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Fixes screen tearing / ghosting after the server changes the graphics output size.

Split out of #1 so it can go upstream on its own: this branch is only the tearing fix, with no product-specific behaviour.

Rebased onto current master, which already resizes the session framebuffer on ResetGraphics via take_output_reset and reset_preserving_pointer before compositor deltas are applied. This PR does not change active_stage.rs. It fixes the EGFX/graphics decode path and ironrdp-web so the pixels written into that buffer are correct.

The bug

When the server resizes the graphics output (EGFX ResetGraphics, or a Deactivation-Reactivation Sequence), stale pixels survive the transition. What you see is part of the old desktop still on screen, or blocks that never repaint until something happens to overdraw them.

Several independent faults contribute; any one of them can produce the symptom alone:

  1. ResetGraphics dropped the wrong caches. The bitmap cache was cleared, but MS-RDPEGFX 3.3.5.14 only redefines the output buffer — cache slots are connection-scoped. Windows restores the desktop after a resolution change almost entirely from slots filled before the reset, so dropping them makes hundreds of CacheToSurface blits silent no-ops.
  2. Progressive tile references outlived the surfaces they belonged to. A later surface reusing the same id would difference against the previous desktop.
  3. SRL streams were decoded incorrectly. Zero-padding was not honoured and a zero run spanning a single event was over-consumed, so a run could terminate early and leave the tail of a tile unwritten — or the session aborted with Srl(MissingTerminator) on real Windows hosts.
  4. Session framebuffer sizing (already on upstream master). Deltas for the new geometry must land in a buffer already sized for the new output. Upstream now does this with take_output_reset + reset_preserving_pointer before composite_graphics_updates. This PR assumes that base; it does not reimplement it.

On top of that, the web client never opted into MS-RDPEGFX, and its canvas never followed a size the server picked on its own — so even with the protocol side correct, ironrdp-web still tore.

Where to look first

Most of the diff is not the fix. examples/rdp_stress.rs is 1299 lines of offline grading harness with no product code in it, ironrdp-testsuite-core adds integration tests, and roughly a third of the remaining product diff is comment recording spec reasoning. The behavioural changes in this PR are small; the table is everything that still differs from master.

# Where The change Why that fixes the tear
1 compositor.rs::reset stop clearing the bitmap cache on reset; charge allocated_bytes to surviving slots Windows repaints a resized desktop almost entirely with CacheToSurface from slots filled before the reset. Clearing them turns hundreds of those blits into silent no-ops, so the old pixels stay where they were.
2 client.rs::handle_reset_graphics and progressive.rs::clear_tile_references clear progressive tile references on reset; keep CONTEXT and the ClearCodec glyph cache A reset implicitly destroys every surface. Stale coefficient buffers make a later surface reusing the same id difference against the previous desktop. CONTEXT stays because 3.3.5.14 redefines only the output buffer and Windows does not re-send SYNC.
3 srl.rs honour zero-padding; consume zero runs one event at a time Without this, many real servers never get past the first EGFX frames (Srl(MissingTerminator)), and static tiles never refresh when streams end early.
4 ironrdp-web EGFX enable support_dyn_vc_gfx_protocol: true and register the EGFX DVC The browser client must enter the same pipeline these fixes live in.
5 sync_canvas_to_image match the HTML canvas to DecodedImage before drawing; full repaint when the backing store size changes ActiveStage::process can resize the image in the same frame; assigning canvas width/height clears it. Dirty-rectangle painting alone would leave the rest blank.

Rows 1–3 are protocol/decode faults; rows 4–5 are web embedding. Each of 1–3 can produce visible tearing or a dead session on its own.

What changed

Protocol (ironrdp-egfx, ironrdp-graphics) — this diff

  • ResetGraphics retains the bitmap cache, keeps the progressive CONTEXT and the ClearCodec glyph cache, and clears progressive tile references.
  • Deleting a surface drops that surface's progressive tile references, so a difference tile before a new base tile fails cleanly with MissingTileReference.
  • SRL decoding honours zero-padding and consumes a zero run one event at a time; erroneous terminator and eager cap logic is gone.
  • SessionErrorKind::Pdu carries the inner error; ProgressiveDecodeError implements core::error::Error.

