From ca06f1c847efce3a2125b45249c21e7fe878b68b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <141506390+lneely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 19:59:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] x11_backend: guard x11_clip_icon_paint against NULL icon

Clip icon paint is called during dock creation before the icon
is fully initialized. Guard against NULL dereference.
---
 src/backend/x11/x11_backend.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/x11/x11_backend.c b/src/backend/x11/x11_backend.c
index b02b7f6..924c00e 100644
--- a/src/backend/x11/x11_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/x11/x11_backend.c
@@ -3907,7 +3907,11 @@ static void x11_icon_select(WIcon *icon) { wIconSelect(icon); }
 static void x11_icon_change_title(WIcon *icon, WWindow *wwin) { wIconChangeTitle(icon, wwin); }
 static void x11_clip_icon_paint(WAppIcon *aicon)
 {
+    if (!aicon || !aicon->icon || !aicon->icon->core)
+        return;
     WScreen *scr = aicon->icon->core->screen_ptr;
+    if (!scr->workspaces || !scr->workspaces[scr->current_workspace])
+        return;
     WWorkspace *workspace = scr->workspaces[scr->current_workspace];
     WMColor *color;
     Window win = aicon->icon->core->window;