diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index f79f0acc..c5c63136 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Ranked; detail in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) and [docs/gaps.md](docs/gap
 
 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
-| 2026-10-11 | Effect › Brush Strokes: Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes, Sumi-e (G2). Command parameters from agents and files checked before anything changes (paint, place, cuts, dashes, crop, asset ids, anchors, paths, distort; #984–#999); command dialogs keep whole numbers whole, so Create Object Mosaic takes the tiles typed (#1000); stepper arrows take Shift (×10) and Ctrl/Cmd (÷10) like the arrow keys (#991). Exports and Rasterize supersample Art Optimized edges, so shapes meeting edge to edge leave no seam (#983). Character and paragraph styles take leading, kerning, mojikumi and the other attributes left out at their defaults (#1001). Drawing, typing and pasting with no layer shown and unlocked is refused instead of adding art to a hidden or locked layer (#1002). MCP `add_text` gives type on or in a path the colour asked for (#1003). MCP `screenshot` of a connected app renders the artboard asked for (#1004). `vectorcraft-cli run` ends quietly when its reader closes early (#1005). Select › All on Active Artboard selects on the artboard made active, not always the first (#1006). Reverse Gradient keeps off-centre midpoints, mirrored (#1007). A polar grid with no radial dividers draws none (#1008). Use Precise Cursors also covers the Pen's join pointer (#1009). SVGs with one absolute and one unitless root side import at their size, unstretched (#1010). DXF US survey inches, yards and miles open at their size and name (#1011). |
+| 2026-10-11 | Effect › Brush Strokes: Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes, Sumi-e (G2). Command parameters from agents and files checked before anything changes (paint, place, cuts, dashes, crop, asset ids, anchors, paths, distort; #984–#999); command dialogs keep whole numbers whole, so Create Object Mosaic takes the tiles typed (#1000); stepper arrows take Shift (×10) and Ctrl/Cmd (÷10) like the arrow keys (#991). Exports and Rasterize supersample Art Optimized edges, so shapes meeting edge to edge leave no seam (#983). Character and paragraph styles take leading, kerning, mojikumi and the other attributes left out at their defaults (#1001). Drawing, typing and pasting with no layer shown and unlocked is refused instead of adding art to a hidden or locked layer (#1002). MCP `add_text` gives type on or in a path the colour asked for (#1003). MCP `screenshot` of a connected app renders the artboard asked for (#1004). `vectorcraft-cli run` ends quietly when its reader closes early (#1005). Select › All on Active Artboard selects on the artboard made active, not always the first (#1006). Reverse Gradient keeps off-centre midpoints, mirrored (#1007). A polar grid with no radial dividers draws none (#1008). Use Precise Cursors also covers the Pen's join pointer (#1009). SVGs with one absolute and one unitless root side import at their size, unstretched (#1010). DXF US survey inches, yards and miles open at their size and name (#1011). A file placed into a document with no other links follows its first change even while the app sits idle (#1031). |
 | 2026-10-10 | Initial live Revolve (Effect › 3D and Materials, #846, #605), in its own `three-d` crate. Progress docs re-measured and restructured to the craftrules standard (this page, `docs/target-app-parity.md`, `gaps.md`, `ui-parity.md`, the format, hardware, localization, effects and type checklists). Same day: v0.8.0; Effect › Distort, Pixelate and Texture filters (13); German interface; Variables (data merge); Graph Type value axes and tick marks; restart when the first frame never reaches the screen (#964) |
 | 2026-10-09 | Radial Blur, Smart Blur, Unsharp Mask (gap 2 begins); 340 commits, the busiest day |
 | 2026-10-08 | v0.5.0–v0.7.0; community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, Layers, Artboards, Japanese composition, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages, saved selections |
diff --git a/contributors/people.toml b/contributors/people.toml
index 7477eff3..45cf1695 100644
--- a/contributors/people.toml
+++ b/contributors/people.toml
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@ sync_github_name = false
 real_name = "Fabio William Conceição"
 display_name = "Messhias"
 sync_github_name = false
+
+[people.KattKnight]
+display_name = "KattKnight (ayla.dsc)"
+sync_github_name = false
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 0077af03..be5c79ec 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -788,6 +788,8 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
             return;
         }
         let last: f64 = ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp(last_key)).unwrap_or(f64::NEG_INFINITY);
+        // The active document as the last look saw it: its uid and revision.
+        let (seen_key, doc) = (egui::Id::new("linkWatch.seen"), self.session.active().map(|d| (d.uid, d.revision)));
         if now - last >= 2.0 || (focused && !was_focused) {
             // Walking the document's links costs a pass over it: only when a look is due.
