter-iteration
             # gap is <1 ms (nothing left for _tick_plugin_updates() to do).
-            self.vegas_coordinator.set_update_callback(self._tick_plugin_updates)
+            # Use the Vegas-aware variant so plugins that got fresh data are
+            # hot-swapped into the scroll promptly instead of waiting for the
+            # next full cycle.
+            self.vegas_coordinator.set_update_callback(self._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas)
 
             # Wire multi-display sync into Vegas render pipeline
             follower_pos = self.config.get("sync", {}).get("follower_position", "left")
@@ -828,6 +831,42 @@ def _update_modules(self):
                     if hasattr(self.plugin_manager, 'health_tracker') and self.plugin_manager.health_tracker:
                         self.plugin_manager.health_tracker.record_failure(plugin_id, exc)
 
+    def _tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas(self):
+        """Run scheduled plugin updates and tell Vegas mode which plugins
+        actually got fresh data, so it can hot-swap them into the scroll
+        without waiting for a full cycle to complete.
+
+        Used as the Vegas coordinator's update callback instead of the plain
+        _tick_plugin_updates() so that a live score change is reflected in
+        the ticker within a few seconds rather than at the next cycle
+        boundary (which, depending on min/max_cycle_duration, can be
+        minutes away). Restores wiring that PR #299 added and PR #330's
+        sync-mode refactor inadvertently dropped: coordinator.mark_plugin_updated()
+        has been unreachable dead code since.
+        """
+        if not self.plugin_manager or not hasattr(self.plugin_manager, "plugin_last_update"):
+            self._tick_plugin_updates()
+            return
+
+        old_times = dict(self.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update)
+        self._tick_plugin_updates()
+
+        vc = getattr(self, "vegas_coordinator", None)
+        if vc is None:
+            return
+
+        updated = [
+            plugin_id for plugin_id, new_time in self.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update.items()
+            if new_time > old_times.get(plugin_id, 0.0)
+        ]
+        if updated:
+            logger.info("Vegas update tick: %d plugin(s) updated: %s", len(updated), updated)
+            for plugin_id in updated:
+                try:
+                    vc.mark_plugin_updated(plugin_id)
+                except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                    logger.exception("Error marking plugin %s updated for Vegas", plugin_id)
+
     def _tick_plugin_updates(self):
         """Run scheduled plugin updates if the plugin manager supports them."""
         if not self.plugin_manager:

src/vegas_mode/render_pipeline.py

@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ def should_recompose(self) -> bool:
         Returns True when:
         - Cycle is complete and we should start fresh
         - Staging buffer has new content
+        - A plugin currently visible in the scroll has pending updated data
+          (e.g. a live score changed) — standalone (non-sync) mode only
         """
         if self._cycle_complete:
             return True
@@ -314,6 +316,12 @@ def should_recompose(self) -> bool:
         if buffer_status['staging_count'] > 0:
             return True
 
+        # Trigger recompose when pending updates affect visible segments, so
+        # live score/status changes reach the display within a few seconds
+        # instead of waiting for the next full cycle.
+        if self.stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments():
+            return True
+
         return False
 
     def hot_swap_content(self) -> bool:

