From 31ddbe24fab11fc49bff916b2d3b39cbe51787a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:25:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed a potential crash on application exit that was
 discovered during debugging

---
 src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index 4300a9be8..6c03e7087 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ LayoutViewBase::shutdown ()
     }
   }
 
+  //  NOTE: this must happen before the services are deleted
+  mp_move_service = 0;
+  mp_selection_service = 0;
+  mp_tracker = 0;
+  mp_zoom_service = 0;
+
   //  delete all plugins
   std::vector<lay::Plugin *> plugins;
   plugins.swap (mp_plugins);