Indicate in web UI when forwarding a mouse event failed

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
frontend

Research direction

No file or test is named. Reproduce the failure with TinyPilot connected to a console-only target, then trace the mouse-event forwarding path and existing web UI notification behavior. Done means failed mouse events produce user feedback without flooding the screen during rapid movement.

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Description

bug

Description

TinyPilot should give the user feedback about whether forwarding their mouse event failed. This is a little bit tricky, as mouse events can fire 50+ times per second, so we have to notify in a way that doesn't flood the screen.

What's the behavior that you expect?

TinyPilot gives a notification in the web UI that a mouse event failed.

What's happening instead?

There's no indication that the mouse event failed.

What are the steps to reproduce this behavior?

  1. Connect TinyPilot to a target computer that's in console mode (no GUI)
  2. Move the mouse cursor across the screen
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