Session (ironrdp-session) — upstream base, not modified here

  • Framebuffer resize on reset: take_output_reset → reset_preserving_pointer → composite_graphics_updates, plus output-dimension limits via Compositor::materializable_output_size.

Web (ironrdp-web) — this diff

  • Enable the graphics pipeline and register the EGFX DVC.
  • Sync the canvas backing store to DecodedImage before the frame's GraphicsUpdate is drawn.
  • Repaint the full image when the canvas backing store actually changed; sync after reactivation when the image is replaced.
  • Canvas::resize reports whether the size changed; Session::desktop_size() tracks the size in effect.

Resize requests deliberately do not touch the canvas: it follows the size the server actually applies. Notably SuppressOutput/RefreshRect are not sent on reset — with RDPGFX those PDUs do not invalidate the surface cache (FreeRDP#12723). examples/rdp_stress.rs --redraw exists to re-check that against a real server.

Testing

Area Test
bitmap cache survives reset compositor::tests::reset_keeps_the_bitmap_cache
stale progressive tile references client::tests::reset_graphics_drops_tile_references_of_implicitly_destroyed_surfaces
reset + compositing integration session::active_stage::egfx_reset_resizes_the_image_before_compositing_the_same_payload (full ActiveStage + EGFX; fill outside the pre-reset image, inside the new one)
framebuffer + pointer on reset session::active_stage::reset_graphics_preserves_software_pointer_state (upstream; unchanged by this PR)
SRL decode progressive::tests::upgrade_pass_completes_when_the_srl_stream_ends_early, tile_upgrade_keeps_all_components_on_srl_error

Integration tests live in ironrdp-testsuite-core because ironrdp-session sets [lib] test = false.

Grading a real session

examples/rdp_stress.rs drives resolution changes against a live server and grades the decoded framebuffer (black / stale / seam metrics). Black and stale count toward failure so a fully painted but ghosted resize does not pass.

cargo run --example=rdp_stress --features "session,connector,graphics,dvc,displaycontrol" -- \
    --host <host> -u <user> --rounds 10 --out-dir /tmp/rdp-stress

On a Windows 11 host with RDPGFX, cycling 1300x820 ↔ 1828x1004, 5 rounds:

Build Result
this branch (on current master) 9/9 real resizes at stale_tiles=0.00%; frame size matches the requested dimensions
master without this PR opening EGFX frames abort with Srl(MissingTerminator) (fault 3), so resize grading never runs

The harness connects at the first --sizes entry, so round 1's opening step can show high stale % on an idle desktop (no server repaint) — a metric artefact, not leftover tearing.

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The change updates SRL decoding, progressive reference management, EGFX reset handling, compositor cache retention, session resizing, integration tests, and an RDP stress example.

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Graphics reset and decode handling

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SRL and progressive decoder contracts
crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/srl.rs, crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/progressive.rs
SRL decoding now uses zero padding after input exhaustion and reports over-reads. Progressive decoding exposes reference-management helpers, wrapped error sources, and updated upgrade-pass behavior.
EGFX reset lifecycle
crates/ironrdp-egfx/src/client.rs, crates/ironrdp-egfx/src/compositor.rs
EGFX reports pending reset dimensions, clears progressive tile references, preserves the bitmap cache, and validates reset cleanup.
Session resize integration
crates/ironrdp-session/..., crates/ironrdp-web/...
Active-stage processing applies reset dimensions before compositor output. Web sessions forward graphics reset events, synchronize canvas dimensions, repaint after resize, and skip unchanged canvas assignments. PDU error display includes the underlying error.
Reset and cold-decode validation
crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/egfx/..., crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/session/...
Tests cover cold progressive decoding, reset-before-compositing behavior, and pixel output after resizing.
RDP stress harness and build wiring
crates/ironrdp/Cargo.toml, crates/ironrdp/examples/rdp_stress.rs, crates/ironrdp/src/lib.rs
The new stress example drives resize, redraw, keyboard, activation, framebuffer grading, and PNG capture workflows.

