Un-gate value setting in formatter repeat check logic (#53613)

packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart

@@ -1676,13 +1676,13 @@ class EditableTextState extends State<EditableText> with AutomaticKeepAliveClien
       value = _whitespaceFormatter.formatEditUpdate(_value, value);
       _lastFormattedValue = value;
     }
-    // If the text, selection, or composing region has changed, we should update the
+
-    // locally stored TextEditingValue to the new one.
+    _value = value;
-    if (!isRepeatText || !isRepeatSelection || !isRepeatComposing) {
+    // Use the last formatted value when an identical repeat pass is detected.
-      _value = value;
+    if (isRepeatText && isRepeatSelection && isRepeatComposing && textChanged && _lastFormattedValue != null) {
-    } else if (textChanged && _lastFormattedValue != null) {
       _value = _lastFormattedValue;
     }
+
     // Always attempt to send the value. If the value has changed, then it will send,
     // otherwise, it will short-circuit.
     _updateRemoteEditingValueIfNeeded();

packages/flutter/test/widgets/editable_text_test.dart

@@ -4313,6 +4313,49 @@ void main() {
     expect(formatter.log, referenceLog);
   });
 
+  // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/53612
+  testWidgets('formatter logic handles initial repeat edge case', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final MockTextFormatter formatter = MockTextFormatter();
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      MediaQuery(
+        data: const MediaQueryData(devicePixelRatio: 1.0),
+        child: Directionality(
+          textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+          child: FocusScope(
+            node: focusScopeNode,
+            autofocus: true,
+            child: EditableText(
+              backgroundCursorColor: Colors.grey,
+              controller: controller,
+              focusNode: focusNode,
+              maxLines: 1, // Sets text keyboard implicitly.
+              style: textStyle,
+              cursorColor: cursorColor,
+              inputFormatters: <TextInputFormatter>[formatter],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await tester.tap(find.byType(EditableText));
+    await tester.showKeyboard(find.byType(EditableText));
+    controller.text = '';
+    await tester.idle();
+
+    final EditableTextState state =
+        tester.state<EditableTextState>(find.byType(EditableText));
+    expect(tester.testTextInput.editingState['text'], equals(''));
+    expect(state.wantKeepAlive, true);
+
+    expect(formatter.formatCallCount, 0);
+    state.updateEditingValue(const TextEditingValue(text: ''));
+    state.updateEditingValue(const TextEditingValue(text: '', composing: TextRange(start: 1, end: 2)));
+    state.updateEditingValue(const TextEditingValue(text: '0')); // pass to formatter once to check the values.
+    expect(formatter.lastOldValue.composing, const TextRange(start: 1, end: 2));
+    expect(formatter.lastOldValue.text, '');
+  });
+
   testWidgets('Whitespace directionality formatter input Arabic', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     final TextEditingController controller = TextEditingController(text: 'testText');
     await tester.pumpWidget(