coll.codebox possible bug

Wil's icon

in this video you can see that I use coll.codebox to monitor coll events.

but coll.codebox does not update when new patches are opened that contain same coll name

have to rename coll.codebox and the back to original name

for it to see the update

Screen Recording 2026-07-19 at 12.07.34 PM.mp4


Wil's icon

however

if I throw in a live.tab

I can re-initialize different coll.codebox

-- just thinking should work properly with only 1 name

Screen Recording 2026-07-19 at 1.20.25 PM.mp4


TFL's icon

It seems to be the case specifically if the object being populated in your newly opened patchers is a [coll]. If it's a [coll.codebox], the former one updates properly.

I'm too lazy to fill a support ticket to report that bug but I encourage you to do so here. You can share the following simple patchers and instructions to reproduce.

First, create a new patcher from this save it as new_patcher.maxpat, and close it.

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Then create this other patcher with our "monitor" [coll.codebox]:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

populate it with the clear, 1 hey, 2 ho message, then open new_patcher. The foo coll will be cleared and populated with 1 pop, but the [coll.codebox] won't reflect that until you change its name and set it back to foo.

Two things that are worth noticing:

Even though the [coll.codebox] doesn't reflect the new content after opening new_patcher, querying it will give you the correct values.

If you replace [coll] by [coll.codebox foo] in new_patcher, and repeat the instructions, there will be no issue: the other [coll.codebox] display is properly updated.

Wil's icon

Ok. Thanks.

I'm not lazy :)

just busy

I will follow your instructions

and file bug report