User report (desktop): the endpoint handles wouldn't move.
renderPdfAdjustHandles rebuilt the handle layer via innerHTML="" on
every preview frame — the first drag move triggered a repaint that
DESTROYED the dot being dragged. A removed element loses pointer
capture, so real mouse/touch drags died silently after one pixel; the
pointerup never reached the detached dot either, so nothing saved and
the session preview reverted — the same mechanism behind the earlier
"resets to the original selection" report. CDP tests masked it because
synthetic events dispatched directly at the detached node still ran its
listeners.
The two dots are now created once per session and every later call only
repositions them (style updates move nothing the listeners live on).
Grip-era code had this reuse pattern; the endpoint rewrite regressed it.
Real-touch verified on the emulator (adb-injected drag): the handle
tracks, the release saves a multi-line extent with clean recomputed
text (3 rects, PUT applied).
John O'Keefe
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