bug#81578: 32.0.50; completion-eager-display + completion-eager-update breaks cycling + automatic tab completion

Adam Niederer <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Aug 2026 20:36:06 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.bugs
Message-ID <CAALAvQWTd2xnS+5Sy1o_Pd0BPbMY5nH3i4aqSczBoorT+3wFww@mail.gmail.com>
* Bug One

Repro Steps:

- $ mkdir -p a/b/c
- $ cd a
- $ emacs -Q --eval "(setq completion-eager-display t)" --eval "(setq
completion-eager-update t)"
- Press C-x C-f
- Press TAB twice

Expected behavior:

- The first tab appends "b/" to the minibuffer
- The second tab appends "c/" to the minibuffer
- The minibuffer displays "/path/to/a/b/c/"

Observed behavior:

- The first tab appends "b/" to the minibuffer
- The second tab does nothing
- The minibuffer displays "/path/to/a/b/"
- Further tab presses do nothing

I'm not sure if this is intended behavior, but I couldn't find documentation of
this anywhere if so. It does complicate navigating through singly nested
directories like e.g. java/com/adamniederer/app/ with these settings enabled.

I did test one or the other, but both have to be enabled to exhibit this issue

* Bug Two (probably related)

Repro Steps:

- $ mkdir -p a/b
- $ mkdir -p a/c
- $ cd a
- $ emacs -Q --eval "(setq completion-eager-display t)" --eval "(setq
completion-eager-update t)" --eval "(setq completion-cycle-threshold
t)"
- Press C-x C-f
- Press TAB twice

Expected behavior:

- The first tab appends "./" to the minibuffer
- The second tab cycles, removing "./" and appending "b/"
- The minibuffer displays "/path/to/a/b/"
- Further tab presses continue cycling to c/, ../, etc.

Observed behavior:

- The first tab appends "b/" to the minibuffer
- The second tab does nothing
- The minibuffer displays "/path/to/a/./"
- Further tab presses do nothing

Same notes as above, just with respect to cycling


In GNU Emacs 32.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.52, cairo version 1.18.4) of 2026-08-07 built on pc
Repository revision: a3d43a12a4060430c92145e4c53431ccf20bae58
Repository branch: master
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-gameuser=:games
 --with-modules --without-m17n-flt --without-gconf
 --with-native-compilation=yes --with-native-compilation=aot
 --with-xinput2 --with-pgtk --without-xaw3d --with-sound=no
 --with-tree-sitter 'CFLAGS=-march=native -mtune=native -O2 -pipe
 -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat
 -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection'
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now'

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Important settings:
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Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  font-lock-mode: t
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  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
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Load-path shadows:
None found.

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Memory information:
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