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Apps can call clear(), setSize() and the gesture methods off the main thread, while the pad takes input and draws on it. The state changed several plain fields and a SnapshotStateList in steps, so a clear() on another thread could interleave with a move, and the draw pass could take a subList of a list that had just shrunk.

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  • Every public method of SignaturePadStateImpl holds a lock, atomicfu's SynchronizedObject. atomicfu 0.28.0 already came in through Compose; it's now declared.
  • The finished strokes and the stroke in progress are persistent lists from kotlinx-collections-immutable 0.5.2, held together in one snapshot state (curves) and replaced on each change. Adding a curve or ending a stroke shares the curves already there instead of copying them. The draw pass reads them without the lock, and drawSignature always gets the two from the same moment.
  • The finished strokes also have a snapshot state of their own (finishedStrokes), replaced only when they change. The pad's cache of them observes it. This replaces strokeCurveCount and finishedStrokesVersion.
  • drawOnBitmap copies the curves and size under the lock and draws outside it, so exporting doesn't hold up input.
  • A ResizeBehavior.Custom mapper runs while the lock is held.
  • README and CLAUDE.md are updated.

The pad still reads the cached finished strokes and the stroke in progress separately. So when a stroke ends on another thread mid-frame, that one frame can draw it twice or not at all. The next frame is right.

Testing

  • New ConcurrencyTest (JVM) runs input, clearing, resizing, drawing, exporting and save/restore on separate threads for a second each, then checks the state is consistent. On master's SignaturePadState.kt all 3 tests fail in every run, with IndexOutOfBoundsException and ConcurrentModificationException. They pass with this change.
  • :signaturepad:allTests (JVM, JS, Wasm), :signaturepad:build and :demo:assemble pass on Linux. iOS tests weren't run locally; CI runs them on macOS.
  • :benchmark:benchmark, master → this branch:
Benchmark 250 1000 4000
capture -16% -15% -12%
drawFrame -27% -30% -33%
resizeAndDrawFrame -13% -29% -31%
drawAndRenderFrame, exportToBitmap within error within error within error

The first commit used plain lists, which copied the signature each time a stroke ended and made capture 12% slower than master at 4,000 curves. The persistent lists make capture 24% faster than that. They make resizing 9% slower than the plain lists did, but still about 30% faster than master.

  • The macrobenchmark on a device hasn't been run.

PR #29 builds on the state this changes and will need a rebase.

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  • Improvements
    • Signature pad operations—including clearing, resizing, input, saving, and bitmap export—can be used from other threads while drawing is in progress.
    • Manually supplied input joins the current stroke; avoid sending it while a user is drawing. Custom resize callbacks run while state is locked and should not wait on another thread using the same pad.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for concurrent drawing, clearing, resizing, exporting, and saving, as well as restoring saved data during an active stroke and empty-pad drawing updates.

Apps can clear, resize, feed input to or export the state off the main
thread while the pad takes input and draws on it. The state changed
several plain fields and a SnapshotStateList in steps, so a clear() on
another thread could interleave with a move, and the draw pass could
take a subList of a list that had just shrunk. ConcurrencyTest hits
IndexOutOfBoundsException and ConcurrentModificationException on the
old code within a second.

- Every public method holds a lock (atomicfu's SynchronizedObject).
- The finished strokes and the stroke in progress are immutable lists,
  held together in one snapshot state and replaced on each change, so
  the draw pass reads them without the lock and without tearing.
- The finished strokes also have a state of their own, replaced only
  when they change, which the pad's cache of them observes. This
  replaces strokeCurveCount and finishedStrokesVersion.
- drawOnBitmap copies the curves and size under the lock and draws
  outside it, so exporting doesn't hold up input.

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SignaturePadStateImpl now synchronizes state operations and stores finished and in-progress curves in persistent lists. The change adds concurrency tests and updates documentation about thread use, resizing, drawing, and manually supplied input.

Changes: Thread-safe signature state

Layer / File(s) Summary
Curve state and gesture updates
gradle/libs.versions.toml, signaturepad/build.gradle.kts, signaturepad/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/SignaturePadState.kt, signaturepad/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/Bezier.kt
Adds AtomicFU and immutable-collections dependencies. Replaces the mutable curve list and version tracking with finished and in-progress persistent lists. Gesture updates and drawing use the separate lists.
Resize, persistence, and export
signaturepad/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/SignaturePadState.kt, signaturepad/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/ResizeBehavior.kt
Runs resize, clear, save, and restore operations under the lock. Bitmap export captures curves and dimensions under the lock, then draws outside it. Documents that the custom resize callback runs under the lock.
Concurrency validation and usage documentation
signaturepad/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/ConcurrencyTest.kt, signaturepad/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/SignaturePadStateTest.kt, signaturepad/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/seanproctor/signaturepad/FinishedStrokesCacheTest.kt, README.md, CLAUDE.md
Adds tests for concurrent state operations, restoration during an active stroke, and snapshot-read invalidation. Updates documentation about thread use and the curve state model.

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This change makes the signature pad state safe to use from any thread and adds tests for concurrent use. No unresolved merge-blocking issues were found in the reviewed changes.

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Adding a curve copied the stroke so far, and ending a stroke copied the
whole signature. With kotlinx-collections-immutable's persistent lists,
both share the curves already there, so capturing a 4,000-curve
signature is 24% faster than with plain lists, and 12% faster than on
master. Resizing is 9% slower than with plain lists, still about 30%
faster than master.

ConcurrencyTest now caps the strokes each thread draws: with faster
capture, its signature grew large enough for RecordingCanvas's samples
to run the test JVM out of memory.

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sproctor and others added 2 commits October 14, 2026 15:54
Restoring replaces the whole signature, as clear() does, so a gesture in
progress now stops there too, instead of drawing its later moves onto
the restored signature.

ConcurrencyTest's threads are daemons, and a thread that hasn't stopped
10 seconds after the run ends fails the test, so a deadlock fails it
rather than hanging the build.

Addresses CodeRabbit's review.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Every public method of SignaturePadStateImpl now runs in locked(),
  which holds the lock and escapes to the global snapshot. A caller
  inside its own snapshot (Snapshot.withMutableSnapshot, composition)
  kept its changes to itself until it applied, so a call on another
  thread built on the old curves, and the apply then failed with a
  SnapshotApplyConflictException.
- finishedStrokes is a derivedStateOf over curves instead of a second
  state kept in step by hand. FinishedStrokesCacheTest now observes
  reads with SnapshotStateObserver, as drawWithCache does, since a
  plain read observer sees curves change on every move.
- setCurves does nothing when both lists are unchanged, so clearing or
  resizing an empty pad no longer makes the pad redraw.
- drawSignature builds its path from both lists instead of joining
  them into a new list first.
- ResizeBehavior.Custom's KDoc says the mapper runs under the state's
  lock. The README says input an app feeds the state goes into the same
  stroke as the user's.

Benchmarks are within error of the previous commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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