[Fix] (DirectVulkan): narrow the blended depth-write quirk to order-independent accumulation blends, exempting sorted-transparency, gl_FragDepth writers and fully masked attachments

MobileGL/Config.h

@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Config {
         // subgroups wider than 32 lanes (see ShaderSourceProcessor's quirk registry).
         QuirkOverride SubgroupPrefixScanQuirk = QuirkOverride::Auto;
         // MOBILEGL_MAGMA_DISABLE_BLENDED_DEPTH_WRITE: overrides the DirectVulkan quirk that
-        // strips depth writes from blended pipelines on drivers without cross-pipeline
+        // strips depth writes from accumulation-blended pipelines (MIN/MAX or additive
-        // vertex position invariance (see VulkanRenderer's PipelineFactory setup). Auto
+        // ONE+ONE - the multi-pass depth-equality signature) on drivers without
-        // detects Qualcomm.
+        // cross-pipeline vertex position invariance. Sorted-transparency "over" blends,
+        // gl_FragDepth writers, and fully color-masked attachments are exempt (see
+        // PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite). Auto detects Qualcomm.
         QuirkOverride MagmaDisableBlendedDepthWriteQuirk = QuirkOverride::Auto;
         // MOBILEGL_DISABLE_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS: leave the Vulkan robustBufferAccess device
         // feature off. It is enabled by default to match GL's defined out-of-range fetch

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/PipelineFactory.cpp

@@ -109,10 +109,81 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                   "vkCreatePipelineCache");
     }
 
+    // Must be called once, before any pipeline is created: the flag is not part of the
+    // pipeline hash, so flipping it mid-life would serve cached pipelines built under the
+    // old value.
     void PipelineFactory::SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite(Bool enabled) {
         s_suppressBlendedDepthWrite = enabled;
     }
 
