Linkage across vertices when Shift-Deleting multiple vertices

[DallinYauney]

When using Shift + Delete on multiple vertices of a path, the position of one vertex can become linked to the handle of a different vertex.

Steps to reproduce

1. With a blank document, create an ellipse
2. Enable the path tool, and select the right and bottom vertices
3. Press Shift + Delete
4. Separate out the subpaths and observe that moving the right vertex of the smaller subpath changes the direction of the right vertex from the larger subpath

Video

Screencast_20260828_102817.webm

Other details

• Observed on latest and stable web versions
• Seems to apply for any number of nodes highlighted before pressing Shift + Delete, above 1 (however only one node/handle pair has this connection)
• Moving the affected handle directly stops this from happening