[regression] wayland: keyboard repeat sends twice key press events

[mrgaturus]

Describe the bug

• kitty wayland keyboard repeat is twice faster in latest versions (0.45.0 and nightly), but not in older versions (0.44.0 and lower)
  this bug occurs mostly in GNOME Wayland
• kitty x11 is not affected

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. hold any key
2. key repeat sends twice key press events

Screenshots

• debug input 0.44.0:

• debug input 0.45.0 and nightly:

Environment details

kitty 0.45.0 (da170555fa) created by Kovid Goyal
Linux mrgaturus-pc 6.18.4-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:43:48 +0000 x86_64
Arch Linux 6.18.4-arch1-1 (/dev/tty)
Running under: Wayland (GNOME Shell 49.2) missing: blur server_side_decorations layer_shell icon
OpenGL: '4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.3.3-arch1.2' Detected version: 4.6
Frozen: False
Fonts:
  medium: FantasqueSansMono-Regular: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FantasqueSansMono-Regular.ttf:0
          Features: ()
    bold: FantasqueSansMono-Bold: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FantasqueSansMono-Bold.ttf:0
          Features: ()
  italic: FantasqueSansMono-Italic: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FantasqueSansMono-Italic.ttf:0
          Features: ()
      bi: FantasqueSansMono-BoldItalic: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/FantasqueSansMono-BoldItalic.ttf:0
          Features: ()
Paths:
  kitty: /home/mrgaturus/Programming/gits/kitty/kitty/launcher/kitty
  base dir: /home/mrgaturus/Programming/gits/kitty
  extensions dir: /home/mrgaturus/Programming/gits/kitty/kitty
  system shell: /usr/bin/zsh
System color scheme: dark. Applied color theme type: none
Loaded config files:
  /home/mrgaturus/.config/kitty/kitty.conf

Config options different from defaults:
click_interval            0.5
cursor_blink_interval     (0.5, kitty.options.utils.EasingFunction(), kitty.options.utils.EasingFunction())
font_family               Fantasque Sans Mono
font_size                 12.0
initial_window_height     (600, 'px')
initial_window_width      (1024, 'px')
input_delay               16
remember_window_size      False
repaint_delay             16
scrollback_pager          ['less', '+G', '-R']
select_by_word_characters :@-./_~?&=%+#
window_border_width       (0, 'pt')
window_margin_width       FloatEdges(left=5.0, top=5.0, right=5.0, bottom=5.0)
Added shortcuts:
	super+c →  copy_to_clipboard
	super+n →  new_os_window
	super+v →  paste_from_clipboard
	super+w →  close_window
Changed shortcuts:
	kitty_mod+backspace →  restore_font_size
	kitty_mod+down →  decrease_font_size
	kitty_mod+up →  increase_font_size
Colors:
	active_border_color       #ffffff   
	background                #202020   
	color0                    #151515   
	color1                    #ac4142   
	color10                   #7e8d50   
	color11                   #e5b566   
	color12                   #6c99ba   
	color13                   #9e4e85   
	color14                   #7dd5cf   
	color15                   #f5f5f5   
	color2                    #7e8d50   
	color3                    #e5b566   
	color4                    #6c99ba   
	color5                    #9e4e85   
	color6                    #7dd5cf   
	color7                    #d0d0d0   
	color8                    #505050   
	color9                    #ac4142   
	cursor                    #d0d0d0   
	foreground                #d0d0d0   
	macos_titlebar_color      background
	selection_background      #303030   
	selection_foreground      #202020   

Important environment variables seen by the kitty process:
	PATH                                /home/mrgaturus/Programming/gits/kitty/kitty/launcher:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/usr/lib/rustup/bin
	LANG                                en_US.UTF-8
	SHELL                               /usr/bin/zsh
	DISPLAY                             :0
	WAYLAND_DISPLAY                     wayland-0
	USER                                mrgaturus
	XDG_DATA_DIRS                       /home/mrgaturus/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
	XDG_RUNTIME_DIR                     /run/user/1000
	XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP                 GNOME
	XDG_MENU_PREFIX                     gnome-
	XDG_SESSION_CLASS                   user
	XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP                 gnome
	XDG_SESSION_TYPE                    wayland

Additional context
i did not tested in other wayland compositors