+    Bool PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(MG_Config::QuirkOverride quirkOverride,
+                                                                   Uint32 vendorId) {
+        static constexpr Uint32 kVendorIdQualcomm = 0x5143;
+        switch (quirkOverride) {
+        case MG_Config::QuirkOverride::ForceOn:
+            return true;
+        case MG_Config::QuirkOverride::ForceOff:
+            return false;
+        case MG_Config::QuirkOverride::Auto:
+        default:
+            return vendorId == kVendorIdQualcomm;
+        }
+    }
+
+    namespace {
+        // Order-independent accumulation blending: the write order of overlapping fragments
+        // does not change the result, which is what lets multi-pass chains re-rasterize the
+        // same geometry and combine per-pass contributions (MC 26.3 OIT: GL_MAX depth
+        // bounds, additive ONE+ONE transmittance/accumulate). Sorted-transparency "over"
+        // compositing (SRC_ALPHA-style factors) is order-dependent, drawn once per surface,
+        // and relies on its depth writes for occlusion - it must not be treated as hazardous.
+        // MIN/MAX ignore blend factors entirely per the Vulkan spec.
+        //
+        // Deliberately color-channel only. A separate-alpha accumulation
+        // (glBlendEquationSeparate(GL_FUNC_ADD, GL_MAX)) whose color channel is an ordinary
+        // over-blend is not treated as hazardous: no known content pairs that shape with a
+        // depth-equality chain, and widening the test would re-capture sorted transparency.
+        Bool IsAccumulationBlend(const VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState& attachment) {
+            if (attachment.colorBlendOp == VK_BLEND_OP_MIN || attachment.colorBlendOp == VK_BLEND_OP_MAX) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            return attachment.colorBlendOp == VK_BLEND_OP_ADD &&
+                   attachment.srcColorBlendFactor == VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE &&
+                   attachment.dstColorBlendFactor == VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE;
+        }
+    } // namespace
+
+    Bool PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload) {
+        if (!payload.depthWriteEnable) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // A shader that assigns gl_FragDepth supplies depth itself rather than taking the
+        // pipeline's interpolated Z, so a driver that varies the vertex position math
+        // between pipelines cannot desynchronize it. (A gl_FragDepth = gl_FragCoord.z
+        // passthrough is the exception that stays exposed; no known content pairs one with
+        // an equality chain, and 26.3's composite is a genuine computed-depth writer.)
+        if (payload.fragmentReplacesDepth) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (Uint32 i = 0; i < payload.colorAttachmentCount; ++i) {
+            const VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState& attachment = payload.colorBlendAttachments[i];
+            if (attachment.blendEnable != VK_TRUE) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // All color writes masked: blending is moot (depth-prepass pattern that left
+            // GL_BLEND enabled); stripping the depth write would delete the whole prepass.
+            if (attachment.colorWriteMask == 0) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Any attachment qualifies, not just attachment 0: the 26.3 transmittance pass
+            // accumulates into a 2-target MRT and must stay stripped.
+            if (IsAccumulationBlend(attachment)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     PipelineFactory::~PipelineFactory() {
         DestroyAll();
         if (m_pipelineCache != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
@@ -157,6 +228,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             XXH64_update(m_hashState, &payload.backStencilDepthFailOp, sizeof(payload.backStencilDepthFailOp)));
         XXHASH_VERIFY(
             XXH64_update(m_hashState, &payload.backStencilCompareOp, sizeof(payload.backStencilCompareOp)));
+        XXHASH_VERIFY(
+            XXH64_update(m_hashState, &payload.fragmentReplacesDepth, sizeof(payload.fragmentReplacesDepth)));
         if (payload.colorAttachmentCount > 0) {
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(
                 m_hashState,
@@ -263,17 +336,16 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         for (Uint32 i = 0; i < payload.colorAttachmentCount; ++i) {
             colorAttachments[i] = payload.colorBlendAttachments[i];
         }
-        // Suppress depth writes on blended pipelines when the active driver cannot keep
+        // Suppress depth writes on accumulation-blended pipelines when the active driver
-        // vertex positions invariant across the pipelines of a multi-pass depth-equality
+        // cannot keep vertex positions invariant across the pipelines of a multi-pass
-        // chain (see SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite). Blended draws that write depth are rare
+        // depth-equality chain (see SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite). The decision is narrowed
-        // and the equality-dependent prepass pattern is exactly the case that breaks.
+        // in ShouldSuppressDepthWrite: sorted-transparency "over" blends (vanilla MC water),
-        if (s_suppressBlendedDepthWrite && depthStencil.depthWriteEnable == VK_TRUE) {
+        // gl_FragDepth writers, and masked-out attachments keep their depth writes.
-            for (Uint32 i = 0; i < payload.colorAttachmentCount; ++i) {
+        // This bakes the decision into the pipeline, which only works because depth write is
-                if (colorAttachments[i].blendEnable == VK_TRUE) {
+        // static state here - adding VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_WRITE_ENABLE to kDynamicStates
-                    depthStencil.depthWriteEnable = VK_FALSE;
+        // would let the record-time value override it and silently disable the quirk.
-                    break;
+        if (s_suppressBlendedDepthWrite && ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload)) {
-                }
+            depthStencil.depthWriteEnable = VK_FALSE;
-            }
         }
         VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo blend{VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_COLOR_BLEND_STATE_CREATE_INFO};
         blend.logicOpEnable = payload.logicOpEnable ? VK_TRUE : VK_FALSE;

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/PipelineFactory.h

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             VkStencilOp backStencilPassOp = VK_STENCIL_OP_KEEP;
             VkStencilOp backStencilDepthFailOp = VK_STENCIL_OP_KEEP;
             VkCompareOp backStencilCompareOp = VK_COMPARE_OP_ALWAYS;
+            // The fragment module writes gl_FragDepth (SPIR-V DepthReplacing); exempts the
+            // pipeline from the blended depth-write quirk (see ShouldSuppressDepthWrite).
+            Bool fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
             Array<VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState, kMaxColorAttachments> colorBlendAttachments{};
             const Vector<VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo>* stages = nullptr;
             const VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo* vertexInputState = nullptr;
@@ -62,13 +65,26 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         VkPipeline GetOrCreatePipeline(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload);
         void DestroyAll();
 
