diff --git a/web/static/src/ts/core/qweb_vdom.ts b/web/static/src/ts/core/qweb_vdom.ts
index 7e4ab194..d2563d96 100644
--- a/web/static/src/ts/core/qweb_vdom.ts
+++ b/web/static/src/ts/core/qweb_vdom.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ export class Context {
     return newContext;
   }
 
+  withInLoop(): Context {
+    const newContext = Object.create(this);
+    newContext.inLoop = true;
+    return newContext;
+  }
+
   withCaller(node: Element): Context {
     const newContext = Object.create(this);
     newContext.caller = node;
@@ -629,7 +635,7 @@ const forEachDirective: Directive = {
   priority: 10,
   atNodeEncounter({ node, qweb, ctx }): boolean {
     ctx.rootContext.shouldProtectContext = true;
-    ctx.inLoop = true;
+    ctx = ctx.withInLoop();
     const elems = node.getAttribute("t-foreach")!;
     const name = node.getAttribute("t-as")!;
     let arrayID = ctx.generateID();
diff --git a/web/static/tests/core/widget.test.ts b/web/static/tests/core/widget.test.ts
index ce7710bc..0a54d132 100644
--- a/web/static/tests/core/widget.test.ts
+++ b/web/static/tests/core/widget.test.ts
@@ -698,3 +698,19 @@ describe("props evaluation (with t-props directive)", () => {
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div><span>42</span></div>");
   });
 });
+
+describe("random stuff", () => {
+  test("widget after a t-foreach", async () => {
+    // this test makes sure that the foreach directive does not pollute sub
+    // context with the inLoop variable, which is then used in the t-widget
+    // directive as a key
+    class Test extends Widget<WEnv, {}> {
+      name = "test";
+      template = `<div><t t-foreach="2">txt</t><t t-widget="widget"/></div>`;
+      widgets = { widget: Widget };
+    }
+    const widget = new Test(env);
+    await widget.mount(fixture);
+    expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>txttxt<div></div></div>");
+  });
+});