From c81482b3fcfee19dd93b9e79420f73a85550b4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Angel Simon Sierra <miguel.sierra@heygen.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 13:39:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(shader-transitions): survive WebGL context loss
 instead of relying on GC

Browsers cap concurrent WebGL contexts (~16) and silently drop the oldest.
HyperShader had no `webglcontextlost` listener, so a dropped context was
permanent and surfaced as a transition that stopped rendering with no
diagnostic; the context itself was only reclaimed when the canvas became
collectable.

Generalise the pattern already used by the runtime colour grader:

- `manageContextLoss()` in webgl.ts cancels the default (unrecoverable) loss
  action, reports loss/restore, and returns a teardown that calls
  `WEBGL_lose_context.loseContext()` explicitly.
- While the context is lost, HyperShader routes active transitions through the
  existing DOM crossfade and skips all texture uploads, so the composition
  keeps playing and no GL call touches a dead context.
- On restore, programs, the quad buffer, the blend program and both
  interpolation render targets are rebuilt as a unit and the cached snapshot
  textures are re-uploaded from their blobs.
- The shared vertex shader is no longer cached in a module-level singleton: it
  outlived its context, so every program linked after a restore would have
  linked against a dead shader.

Verified in headless Chrome with real WebGL (SwiftShader): a shader transition
under a forced `loseContext()` drops to 0 GL draws and crossfades in the DOM,
then resumes real rendering after `restoreContext()`.
---
 .../src/hyper-shader.test.ts                  | 283 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts    | 189 ++++++++----
 packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.test.ts |  83 +++++
 packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.ts      |  40 ++-
 4 files changed, 534 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.test.ts

diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..484caca73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+// html2canvas needs a real browser. The snapshot pipeline only cares that it
+// gets back a canvas it can encode, so stand in a stub and keep the test on the
+// context-loss behaviour.
+vi.mock("./capture.js", () => ({
+  initCapture: () => undefined,
+  isHtmlInCanvasCaptureSupported: () => false,
+  captureScene: () =>
+    Promise.resolve({
+      width: 8,
+      height: 8,
+      toBlob: (cb: (blob: Blob) => void) => cb(new Blob(["x"])),
+    } as unknown as HTMLCanvasElement),
+}));
+
+import { init, type TransitionConfig } from "./hyper-shader.js";
+
+let drawArraysCalls = 0;
+let createProgramCalls = 0;
+let loseContextCalls = 0;
+
+function createMockWebGl(): WebGLRenderingContext {
+  return {
+    VERTEX_SHADER: 0x8b31,
+    FRAGMENT_SHADER: 0x8b30,
+    COMPILE_STATUS: 0x8b81,
+    LINK_STATUS: 0x8b82,
+    TEXTURE_2D: 0x0de1,
+    TEXTURE_WRAP_S: 0x2802,
+    TEXTURE_WRAP_T: 0x2803,
+    TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER: 0x2801,
+    TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER: 0x2800,
+    CLAMP_TO_EDGE: 0x812f,
+    LINEAR: 0x2601,
+    RGBA: 0x1908,
+    UNSIGNED_BYTE: 0x1401,
+    ARRAY_BUFFER: 0x8892,
+    STATIC_DRAW: 0x88e4,
+    TEXTURE0: 0x84c0,
+    TEXTURE1: 0x84c1,
+    FLOAT: 0x1406,
+    TRIANGLE_STRIP: 0x0005,
+    UNPACK_FLIP_Y_WEBGL: 0x9240,
+    FRAMEBUFFER: 0x8d40,
+    COLOR_ATTACHMENT0: 0x8ce0,
+    createShader: () => ({}),
+    shaderSource: () => undefined,
+    compileShader: () => undefined,
+    getShaderParameter: () => true,
+    getShaderInfoLog: () => "",
+    createProgram: () => {
+      createProgramCalls += 1;
+      return {};
+    },
+    attachShader: () => undefined,
+    linkProgram: () => undefined,
+    getProgramParameter: () => true,
+    getProgramInfoLog: () => "",
+    createTexture: () => ({}),
+    bindTexture: () => undefined,
+    texParameteri: () => undefined,
+    texImage2D: () => undefined,
+    createFramebuffer: () => ({}),
+    bindFramebuffer: () => undefined,
+    framebufferTexture2D: () => undefined,
+    createBuffer: () => ({}),
+    bindBuffer: () => undefined,
+    bufferData: () => undefined,
+    getAttribLocation: () => 0,
+    getUniformLocation: (_p: WebGLProgram, name: string) => name,
+    viewport: () => undefined,
+    useProgram: () => undefined,
+    activeTexture: () => undefined,
+    pixelStorei: () => undefined,
+    uniform1i: () => undefined,
+    uniform1f: () => undefined,
+    uniform2f: () => undefined,
+    uniform3f: () => undefined,
+    enableVertexAttribArray: () => undefined,
+    vertexAttribPointer: () => undefined,
+    drawArrays: () => {
+      drawArraysCalls += 1;
+    },
+    deleteTexture: () => undefined,
+    getExtension: (name: string) =>
+      name === "WEBGL_lose_context"
+        ? {
+            loseContext: () => {
+              loseContextCalls += 1;
+            },
+          }
+        : null,
+  } as unknown as WebGLRenderingContext;
+}
+
+interface FakeTimeline {
+  paused: () => boolean;
+  play: (from?: number) => FakeTimeline;
+  pause: (at?: number) => FakeTimeline;
+  time: (value?: number) => FakeTimeline | number;
+  call: () => FakeTimeline;
+  to: () => FakeTimeline;
+  set: () => FakeTimeline;
+  from: () => FakeTimeline;
+  fromTo: () => FakeTimeline;
+  [key: string]: unknown;
+}
+
+function makeTimeline(): FakeTimeline {
+  let position = 0;
+  let paused = true;
+  const tl: FakeTimeline = {
+    paused: () => paused,
+    play: (from?: number) => {
+      if (typeof from === "number") position = from;
+      paused = false;
+      return tl;
+    },
+    pause: (at?: number) => {
+      if (typeof at === "number") position = at;
+      paused = true;
+      return tl;
+    },
+    time: (value?: number) => {
+      if (value === undefined) return position;
+      position = value;
+      return tl;
+    },
+    call: () => tl,
+    to: () => tl,
+    set: () => tl,
+    from: () => tl,
+    fromTo: () => tl,
+  };
+  return tl;
+}
+
+function setupDom(): void {
+  document.body.innerHTML = `
+    <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="320" data-height="180" data-duration="4">
+      <div id="s1" class="scene"></div>
+      <div id="s2" class="scene"></div>
+    </div>`;
+}
+
+function startShader(transitions: TransitionConfig[]): {
+  timeline: { time: (value: number) => void };
+  glCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
+} {
+  const timeline = makeTimeline();
+  init({
+    bgColor: "#000",
+    scenes: ["s1", "s2"],
+    transitions,
+    timeline: timeline as never,
+    compositionId: "main",
+    previewCaptureFps: 1,
+  });
+  const glCanvas = document.getElementById("gl-canvas");
+  if (!(glCanvas instanceof HTMLCanvasElement)) throw new Error("gl canvas missing");
+  return {
+    timeline: {
+      time: (value: number) => {
+        (timeline.time as (v: number) => unknown)(value);
+      },
+    },
+    glCanvas,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Wait for the prewarm + texture-upload promise chains to settle. */
+async function settle(): Promise<void> {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 40; i += 1) {
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  }
+}
+
+function sceneOpacity(id: string): string {
+  return document.getElementById(id)?.style.opacity ?? "";
+}
+
+const SHADER_TRANSITION: TransitionConfig = { time: 1, duration: 1, shader: "glitch" };
+const CSS_TRANSITION: TransitionConfig = { time: 1, duration: 1 };
+
+describe("HyperShader WebGL context loss", () => {
+  let getContextSpy: ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    drawArraysCalls = 0;
+    createProgramCalls = 0;
+    loseContextCalls = 0;
+    setupDom();
+    // No IndexedDB: the snapshot cache degrades to in-memory blobs, which is
+    // all this test needs.
+    vi.stubGlobal("indexedDB", undefined);
+    vi.stubGlobal("createImageBitmap", () => Promise.resolve({}));
+    getContextSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, "getContext")
+      .mockImplementation(((type: string) =>
+        type === "webgl" ? createMockWebGl() : null) as never) as ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    // Drain this test's beforeunload teardown (registered `{ once: true }`) so
+    // it cannot fire during the next test on the shared window.
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event("beforeunload"));
+    getContextSpy.mockRestore();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+  });
+
+  it("stops shader work without throwing when the context is lost", async () => {
+    const { timeline, glCanvas } = startShader([SHADER_TRANSITION]);
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    const lost = new Event("webglcontextlost", { cancelable: true });
+    glCanvas.dispatchEvent(lost);
+
+    expect(lost.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(glCanvas.style.display).toBe("none");
+
+    drawArraysCalls = 0;
+    expect(() => timeline.time(1.5)).not.toThrow();
+    await settle();
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(glCanvas.style.display).toBe("none");
+    // The transition still plays — as a DOM crossfade.
+    expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s1"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+    expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s2"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+  });
+
+  it("rebuilds and resumes rendering when the context is restored", async () => {
+    const { timeline, glCanvas } = startShader([SHADER_TRANSITION]);
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    await settle();
+
+    glCanvas.dispatchEvent(new Event("webglcontextlost", { cancelable: true }));
+    const programsBeforeRestore = createProgramCalls;
+    drawArraysCalls = 0;
+
+    glCanvas.dispatchEvent(new Event("webglcontextrestored"));
+
+    // Programs, buffers and render targets are rebuilt, not reused.
+    expect(createProgramCalls).toBeGreaterThan(programsBeforeRestore);
+
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(glCanvas.style.display).toBe("block");
+  });
+
+  it("releases the context on teardown instead of leaving it to GC", () => {
+    startShader([SHADER_TRANSITION]);
+    expect(loseContextCalls).toBe(0);
+
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event("beforeunload"));
+
+    expect(loseContextCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a composition without shader transitions unaffected", async () => {
+    const { timeline, glCanvas } = startShader([CSS_TRANSITION]);
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBe(0);
+    expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s1"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+
+    glCanvas.dispatchEvent(new Event("webglcontextlost", { cancelable: true }));
+
+    expect(() => timeline.time(1.5)).not.toThrow();
+    expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s1"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+    expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s2"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
index 3223edb74..d56cb0743 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   createTexture,
   uploadTextureSource,
   renderShader,
+  manageContextLoss,
   DEFAULT_WIDTH,
   DEFAULT_HEIGHT,
   type AccentColors,
@@ -139,6 +140,23 @@ interface SnapshotCacheEntry {
   updatedAt: number;
 }
 
