From 3644885b396cea70a1c3cf0adc4582b1fabef111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alice Hernandez <hola@puercito.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:43:15 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=90=9B=20don't=20record=20unless=20we're?=
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---
 scripts/fix-ghost-sessions.mjs                | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx      |  4 +--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/fix-ghost-sessions.mjs

diff --git a/scripts/fix-ghost-sessions.mjs b/scripts/fix-ghost-sessions.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d994e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/fix-ghost-sessions.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// One-time migration: remove ghost sessions created by clicking into a document
+// without typing. These have activeMs === 0 (no keystrokes recorded).
+
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, copyFileSync } from 'fs'
+
+const TELEMETRY = `${process.env.HOME}/Library/Application Support/Borges/.borges/telemetry.json`
+const BACKUP    = TELEMETRY + '.ghost-bak'
+
+const sessions = JSON.parse(readFileSync(TELEMETRY, 'utf-8'))
+
+const ghosts  = sessions.filter(s => s.activeMs === 0)
+const cleaned = sessions.filter(s => s.activeMs > 0)
+
+if (ghosts.length === 0) {
+  console.log('No ghost sessions found.')
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
+for (const s of ghosts) {
+  console.log(`Removing ghost session ${s.id} (${s.storyId}) date=${s.date} words ${s.wordsStart}→${s.wordsEnd}`)
+}
+
+copyFileSync(TELEMETRY, BACKUP)
+console.log(`\nBacked up to ${BACKUP}`)
+writeFileSync(TELEMETRY, JSON.stringify(cleaned, null, 2), 'utf-8')
+console.log(`Done. Removed ${ghosts.length} ghost session(s) → ${cleaned.length} total (was ${sessions.length}).`)
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
index f03183e..74be477 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
     const wpm = activeMs > 0 ? Math.round(Math.max(0, typedWords) / (activeMs / 60_000)) : 0
     sessionRef.current = null
     if (flushTimerRef.current) { clearTimeout(flushTimerRef.current); flushTimerRef.current = null }
-    // Only persist if something was actually written
-    if (wordsEnd - s.wordsStart <= 0 && durationMs < 5000) return
+    // Only persist if the user actually typed something
+    if (activeMs === 0) return
     window.api.appendTelemetrySession({
       id: shortId(),
       storyId: s.storyId,