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@asjdf 这个是按你在 #1 的 review 拆出来的可向上游提交的部分,麻烦看一下。(request reviewer 接口返回 404,权限不够,只能这样 at 你。)

基线是 master(af6feb6,与 upstream/master 同一个 commit),单 commit,556 增 / 67 删,只剩 7 个协议层文件。原来是 2051 / 110。

你提的几条怎么处理的

「这个底层库有必要维护上层的功能?」(client.rs:446)

查了一下 output_size() 在整个 workspace 零调用者,连 ironrdp-web 都没用——是新加的死代码,已删掉,连带它包的 Compositor::output_size()。

take_reset_graphics() 保留了,但文档全部改写成协议语义(MS-RDPEGFX 3.3.5.14:同尺寸 reset 照样销毁所有 surface)。原来那句「session 必须 re-blit 保留的 framebuffer」「canvas.resize 是 no-op 时」确实是把 frontend 的事写进协议 crate 了。ActiveStage 确实需要这个信息,但它传递的是协议事实,不是 UI 策略。

「不要体现 termium」 — 4 处全清了。testsuite 那条改成 "a client"。另外三处在 clipboard.service.ts / iron-remote-desktop.svelte,属于 web 层,这个 PR 里不涉及。

「注释统一用英文」 — srl.rs 和 progressive.rs 共 9 处全部英文化。技术内容一字没减,FreeRDP progressive_rfx_srl_read 的对照、KP 增长到 1024 的推理都在。

「这个文件提交到上游是准备让上游干啥?」(rdp_stress.rs)— 你说得对,没进来。1278 行,写死了内网 host 和账号,还要真实 RDP 服务器。留在 fork 自己回归用。

「你把原有的 firefox 的版本信息给搞丢了」 — 这条在 clipboard.service.ts,属于 web 层,不在这个 PR 里。确认是真回归:master 上失败后会再试一次 clipboard.read() 来探测 dom.events.testing.asyncClipboard,新版本直接降级 TextOnly,Firefox 测试环境会从 Full 掉下来。留给 web 那个 PR 修。

顺手修的

CodeRabbit 提的 &PathBuf / clippy::ptr_arg 在 rdp_stress.rs 里,自然没了。但新增的 SolidFill 测试引入了一个真的 unused-qualifications 警告,上游 CI 跑 -D warnings 会直接挂,已修。

验证

cargo fmt --all --check                  clean
cargo check --workspace --all-targets    0 errors
cargo clippy (egfx/graphics/session)     clean

ironrdp-egfx              55 passed
ironrdp-graphics         240 passed
ironrdp-testsuite-core  1662 passed

需要你判断的一件事

拆分时发现 master 上 ironrdp-web 是 support_dyn_vc_gfx_protocol: false,而且 connect() 里从来没注册 GraphicsPipelineClient——上游 WASM 客户端根本不走 EGFX,用的是 classic dirty-rectangle bitmap。启用 EGFX 是我们 fork 在 feat(web) 那个 commit 里自己做的。

所以这个 PR 对上游 web client 是零行为变更,撕裂修复的完整链路还缺两环,都在被排除的 ironrdp-web 里:

  1. 启用 EGFX(否则前面四条协议修复全不生效)
  2. canvas 跟随 image 尺寸 + 重绘保留的 overlap(Canvas::resize 会清空 backing store,不 blit 回去就只剩这一帧的 dirty tile)

往 Devolutions 提的时候,PR 描述末尾那节 "Note on impact for the web client" 建议留着,否则 maintainer 第一个问题就是「这修的是哪个用户可见的 bug」。web 那部分是否也要推上游(support_dyn_vc_gfx_protocol: true 是默认行为变更,而 WASM 侧没有 H.264 解码器),想听你的意见。

@asjdf asjdf changed the title fix(egfx): stop resize and reactivation from shredding the desktop fix(egfx): stop the desktop from tearing when the server resizes graphics output Sep 16, 2026

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🟡 Minor · Update the obsolete truncation error contract.

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Update the obsolete truncation error contract.

decode_upgrade_pass no longer returns an error when the SRL stream ends early. It zero-pads the remaining coefficients. Remove “or truncated” and document the actual SrlError conditions.

