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Summary

Add Settings for persistent recording setup and new-project appearance defaults. Screen/device selections and recording toggles no longer need to be rebuilt for every session. New projects use the chosen appearance; existing projects keep their own settings.

Settings changes also reach an already mounted recording page: resetting recording setup stops microphone/camera previews and clears the active source immediately.

Post-recording auto-zoom is the default system behavior on current main. There is no persisted autoZoom / autoZoomEnabled recording preference, HUD control, or RecStage toggle. This branch keeps that product decision.

Rebased onto current main.

Related issue

Refs #509

This adds a Settings page, persists recording setup, and stores new-project appearance defaults (including cursor/mouse, motion blur, and background/wallpaper). Appearance is saved from the current project rather than edited field-by-field. That covers the reported gap; leftover polish is listed below, so this PR does not close the issue.

Type of change

  • Feature
  • Enhancement

Release impact

  • Minor

Desktop impact

  • Windows
  • Not platform-specific

The settings UI, persistence, and shared Electron events change. Physical device and source workflows were tested on Windows; macOS/Linux hardware behavior was not tested.

Screenshots / video

Recording page immediately after Reset recording setup: previews stopped, audio/video toggles off, active source cleared.

Recording page after reset

Testing

  • npx vitest --run electron/ipc/recordingPrefs.test.ts electron/app-settings.test.ts electron/recording-source-settings.test.ts src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.test.tsx src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.test.tsx src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.test.tsx src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.prefsRace.test.tsx src/native/browserShim.test.ts src/hooks/useCameraDevices.test.ts src/hooks/useMicrophoneDevices.test.ts src/lib/projectDefaults.test.ts — 127 tests passed
  • npx tsc --noEmit and npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json --noEmit
  • Scoped Biome check on touched files, and npm run i18n:check

Known limits

Accepted residuals, not claimed as fixed here:

  • Wallpaper bytes are written on every recording toggle.
  • If recording-settings.json fails to write, memory and disk stay unchanged (the UI does not keep a failed optimistic value).
  • After reset, the microphone dropdown can briefly keep the previous selection.

Physical device behavior is Windows-only evidence.

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The PR adds persistent recording and appearance settings, project appearance defaults for new documents, source restoration, an application settings dialog, device readiness handling, browser-shim support, localization, and automated validation.

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Settings and recording integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Appearance defaults and settings storage
src/lib/projectDefaults.ts, electron/app-settings.ts, electron/ai-edition/document-service.ts, src/native/browserShim.ts
Adds validated project appearance defaults, durable recording settings, source persistence, reset operations, and appearance application when new projects are created.
IPC settings and recording-source persistence
electron/ipc/handlers.ts, electron/ipc/recordingPrefs.ts, electron/recording-source-settings.ts, electron/preload.ts
Persists recording preferences and selected sources, restores sources after enumeration, broadcasts changes to live windows, and exposes app-settings IPC methods.
Application settings interface
src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.tsx, src/components/ai-edition/v4/EditorTopBar.tsx, src/App.tsx, src/i18n/locales/*/editor.json
Adds the settings dialog, menu entry, dialog routing, recording and appearance controls, reset actions, status handling, and translations.
Recording readiness and device recovery
src/hooks/*, src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.tsx, src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx, src/cli/CliRecordRunner.tsx
Tracks persisted preference readiness, resolves devices by ID or saved name, rejects stale enumeration results, waits for required devices before recording, and persists device changes.
Integration validation and documentation
tests/e2e/settings-defaults.spec.ts, technical-documentation/testing/*, electron/*.test.ts, src/**/*.test.*
Adds unit, component, browser-shim, Electron, end-to-end, and manual validation coverage for persistence, resets, source restoration, readiness, and project defaults.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SettingsDialog
  participant ElectronAPI
  participant AppSettingsStore
  participant DocumentService
  SettingsDialog->>ElectronAPI: save appearance defaults
  ElectronAPI->>AppSettingsStore: persist validated defaults
  SettingsDialog->>ElectronAPI: create project
  ElectronAPI->>DocumentService: create project with stored defaults
  DocumentService-->>SettingsDialog: return project with materialized appearance
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to dbe0f

Recording may become impossible to stop through the normal control, saved devices may not match the displayed choices, and timeout paths can delay failures or mishandle capture output. These issues should be fixed before merge.

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In `@electron/ipc/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 1947-1950: Update the source reconciliation branch around
resolveRecordingSource so a partial opts.types enumeration does not clear a
valid selection of the other kind or broadcast null. Only reset selectedSource
and selectedDesktopSource when the enumeration includes the currently selected
source kind, or use a full screen-and-window enumeration for reconciliation.

In `@src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.tsx`:
- Around line 62-65: Update the AppSettings operation flow around run so loads,
saves, resets, edits, and closes capture an operation generation and apply
completion state only when that generation remains current. Invalidate prior
generations when a newer operation starts, including close and subsequent
reopen/load, so stale work cannot overwrite current settings or recording state.
Add regression coverage for editing during save and closing then reopening the
dialog.
- Around line 27-28: Update AppSettingsDialog’s load flow to clear the current
snapshot and recording values alongside setStatus("loading") and setError(null)
before each getAppSettings() call. Ensure failed reloads cannot render or save
stale settings from the previous open state.

In `@src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx`:
- Around line 579-590: Update startWhenDevicesReady to use an in-flight ref
guard that prevents concurrent readiness-polling loops; return immediately when
a start is already pending, set the guard before polling, and clear it on every
completion or failure path while preserving the existing readiness checks and
toggleRecordingRef call.
- Around line 570-578: Move the assignments to deviceReadinessRef.current and
toggleRecordingRef.current into a useLayoutEffect in LaunchWindow, updating them
only after the render commits. Preserve the existing readiness values and
toggleRecording reference so startWhenDevicesReady reads committed state.

In `@src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts`:
- Around line 295-304: Update the recording-preferences initialization around
the subscription and getRecordingPrefs call: track whether
onRecordingPrefsChanged has delivered a snapshot, and have the pending initial
read skip applyPrefs (while preserving cancellation and loaded-state handling)
once a newer event has arrived. Keep event-driven updates applied normally.

In `@src/native/browserShim.ts`:
- Line 106: Update the browser shim’s source-selection flow: make selectSource
persist the selected source unless options.persist is explicitly false, restore
that persisted value during initialization, and have shimAppSettingsSnapshot()
return shimSelectedSource as lastSource. Ensure resetRecordingSetup clears the
persisted source.

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  • electron/electron-env.d.ts
  • electron/ipc/handlers.ts
  • electron/ipc/recordingPrefs.test.ts
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  • electron/preload.ts
  • electron/recording-settings.test.ts
  • electron/recording-settings.ts
  • electron/recording-source-settings.test.ts
  • electron/recording-source-settings.ts
  • src/App.tsx
  • src/cli/CliRecordRunner.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.test.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/NewEditorShell.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/ProviderSettings.test.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/v4/EditorTopBar.test.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/v4/EditorTopBar.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.test.tsx
  • src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.tsx
  • src/components/launch/HudDeviceSettings.tsx
  • src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.test.tsx
  • src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx
  • src/contexts/EditorDialogsContext.tsx
  • src/hooks/useCameraDevices.test.ts
  • src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts
  • src/hooks/useMicrophoneDevices.test.ts
  • src/hooks/useMicrophoneDevices.ts
  • src/hooks/useScreenRecorder.ts
  • src/hooks/webcamConstraint.test.ts
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  • src/lib/projectDefaults.test.ts
  • src/lib/projectDefaults.ts
  • src/lib/userPreferences.test.ts
  • src/lib/userPreferences.ts
  • src/native/browserShim.test.ts
  • src/native/browserShim.ts
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src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.tsx (1)

137-149: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

RecStage starts the camera preview whenever camEnabled is true but does not wait for camDevices.isReady. When preferences load before a slow camera enumeration, selectedDeviceId is still empty, so the preview requests the system-default camera instead of the saved one. Gate preview startup on readiness (or defer it until the saved selection has resolved).

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In `@src/components/ai-edition/v4/RecStage.tsx` around lines 137 - 149, Update the
useCameraPreviewStream invocation in RecStage to enable only when
prefs.camEnabled and camDevices.isReady are both true, ensuring the saved camera
selection has resolved before requesting the preview.
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- Around line 137-149: Update the useCameraPreviewStream invocation in RecStage
to enable only when prefs.camEnabled and camDevices.isReady are both true,
ensuring the saved camera selection has resolved before requesting the preview.

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electron/ipc/handlers.ts (1)

1984-2027: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

An in-flight selectSource can resume after resetRecordingSetup clears the active source and then persist/broadcast the old selection again. Guard the post-enumeration commit with a selection/reset generation (or cancel it) so reset remains cleared.

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In `@electron/ipc/handlers.ts` around lines 1984 - 2027, The selectSource flow
must detect when resetRecordingSetup occurred while desktop sources were being
enumerated and avoid committing the stale result. Add or reuse a selection/reset
generation or cancellation guard spanning the await, then validate it before
updating selectedSource, persisting via setLastSource, broadcasting, or closing
the selector; preserve the reset-cleared state when the generation is stale.
src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts (1)

89-94: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Block recording when camera enumeration fails

If enumerateDevices() rejects, useCameraDevices sets isReady to true but retains selectedDeviceId. LaunchWindow can then call toggleRecording while the webcam is enabled. useScreenRecorder may request that stale ID, wait five seconds, and continue without a webcam stream. The recording can therefore complete without the requested webcam. Keep camera readiness false on error, and make the startup gate reject cameraDevicesError before starting recording.

