From afd51e08c1f7d96f606b0c1267c84395a788e61a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devaryakjha <dev.jha.arya@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:24:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: prevent serialization of children for offstage
 `Offstage` widgets.

---
 lib/src/driver.dart | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/src/driver.dart b/lib/src/driver.dart
index e383ac4..1e000d8 100644
--- a/lib/src/driver.dart
+++ b/lib/src/driver.dart
@@ -692,6 +692,11 @@ class _Driver {
       out["children"] = children;
 
       element.visitChildren((node) {
+        // Skip children of Offstage widgets when offstage is true
+        if (element.widget is Offstage &&
+            (element.widget as Offstage).offstage) {
+          return;
+        }
         children.add(serialize(node));
       });