+/** Every GL object owned by one init() call — recreated as a unit on restore. */
+interface GlResources {
+  quadBuf: WebGLBuffer;
+  blendProg: WebGLProgram;
+  blendLoc: {
+    a: WebGLUniformLocation | null;
+    b: WebGLUniformLocation | null;
+    mix: WebGLUniformLocation | null;
+    pos: number;
+  };
+  /** Render targets holding the two motion-interpolated transition frames. */
+  fromTex: WebGLTexture;
+  toTex: WebGLTexture;
+  fromFbo: WebGLFramebuffer;
+  toFbo: WebGLFramebuffer;
+}
+
 interface SceneStyleState {
   scene: HTMLElement | null;
   opacity: string;
@@ -918,24 +936,6 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
     return fallback;
   }
 
-  const quadBuf = setupQuad(gl);
-
-  const programs = new Map<string, WebGLProgram>();
-  for (const t of transitions) {
-    // Strict undefined check — an explicit empty string from a vanilla-JS
-    // caller (the IIFE bundle is hand-loaded via <script> tags) should NOT
-    // be silently coerced into a CSS crossfade. The shader registry will
-    // throw a clear "unknown shader" error for it.
-    if (t.shader === undefined) continue;
-    if (!programs.has(t.shader)) {
-      try {
-        programs.set(t.shader, createProgram(gl, getFragSource(t.shader)));
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(`[HyperShader] Failed to compile "${t.shader}":`, e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   const canvasEl = glCanvas;
   const previewCaptureFps = clampNumber(resolvePositiveNumber(config.previewCaptureFps, 30), 1, 60);
   const previewCaptureScale = resolvePlayerCaptureScale();
@@ -943,30 +943,80 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   const previewTextureWidth = Math.max(1, Math.round(compWidth * previewCaptureScale));
   const previewTextureHeight = Math.max(1, Math.round(compHeight * previewCaptureScale));
   const cachedTransitions: CachedTransition[] = [];
-  const blendProg = createProgramWithVertex(
-    gl,
-    NO_FLIP_VERT_SRC,
-    [
-      "precision mediump float;",
-      "varying vec2 v_uv;",
-      "uniform sampler2D u_a;",
-      "uniform sampler2D u_b;",
-      "uniform float u_mix;",
-      "void main(){",
-      "gl_FragColor=mix(texture2D(u_a,v_uv),texture2D(u_b,v_uv),u_mix);",
-      "}",
-    ].join(""),
-  );
-  const blendLoc = {
-    a: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_a"),
-    b: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_b"),
-    mix: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_mix"),
-    pos: gl.getAttribLocation(blendProg, "a_pos"),
+
+  // Every GL object below dies with the context, so they are created and
+  // recreated as one unit — see the manageContextLoss() call near the end of
+  // init(). `programs` is a stable Map identity refilled in place because the
+  // transition-cache construction loop below reads it during init.
+  const programs = new Map<string, WebGLProgram>();
+  const createGlResources = (): GlResources => {
+    programs.clear();
+    for (const t of transitions) {
+      // Strict undefined check — an explicit empty string from a vanilla-JS
+      // caller (the IIFE bundle is hand-loaded via <script> tags) should NOT
+      // be silently coerced into a CSS crossfade. The shader registry will
+      // throw a clear "unknown shader" error for it.
+      if (t.shader === undefined) continue;
+      if (programs.has(t.shader)) continue;
+      try {
+        programs.set(t.shader, createProgram(gl, getFragSource(t.shader)));
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(`[HyperShader] Failed to compile "${t.shader}":`, e);
+      }
+    }
+    const blendProg = createProgramWithVertex(
+      gl,
+      NO_FLIP_VERT_SRC,
+      [
+        "precision mediump float;",
+        "varying vec2 v_uv;",
+        "uniform sampler2D u_a;",
+        "uniform sampler2D u_b;",
+        "uniform float u_mix;",
+        "void main(){",
+        "gl_FragColor=mix(texture2D(u_a,v_uv),texture2D(u_b,v_uv),u_mix);",
+        "}",
+      ].join(""),
+    );
+    const fromTex = createRenderTexture(gl, previewTextureWidth, previewTextureHeight);
+    const toTex = createRenderTexture(gl, previewTextureWidth, previewTextureHeight);
+    return {
+      quadBuf: setupQuad(gl),
+      blendProg,
+      blendLoc: {
+        a: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_a"),
+        b: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_b"),
+        mix: gl.getUniformLocation(blendProg, "u_mix"),
+        pos: gl.getAttribLocation(blendProg, "a_pos"),
+      },
+      fromTex,
+      toTex,
+      fromFbo: createFramebuffer(gl, fromTex),
+      toFbo: createFramebuffer(gl, toTex),
+    };
   };
-  const interpolatedFromTex = createRenderTexture(gl, previewTextureWidth, previewTextureHeight);
-  const interpolatedToTex = createRenderTexture(gl, previewTextureWidth, previewTextureHeight);
-  const interpolatedFromFbo = createFramebuffer(gl, interpolatedFromTex);
-  const interpolatedToFbo = createFramebuffer(gl, interpolatedToTex);
+  let glRes = createGlResources();
+  let contextLost = false;
+
+  const rebuildGlResources = (): void => {
+    glRes = createGlResources();
+    for (const cache of cachedTransitions) {
+      const shader = transitions[cache.index]?.shader;
+      if (shader !== undefined) cache.prog = programs.get(shader) ?? null;
+      // Deleting the old textures would be a no-op on a lost context, so the
+      // handles are just dropped; ensureTransitionTextures re-uploads them from
+      // the cached blobs (in memory, or re-read from IndexedDB). Bumping the
+      // generation makes any in-flight upload job abandon its dead textures.
+      cache.textureGeneration += 1;
+      cache.texturePromise = null;
+      cache.textureReady = false;
+      for (const frame of cache.frames) {
+        frame.fromTex = null;
+        frame.toTex = null;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
   let loadingOverlay: SnapshotLoadingOverlay | null = null;
   const getLoadingOverlay = (): SnapshotLoadingOverlay | null => {
     if (loadingMode !== "internal") return null;
@@ -1064,17 +1114,17 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   ): void => {
     gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, target);
     gl.viewport(0, 0, previewTextureWidth, previewTextureHeight);
-    gl.useProgram(blendProg);
+    gl.useProgram(glRes.blendProg);
     gl.activeTexture(gl.TEXTURE0);
     gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texA);
-    gl.uniform1i(blendLoc.a, 0);
+    gl.uniform1i(glRes.blendLoc.a, 0);
     gl.activeTexture(gl.TEXTURE1);
     gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, texB);
-    gl.uniform1i(blendLoc.b, 1);
-    gl.uniform1f(blendLoc.mix, mix);
-    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, quadBuf);
-    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(blendLoc.pos);
-    gl.vertexAttribPointer(blendLoc.pos, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
+    gl.uniform1i(glRes.blendLoc.b, 1);
+    gl.uniform1f(glRes.blendLoc.mix, mix);
+    gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, glRes.quadBuf);
+    gl.enableVertexAttribArray(glRes.blendLoc.pos);
+    gl.vertexAttribPointer(glRes.blendLoc.pos, 2, gl.FLOAT, false, 0, 0);
     gl.drawArrays(gl.TRIANGLE_STRIP, 0, 4);
     gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, null);
     gl.viewport(0, 0, compWidth, compHeight);
@@ -1136,7 +1186,7 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
         currentTime < cache.time + cache.duration
       );
     });
-    if (upcoming) {
+    if (upcoming && !contextLost) {
       preloadTransitionTextures(upcoming);
     }
 