-        // Driver quirk: suppress depth writes on blended pipelines. Multi-pass depth-equality
+        // Driver quirk: suppress depth writes on accumulation-blended pipelines. Multi-pass
-        // rendering (a blended prepass writes depth that later passes re-test with an
+        // depth-equality rendering (a blended prepass writes depth that later passes re-test
-        // equality-inclusive compare on the re-rasterized geometry) requires cross-pipeline
+        // with an equality-inclusive compare on the re-rasterized geometry) requires
-        // position invariance that some mobile compilers do not provide, even with the
+        // cross-pipeline position invariance that some mobile compilers do not provide, even
-        // SPIR-V Invariant decoration; whole primitives then drop out of the later passes.
+        // with the SPIR-V Invariant decoration; whole primitives then drop out of the later
-        // Set at renderer initialization based on the active driver.
+        // passes. Only order-independent accumulation blends (MIN/MAX, additive ONE+ONE) are
+        // stripped - that is the signature of such equality chains (MC 26.3 OIT) - while
+        // sorted-transparency "over" compositing (e.g. vanilla MC water, SRC_ALPHA factors),
+        // which draws each surface once and depends on its depth writes to occlude later
+        // passes, keeps them. Set at renderer initialization based on the active driver.
         static void SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite(Bool enabled);
+        static Bool IsSuppressBlendedDepthWriteEnabled() { return s_suppressBlendedDepthWrite; }
+        // Device gate for the quirk: ForceOn/ForceOff bypass detection, Auto enables it on
+        // the known-affected vendor (Qualcomm).
+        static Bool ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(MG_Config::QuirkOverride quirkOverride,
+                                                             Uint32 vendorId);
+        // Pure per-pipeline strip decision (exempts gl_FragDepth writers, masked-out and
+        // non-accumulation blends); combined with the device flag in CreatePipeline. Static
+        // and payload-only so tests can pin the contract without a VkDevice.
+        static Bool ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload);
 
     private:
         VkPipeline CreatePipeline(const PipelineCreatePayload& payload) const;

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/ProgramFactory.cpp

@@ -1218,6 +1218,22 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
     } // namespace
 
+    // A shader that assigns gl_FragDepth (SPIR-V DepthReplacing) supplies depth itself
+    // instead of taking the pipeline's interpolated Z, so a driver that varies the vertex
+    // position math between pipelines cannot desynchronize it; the blended depth-write
+    // quirk therefore leaves it alone (see PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite).
+    Bool ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(const SpvReflectShaderModule& reflectModule) {
+        for (Uint32 entryIndex = 0; entryIndex < reflectModule.entry_point_count; ++entryIndex) {
+            const SpvReflectEntryPoint& entryPoint = reflectModule.entry_points[entryIndex];
+            for (Uint32 modeIndex = 0; modeIndex < entryPoint.execution_mode_count; ++modeIndex) {
+                if (entryPoint.execution_modes[modeIndex] == SpvExecutionModeDepthReplacing) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     VkShaderStageFlagBits ProgramFactory::ToVkStage(ShaderStage stage) {
         switch (stage) {
         case ShaderStage::Vertex:
@@ -1512,6 +1528,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                                                 VkProgramObject& entry) const {
         entry.activeFragmentOutputLocationMask = 0;
         entry.fragmentOutputTypes.fill(0);
+        entry.fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
 
         for (SizeT moduleIndex = 0; moduleIndex < shaders.size() && moduleIndex < spirv.size(); ++moduleIndex) {
             if (!shaders[moduleIndex] || shaders[moduleIndex]->GetShaderStage() != ShaderStage::Fragment) {
@@ -1533,6 +1550,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            entry.fragmentReplacesDepth = ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(reflectModule);
+
             uint32_t outputCount = 0;
             SpvReflectResult reflectResult = spvReflectEnumerateOutputVariables(&reflectModule, &outputCount, nullptr);
             MOBILEGL_ASSERT(reflectResult == SPV_REFLECT_RESULT_SUCCESS,

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/ProgramFactory.h

@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             ShaderStage rasterizationProducerStage = ShaderStage::Unknown;
             Uint32 producerOutputComponentCount = 0;
             Uint32 fragmentInputComponentCount = 0;
+            // The fragment module declares the DepthReplacing execution mode (writes
+            // gl_FragDepth); shader-computed depth is immune to the cross-pipeline
+            // position-invariance quirk (see PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite).
+            Bool fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
 
