From 611d8c64d0875fa38d77ae947693441dc4cc47fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: electricmessiah <3809405+electricmessiah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 16:25:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: don't error on focus regain when file was deleted
 externally

---
 src/platform/win32.rs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/platform/win32.rs b/src/platform/win32.rs
index db63363..ba758a8 100644
--- a/src/platform/win32.rs
+++ b/src/platform/win32.rs
@@ -2851,6 +2851,13 @@ fn check_external_change(hwnd: HWND, state: &mut AppState) -> Result<()> {
         .get(index)
         .and_then(|doc_tab| doc_tab.doc.stamp.clone());
 
+    if !path.exists() {
+        // File was deleted, renamed, or is on an unmounted drive. Leave the
+        // tab as-is rather than erroring on every focus regain; the user
+        // still has the in-memory content and can Save As if needed.
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     if let Some(new_stamp) = document::check_stamp(&path, &stamp)? {
         if prompt_reload(hwnd) {
             reload_doc_from_path(hwnd, state, index, &path)?;