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In `@crates/ironrdp-egfx/src/client.rs`:
- Around line 505-507: Update the direct ActiveStage::process reset handling so
every valid positive reset size recreates or clears DecodedImage before
drain_output(), including same-size resets; do not gate this behavior on a
dimension comparison.
- Line 705: Update the ResetGraphics handling around
progressive_decoder.clear_tile_references() to also call
progressive_decoder.reset(), clearing retained surface tile and transient frame
state while preserving surface_context_flags for context-less continuation.

In `@crates/ironrdp-session/src/active_stage.rs`:
- Line 238: Update ActiveStage::process to validate ResetGraphics dimensions
against a practical framebuffer byte limit before calling DecodedImage::new;
reject oversized resets and avoid allocation while preserving normal image
recreation for acceptable dimensions.

In `@crates/ironrdp-web/src/session.rs`:
- Around line 953-958: Update self.desktop_size from the resized image before
invoking canvas_resized_callback, either immediately before sync_canvas_to_image
or within that function before the callback executes. Preserve the existing
resize synchronization and ensure Session::desktop_size() reports the new
dimensions during the callback.

In `@crates/ironrdp/examples/rdp_stress.rs`:
- Around line 1197-1200: Update the ClientConfig construction in the RDP stress
harness to use trusted root certificates with hostname verification instead of
danger::NoCertificateVerification. If insecure verification must remain for
local test servers, gate it behind an explicit option and emit a clear warning
before connecting.
- Around line 889-890: Update the tile-dimension and iteration logic used by
black_stats and stale_stats to use ceiling division for rows and cols, so
partial right and bottom tiles are included. Bound each tile’s coordinates to
frame.width and frame.height, and compute black/stale fractions using only the
available pixels in each clipped tile; preserve Measurement::failed and its
existing threshold behavior.

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In `@crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/progressive.rs`:
- Line 168: Update the documentation for decode_upgrade_pass to remove the
obsolete truncated-stream error guarantee and describe only the actual SrlError
conditions it can return. Keep the documentation aligned with the
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/// A same-size reset is still reported. Per MS-RDPEGFX 3.3.5.14 the reset destroys every
/// surface even when the output dimensions are unchanged, so a consumer that caches the
/// composited image has to know the surfaces it was built from are gone.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clear the session framebuffer after every valid reset.

The direct ActiveStage::process consumer takes this signal but replaces DecodedImage only when the dimensions differ. A same-size reset therefore keeps pixels from the destroyed surfaces. If the server repaints only part of the output, stale pixels remain visible.

For every positive reset size, recreate or clear DecodedImage before drain_output(). Do not use the dimension comparison as the reset condition.

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In `@crates/ironrdp-egfx/src/client.rs` around lines 505 - 507, Update the direct
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or clears DecodedImage before drain_output(), including same-size resets; do not
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// desktop — that is the shredded resize native RDP does not show.
// CONTEXT / ClearCodec glyph cache stay: 3.3.5.14 only redefines the
// output buffer, and Windows will not re-send SYNC + CONTEXT.
self.progressive_decoder.clear_tile_references();

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Clear progressive surface tile state during ResetGraphics.

clear_tile_references() clears only references. The contexts map still retains each destroyed surface's SurfaceTiles, including tile coefficients, signs, and pass. It also retains transient frame state.

If the server recreates the same surface and codec-context IDs after a same-size reset, a later upgrade can apply to the pre-reset tile state. Call progressive_decoder.reset() after clearing references. This preserves surface_context_flags, so context-less continuation remains supported.

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self.progressive_decoder.clear_tile_references();
self.progressive_decoder.clear_tile_references();
self.progressive_decoder.reset();
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In `@crates/ironrdp-egfx/src/client.rs` at line 705, Update the ResetGraphics
handling around progressive_decoder.clear_tile_references() to also call
progressive_decoder.reset(), clearing retained surface tile and transient frame
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&& (image.width() != w || image.height() != h)
{
debug!(w, h, "EGFX output resized");
*image = DecodedImage::new(image.pixel_format(), w, h);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Bound EGFX reset dimensions before allocating the framebuffer.