@@ -1160,7 +1210,10 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
     // fallback flag is the normal signal, but we also guard on prog to keep
     // the invariant even if some path momentarily resets fallback while prog
     // stays null (it can't be re-created — there is no shader to compile).
-    if (cache.fallback || cache.prog === null) {
+    // A lost context joins them: every program, buffer and texture below is
+    // dead until `webglcontextrestored`, so the DOM crossfade carries the
+    // transition instead of the shader.
+    if (cache.fallback || cache.prog === null || contextLost) {
       state.active = true;
       state.transitionIndex = activeIndex;
       state.prog = null;
@@ -1189,16 +1242,16 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       return;
     }
     paintScenePairState(cache.fromId, cache.toId, "1", "1");
-    renderTextureBlend(interpolatedFromFbo, frame.a.fromTex, frame.b.fromTex, frame.mix);
-    renderTextureBlend(interpolatedToFbo, frame.a.toTex, frame.b.toTex, frame.mix);
+    renderTextureBlend(glRes.fromFbo, frame.a.fromTex, frame.b.fromTex, frame.mix);
+    renderTextureBlend(glRes.toFbo, frame.a.toTex, frame.b.toTex, frame.mix);
 
     canvasEl.style.display = "block";
     renderShader(
       gl,
-      quadBuf,
+      glRes.quadBuf,
       prog,
-      interpolatedFromTex,
-      interpolatedToTex,
+      glRes.fromTex,
+      glRes.toTex,
       state.progress,
       accentColors,
       compWidth,
@@ -1732,6 +1785,9 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   };
 
   const ensureTransitionTextures = (cache: CachedTransition): Promise<boolean> => {
+    // Single choke point for texture GL work — everything that would upload to
+    // a dead context routes through here.
+    if (contextLost) return Promise.resolve(false);
     if (cache.fallback || cache.dirty || !cache.ready) return Promise.resolve(false);
     if (cache.textureReady) {
       markTextureAccess(cache);
@@ -2196,12 +2252,35 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   };
 
   const sceneEditObservers = observeSceneEdits();
+  const releaseGlContext = manageContextLoss(glCanvas, gl, {
+    onLost: () => {
+      contextLost = true;
+      canvasEl.style.display = "none";
+      // Repaint at the current playhead so the DOM crossfade takes over
+      // immediately instead of leaving the last shader frame frozen on screen.
+      tickShader();
+    },
+    onRestored: () => {
+      contextLost = false;
+      try {
+        rebuildGlResources();
+      } catch (e) {
+        contextLost = true;
+        console.warn("[HyperShader] WebGL context restore failed:", e);
+        return;
+      }
+      // tickShader re-requests textures for the active transition, so this both
+      // repaints and kicks the re-upload.
+      tickShader();
+    },
+  });
   window.addEventListener(
     "beforeunload",
     () => {
       for (const observer of sceneEditObservers) {
         observer.disconnect();
       }
+      releaseGlContext();
     },
     { once: true },
   );
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.test.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acf315456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createProgram, manageContextLoss } from "./webgl.js";
+
+function createMockWebGl(): WebGLRenderingContext {
+  const loseContext = vi.fn();
+  return {
+    VERTEX_SHADER: 0x8b31,
+    FRAGMENT_SHADER: 0x8b30,
+    COMPILE_STATUS: 0x8b81,
+    LINK_STATUS: 0x8b82,
+    createShader: vi.fn(() => ({})),
+    shaderSource: vi.fn(),
+    compileShader: vi.fn(),
+    getShaderParameter: vi.fn(() => true),
+    getShaderInfoLog: vi.fn(() => ""),
+    createProgram: vi.fn(() => ({})),
+    attachShader: vi.fn(),
+    linkProgram: vi.fn(),
+    getProgramParameter: vi.fn(() => true),
+    getProgramInfoLog: vi.fn(() => ""),
+    getExtension: vi.fn((name: string) => (name === "WEBGL_lose_context" ? { loseContext } : null)),
+  } as unknown as WebGLRenderingContext;
+}
+
+describe("manageContextLoss", () => {
+  it("cancels the default loss action so the context can be restored", () => {
+    const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+    const gl = createMockWebGl();
+    const onLost = vi.fn();
+    manageContextLoss(canvas, gl, { onLost, onRestored: vi.fn() });
+
+    const lost = new Event("webglcontextlost", { cancelable: true });
+    canvas.dispatchEvent(lost);
+
+    expect(lost.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(onLost).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("reports restoration", () => {
+    const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+    const onRestored = vi.fn();
+    manageContextLoss(canvas, createMockWebGl(), { onLost: vi.fn(), onRestored });
+
+    canvas.dispatchEvent(new Event("webglcontextrestored"));
+
+    expect(onRestored).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("releases the context explicitly on teardown and stops listening", () => {
+    const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+    const gl = createMockWebGl();
+    const onLost = vi.fn();
+    const release = manageContextLoss(canvas, gl, { onLost, onRestored: vi.fn() });
+
+    release();
+
+    const extension = vi.mocked(gl.getExtension).mock.results[0]?.value as {
+      loseContext: () => void;
+    };
+    expect(extension.loseContext).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    canvas.dispatchEvent(new Event("webglcontextlost", { cancelable: true }));
+    expect(onLost).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createProgram", () => {
+  // The vertex shader used to be cached in a module-level singleton, which
+  // outlived the context it was compiled in — after a restore every program
+  // linked against a dead shader.
+  it("compiles a fresh vertex shader per program", () => {
+    const gl = createMockWebGl();
+
+    createProgram(gl, "void main(){}");
+    createProgram(gl, "void main(){}");
+
+    const vertexCompiles = vi
+      .mocked(gl.createShader)
+      .mock.calls.filter(([type]) => type === gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
+    expect(vertexCompiles).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.ts
index 1a2c3584e..78ca37020 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/webgl.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,34 @@ export function createContext(
   return gl as WebGLRenderingContext;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Keep `gl` recoverable, and hand it back explicitly when the caller is done.
+ *
+ * Browsers cap concurrent WebGL contexts (~16) and silently drop the oldest.
+ * The default action of `webglcontextlost` makes that drop permanent, so
+ * without `preventDefault()` a transition just stops rendering with no
+ * diagnostic. The returned teardown releases the context instead of waiting
+ * for the canvas to become collectable.
+ */
+export function manageContextLoss(
+  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  gl: WebGLRenderingContext,
+  handlers: { onLost: () => void; onRestored: () => void },
+): () => void {
+  const handleLost = (event: Event): void => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    handlers.onLost();
+  };
+  const handleRestored = (): void => handlers.onRestored();
+  canvas.addEventListener("webglcontextlost", handleLost);
+  canvas.addEventListener("webglcontextrestored", handleRestored);
+  return () => {
+    canvas.removeEventListener("webglcontextlost", handleLost);
+    canvas.removeEventListener("webglcontextrestored", handleRestored);
+    gl.getExtension("WEBGL_lose_context")?.loseContext();
+  };
+}
+
 export function setupQuad(gl: WebGLRenderingContext): WebGLBuffer {
   const buf = gl.createBuffer();
   if (!buf) throw new Error("[HyperShader] Failed to create quad buffer");
@@ -23,8 +51,6 @@ export function setupQuad(gl: WebGLRenderingContext): WebGLBuffer {
   return buf;
 }
 
-let cachedVertexShader: WebGLShader | null = null;
-
 function compileShader(gl: WebGLRenderingContext, src: string, type: number): WebGLShader {
   const s = gl.createShader(type);
   if (!s) throw new Error("[HyperShader] Failed to create shader");
@@ -52,11 +78,13 @@ function linkProgram(
   return p;
 }
 
+// The shared vertex shader used to be cached in a module-level singleton. That
+// made it outlive both the context it was compiled in and any second context on
+// the page, so every program linked after a context loss would link against a
+// dead shader. It is five lines of GLSL compiled a handful of times per init —
+// cheaper to recompile than to invalidate.
 export function createProgram(gl: WebGLRenderingContext, fragSrc: string): WebGLProgram {
-  if (!cachedVertexShader) {
-    cachedVertexShader = compileShader(gl, vertSrc, gl.VERTEX_SHADER);
-  }
-  return linkProgram(gl, cachedVertexShader, fragSrc);
+  return createProgramWithVertex(gl, vertSrc, fragSrc);
 }
 
 export function createProgramWithVertex(

From 3c424fc34e3fb063ad3a8f0845453f1b8da77029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miguel Angel Simon Sierra <miguel.sierra@heygen.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 16:03:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf(shader-transitions): create the WebGL context only
 when a shader draws
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init() took a context unconditionally, including for compositions whose
transitions are all CSS crossfades — they never compile a program, upload a
texture or draw, so the context was pure waste against a hard browser limit
(~16 concurrent contexts, oldest silently dropped).

ensureGl() now creates the context, its resources and its context-loss
handlers on first use, from the two paths that genuinely need one: the
texture-upload choke point and the shader draw in tickShader(). A cache
therefore starts with a null program and learns it from syncCacheProgram()
when the context comes up (and again after a restore), which also takes over
degrading a shader that fails to compile to the CSS crossfade path.

Because prog is null before the context exists, it can no longer stand alone
as the "this transition is a CSS crossfade" test — that would strand real
shader transitions in the always-ready fallback state and skip their prewarm.
Each cache now records the authored shader name and answers from that, which
also drops three transitions[cache.index] lookups that assumed the cache and
transition arrays stay index-aligned.

