Updates

app.js

@@ -115,6 +115,35 @@ try {
   // ignore
 }
 
+/** @type {Record<string, object>} */
+let chartCatalog = {}
+let selectedCatalogChart = ''
+let exploreChartId = settings.defaultExplore || 'system.io'
+
+/** @type {Map<string, { severity: string, score: number, threshold: number|null, until: number }>} */
+const anomalyByChart = new Map()
+const ANOMALY_HOLD_MS = 60_000
+let desktopNotifyReady = false
+
+/** @type {Record<string, number[]>} */
+const series = {
+  cpu: [],
+  cpuUser: [],
+  cpuSystem: [],
+  cpuIowait: [],
+  ram: [],
+  net: [],
+  netTx: [],
+  io: [],
+  ioWrite: [],
+  load: [],
+  explore: [],
+  detail: [],
+}
+
+/** Per-peer CPU series for compare mode @type {Map<string, number[]>} */
+const peerCpu = new Map()
+
 const metricsDashboard = createMetricsDashboard({
   els: {
     root: $('charts-view'),
@@ -168,35 +197,6 @@ const metricsDashboard = createMetricsDashboard({
   getWeights: (args) => manager.request(Methods.getWeights, args || {}),
 })
 
-/** @type {Record<string, number[]>} */
-const series = {
-  cpu: [],
-  cpuUser: [],
-  cpuSystem: [],
-  cpuIowait: [],
-  ram: [],
-  net: [],
-  netTx: [],
-  io: [],
-  ioWrite: [],
-  load: [],
-  explore: [],
-  detail: [],
-}
-
-/** Per-peer CPU series for compare mode @type {Map<string, number[]>} */
-const peerCpu = new Map()
-
-/** @type {Record<string, object>} */
-let chartCatalog = {}
-let selectedCatalogChart = ''
-let exploreChartId = settings.defaultExplore || 'system.io'
-
-/** @type {Map<string, { severity: string, score: number, threshold: number|null, until: number }>} */
-const anomalyByChart = new Map()
-const ANOMALY_HOLD_MS = 60_000
-let desktopNotifyReady = false
-
 function seriesMax() {
   return Math.max(30, Math.min(300, Number(settings.chartPoints) || 90))
 }

client/settings.js

@@ -99,35 +99,37 @@ function migrateLegacySettings() {
   return null
 }
 
-export function loadSettings() {
+function readLocalStorageMirror() {
-  const defaults = defaultSettings()
-  let fromFile = readSettingsFile(getSettingsCachePath())
-  if (!fromFile) {
-    fromFile = migrateLegacySettings()
-    if (fromFile) {
-      const merged = { ...defaults, ...fromFile }
-      saveSettings(merged)
-      return merged
-    }
-  }
   try {
-    if (!fromFile && typeof localStorage !== 'undefined') {
+    if (typeof localStorage === 'undefined') return null
     const mir = localStorage.getItem(SETTINGS_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY)
-      if (mir) fromFile = JSON.parse(mir)
+    if (!mir) return null
-    }
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(mir)
+    return parsed && typeof parsed === 'object' ? parsed : null
   } catch {
-    // ignore
+    return null
   }
+}
+
+/** Side-effect free merge of defaults + disk/legacy/LS. Never writes. */
+function peekSettings() {
+  const defaults = defaultSettings()
+  const fromFile =
+    readSettingsFile(getSettingsCachePath()) ||
+    migrateLegacySettings() ||
+    readLocalStorageMirror()
   return { ...defaults, ...(fromFile || {}) }
 }
 
-/** @param {Partial<UiSettings>} patch */
+/**
-export function saveSettings(patch) {
+ * Persist settings envelope to disk + LS mirror. Does not call loadSettings.
-  const next = { ...loadSettings(), ...patch }
+ * @param {UiSettings} settings
+ */
+function persistSettings(settings) {
   const payload = {
     version: SETTINGS_CACHE_VERSION,
     updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
-    settings: next,
+    settings,
   }
   try {
     atomicWriteJson(getSettingsCachePath(), payload)
@@ -136,15 +138,39 @@ export function saveSettings(patch) {
   }
   try {
     if (typeof localStorage !== 'undefined') {
-      localStorage.setItem(SETTINGS_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(next))
+      localStorage.setItem(SETTINGS_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(settings))
       localStorage.setItem(
         'peardata-ui-boot',
-        JSON.stringify({ theme: next.theme })
+        JSON.stringify({ theme: settings.theme })
       )
     }
   } catch {
     // ignore
   }
+}
+
+export function loadSettings() {
+  const defaults = defaultSettings()
+  const cached = readSettingsFile(getSettingsCachePath())
+  if (cached && typeof cached === 'object') {
+    return { ...defaults, ...cached }
+  }
+
+  const legacy = migrateLegacySettings()
+  if (legacy) {
+    const merged = { ...defaults, ...legacy }
+    persistSettings(merged)
+    return merged
+  }
+
+  const mir = readLocalStorageMirror()
+  return { ...defaults, ...(mir || {}) }
+}
+
+/** @param {Partial<UiSettings>} patch */
+export function saveSettings(patch) {
+  const next = { ...peekSettings(), ...patch }
+  persistSettings(next)
   return next
 }