3 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/ctl.zig b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
index f4a3d730..dc2d9a84 100644
--- a/src/ninep/ctl.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
@@ -2304,6 +2304,30 @@ test "Back and Forward over a closed file's entries: one reopen is that file's p
     try testing.expectEqual(c_serial, p.panes[p.active].?.serial);
 }
 
+test "Recent keeps only files on disk: not a name never saved, nor the served tree's" {
+    const p = try withFile(testing.allocator, "x\n");
+    defer p.deinit();
+    var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer tmp.cleanup();
+    try tmp.dir.writeFile(testing.io, .{ .sub_path = "real.txt", .data = "real\n" });
+    var dir_buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+    const dir = dir_buf[0..try tmp.dir.realPath(testing.io, &dir_buf)];
+    var line: [4200]u8 = undefined;
+    const names = [_][]const u8{ try std.fmt.allocPrint(testing.allocator, "{s}/c", .{dir}), try testing.allocator.dupe(u8, "/virtual/zz"), try std.fmt.allocPrint(testing.allocator, "{s}/real.txt", .{dir}) };
+    defer for (names) |n| testing.allocator.free(n);
+    for (names) |name| {
+        const made = try th.newPane(p);
+        _ = wr(p, Node.of(made, .name), try std.fmt.bufPrint(&line, "{s}\n", .{name}));
+        p.sync();
+        _ = wr(p, Node.of(made, .ctl), "Del\n");
+        _ = wr(p, Node.of(made, .ctl), "Del\n");
+        p.sync();
+    }
+    try testing.expect(p.recent.get(names[0]) == null);
+    try testing.expect(p.recent.get(names[1]) == null);
+    try testing.expect(p.recent.get(names[2]) != null);
+}
+
 test "/recent shows a name as /index does, a newline in it escaped" {
     const p = try withFile(testing.allocator, "x\n");
     defer p.deinit();
diff --git a/src/ninep/events.zig b/src/ninep/events.zig
index 2fe25071..add0d750 100644
--- a/src/ninep/events.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/events.zig
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pub fn announce(p: *Pardes) void {
         pane.fs.unannounced = false;
         noteLog(p, .new, pane);
         // A file opened (a look, a Restore, a boot): first in Recent.
-        if (pane.file) |f| if (f.output == null) p.recent.opened(p.recentGpa(), f.path);
+        if (pane.file) |f| if (f.output == null and pardes.Pardes.recentKeeps(f.path)) p.recent.opened(p.recentGpa(), f.path);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ninep/pane.zig b/src/ninep/pane.zig
index 0b6f04a4..5ed3f6f4 100644
--- a/src/ninep/pane.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/pane.zig
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ pub fn nameBuffer(p: *Pardes, id: usize, full: []const u8, preserve_tag: bool) !
     look.invalidateLookHover(p, id);
     p.emit(.{ .watch = .{ .pane = @intCast(id), .on = false } });
     events.noteLog(p, .rename, pane);
-    if (f.output == null) p.recent.opened(p.recentGpa(), f.path);
+    if (f.output == null and pardes.Pardes.recentKeeps(f.path)) p.recent.opened(p.recentGpa(), f.path);
 }
 
 /// Diagnostics go to the +Errors buffer of the pane's directory.