Also drops the WebGL-unavailable early return: unavailability is now
discovered on first use, and every transition degrades to a DOM crossfade
instead of returning a timeline with no scene visibility management at all.
---
 .../src/hyper-shader.test.ts                  |  37 +++-
 .../shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts    | 202 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
index 484caca73..738c5be28 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { init, type TransitionConfig } from "./hyper-shader.js";
 let drawArraysCalls = 0;
 let createProgramCalls = 0;
 let loseContextCalls = 0;
+let webglContextCount = 0;
 
 function createMockWebGl(): WebGLRenderingContext {
   return {
@@ -192,15 +193,19 @@ describe("HyperShader WebGL context loss", () => {
     drawArraysCalls = 0;
     createProgramCalls = 0;
     loseContextCalls = 0;
+    webglContextCount = 0;
     setupDom();
     // No IndexedDB: the snapshot cache degrades to in-memory blobs, which is
     // all this test needs.
     vi.stubGlobal("indexedDB", undefined);
     vi.stubGlobal("createImageBitmap", () => Promise.resolve({}));
-    getContextSpy = vi
-      .spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, "getContext")
-      .mockImplementation(((type: string) =>
-        type === "webgl" ? createMockWebGl() : null) as never) as ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
+    getContextSpy = vi.spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, "getContext").mockImplementation(((
+      type: string,
+    ) => {
+      if (type !== "webgl") return null;
+      webglContextCount += 1;
+      return createMockWebGl();
+    }) as never) as ReturnType<typeof vi.spyOn>;
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -257,8 +262,10 @@ describe("HyperShader WebGL context loss", () => {
     expect(glCanvas.style.display).toBe("block");
   });
 
-  it("releases the context on teardown instead of leaving it to GC", () => {
+  it("releases the context on teardown instead of leaving it to GC", async () => {
     startShader([SHADER_TRANSITION]);
+    await settle();
+    expect(webglContextCount).toBe(1);
     expect(loseContextCalls).toBe(0);
 
     window.dispatchEvent(new Event("beforeunload"));
@@ -266,10 +273,28 @@ describe("HyperShader WebGL context loss", () => {
     expect(loseContextCalls).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  it("leaves a composition without shader transitions unaffected", async () => {
+  // Browsers cap concurrent WebGL contexts (~16) and silently drop the oldest,
+  // so init() must not take one on spec — only a shader transition that is
+  // actually going to draw may.
+  it("defers context creation until a shader transition needs it", async () => {
+    const { timeline } = startShader([SHADER_TRANSITION]);
+    expect(webglContextCount).toBe(0);
+
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+    await settle();
+    timeline.time(1.5);
+
+    expect(webglContextCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(drawArraysCalls).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a composition without shader transitions unaffected, and takes no context", async () => {
     const { timeline, glCanvas } = startShader([CSS_TRANSITION]);
     await settle();
     timeline.time(1.5);
+    await settle();
+    expect(webglContextCount).toBe(0);
     expect(drawArraysCalls).toBe(0);
     expect(Number(sceneOpacity("s1"))).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
 
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
index d56cb0743..9f49e4364 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/src/hyper-shader.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ interface CachedTransition {
   duration: number;
   fromId: string;
   toId: string;
-  prog: WebGLProgram | null; // null for CSS-fallback transitions
+  /** The authored shader name; undefined for a CSS crossfade. */
+  shader: string | undefined;
+  prog: WebGLProgram | null; // null until the shader is compiled, and for CSS-fallback transitions
   frames: CachedTransitionFrame[];
   cacheKey: string;
   dirty: boolean;
@@ -928,14 +930,6 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   glCanvas.style.width = `${compWidth}px`;
   glCanvas.style.height = `${compHeight}px`;
 
-  const gl = createContext(glCanvas, compWidth, compHeight);
-  if (!gl) {
-    console.warn("[HyperShader] WebGL unavailable — shader transitions disabled.");
-    const fallback = config.timeline || gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    registerTimeline(compId, fallback, config.timeline);
-    return fallback;
-  }
-
   const canvasEl = glCanvas;
   const previewCaptureFps = clampNumber(resolvePositiveNumber(config.previewCaptureFps, 30), 1, 60);
   const previewCaptureScale = resolvePlayerCaptureScale();
@@ -944,12 +938,19 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   const previewTextureHeight = Math.max(1, Math.round(compHeight * previewCaptureScale));
   const cachedTransitions: CachedTransition[] = [];
 
