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Next time please use instance or window names, just the window ids make it tough to read and to understand.

Actually I have no idea, I just tested this in the current devel and I don't see any inconsistency there.

1. I'm in view named "terms", launch two xterms, set left gravity for the first, right for the second.
2. Set focus on right xterm and run an irb session from within:
   irb(main):008:0> Subtlext::Client.recent.collect {|c| c.instance}
   => ["xterm", "xterm", "xterm", "xterm", "xterm"]
3. Now I switch to view named "www" and back to "terms" (by ViewSwitch action) and check how result of .recent has changed
   irb(main):009:0> Subtlext::Client.recent.collect {|c| c.instance}
   => ["xterm", "xterm", "xterm", "Navigator", "xterm"]

Wrong order, the returned array should look like:
  => ["xterm", "Navigator", "xterm", "xterm", "xterm"]

The issue manifest only if the focus is on right xterm before switching forth & back to other view.

I cannot reproduce that. What version of subtle?

dunric@darkstar:~$ subtle -v
subtle 0.10.2988 - Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Christoph Kappel
Released under the GNU General Public License
Compiled for X11R0 and Ruby 1.9.1

I've discovered the issue is caused by multiple re-focusing of a client.

• Let's have two windows in one view. Left covers 66% of a view, right covers remaining 34%.
• Focus right window with a keyboard or a mouse. If focused with a keyboard, mouse cursor reappears in the centre of the focused window.
• Now switch to other view (by keyboard) with only one window covering whole area. Mouse cursor is placed in the centre.
• Now switch back to the original view (by keyboard). The right (smaller) window gets focus, but then unintentionaly gets focus the left (larger) window and then again back the right. Thus list of recent focused windows is updated 3 times.

You can check it out by implementing client_focus hook with debugging output:

on :client_focus do |c|
  $stderr.puts "=> GOT FOCUS: #{c.instance}" 
  $stderr.puts "=> RECENT: #{Subtlext::Client.recent.collect {|c| c.instance}}" 
end

and monitoring .xsession-errors log with tailf or other way.

I'm suspecting it has something to do with improperly placed mouse cursor causing loss of originaly focused window.

As I told you, I cannot reproduce this. There is no improperly placed pointer.

Can you post your config? Did you verify, that this happens with the stock config? Running any layout sublets or sublets that modify the focus history?