             static inline VkDevice s_device = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 rasterizationProducerStage = other.rasterizationProducerStage;
                 producerOutputComponentCount = other.producerOutputComponentCount;
                 fragmentInputComponentCount = other.fragmentInputComponentCount;
+                fragmentReplacesDepth = other.fragmentReplacesDepth;
                 other.hash = 0;
                 other.descriptorSetLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
                 other.pipelineLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -121,6 +126,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 other.rasterizationProducerStage = ShaderStage::Unknown;
                 other.producerOutputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentInputComponentCount = 0;
+                other.fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
             }
             VkProgramObject& operator=(VkProgramObject&& other) noexcept {
                 if (this == &other) {
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 rasterizationProducerStage = other.rasterizationProducerStage;
                 producerOutputComponentCount = other.producerOutputComponentCount;
                 fragmentInputComponentCount = other.fragmentInputComponentCount;
+                fragmentReplacesDepth = other.fragmentReplacesDepth;
                 other.hash = 0;
                 other.descriptorSetLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
                 other.pipelineLayout = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -163,6 +170,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 other.rasterizationProducerStage = ShaderStage::Unknown;
                 other.producerOutputComponentCount = 0;
                 other.fragmentInputComponentCount = 0;
+                other.fragmentReplacesDepth = false;
                 return *this;
             }
 
@@ -210,6 +218,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         static VkShaderStageFlagBits ToVkStage(ShaderStage stage);
         static VkFormat ConvertSpirvImageFormatToVkFormat(SpvImageFormat format);
         static SamplerNumericDomain UniformTypeToSamplerNumericDomain(GLenum glType);
+        // True when any entry point declares the DepthReplacing execution mode, i.e. the
+        // shader assigns gl_FragDepth. Exposed so the blended depth-write quirk's exemption
+        // can be pinned by tests. A false negative loses the exemption, so such a shader is
+        // stripped conservatively and forfeits its depth write.
+        static Bool ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(const SpvReflectShaderModule& reflectModule);
 
     private:
         struct ProgramLookupCache {

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp

@@ -2112,18 +2112,16 @@ void main() {
             // the pipelines of a multi-pass depth-equality chain (even with the SPIR-V
             // Invariant decoration), so a blended depth-writing prepass makes later
             // equality-compare passes drop whole primitives (MC 26.3 improved-transparency
-            // clouds flicker black). Suppress blended depth writes there;
+            // clouds flicker black). Suppress depth writes on accumulation-blended pipelines
+            // there (see PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite for the exact scope);
             // MOBILEGL_MAGMA_DISABLE_BLENDED_DEPTH_WRITE forces the quirk on or off on any
             // driver.
-            static constexpr Uint32 kVendorIdQualcomm = 0x5143;
             const MG_Config::QuirkOverride quirkOverride =
                 MG_Config::Features.MagmaDisableBlendedDepthWriteQuirk;
-            const Bool suppressBlendedDepthWrite =
+            const Bool suppressBlendedDepthWrite = PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(
-                quirkOverride == MG_Config::QuirkOverride::ForceOn ||
+                quirkOverride, m_physicalDevice.properties.vendorID);
-                (quirkOverride == MG_Config::QuirkOverride::Auto &&
-                 m_physicalDevice.properties.vendorID == kVendorIdQualcomm);
             if (suppressBlendedDepthWrite) {
-                MGLOG_I("DirectVulkan: suppressing depth writes on blended pipelines "
+                MGLOG_I("DirectVulkan: suppressing depth writes on accumulation-blended pipelines "
                         "(driver lacks cross-pipeline position invariance)%s",
                         quirkOverride == MG_Config::QuirkOverride::ForceOn ? " (forced on)" : "");
             }
@@ -3466,6 +3464,7 @@ void main() {
             .backStencilPassOp = MG_Util::ConvertStencilOperationToVkEnum(backStencil.PassDepthPassOp),
             .backStencilDepthFailOp = MG_Util::ConvertStencilOperationToVkEnum(backStencil.PassDepthFailOp),
             .backStencilCompareOp = MG_Util::ConvertDepthTestFuncToVkEnum(backStencil.Func),
+            .fragmentReplacesDepth = programObj.fragmentReplacesDepth,
             .stages = &programObj.stages,
             .vertexInputState = pipelineVertexInputState
         };
@@ -3670,6 +3669,16 @@ void main() {
                                 "disabling blending on attachments with this format (first hit: attachment %u textureId=%d program=%u)",
                                 static_cast<Int>(colorAttachmentFormat), i, textureExternalIndex,
                                 program.GetExternalIndex());
+                        if (PipelineFactory::IsSuppressBlendedDepthWriteEnabled()) {
+                            // With blending force-disabled the blended depth-write quirk can
+                            // never fire for pipelines on this format, so a depth-equality
+                            // chain that accumulates into it (MC 26.3 OIT depth_bounds on
+                            // RGBA32F) keeps its depth writes and may flicker on this driver.
+                            MGLOG_W("GetOrCreatePipeline: format=%d is not blendable, so the blended "
+                                    "depth-write quirk cannot apply to it; depth-equality chains "
+                                    "accumulating into this format may flicker",
+                                    static_cast<Int>(colorAttachmentFormat));
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 if (!blendSupportIt->second) {

