tech@,

When external_exec() runs a test synchronously, it refreshes prevstatus
but left lastexec unchanged. A later status change could therefore be
ignored by eval_state(), because that code gates body evaluation on the
first external test timestamp for the current state.

Set lastexec together with prevstatus for synchronous runs; this keeps
the cached test status and execution time consistent across state
re-entry.

Reproducer:

enter_two = '"test -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/enter_two" every 1'
slow_false = '"false" every 2'
go_back = '"test -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/go_back" every 1'
leave_once = '"test -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/leave_once" every 1'

run "rm -rf /tmp/ifstated-repro"
run "mkdir -p /tmp/ifstated-repro"

state one {
	init {
		run "rm -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/enter_two /tmp/ifstated-repro/go_back /tmp/ifstated-repro/leave_once"
		run "( sleep 1; touch /tmp/ifstated-repro/enter_two ) &"
	}
	if $enter_two {
		run "rm -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/enter_two"
		set-state two
	}
}

state two {
	init {
		run "rm -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/enter_two /tmp/ifstated-repro/go_back /tmp/ifstated-repro/leave_once"
		run "if test -f /tmp/ifstated-repro/seen_two; then touch /tmp/ifstated-repro/go_back; else touch /tmp/ifstated-repro/seen_two; ( sleep 3; touch /tmp/ifstated-repro/leave_once ) & fi"
	}
	if $slow_false || $go_back {
		run "touch /tmp/ifstated-repro/returned"
		set-state one
	}
	if $leave_once
		set-state one
}



Ok?

Index: usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/src/usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.c,v
diff -u -p -r1.68 ifstated.c
--- usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.c	23 Apr 2024 13:34:51 -0000	1.68
+++ usr.sbin/ifstated/ifstated.c	14 May 2026 21:34:57 -0000
@@ -340,8 +340,10 @@ external_exec(struct ifsd_external *exte
 	if (!async) {
 		waitpid(external->pid, &s, 0);
 		external->pid = 0;
-		if (WIFEXITED(s))
+		if (WIFEXITED(s)) {
 			external->prevstatus = WEXITSTATUS(s);
+			external->lastexec = time(NULL);
+		}
 	}
 }
 


-- 
wbr, Kirill