QStateMachine::started() signal not behaving as documented

The documentation of QStateMachine::started() indicates that the signal is emitted when the state machine enters the initial state. However, any events generated within a slot connected to this signal do not get propagated to the initial state.

The enclosed program emits a signal (doNextState()) within a QStateMachine::started() connected slot that should cause the state machine to transition from the initial state to the final state. However, it appears that the signal is ignored. If we emit doNextState() from a slot connected to the initial state's SIGNAL(entered()), we get the expected behavior.

In short, it appears that when the QStateMachine::started() is emitted, the state machine hasn't "really" entered the initialState.