MobileGL/MG_Test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ add_subdirectory(Texture)
 add_subdirectory(VertexArray)
 add_subdirectory(Program)
 add_subdirectory(Query)
+add_subdirectory(Pipeline)
 if (ENABLE_INTEGRATION_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(Backend/DirectVulkan)
 endif()

MobileGL/MG_Test/Pipeline/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
+
+add_executable(
+        PipelineQuirkTest
+        PipelineQuirkTest.cpp
+)
+
+target_include_directories(PipelineQuirkTest PRIVATE
+        ${MGL_ROOT}/include
+        ${MGL_ROOT}/MobileGL
+        ${MGL_ROOT}/3rdparty/xxHash
+        ${MGL_ROOT}/3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers/include
+        ${MGL_ROOT}/3rdparty/SPIRV-Reflect
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(
+        PipelineQuirkTest PRIVATE
+        GTest::gtest_main
+        ${LINK_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+if (MSVC)
+        target_compile_options(PipelineQuirkTest PRIVATE /Zc:preprocessor)
+endif()
+
+include(GoogleTest)
+gtest_discover_tests(PipelineQuirkTest DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT 30 PROPERTIES LABELS unit)

MobileGL/MG_Test/Pipeline/PipelineQuirkTest.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+// MobileGL - MobileGL/MG_Test/Pipeline/PipelineQuirkTest.cpp
+// Copyright (c) 2025-2026 MobileGL-Dev
+// Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0:
+//   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
+//   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
+// End of Source File Header
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <Config.h>
+#include <MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/PipelineFactory.h>
+#include <MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/ProgramFactory.h>
+
+using namespace MobileGL;
+using MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan::PipelineFactory;
+using MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan::ProgramFactory;
+using MobileGL::MG_Config::QuirkOverride;
+
+namespace {
+    constexpr Uint32 kVendorIdQualcomm = 0x5143;
+    constexpr Uint32 kVendorIdArm = 0x13B5;
+
+    constexpr VkColorComponentFlags kFullColorWriteMask =
+        VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_R_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_G_BIT |
+        VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_B_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_A_BIT;
+
+    // Builds non-separate blend state: the alpha channel repeats the color factors/op, which
+    // is what glBlendFunc/glBlendEquation (as opposed to their *Separate forms) produce.
+    // ShouldSuppressDepthWrite deliberately decides on the color channel alone, so these
+    // cases cover its whole input space; SeparateAlphaAccumulationIsNotStripped below pins
+    // the separate-alpha contract.
+    VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState MakeBlendAttachment(Bool blendEnable,
+                                                            VkBlendFactor srcColor,
+                                                            VkBlendFactor dstColor,
+                                                            VkBlendOp colorOp,
+                                                            VkColorComponentFlags colorWriteMask) {
+        VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState attachment{};
+        attachment.blendEnable = blendEnable ? VK_TRUE : VK_FALSE;
+        attachment.srcColorBlendFactor = srcColor;
+        attachment.dstColorBlendFactor = dstColor;
+        attachment.colorBlendOp = colorOp;
+        attachment.srcAlphaBlendFactor = srcColor;
+        attachment.dstAlphaBlendFactor = dstColor;
+        attachment.alphaBlendOp = colorOp;
+        attachment.colorWriteMask = colorWriteMask;
+        return attachment;
+    }
+
+    // glslangValidator -V output for:
+    //   #version 450
+    //   layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColor;
+    //   void main() { outColor = vec4(1.0); gl_FragDepth = 0.5; }
+    // Assigning gl_FragDepth makes glslang emit OpExecutionMode ... DepthReplacing.
+    constexpr Uint32 kFragDepthWriterSpirv[] = {
+        0x07230203u, 0x00010000u, 0x0008000bu, 0x0000000fu, 0x00000000u, 0x00020011u,
+        0x00000001u, 0x0006000bu, 0x00000001u, 0x4c534c47u, 0x6474732eu, 0x3035342eu,
+        0x00000000u, 0x0003000eu, 0x00000000u, 0x00000001u, 0x0007000fu, 0x00000004u,