             // `start_link_scan` starts none for a document without links, which then doesn't
@@ -795,12 +797,21 @@ impl VectorcraftApp {
             ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(last_key, now));
             self.session.start_link_scan();
             let links = self.session.link_scan.is_some();
-            ctx.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("linkWatch.links"), links));
+            ctx.data_mut(|d| {
+                d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("linkWatch.links"), links);
+                d.insert_temp(seen_key, doc);
+            });
         }
         if self.session.link_scan.is_some() {
             ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
         } else if ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<bool>(egui::Id::new("linkWatch.links"))).unwrap_or(false) {
             ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(2000));
+        } else if ctx.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Option<(u64, u64)>>(seen_key)).is_some_and(|seen| seen != doc) {
+            // The document changed (a file placed into one without links) or another came to the
+            // front since that look: wake for the next one even if the app sits idle until then,
+            // or a file placed and changed meanwhile is first seen after the change, which is then
+            // never acted on.
+            ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_secs_f64((last + 2.0 - now).clamp(0.0, 2.0)));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_place.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_place.rs
index 5577bd76..d08044e4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_place.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_place.rs
@@ -546,3 +546,68 @@ fn crop_image_shows_a_box_that_apply_crops_to() {
     app.run("select.none", json!({})).unwrap();
     assert!(!crate::menus::enabled(&app, "ui.cropImage") && app.run("ui.cropImage", json!({})).is_err());
 }
+
+/// One headless frame of the whole window at `time` → how long the app asked to wait before the
+/// next one.
+fn frame_at(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, time: f64) -> std::time::Duration {
+    let raw = egui::RawInput { screen_rect: Some(egui::Rect::from_min_size(Pos2::ZERO, vec2(800.0, 600.0))), time: Some(time), ..Default::default() };
+    let mut out = ctx.run_ui(raw, |ui| {
+        app.logic(ui.ctx());
+        app.ui(ui);
+    });
+    out.textures_delta.clear();
+    out.viewport_output.get(&egui::ViewportId::ROOT).map_or(std::time::Duration::MAX, |v| v.repaint_delay)
+}
+
+/// The window sits idle for `secs` from `*time` (a frame now, then only the frames the app asks
+/// for) or until `done` → whether it was.
+fn idle(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, time: &mut f64, secs: f64, done: &dyn Fn(&VectorcraftApp) -> bool) -> bool {
+    let end = *time + secs;
+    loop {
+        let wait = frame_at(app, ctx, *time);
+        if done(app) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        let next = *time + wait.as_secs_f64().max(1.0 / 60.0);
+        if next > end {
+            *time = end;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if app.session.link_scan.is_some() {
+            // The look runs on a worker thread, in real time.
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(5));
+        }
+        *time = next;
+    }
+}
+
+/// A file placed into a document whose last look found no links, then changed by another app
+/// while the window sits idle in the background, follows Update Links: Automatically: the app
+/// wakes itself to see the new link before the change, so the change isn't taken for the file as
+/// first seen.
+#[test]
+fn a_file_placed_while_idle_follows_its_changes() {
+    let mut app = app();
+    app.run("prefs.set", json!({"key": "updateLinks", "value": "automatically"})).unwrap();
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    let mut time = 0.0;
+    idle(&mut app, &ctx, &mut time, 3.0, &|_| false);
+    // A look finds the new document without links: no wakes of its own for it.
+    assert_eq!(frame_at(&mut app, &ctx, time), std::time::Duration::MAX, "{:?}", ctx.repaint_causes());
+    // Half a second later, before the next look is due, a file is placed. The place itself is a
+    // frame (as any command); then nothing happens for 3 s.
+    time += 0.5;
+    let path = temp_file("idle-watch.png", &png(40, 30, 72.0));
+    app.run("file.place", json!({"path": path})).unwrap();
+    let id = app.session.active().unwrap().selection.objects[0];
+    idle(&mut app, &ctx, &mut time, 3.0, &|_| false);
+    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(30));
+    let changed = png(60, 30, 72.0);
+    std::fs::write(&path, &changed).unwrap();
+    let hash = vectorcraft_doc::links::hash_bytes(&changed);
+    let updated = |app: &VectorcraftApp| {
+        let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+        matches!(&st.doc.node(id).unwrap().kind, NodeKind::Image(im) if im.link.as_ref().and_then(|l| l.hash.as_deref()) == Some(hash.as_str()))
+    };
+    assert!(idle(&mut app, &ctx, &mut time, 10.0, &updated), "the changed file was never read again");
+}