A connected remote RDP server can send ResetGraphics dimensions up to 32,766 per axis. ActiveStage::process passes those dimensions to DecodedImage::new, which allocates approximately 4 GiB for an RGBA image without a practical byte limit. Allocation failure can terminate the client session.

This is a client stability and availability issue, not a server-side security-boundary violation. Enforce a practical framebuffer byte limit before calling DecodedImage::new and reject oversized resets.

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In `@crates/ironrdp-session/src/active_stage.rs` at line 238, Update
ActiveStage::process to validate ResetGraphics dimensions against a practical
framebuffer byte limit before calling DecodedImage::new; reject oversized resets
and avoid allocation while preserving normal image recreation for acceptable
dimensions.

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Comment on lines +953 to +958
sync_canvas_to_image(
&mut gui,
&image,
&mut draw_buffer,
self.canvas_resized_callback.as_ref(),
)?;

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Update desktop_size before the resize callback.

For an EGFX reset, active_stage.process() resizes image and queues GraphicsReset. This call invokes canvas_resized_callback before the next event-loop iteration consumes GraphicsReset and updates self.desktop_size.

If the callback calls Session::desktop_size(), it receives the old dimensions. Set self.desktop_size from the resized image before calling sync_canvas_to_image, or update it inside sync_canvas_to_image before the callback runs.

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In `@crates/ironrdp-web/src/session.rs` around lines 953 - 958, Update
self.desktop_size from the resized image before invoking
canvas_resized_callback, either immediately before sync_canvas_to_image or
within that function before the callback executes. Preserve the existing resize
synchronization and ensure Session::desktop_size() reports the new dimensions
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let cols = frame.width / TILE;
let rows = frame.height / TILE;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Grade partial edge tiles.

black_stats and stale_stats use floor division, so they exclude the partial right and bottom tiles. The default sizes are not aligned to either tile size. An artifact confined to those edge regions can therefore produce a false pass.

Measurement::failed checks only black_tile_pct and stale_tile_pct against the default 6% threshold. It does not use seam. This is a narrow metric blind spot, not a blockage of the ordinary validation workflow.

Use ceiling division for both metrics. Bound each tile to the framebuffer, and calculate its black or stale fraction from the available pixels in partial tiles.

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In `@crates/ironrdp/examples/rdp_stress.rs` around lines 889 - 890, Update the
tile-dimension and iteration logic used by black_stats and stale_stats to use
ceiling division for rows and cols, so partial right and bottom tiles are
included. Bound each tile’s coordinates to frame.width and frame.height, and
compute black/stale fractions using only the available pixels in each clipped
tile; preserve Measurement::failed and its existing threshold behavior.

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let mut config = rustls::client::ClientConfig::builder()
.dangerous()
.with_custom_certificate_verifier(Arc::new(danger::NoCertificateVerification))
.with_no_client_auth();

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Security Misconfiguration

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Restore TLS server authentication.

NoCertificateVerification accepts every server certificate and handshake signature. A network attacker who intercepts or redirects the connection can impersonate the RDP server. The harness then authenticates and sends key events to an unauthenticated peer.

Use trusted roots and hostname verification. If insecure verification is necessary for a local test server, require an explicit option and print a warning.

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In `@crates/ironrdp/examples/rdp_stress.rs` around lines 1197 - 1200, Update the
ClientConfig construction in the RDP stress harness to use trusted root
certificates with hostname verification instead of
danger::NoCertificateVerification. If insecure verification must remain for
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A Display Control resize or a Ctrl+Alt+Del left the desktop torn: blocks frozen
on the previous image, regions that never refreshed again. Three separate faults,
all of them cases where the client was stricter than the protocol and stricter
than what Windows actually sends.

ResetGraphics dropped the EGFX bitmap cache. Cache slots are not surfaces: they
are connection-scoped, and MS-RDPEGFX 3.3.5.14 redefines only the output buffer,
so they survive a reset. Windows depends on it, restoring the desktop almost
entirely from slots filled before the reset. Dropping them made every one of
those CacheToSurface blits a silent no-op.