+        0x00000004u, 0x6e69616du, 0x00000000u, 0x00000009u, 0x0000000du, 0x00030010u,
+        0x00000004u, 0x00000007u, 0x00030010u, 0x00000004u, 0x0000000cu, 0x00030003u,
+        0x00000002u, 0x000001c2u, 0x00040005u, 0x00000004u, 0x6e69616du, 0x00000000u,
+        0x00050005u, 0x00000009u, 0x4374756fu, 0x726f6c6fu, 0x00000000u, 0x00060005u,
+        0x0000000du, 0x465f6c67u, 0x44676172u, 0x68747065u, 0x00000000u, 0x00040047u,
+        0x00000009u, 0x0000001eu, 0x00000000u, 0x00040047u, 0x0000000du, 0x0000000bu,
+        0x00000016u, 0x00020013u, 0x00000002u, 0x00030021u, 0x00000003u, 0x00000002u,
+        0x00030016u, 0x00000006u, 0x00000020u, 0x00040017u, 0x00000007u, 0x00000006u,
+        0x00000004u, 0x00040020u, 0x00000008u, 0x00000003u, 0x00000007u, 0x0004003bu,
+        0x00000008u, 0x00000009u, 0x00000003u, 0x0004002bu, 0x00000006u, 0x0000000au,
+        0x3f800000u, 0x0007002cu, 0x00000007u, 0x0000000bu, 0x0000000au, 0x0000000au,
+        0x0000000au, 0x0000000au, 0x00040020u, 0x0000000cu, 0x00000003u, 0x00000006u,
+        0x0004003bu, 0x0000000cu, 0x0000000du, 0x00000003u, 0x0004002bu, 0x00000006u,
+        0x0000000eu, 0x3f000000u, 0x00050036u, 0x00000002u, 0x00000004u, 0x00000000u,
+        0x00000003u, 0x000200f8u, 0x00000005u, 0x0003003eu, 0x00000009u, 0x0000000bu,
+        0x0003003eu, 0x0000000du, 0x0000000eu, 0x000100fdu, 0x00010038u,
+    };
+
+    // Same shader without the gl_FragDepth assignment.
+    constexpr Uint32 kPlainFragmentSpirv[] = {
+        0x07230203u, 0x00010000u, 0x0008000bu, 0x0000000cu, 0x00000000u, 0x00020011u,
+        0x00000001u, 0x0006000bu, 0x00000001u, 0x4c534c47u, 0x6474732eu, 0x3035342eu,
+        0x00000000u, 0x0003000eu, 0x00000000u, 0x00000001u, 0x0006000fu, 0x00000004u,
+        0x00000004u, 0x6e69616du, 0x00000000u, 0x00000009u, 0x00030010u, 0x00000004u,
+        0x00000007u, 0x00030003u, 0x00000002u, 0x000001c2u, 0x00040005u, 0x00000004u,
+        0x6e69616du, 0x00000000u, 0x00050005u, 0x00000009u, 0x4374756fu, 0x726f6c6fu,
+        0x00000000u, 0x00040047u, 0x00000009u, 0x0000001eu, 0x00000000u, 0x00020013u,
+        0x00000002u, 0x00030021u, 0x00000003u, 0x00000002u, 0x00030016u, 0x00000006u,
+        0x00000020u, 0x00040017u, 0x00000007u, 0x00000006u, 0x00000004u, 0x00040020u,
+        0x00000008u, 0x00000003u, 0x00000007u, 0x0004003bu, 0x00000008u, 0x00000009u,
+        0x00000003u, 0x0004002bu, 0x00000006u, 0x0000000au, 0x3f800000u, 0x0007002cu,
+        0x00000007u, 0x0000000bu, 0x0000000au, 0x0000000au, 0x0000000au, 0x0000000au,
+        0x00050036u, 0x00000002u, 0x00000004u, 0x00000000u, 0x00000003u, 0x000200f8u,
+        0x00000005u, 0x0003003eu, 0x00000009u, 0x0000000bu, 0x000100fdu, 0x00010038u,
+    };
+
+    // Owns the reflection module so each test case cleans up after itself.
+    class ReflectModule {
+    public:
+        template <SizeT WordCount>
+        explicit ReflectModule(const Uint32 (&spirv)[WordCount]) {
+            m_created = spvReflectCreateShaderModule(sizeof(spirv), spirv, &m_module) ==
+                        SPV_REFLECT_RESULT_SUCCESS;
+        }
+        ~ReflectModule() {
+            if (m_created) {
+                spvReflectDestroyShaderModule(&m_module);
+            }
+        }
+        ReflectModule(const ReflectModule&) = delete;
+        ReflectModule& operator=(const ReflectModule&) = delete;
+
+        Bool Created() const { return m_created; }
+        const SpvReflectShaderModule& Get() const { return m_module; }
+
+    private:
+        SpvReflectShaderModule m_module{};
+        Bool m_created = false;
+    };
+
+    PipelineFactory::PipelineCreatePayload MakeDepthWritingPayload(
+        const VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState& attachment0) {
+        PipelineFactory::PipelineCreatePayload payload{};
+        payload.colorAttachmentCount = 1;
+        payload.depthTestEnable = true;
+        payload.depthWriteEnable = true;
+        payload.colorBlendAttachments[0] = attachment0;
+        return payload;
+    }
+} // namespace
+
+// --- Device gate: MOBILEGL_MAGMA_DISABLE_BLENDED_DEPTH_WRITE tri-state ---
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkDeviceGate, ForceOnEnablesOnAnyVendor) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::ForceOn,
+                                                                          kVendorIdArm));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::ForceOn,
+                                                                          kVendorIdQualcomm));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkDeviceGate, ForceOffDisablesEvenOnQualcomm) {
