// Image generation counter - incremented on each segment change,
	// used to discard stale inline images (sixel/iTerm).
	// Pointer so it survives BubbleTea's value-copy update cycle.
	imageGen *uint64

	gen := uint64(0)

		imageGen:     &gen,

		return inlineImageCmd(m.state, m.protocol())

		return inlineImageCmd(m.state, m.protocol(), *m.imageGen, m.imageGen)

		return tea.Sequence(tea.ClearScreen, inlineImageCmd(m.state, m.protocol()))

		(*m.imageGen)++
		gen := *m.imageGen
		return tea.Sequence(tea.ClearScreen, inlineImageCmd(m.state, m.protocol(), gen, m.imageGen))

func inlineImageCmd(state *tools.ClassifyState, protocol utils.ImageProtocol) tea.Cmd {

// gen is the generation at dispatch time; currentGen points to the live counter.
// If they differ when the image is ready, a newer segment change has occurred
// and this image is stale — discard it instead of writing.
func inlineImageCmd(state *tools.ClassifyState, protocol utils.ImageProtocol, gen uint64, currentGen *uint64) tea.Cmd {

		// Discard if a newer segment change has superseded this one
		if *currentGen != gen {
			return nil
		}