SRL decoding demanded a trailing zero byte and capped a zero run at one tile's
worth of coefficients. Windows sends neither: the encoder stops emitting bits
once the rest of a band is zero, and static regions produce runs far longer than
the cap. Both faults discarded whole tile updates, which is what surfaced as
blocks that never refresh. The stream is now read zero-padded past its end and a
run is consumed one event at a time, the way FreeRDP's progressive_rfx_srl_read
does. Over-reads are counted so a real desync still shows up in the logs.

ResetGraphics also kept the progressive difference-tile references owned by the
surfaces it implicitly destroys, so a reused surface id differenced against the
old desktop. Those go; the CONTEXT and the ClearCodec glyph cache stay, because
the server will not re-send them.

With the cache surviving, the session framebuffer has to follow the new output
before the compositor deltas from the same payload are applied — the server will
not send them twice. GraphicsPipelineClient::take_reset_graphics reports the
size for that, including same-size resets, since those still destroy every
surface.

Also implements core::error::Error for ProgressiveDecodeError and includes the
inner PDU error in SessionErrorKind::Pdu, so a decode failure is diagnosable
instead of collapsing to "PDU error".
The protocol-side fixes are only half of the tearing story for the web
client: `ironrdp-web` never opted into MS-RDPEGFX, and its canvas never
followed a size the server chose on its own.

Enable the graphics pipeline (`support_dyn_vc_gfx_protocol`) and register
the EGFX DVC, then keep the canvas in step with `DecodedImage`:

- Sync the backing store right before the frame's `GraphicsUpdate` is
  drawn, not after. `ActiveStage::process` can resize `image` to follow a
  ResetGraphics within the same frame, so a canvas synced afterwards
  would show that frame at the old size.
- Repaint the whole image whenever the resize actually happened. Setting
  `width`/`height` clears a canvas, so drawing only the frame's dirty
  regions would blank everything the server did not happen to repaint.
- Sync after a Deactivation-Reactivation Sequence too. That replaces
  `image` from inside the output loop, i.e. after this frame's sync
  already ran, and the next event can be an idle interval away.
- Make `resize` report whether the size changed, so an unchanged size
  stays a no-op instead of clearing and repainting every frame.

`Session::desktop_size()` now tracks the size in effect rather than the
one negotiated at connect, since both a reset and a reactivation change
it. Resize requests deliberately leave the canvas alone: it follows the
size the server actually applies, not the one that was asked for.
… harness that graded it

The framebuffer resize on EGFX `ResetGraphics` was the one fault in this branch with
no test behind it. Reverting it left the whole suite green, so nothing stopped a
later refactor from reordering it back into a torn desktop.

Cover it where it can actually run. `ironrdp-session` sets `[lib] test = false`, so
its inline `#[cfg(test)]` modules never execute under `cargo test --workspace`; the
test goes in `ironrdp-testsuite-core` next to the existing `composite_graphics_updates`
cases. It drives a real `ActiveStage` with an open EGFX channel and feeds one payload
carrying `ResetGraphics` plus the drawing that follows, with the fill placed outside
the old image and inside the new one — so it only survives if the resize happened
first. Reverting the fix fails it on the size assertion.

Also promote the resize-stability harness this branch was graded with from a local
script to `examples/rdp_stress.rs`. It talks to `ironrdp-session` directly over a real
connection, drives resolution changes, and grades the decoded framebuffer on black
tiles, stale tiles (the previous frame stretched over the new desktop, i.e. what
tearing looks like) and seam energy on the progressive tile grid. Stale now counts
toward failure alongside black: a resize that leaves the old picture behind is fully
painted and perfectly non-black, so grading on blackness alone reported success on
exactly the bug the harness exists to find. The settle loop and the verdict share one
predicate so they cannot drift.
Clarify SRL docs and test notes, use neutral wording in egfx/web comments, and remove reference_count_for_surface that existed only for debug fields.
ResetGraphics resizes DecodedImage in the same process() as the first
GraphicsUpdate, but GraphicsReset is dequeued on a later iteration.
Copy the image size into the Cell first so canvas_resized_callback and
desktop_size() agree. Also restore SessionErrorKind::Pdu Display to the
STYLE.md convention (inner error stays on source()).
examples/ is for small library demos. This is a live-host analysis tool in
the same class as ironrdp-capture-replay, so it belongs in its own
unpublished crate rather than the facade examples.

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