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::ForceOff,
+                                                                           kVendorIdQualcomm));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkDeviceGate, AutoDetectsQualcommOnly) {
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::Auto,
+                                                                          kVendorIdQualcomm));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::Auto,
+                                                                           kVendorIdArm));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkDeviceGate, ForceOnRoundTripsThroughTheFactoryFlag) {
+    const Bool previous = PipelineFactory::IsSuppressBlendedDepthWriteEnabled();
+    PipelineFactory::SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite(
+        PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressBlendedDepthWriteForDevice(QuirkOverride::ForceOn, kVendorIdArm));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::IsSuppressBlendedDepthWriteEnabled());
+    PipelineFactory::SetSuppressBlendedDepthWrite(previous);
+}
+
+// --- Per-pipeline strip decision against the pipeline create-info payload ---
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, MaxBlendIsStripped) {
+    // MC 26.3 OIT depth_bounds: GL_MAX accumulation writing depth - the case the quirk fixes.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, MinBlendIsStripped) {
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO, VK_BLEND_OP_MIN, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, AdditiveOnePlusOneIsStripped) {
+    // MC 26.3 OIT transmittance/accumulate: ONE+ONE additive accumulation writing depth.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, SortedTransparencyOverBlendIsNotStripped) {
+    // Vanilla MC translucent layer (water, stained glass): SRC_ALPHA "over" compositing
+    // draws each surface once and depends on its depth writes to occlude particles, rain,
+    // and clouds drawn later - it must keep them.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD,
+        kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, EffectivelyOpaqueBlendIsNotStripped) {
+    // GL_BLEND left enabled with ONE/ZERO+ADD factors is opaque in effect; stripping its
+    // depth write would break occlusion for plainly opaque geometry.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, FullyMaskedAccumulationBlendIsNotStripped) {
+    // Depth-prepass pattern: colorMask(0,0,0,0) with blending left enabled - blending is
+    // moot, and stripping would delete the entire prepass.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, 0));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, DisabledBlendIsNotStripped) {
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        false, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, NoDepthWriteMeansNoStrip) {
+    auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    payload.depthWriteEnable = false;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, FragDepthWriterIsExempt) {
+    // gl_FragDepth output does not go through per-pipeline vertex position math, so the
+    // cross-pipeline invariance hazard cannot affect it (e.g. the 26.3 OIT composite).
+    auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    payload.fragmentReplacesDepth = true;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, AccumulationOnSecondaryAttachmentIsStripped) {
+    // The hazard is not limited to attachment 0: the 26.3 transmittance pass accumulates
+    // into a 2-target MRT.
+    PipelineFactory::PipelineCreatePayload payload{};
+    payload.colorAttachmentCount = 2;
+    payload.depthTestEnable = true;
+    payload.depthWriteEnable = true;
+    payload.colorBlendAttachments[0] = MakeBlendAttachment(
+        false, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, kFullColorWriteMask);
+    payload.colorBlendAttachments[1] = MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, kFullColorWriteMask);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, AlphaWeightedAdditiveIsNotStripped) {
+    // SRC_ALPHA,ONE additive is order-independent in the color channel but is the classic
+    // *sorted* particle/glow blend, not an OIT accumulation pass. Pins the src==ONE clause:
+    // without it this state would be stripped.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, ReverseSubtractIsNotStripped) {
