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+/** @odoo-module
+ *
+ * Navbar patch — gate the POS-logo "register" click so cashiers can't
+ * silently abandon a settle-due order by clicking back to the home/
+ * register screen.
+ *
+ * The original onClickRegister is sync; we make ours async and the
+ * existing OWL bindings still work (they fire-and-forget).
+ */
+import { patch } from "@web/core/utils/patch";
+import { Navbar } from "@point_of_sale/app/components/navbar/navbar";
+
+patch(Navbar.prototype, {
+    async onClickRegister() {
+        const allowed = await this.pos.confirmExitSettleIfNeeded(null);
+        if (!allowed) {
+            return;
+        }
+        return super.onClickRegister();
+    },
+});