1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/signal_processor.py b/core/signal_processor.py
index da615b6..c79ea87 100644
--- a/core/signal_processor.py
+++ b/core/signal_processor.py
@@ -492,6 +492,23 @@ class SignalProcessor(QObject):
     def all_virtual_channel_ids(self) -> List[str]:
         return list(self._derived_bufs.keys())
 
+    def on_device_reconfigured(self, device_id: str, current_signal_ids: set) -> List[str]:
+        """Drop cached state for any signal_id a device's Apply & Reconnect
+        just removed — otherwise _latest keeps a stale frozen (timestamp,
+        value) forever (it's only ever written to, never pruned elsewhere),
+        and a derived Channel sourced from that id keeps silently computing
+        off that frozen value instead of skipping like a genuinely-missing
+        source would. Mirrors AcquisitionEngine.on_device_reconfigured().
+        Returns the removed signal_ids (those with a cached entry keyed to
+        this device that's no longer in current_signal_ids), so the caller
+        can flag any still-dangling references without recomputing the diff."""
+        removed = []
+        with self._lock:
+            for key in [k for k in self._latest if k[0] == device_id and k[1] not in current_signal_ids]:
+                self._latest.pop(key, None)
+                removed.append(key[1])
+        return removed
+
     def clear_history(self):
         """Clear derived channel buffers and latest-value cache."""
         with self._lock: