fix: retain remote sidebar preferences across attaches by minatoaquaMK2 · Pull Request #4536 · herdrdev/herdr

minatoaquaMK2 · 2026-09-23T12:38:27Z

Remote attaches use a bridge socket whose path changes with each process, so reconnecting to the same SSH target and session loses the saved sidebar width and collapsed state. Give the local client a stable preferences identity derived from the SSH target and session, while retaining per-process bridge sockets and the existing local-endpoint fallback.

The identity uses length-delimited components before hashing so targets and sessions cannot collide at component boundaries. Update the next-release remote persistence docs in English, Japanese, and Chinese. Existing preferences stored under old transient bridge paths are not migrated.

refs #4364

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just test-one remote_client_preferences_keep_the_same_identity_across_bridge_processes
just test-one remote_preferences_distinguish_targets_sessions_and_component_boundaries
just test-one manual_client_chrome_preferences_round_trip_per_endpoint
just docs-contract-test (7 passed)
just test-one remote_client_preferences (3 passed, including the cross-process handoff test)
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The regression test changes the bridge process path, persists sidebar width and collapsed state, and verifies restoration for the same target/session. It also checks the local fallback for missing or malformed remote identities.

The process-boundary test launches isolated test children using the same environment setup and reader as the remote client. It verifies that the current target/session overrides a stale identity and restores sidebar preferences across two bridge paths. Temporarily removing the identity handoff makes the test fail on the selected preferences path; restoring it passes.

refs herdrdev#4364

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The remote attach flow passes the target and session to the client through an environment variable. The client uses a valid target-session pair to select a local preferences path that is independent of the bridge socket. Tests cover path identity and restoring preferences across bridge processes. Documentation in English, Japanese, and Chinese describes the remote UI preferences that are saved and restored.

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Remote sidebar preferences are intended to survive reconnects without changing local preference behavior. No actionable merge-blocking issue is established.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving remote sidebar preferences across attaches.
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The PR appears safe to merge; the stable remote identity flow preserves the existing local fallback and is covered across process boundaries.

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This PR gives remote client preferences a stable identity based on the SSH target and session instead of the transient bridge socket.

Passes a serialized target/session identity to the remote client process.
Uses a length-delimited SHA-256 digest to isolate remote preference files by target and session.
Retains socket-based preference paths when the remote identity is absent, malformed, or incomplete.
Adds unit and subprocess coverage for stable identities, component-boundary separation, stale-environment replacement, and preference restoration.
Documents remote preference persistence in English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
  A[Remote attach] --> B[Create per-process bridge socket]
  A --> C[Serialize SSH target and session]
  B --> D[Spawn local client]
  C --> D
  D --> E{Valid remote identity?}
  E -- Yes --> F[Hash length-delimited target and session]
  F --> G[Stable remote preferences file]
  E -- No --> H[Socket-specific local preferences file]

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src/client/shell/tests/keybindings_settings.rs (1)
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Test the bridge-process environment handoff.

This test calls with_endpoint_preferences with a valid identity directly. It does not call run_remote, run_client_process, or run_client_with_mode. A missing or incorrect HERDR_REMOTE_PREFERENCES_IDENTITY handoff would therefore leave this test passing. Add a focused test for the process-boundary contract.
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In `@src/client/shell/tests/keybindings_settings.rs` around lines 47 - 97, The
existing remote-client identity test bypasses the process boundary, so it cannot
verify environment handoff. Add a focused test alongside
`remote_client_preferences_keep_the_same_identity_across_bridge_processes` that
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* fix: retain remote sidebar preferences across attaches refs herdrdev#4364 * test: cover remote preference identity handoff --------- Co-authored-by: JJ Liebig <jonathan.liebig@gmail.com>

fix: retain remote sidebar preferences across attaches

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test: wait for complete handoff pid markers #4538

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test: cover remote preference identity handoff

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