Project icons are missing in 1.16 #5843

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1. aaronvarga

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2. github-actions

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   fix(desktop): restore project icon picker in v2 project settings

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3. Kitenite

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   fix(desktop): make v2 project icons local-first

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4. de1mat commented on Jul 27, 2026

   

   de1mat

   on Jul 27, 2026

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   Seeing this too, and the cause looks unintentional.

   The icon picker was removed by #5731 (637aa9ec7, "local-first projects"), which shipped in v1.16.0. In v2, custom icons were stored in the cloud v2Projects.icon_url column. That PR moved project ownership into the local host.db, but icon_url didn't get a column in the new local schema, so V2ProjectSettings swapped the editable field for a read-only thumbnail:

   - <IconUploadField iconUrl={project.iconUrl ?? null} ... />
   + const iconUrl = project.repoOwner ? `https://github.com/${project.repoOwner}.png?size=64` : null
   + <ProjectThumbnail projectName={project.name} iconUrl={iconUrl} />

   Nothing in #5731's description mentions icons, so this reads like fallout from the cloud-to-local move rather than a deliberate removal.

   Worth adding that the sidebar is affected the same way: V2WorkspaceProjectIcon has no iconUrl prop at all and derives purely from githubOwner, so every project under the same GitHub owner renders an identical avatar. With 15-20 projects open, as you describe, that's the part that really bites.

   There's already a fix in #5845 ("make v2 project icons local-first"), which adds the icon_url column to host.db and restores the picker. It's been open since 21 July without a reviewer. I cherry-picked both commits onto current main locally to check they still apply:

   • one conflict, in packages/trpc/src/router/v2-project/v2-project.test.ts, which main deleted independently in c36fa952f, so resolving it as a delete is straightforward
   • the new host-service migration lands as 0012 and main is still on 0011, so no renumbering needed
   • lint clean, tests pass (the restored picker test, plus 9 host-service project integration tests)
   • typecheck shows the same 10 pre-existing CodeMirror version errors as main, none related

   Happy to open a rebased PR if that's useful, or leave it if #5845 just needs a reviewer. Whichever avoids duplicated effort.
5. Kitenite

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6. Kitenite

   closed this as completedin #5845on Jul 28, 2026
7. Kitenite

   added a commit that references this issue on Jul 28, 2026

   fix(desktop): local-first project icons (#5845)

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