app/assets/javascripts/stimulus_reflex.js in stimulus_reflex-3.5.0.rc3 vs app/assets/javascripts/stimulus_reflex.js in stimulus_reflex-3.5.0.rc4

@@ -943,11 +943,11 @@
   return attrs;
 };
 
 var name = "stimulus_reflex";
 
-var version = "3.5.0-rc3";
+var version = "3.5.0-rc4";
 
 var description = "Build reactive applications with the Rails tooling you already know and love.";
 
 var keywords = [ "ruby", "rails", "websockets", "actioncable", "turbolinks", "reactive", "cable", "ujs", "ssr", "stimulus", "reflex", "stimulus_reflex", "dom", "morphdom" ];
 
@@ -1258,11 +1258,11 @@
   const controller = controllers.find((controller => {
     if (!controller || !controller.identifier) return;
     const identifier = reflexNameToControllerIdentifier(extractReflexName(reflexName));
     return identifier === controller.identifier;
   }));
-  return controller || controllers[0];
+  return controller;
 };
 
 const scanForReflexes = debounce((() => {
   const reflexElements = document.querySelectorAll(`[${Schema.reflex}]`);
   reflexElements.forEach((element => scanForReflexesOnElement(element)));
@@ -1279,11 +1279,12 @@
     const potentialControllers = [ controller ].concat(allReflexControllers(element));
     controller = findControllerByReflexName(reflexName, potentialControllers);
     const controllerName = controller ? controller.identifier : "stimulus-reflex";
     actions.push(`${reflexName.split("->")[0]}->${controllerName}#__perform`);
     const parentControllerElement = element.closest(`[data-controller~=${controllerName}]`);
-    if (!parentControllerElement) {
+    const elementPreviouslyHadStimulusReflexController = element === parentControllerElement && controllerName === "stimulus-reflex";
+    if (!parentControllerElement || elementPreviouslyHadStimulusReflexController) {
       controllers.push(controllerName);
     }
   }));
   const controllerValue = attributeValue(controllers);
   const actionValue = attributeValue(actions);
@@ -1438,10 +1439,11 @@
   }
 }));
 
 var StimulusReflex = Object.freeze({
   __proto__: null,
+  StimulusReflexController: StimulusReflexController,
   initialize: initialize,
   reflexes: reflexes,
   register: register,
   scanForReflexes: scanForReflexes,
   scanForReflexesOnElement: scanForReflexesOnElement,
@@ -1465,6 +1467,6 @@
   }
 };
 
 window.StimulusReflex = global;
 
-export { global as default, initialize, reflexes, register, scanForReflexes, scanForReflexesOnElement, useReflex };
+export { StimulusReflexController, global as default, initialize, reflexes, register, scanForReflexes, scanForReflexesOnElement, useReflex };