+    // Deliberate narrowing: only MIN/MAX and ONE+ONE ADD carry the equality-chain
+    // signature. SUBTRACT-class ops stay outside the quirk until content demands them.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_REVERSE_SUBTRACT,
+        kFullColorWriteMask));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, PartiallyMaskedAccumulationIsStripped) {
+    // Only a fully masked attachment is exempt; a live alpha channel still accumulates.
+    const auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD, VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_A_BIT));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, NoColorAttachmentsMeansNoStrip) {
+    // Depth-only FBO: the loop must not read the (stale) attachment array at all.
+    PipelineFactory::PipelineCreatePayload payload{};
+    payload.colorAttachmentCount = 0;
+    payload.depthTestEnable = true;
+    payload.depthWriteEnable = true;
+    payload.colorBlendAttachments[0] = MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, SeparateAlphaAccumulationIsNotStripped) {
+    // glBlendEquationSeparate(GL_FUNC_ADD, GL_MAX) over an ordinary color over-blend: the
+    // alpha channel accumulates but the color channel does not. Pins that the decision is
+    // color-channel only - widening it to alpha would re-capture sorted transparency.
+    auto attachment = MakeBlendAttachment(true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA,
+                                          VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD,
+                                          kFullColorWriteMask);
+    attachment.srcAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE;
+    attachment.dstAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE;
+    attachment.alphaBlendOp = VK_BLEND_OP_MAX;
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(MakeDepthWritingPayload(attachment)));
+}
+
+TEST(PipelineQuirkStripDecision, MixedOverAndMaskedAttachmentsAreNotStripped) {
+    PipelineFactory::PipelineCreatePayload payload{};
+    payload.colorAttachmentCount = 2;
+    payload.depthTestEnable = true;
+    payload.depthWriteEnable = true;
+    payload.colorBlendAttachments[0] = MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, VK_BLEND_OP_ADD,
+        kFullColorWriteMask);
+    payload.colorBlendAttachments[1] = MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, 0);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}
+
+// --- DepthReplacing reflection feeding the gl_FragDepth exemption ---
+
+TEST(ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth, TrueForAShaderThatAssignsFragDepth) {
+    const ReflectModule module(kFragDepthWriterSpirv);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(module.Created());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(module.Get()));
+}
+
+TEST(ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth, FalseForAPlainFragmentShader) {
+    const ReflectModule module(kPlainFragmentSpirv);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(module.Created());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(module.Get()));
+}
+
+TEST(ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth, FalseForAnEmptyModule) {
+    // A default-constructed module has no entry points; the scan must not dereference.
+    SpvReflectShaderModule emptyModule{};
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(emptyModule));
+}
+
+TEST(ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth, ReflectedFlagFlipsTheStripDecision) {
+    // The two fixtures differ only by the gl_FragDepth assignment, so they pin that the
+    // reflected flag is what flips the strip decision for an otherwise identical pipeline.
+    const ReflectModule depthWriter(kFragDepthWriterSpirv);
+    const ReflectModule plain(kPlainFragmentSpirv);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(depthWriter.Created());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(plain.Created());
+
+    auto payload = MakeDepthWritingPayload(MakeBlendAttachment(
+        true, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE, VK_BLEND_OP_MAX, kFullColorWriteMask));
+
+    payload.fragmentReplacesDepth = ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(plain.Get());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+
+    payload.fragmentReplacesDepth = ProgramFactory::ReflectedFragmentReplacesDepth(depthWriter.Get());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(PipelineFactory::ShouldSuppressDepthWrite(payload));
+}