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In `@src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts` around lines 89 - 94, Update the
useCameraDevices error path to keep camera readiness false and clear or
otherwise invalidate selectedDeviceId when enumerateDevices() fails; update the
LaunchWindow startup gate to reject cameraDevicesError before invoking
toggleRecording, preventing recording from starting without the requested
webcam.
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In `@electron/ipc/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 1984-2027: The selectSource flow must detect when
resetRecordingSetup occurred while desktop sources were being enumerated and
avoid committing the stale result. Add or reuse a selection/reset generation or
cancellation guard spanning the await, then validate it before updating
selectedSource, persisting via setLastSource, broadcasting, or closing the
selector; preserve the reset-cleared state when the generation is stale.

In `@src/hooks/useCameraDevices.ts`:
- Around line 89-94: Update the useCameraDevices error path to keep camera
readiness false and clear or otherwise invalidate selectedDeviceId when
enumerateDevices() fails; update the LaunchWindow startup gate to reject
cameraDevicesError before invoking toggleRecording, preventing recording from
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569-569: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Verify the source tone before accepting the alias check.

Confirm that the 36 kHz fundamental is present in the captured recording before confirming that the 12 kHz fold component is absent. Otherwise, a missing or uncaptured tone can produce a false pass.

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In `@technical-documentation/testing/manual-e2e-checklist.md` at line 569, Update
the post-1.10.0 anti-aliasing checklist entry to require verifying that the
captured recording contains the 36 kHz source tone before accepting the absence
of the 12 kHz fold component. Keep the existing device, endpoint, and encoder
constraints unchanged.
electron/ipc/handlers.ts (1)

3367-3371: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not discard the output until the helper exits.

waitForNativeMacCaptureStop can return exited: false after a timeout. nativeMacDiscardTargets still returns preferredPath in that state. This branch then deletes the output and reports success. The finally block also clears nativeMacCaptureProcess without terminating proc.

The helper can continue capturing after the user cancels. The application also loses the handle required to stop it and can start another recording concurrently.

If stopResult.exited is false, retain the process handle and return a failure, or terminate and await the helper before deleting the files and clearing the state.

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In `@electron/ipc/handlers.ts` around lines 3367 - 3371, Update the stop/cancel
flow around waitForNativeMacCaptureStop so output files are not deleted unless
the native capture process has exited. When stopResult.exited is false, retain
nativeMacCaptureProcess and return failure, or terminate and await the process
before allowing nativeMacDiscardTargets cleanup and clearing the handle;
preserve successful cleanup only after confirmed exit.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/cli/CliRecordRunner.tsx`:
- Line 166: Update the source-selection flow in CliRecordRunner to capture the
result of selectSource(source, { persist: false }), reject a null result
immediately, and report an actionable error instead of proceeding to start
recording. Preserve the existing recording path when a valid source is returned.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@electron/ipc/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 3367-3371: Update the stop/cancel flow around
waitForNativeMacCaptureStop so output files are not deleted unless the native
capture process has exited. When stopResult.exited is false, retain
nativeMacCaptureProcess and return failure, or terminate and await the process
before allowing nativeMacDiscardTargets cleanup and clearing the handle;
preserve successful cleanup only after confirmed exit.

In `@technical-documentation/testing/manual-e2e-checklist.md`:
- Line 569: Update the post-1.10.0 anti-aliasing checklist entry to require
verifying that the captured recording contains the 36 kHz source tone before
accepting the absence of the 12 kHz fold component. Keep the existing device,
endpoint, and encoder constraints unchanged.

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Comment thread src/cli/CliRecordRunner.tsx Outdated
Squashed onto main for a rebase merge: the branch carried two merge commits
from main, which the repository's rebase-only merges cannot replay. The tree
is the branch head merged with current main; the only conflict was a
results-log row in the manual e2e checklist, and both rows are kept.