test/test_display_controller_vegas_tick.py

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""
+Regression tests for DisplayController._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas().
+
+PR #299 added logic to detect which plugins actually got fresh data on a
+scheduled-update tick and notify Vegas mode via
+vegas_coordinator.mark_plugin_updated(), so a live score change reaches the
+scroll within seconds instead of waiting for a full cycle. PR #330's
+multi-display sync refactor deleted this method (folding the callback back
+to the plain _tick_plugin_updates(), which reports nothing), silently
+orphaning VegasModeCoordinator.mark_plugin_updated() -- it has had zero
+callers since.
+"""
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from src.display_controller import DisplayController
+
+
+def _make_controller(plugin_last_update, vegas_coordinator=None):
+    dc = object.__new__(DisplayController)
+    dc.plugin_manager = MagicMock()
+    dc.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update = dict(plugin_last_update)
+    dc.vegas_coordinator = vegas_coordinator
+    return dc
+
+
+class TestTickPluginUpdatesForVegas:
+    def test_marks_only_plugins_whose_timestamp_advanced(self):
+        dc = _make_controller({"stock-news": 100.0, "odds-ticker": 100.0})
+        vc = MagicMock()
+        dc.vegas_coordinator = vc
+
+        # Simulate run_scheduled_updates() advancing only stock-news.
+        def fake_tick():
+            dc.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update["stock-news"] = 200.0
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates = fake_tick
+
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas()
+
+        vc.mark_plugin_updated.assert_called_once_with("stock-news")
+
+    def test_no_advance_marks_nothing(self):
+        dc = _make_controller({"stock-news": 100.0})
+        vc = MagicMock()
+        dc.vegas_coordinator = vc
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates = lambda: None
+
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas()
+
+        vc.mark_plugin_updated.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_no_vegas_coordinator_does_not_raise(self):
+        dc = _make_controller({"stock-news": 100.0}, vegas_coordinator=None)
+
+        def fake_tick():
+            dc.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update["stock-news"] = 200.0
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates = fake_tick
+
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas()  # must not raise
+
+    def test_mark_plugin_updated_exception_does_not_propagate(self):
+        """One plugin's mark_plugin_updated failing must not stop the tick
+        or crash the update loop it runs in."""
+        dc = _make_controller({"a": 1.0, "b": 1.0})
+        vc = MagicMock()
+        vc.mark_plugin_updated.side_effect = [RuntimeError("boom"), None]
+        dc.vegas_coordinator = vc
+
+        def fake_tick():
+            dc.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update["a"] = 2.0
+            dc.plugin_manager.plugin_last_update["b"] = 2.0
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates = fake_tick
+
+        dc._tick_plugin_updates_for_vegas()  # must not raise
+
+        assert vc.mark_plugin_updated.call_count == 2

test/test_vegas_render_pipeline_recompose.py

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"""
+Regression tests for RenderPipeline.should_recompose()'s pending-updates check.
+
+PR #299 added a check so a plugin's live score/status change (a "pending
+update" in StreamManager) triggers a hot-swap within a few seconds instead
+of waiting for a full scroll cycle to complete. PR #330 (multi-display sync)
+refactored should_recompose() and dropped that check entirely -- not just
+gated behind the new sync-mode deferral it added, but removed outright, so
+even standalone (non-sync) installations silently lost live-refresh and fell
+back to waiting for full cycle boundaries (which, depending on
+min/max_cycle_duration, can be minutes).
+"""
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from src.vegas_mode.config import VegasModeConfig
+from src.vegas_mode.render_pipeline import RenderPipeline
+
+
+class FakeDisplayManager:
+    width = 64
+    height = 32
+
+
+def _make_pipeline(sync_manager=None):
+    stream_manager = MagicMock()
+    stream_manager.get_buffer_status.return_value = {'staging_count': 0}
+    pipeline = RenderPipeline(VegasModeConfig(), FakeDisplayManager(), stream_manager)
+    pipeline.sync_manager = sync_manager
+    return pipeline, stream_manager
+
+
+class TestShouldRecompose:
+    def test_cycle_complete_always_recomposes(self):
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline()
+        pipeline._cycle_complete = True
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = False
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is True
+
+    def test_no_pending_updates_no_staging_does_not_recompose(self):
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline()
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = False
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is False
+
+    def test_pending_updates_on_visible_segment_triggers_recompose(self):
+        """The actual regression: a live-updated plugin currently in view
+        must trigger a recompose instead of waiting for cycle end."""
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline()
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = True
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is True
+
+    def test_staging_buffer_content_triggers_recompose(self):
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline()
+        stream_manager.get_buffer_status.return_value = {'staging_count': 1}
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = False
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is True
+
+    def test_sync_active_defers_pending_updates_to_cycle_boundary(self):
+        """Sync-mode deferral (PR #330's actual intent) must still hold:
+        pending updates alone must NOT trigger a mid-cycle hot-swap when a
+        follower display is attached, since that causes a visible
+        freeze+jump on the follower. This must keep working after
+        restoring the non-sync pending-updates check above."""
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline(sync_manager=MagicMock())
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = True
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is False
+
+    def test_sync_active_still_recomposes_on_cycle_complete(self):
+        pipeline, stream_manager = _make_pipeline(sync_manager=MagicMock())
+        pipeline._cycle_complete = True
+        stream_manager.has_pending_updates_for_visible_segments.return_value = True
+        assert pipeline.should_recompose() is True