+  // The context and everything in it are created on demand — see ensureGl().
+  let gl: WebGLRenderingContext | null = null;
+  let glRes: GlResources | null = null;
+  let releaseGlContext: (() => void) | null = null;
+  let glUnavailable = false;
+  let contextLost = false;
+
   // Every GL object below dies with the context, so they are created and
-  // recreated as one unit — see the manageContextLoss() call near the end of
-  // init(). `programs` is a stable Map identity refilled in place because the
-  // transition-cache construction loop below reads it during init.
+  // recreated as one unit — see ensureGl() and the context-restore handler it
+  // installs. `programs` is a stable Map identity refilled in place because
+  // syncCacheProgram() reads it after every (re)build.
   const programs = new Map<string, WebGLProgram>();
-  const createGlResources = (): GlResources => {
+  const createGlResources = (gl: WebGLRenderingContext): GlResources => {
     programs.clear();
     for (const t of transitions) {
       // Strict undefined check — an explicit empty string from a vanilla-JS
@@ -995,14 +996,76 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       toFbo: createFramebuffer(gl, toTex),
     };
   };
-  let glRes = createGlResources();
-  let contextLost = false;
+  /**
+   * A cache learns its program when the context comes up, and again after a
+   * context restore — programs die with the context. A shader that fails to
+   * compile degrades to the CSS crossfade path so scene progression still runs.
+   */
+  const syncCacheProgram = (cache: CachedTransition): void => {
+    if (cache.shader === undefined) return;
+    cache.prog = programs.get(cache.shader) ?? null;
+    if (cache.prog) return;
+    console.warn(
+      `[HyperShader] Shader "${cache.shader}" failed to compile — falling back to CSS crossfade.`,
+    );
+    cache.fallback = true;
+    cache.ready = true;
+    cache.dirty = false;
+    cache.persisted = true;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Create the context, and everything that lives in it, the first time a
+   * shader transition actually needs to draw.
+   *
+   * Browsers cap concurrent WebGL contexts (~16) and silently drop the oldest,
+   * so a composition whose transitions are all CSS crossfades — it never
+   * compiles a program, uploads a texture or draws — must not hold one. Both
+   * callers are on a shader path: the texture upload choke point and the
+   * shader draw in tickShader().
+   */
+  const ensureGl = (): WebGLRenderingContext | null => {
+    if (gl || glUnavailable) return gl;
+    const created = createContext(canvasEl, compWidth, compHeight);
+    if (!created) {
+      glUnavailable = true;
+      console.warn("[HyperShader] WebGL unavailable — shader transitions play as CSS crossfades.");
+      return null;
+    }
+    gl = created;
+    glRes = createGlResources(created);
+    releaseGlContext = manageContextLoss(canvasEl, created, {
+      onLost: () => {
+        contextLost = true;
+        canvasEl.style.display = "none";
+        // Repaint at the current playhead so the DOM crossfade takes over
+        // immediately instead of leaving the last shader frame frozen on screen.
+        tickShader();
+      },
+      onRestored: () => {
+        contextLost = false;
+        try {
+          rebuildGlResources();
+        } catch (e) {
+          contextLost = true;
+          console.warn("[HyperShader] WebGL context restore failed:", e);
+          return;
+        }
+        // tickShader re-requests textures for the active transition, so this both
+        // repaints and kicks the re-upload.
+        tickShader();
+      },
+    });
+    for (const cache of cachedTransitions) syncCacheProgram(cache);
+    return created;
+  };
 
   const rebuildGlResources = (): void => {
-    glRes = createGlResources();
+    const restored = gl;
+    if (!restored) return;
+    glRes = createGlResources(restored);
     for (const cache of cachedTransitions) {
-      const shader = transitions[cache.index]?.shader;
-      if (shader !== undefined) cache.prog = programs.get(shader) ?? null;
+      syncCacheProgram(cache);
       // Deleting the old textures would be a no-op on a lost context, so the
       // handles are just dropped; ensureTransitionTextures re-uploads them from
       // the cached blobs (in memory, or re-read from IndexedDB). Bumping the
@@ -1107,6 +1170,8 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   };
 
   const renderTextureBlend = (
+    gl: WebGLRenderingContext,
+    glRes: GlResources,
     target: WebGLFramebuffer,
     texA: WebGLTexture,
     texB: WebGLTexture,
@@ -1206,14 +1271,22 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       canvasEl.style.display = "none";
       return;
     }
+    // First shader draw of the composition: this is where the context (and
+    // with it every program) comes into existence. Guarded so an all-CSS
+    // composition never creates one.
+    if (!cache.fallback && !contextLost) ensureGl();
+
     // CSS-only transitions (prog === null) MUST take the fallback path. The
     // fallback flag is the normal signal, but we also guard on prog to keep
     // the invariant even if some path momentarily resets fallback while prog
-    // stays null (it can't be re-created — there is no shader to compile).
+    // stays null (a CSS transition has no shader to compile, and ensureGl
+    // above found no context to compile one in).
     // A lost context joins them: every program, buffer and texture below is
     // dead until `webglcontextrestored`, so the DOM crossfade carries the
     // transition instead of the shader.
-    if (cache.fallback || cache.prog === null || contextLost) {
+    const glCtx = gl;
+    const res = glRes;
+    if (cache.fallback || cache.prog === null || contextLost || !glCtx || !res) {
       state.active = true;
       state.transitionIndex = activeIndex;
       state.prog = null;
@@ -1242,16 +1315,16 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       return;
     }
     paintScenePairState(cache.fromId, cache.toId, "1", "1");
-    renderTextureBlend(glRes.fromFbo, frame.a.fromTex, frame.b.fromTex, frame.mix);
-    renderTextureBlend(glRes.toFbo, frame.a.toTex, frame.b.toTex, frame.mix);
+    renderTextureBlend(glCtx, res, res.fromFbo, frame.a.fromTex, frame.b.fromTex, frame.mix);
+    renderTextureBlend(glCtx, res, res.toFbo, frame.a.toTex, frame.b.toTex, frame.mix);
 
     canvasEl.style.display = "block";
     renderShader(
-      gl,
-      glRes.quadBuf,
+      glCtx,
+      res.quadBuf,
       prog,
-      glRes.fromTex,
-      glRes.toTex,
+      res.fromTex,
+      res.toTex,
       state.progress,
       accentColors,
       compWidth,
@@ -1378,19 +1451,12 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
     const toId = scenes[i + 1];
     if (!fromId || !toId) continue;
 
