diff --git a/tests/test_dom_patchers.mjs b/tests/test_dom_patchers.mjs
index d4e8671..3f67e7b 100644
--- a/tests/test_dom_patchers.mjs
+++ b/tests/test_dom_patchers.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { Window } from 'happy-dom';
+import {
+  bindEventOnce,
+  setTextIfChanged,
+  syncElementAttributes,
+} from '../web/resolver/utils/dom_patch_utils.js';
 
 const projectRoot = path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..');
 const resolveDownloadMethodsSource = fs.readFileSync(
@@ -59,6 +64,31 @@ const patchQueuedSelections = eval(`(${extractMethod(queueMethodsSource, 'patchQ
 const patchDownloadsPanelElement = eval(`(${extractMethod(queueMethodsSource, 'patchDownloadsPanelElement')})`);
 const patchLoadedModelsProgress = eval(`(${extractMethod(renderFormatMethodsSource, 'patchLoadedModelsProgress')})`);
 
+test('shared DOM helpers synchronize attributes, text, and one-time listeners', () => {
+  const window = new Window();
+  const current = window.document.createElement('button');
+  const next = window.document.createElement('button');
+  current.setAttribute('class', 'old');
+  current.setAttribute('data-stale', '1');
+  next.setAttribute('class', 'new');
+  next.setAttribute('data-value', '2');
+
+  syncElementAttributes(current, next);
+  assert.equal(current.getAttribute('class'), 'new');
+  assert.equal(current.hasAttribute('data-stale'), false);
+  assert.equal(current.getAttribute('data-value'), '2');
+
+  assert.equal(setTextIfChanged(current, 'Ready'), true);
+  assert.equal(setTextIfChanged(current, 'Ready'), false);
+
+  let clicks = 0;
+  const handler = () => { clicks += 1; };
+  assert.equal(bindEventOnce(current, 'click', handler, 'ready'), true);
+  assert.equal(bindEventOnce(current, 'click', handler, 'ready'), false);
+  current.click();
+  assert.equal(clicks, 1);
+});
+
 function createDialog(window) {
   return {
     syncSearchElementAttributes,
diff --git a/web/resolver/utils/dom_patch_utils.js b/web/resolver/utils/dom_patch_utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c5a348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/resolver/utils/dom_patch_utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+const boundEventKeys = new WeakMap();
+
+export function syncElementAttributes(current, next) {
+    if (!current || !next) return current;
+
+    const nextAttributeNames = new Set(
+        Array.from(next.attributes || [], attribute => attribute.name)
+    );
+    for (const attribute of Array.from(current.attributes || [])) {
+        if (!nextAttributeNames.has(attribute.name)) {
+            current.removeAttribute(attribute.name);
+        }
+    }
+    for (const attribute of Array.from(next.attributes || [])) {
+        if (current.getAttribute(attribute.name) !== attribute.value) {
+            current.setAttribute(attribute.name, attribute.value);
+        }
+    }
+    return current;
+}
+
+export function setTextIfChanged(element, value) {
+    if (!element) return false;
+    const nextText = String(value ?? '');
+    if (element.textContent === nextText) return false;
+    element.textContent = nextText;
+    return true;
+}
+
+export function bindEventOnce(element, eventName, handler, key = eventName) {
+    if (!element?.addEventListener || !eventName || typeof handler !== 'function') return false;
+
+    let elementKeys = boundEventKeys.get(element);
+    if (!elementKeys) {
+        elementKeys = new Set();
+        boundEventKeys.set(element, elementKeys);
+    }
+
+    const bindingKey = `${eventName}:${String(key)}`;
+    if (elementKeys.has(bindingKey)) return false;
+    elementKeys.add(bindingKey);
+    element.addEventListener(eventName, handler);
+    return true;
+}