Squashed commits:
- feat(settings): persist recording setup and project appearance defaults
- docs: record Windows settings reset validation
- fix(settings): keep live HUD and CLI captures aligned after restore
- fix(settings): keep CLI source picks from replacing HUD defaults
- fix(settings): wait for camera restore and skip idle mic probes
- fix(settings): keep source restore from racing a newer pick
- fix(settings): drop source restore after a reset during enumeration
- fix(settings): keep live HUD state across stale async work
- fix(settings): accept optional cursor auto-hide on appearance copy

Closes getopenscreen#509
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My-Denia force-pushed the pr/509-hud-session-prefs branch from 8fa0740 to dbe0f7c Compare September 15, 2026 01:46

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In `@src/components/ai-edition/AppSettings.tsx`:
- Line 81: Update AppSettings saveRecording to build the persisted recording
preferences from the resolved microphone and camera selections, including
automatically selected fallback device IDs and names, rather than relying only
on manual change-handler state. Disable saving whenever an enabled device hook
is not ready by incorporating both useMicrophoneDevices and useCameraDevices
isReady states, and add coverage for automatic selection of a single microphone
device.

In `@src/components/launch/LaunchWindow.tsx`:
- Line 772: Update the callback containing handleRecordButtonClick so its
dependency array includes toggleRecording, ensuring the current recording state
is used and stopping bypasses startWhenDevicesReady readiness checks.
- Line 672: Update the readiness flow in LaunchWindow so
startWhenDevicesReadyInFlight.current is assigned the pending promise before the
async readiness loop can complete and clear or replace it, ensuring later calls
can still toggle recording when readiness is already true. Add a regression test
covering start followed by stop with all readiness flags already true.

In `@src/native/browserShim.ts`:
- Line 129: Update shimAppSettingsSnapshot’s describeRecordingSource call to use
the renderer-safe getPlatform helper from platformUtils instead of
process.platform, adding the required import while preserving the existing
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selectSource null now errors before recording starts. App Settings save
persists the resolved mic/camera selection and waits until enabled
devices are ready. HUD stop skips the readiness gate, and the in-flight
start promise is assigned before the loop can finish. browserShim uses
getPlatform() instead of Node process.platform.
HUD camera write-back waits for persisted prefs so enumeration cam1 cannot
overwrite a late cam2. CLI record windows skip applying GUI camera prefs so
getUserMedia never runs while sources are still pending. select-source
completions check a generation so reset or a newer pick wins. Appearance
save/reset no longer replaces an unsaved recording draft.
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Thanks for this. I ran it end-to-end on macOS 26.5 (Apple M1, dev build of 8fa0740a, real OS mouse/keyboard input).

Works on macOS

  • Capture prefs persist across restarts from both the HUD and the Rec stage (display source, system audio, mic toggle, cursor mode, auto-zoom); recording-settings.json matches the UI each time.
  • A window source is restored after restart; when that window goes away, refocusing the HUD falls back cleanly to "Screen".
  • Re-enumeration on HUD focus: no flicker, no permission prompt, no errors.
  • New-project appearance defaults apply without touching existing projects.

Not covered: explicit mic/camera device restore and preview stop on reset (no capture hardware on this host).

Bug found on 8fa0740a: the HUD stop button does nothing (fixed since in e159ced)

Select a source → Record → click the stop pill: the take keeps recording, with no log line. Root cause: in startWhenDevicesReady, when every device is ready on the first check, the async body never reaches an await, so its finally clears startWhenDevicesReadyInFlight before startWhenDevicesReadyInFlight.current = pending runs. The ref keeps a settled promise forever and every later click (stop, or cancelling the countdown) returns it. The existing tests all make the gate wait once, so they don't catch it.

Scope, and next steps

After reviewing the UX we're narrowing this, and we'll take care of the implementation on top of this branch:

  • Capture settings: persisted transparently from the HUD and Rec stage. No defaults, no Save/Reset, no Settings dialog.
  • Project appearance: each project keeps its own; new projects always start from the factory appearance, with no user-defined defaults.
  • Stop bug: already fixed in e159ced, with the same root cause and the same two changes (in-flight promise assigned before the loop, stop skips the readiness gate). My run above was on 8fa0740a, before that commit.
  • Reusable styles: will come later as Screen Studio-style presets (two clicks to apply, factory preset for every new project), in a separate PR.

Thanks for the groundwork. The persistence layer and ProjectAppearanceDefaults are what we'll build on.

…ce defaults

Capture settings stay persisted transparently from the HUD and the Rec
stage, which write on every change. The dialog added a second writer with
its own Save/Reset step for the same store, so it goes.

New projects always start from the factory appearance: each project keeps
its own style, and reusable styles will come later as presets.

Removed: the editor Settings dialog, its app-menu entry and i18n keys; the
get-app-settings, reset-recording-setup and project-appearance IPC; the
projectAppearance block of recording-settings.json; the new-project
defaults hook in DocumentService, with their tests, e2e spec and the
Windows validation note. Recording prefs, last-source restore and
select-source ownership are unchanged.
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