1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/events.zig b/src/ninep/events.zig
index 95b4926e..2fe25071 100644
--- a/src/ninep/events.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/events.zig
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ pub fn announce(p: *Pardes) void {
     }
 }
 
+/// The panes present at boot are the log's first records: something said
+/// before the first update ends (an init file's notice) waits for them.
+fn bootFirst(p: *Pardes) void {
+    if (newest(p) == null) announce(p);
+}
+
 /// Records `<kind> <serial> <name>`.
 pub fn noteLog(p: *Pardes, kind: LogKind, pane: *Pane) void {
     var buf: [4 * 4096 + 64]u8 = undefined;
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ pub fn noteMessage(p: *Pardes, serial: u32, said: []const u8) void {
     var buf: [pardes.Messages.LoggedMessage.cap + 32]u8 = undefined;
     const kept = pardes.Messages.clip(said, pardes.Messages.LoggedMessage.cap);
     const cut = if (kept.len < said.len) "…" else "";
+    bootFirst(p);
     pushCounting(p, (if (serial == 0)
         std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "msg - {s}{s}\n", .{ kept, cut })
     else
@@ -175,6 +182,7 @@ pub fn noteMessage(p: *Pardes, serial: u32, said: []const u8) void {
 /// `dump <path>` when a Dump is written, `restore <path>` first in a
 /// Restore's replacement.
 pub fn notePath(p: *Pardes, what: []const u8, path: []const u8) void {
+    bootFirst(p);
     var buf: [pardes.memory.limits.host_path_cap + 16]u8 = undefined;
     pushLog(p, std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{s} {s}\n", .{ what, path }) catch return);
 }