From 5692e00efbe72cddb939860ade7518732053adcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Scholl <zack.scholl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 09:48:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: allow progressbar to be updated afterwards

---
 progressbar.go      |  5 +++++
 progressbar_test.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/progressbar.go b/progressbar.go
index 125290a..9b9adf3 100644
--- a/progressbar.go
+++ b/progressbar.go
@@ -956,6 +956,11 @@ func (p *ProgressBar) render() error {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+		// allow re-rendering when finished (e.g., when description is updated)
+		if !p.config.clearOnFinish {
+			io.Copy(p.config.writer, &p.config.stdBuffer)
+			renderProgressBar(p.config, &p.state)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/progressbar_test.go b/progressbar_test.go
index c64f660..34ee7b4 100644
--- a/progressbar_test.go
+++ b/progressbar_test.go
@@ -853,6 +853,22 @@ func TestProgressBar_Describe(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProgressBar_DescribeAfterFinish(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := strings.Builder{}
+	bar := NewOptions(100,
+		OptionSetDescription("Uploading files"),
+		OptionShowCount(),
+		OptionSetWriter(&buf),
+		OptionSetWidth(10),
+	)
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		bar.Add(1)
+	}
+	bar.Describe("Upload complete")
+	result := buf.String()
+	assert.Contains(t, result, "Upload complete")
+}
+
 func TestRenderBlankStateWithThrottle(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := strings.Builder{}
 	bar := NewOptions(100, OptionSetWidth(10), OptionSetRenderBlankState(true), OptionThrottle(time.Millisecond), OptionSetWriter(&buf))

From 914e5115384a34d0fba6c0af91a68f9b3896226e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Scholl <zack.scholl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 09:57:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: add describe solution

---
 progressbar.go | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/progressbar.go b/progressbar.go
index 9b9adf3..e0bcf39 100644
--- a/progressbar.go
+++ b/progressbar.go
@@ -803,6 +803,13 @@ func (p *ProgressBar) Describe(description string) {
 	if p.config.invisible {
 		return
 	}
+	// if already finished, re-render with the new description
+	if p.state.finished && !p.config.clearOnFinish && !p.config.useANSICodes {
+		clearProgressBar(p.config, p.state)
+		io.Copy(p.config.writer, &p.config.stdBuffer)
+		renderProgressBar(p.config, &p.state)
+		return
+	}
 	p.render()
 }
 
@@ -956,11 +963,6 @@ func (p *ProgressBar) render() error {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		// allow re-rendering when finished (e.g., when description is updated)
-		if !p.config.clearOnFinish {
-			io.Copy(p.config.writer, &p.config.stdBuffer)
-			renderProgressBar(p.config, &p.state)
-		}
 		return nil
 	}