-    // shader omitted → CSS crossfade. shader present but program failed to
-    // compile (logged above) → degrade gracefully to CSS crossfade so the
-    // opacity timeline still runs and scene progression isn't broken. Both
-    // paths land in the always-ready prog=null cache.
-    const requestedShader = t.shader !== undefined;
-    const compiledProg = requestedShader ? (programs.get(t.shader!) ?? null) : null;
-    const isCssFallback = !requestedShader || compiledProg === null;
-    if (requestedShader && compiledProg === null) {
-      console.warn(
-        `[HyperShader] Shader "${t.shader}" failed to compile — falling back to CSS crossfade.`,
-      );
-    }
-    const prog = isCssFallback ? null : compiledProg;
+    // shader omitted → CSS crossfade, an always-ready prog=null cache. A cache
+    // that DID ask for a shader also starts at prog=null: programs are compiled
+    // with the context, which does not exist yet. syncCacheProgram() fills prog
+    // in when ensureGl() brings the context up, and degrades the cache to this
+    // same always-ready CSS state if the shader fails to compile.
+    const isCssFallback = t.shader === undefined;
 
     const dur = t.duration ?? DEFAULT_DURATION;
     const ease = t.ease ?? DEFAULT_EASE;
@@ -1402,7 +1468,8 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       duration: dur,
       fromId,
       toId,
-      prog,
+      shader: t.shader,
+      prog: null,
       frames: [],
       cacheKey: "",
       dirty: !isCssFallback,
@@ -1422,11 +1489,11 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
           const toScene = document.getElementById(toId);
           if (!fromScene || !toScene) return;
 
-          state.prog = prog;
+          const cache = cachedTransitions[cacheIndex];
+          state.prog = cache?.prog ?? null;
           state.transitionIndex = cacheIndex;
           state.progress = 0;
           state.active = true;
-          const cache = cachedTransitions[cacheIndex];
           if (cache?.fallback) {
             applyFallbackTransition(cache, 0);
             return;
@@ -1536,22 +1603,27 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
     cache.textureGeneration += 1;
     for (const frame of cache.frames) {
       if (frame.fromTex) {
-        gl.deleteTexture(frame.fromTex);
+        gl?.deleteTexture(frame.fromTex);
         frame.fromTex = null;
       }
       if (frame.toTex) {
-        gl.deleteTexture(frame.toTex);
+        gl?.deleteTexture(frame.toTex);
         frame.toTex = null;
       }
     }
     cache.textureReady = false;
   };
 
-  // Caches with prog === null are CSS crossfade transitions and must stay in
-  // the always-ready fallback state. Without this guard, disposeCachedTransition
+  // Transitions that play as a DOM crossfade and must stay in the always-ready
+  // fallback state: the author asked for no shader, or the context is up and
+  // the shader failed to compile. Without this guard, disposeCachedTransition
   // + markScenesDirty would route them through the WebGL prewarm path and
   // tickShader would eventually call renderShader(state.prog!) with a null prog.
-  const isCssOnlyTransition = (cache: CachedTransition): boolean => cache.prog === null;
+  // `prog === null` alone cannot be the test — before ensureGl() every cache
+  // has a null prog, which would strand real shader transitions here and skip
+  // the prewarm that captures their frames.
+  const isCssOnlyTransition = (cache: CachedTransition): boolean =>
+    cache.shader === undefined || (gl !== null && cache.prog === null);
 
   const disposeCachedTransition = (cache: CachedTransition): void => {
     disposeTransitionTextures(cache);
@@ -1596,7 +1668,7 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       getSceneSignature(cache.fromId),
       cache.toId,
       getSceneSignature(cache.toId),
-      transitions[cache.index]?.shader || "unknown",
+      cache.shader || "unknown",
       cache.time,
       cache.duration,
       sampleCount,
@@ -1760,8 +1832,8 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       ]);
       if (!fromEntry || !toEntry) {
         for (const frame of hydratedFrames) {
-          gl.deleteTexture(frame.fromTex);
-          gl.deleteTexture(frame.toTex);
+          gl?.deleteTexture(frame.fromTex);
+          gl?.deleteTexture(frame.toTex);
         }
         return false;
       }
@@ -1794,6 +1866,11 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
       return Promise.resolve(true);
     }
     if (cache.texturePromise) return cache.texturePromise;
+    // Being that choke point, this is also where a composition first NEEDS a
+    // context: the guards above have already returned for every cache that
+    // plays as a CSS crossfade, so nothing that reaches here is context-free.
+    const gl = ensureGl();
+    if (!gl) return Promise.resolve(false);
 
     const generation = cache.textureGeneration;
     const frames = cache.frames;
@@ -2252,35 +2329,14 @@ export function init(config: HyperShaderConfig): GsapTimeline {
   };
 
   const sceneEditObservers = observeSceneEdits();
-  const releaseGlContext = manageContextLoss(glCanvas, gl, {
-    onLost: () => {
-      contextLost = true;
-      canvasEl.style.display = "none";
-      // Repaint at the current playhead so the DOM crossfade takes over
-      // immediately instead of leaving the last shader frame frozen on screen.
-      tickShader();
-    },
-    onRestored: () => {
-      contextLost = false;
-      try {
-        rebuildGlResources();
-      } catch (e) {
-        contextLost = true;
-        console.warn("[HyperShader] WebGL context restore failed:", e);
-        return;
-      }
-      // tickShader re-requests textures for the active transition, so this both
-      // repaints and kicks the re-upload.
-      tickShader();
-    },
-  });
   window.addEventListener(
     "beforeunload",
     () => {
       for (const observer of sceneEditObservers) {
         observer.disconnect();
       }
-      releaseGlContext();
+      // Null when no shader transition ever drew — there is no context to release.
+      releaseGlContext?.();
     },
     { once: true },
   );