From fd960135645a6faf5225e88a42a979db8d3f12d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Traas <john.traas@lime.tech>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:01:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(text-editor): keep the pending empty change when clear
 finds an empty editor

---
 .../prosemirror-adapter/prosemirror-adapter.tsx  | 16 +++++++++-------
 src/components/text-editor/text-editor.e2e.tsx   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/text-editor/prosemirror-adapter/prosemirror-adapter.tsx b/src/components/text-editor/prosemirror-adapter/prosemirror-adapter.tsx
index 5e157ef890..86deb42402 100644
--- a/src/components/text-editor/prosemirror-adapter/prosemirror-adapter.tsx
+++ b/src/components/text-editor/prosemirror-adapter/prosemirror-adapter.tsx
@@ -243,21 +243,23 @@ export class ProsemirrorAdapter {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Drop any pending debounced change so it cannot fire after this
-        // clear and resurrect the old content.
-        if (this.changeWaiting) {
-            this.changeEmitter.cancel();
-            this.changeWaiting = false;
-        }
-
         const currentContent = this.contentConverter.serialize(
             this.view,
             this.schema
         );
         if (currentContent === '') {
+            // A pending change already reflects this empty content; let it
+            // emit so consumers still learn the document became empty.
             return;
         }
 
+        // Drop any pending debounced change so it cannot fire after this
+        // clear and resurrect the old content.
+        if (this.changeWaiting) {
+            this.changeEmitter.cancel();
+            this.changeWaiting = false;
+        }
+
         await this.updateView('');
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.e2e.tsx b/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.e2e.tsx
index fdf031d0be..3f87cf04d3 100644
--- a/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.e2e.tsx
+++ b/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.e2e.tsx
@@ -346,5 +346,20 @@ describe('limel-text-editor', () => {
 
             expect(changes).toHaveLength(0);
         });
+
+        test('clear on an already-empty editor keeps the pending empty change', async () => {
+            const { root, editor, changes } = await createEditor({
+                value: 'hello',
+            });
+
+            editor.focus();
+            document.execCommand('selectAll');
+            document.execCommand('delete');
+
+            await root.clear();
+            await sleep(DEBOUNCE_WAIT);
+
+            expect(changes).toContain('');
+        });
     });
 });