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4gray bfad82c26c fix(settings): stop settings silently reverting on restart (#1272)
Settings live in the renderer's IndexedDB, and two failure modes made them look
saved while nothing reached disk.

A second app instance sharing the same userData directory cannot take the
Chromium storage lock, so its renderer reads defaults and every write is
dropped. The app now holds a single-instance lock and focuses the running window
instead of starting a rival copy. The lock is requested after the userData
override so E2E runs with their own data dir keep independent locks, and after
Squirrel event handling. IPTVNATOR_ALLOW_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=1 opts out for local
CDP debugging.

updateSettings() patches in-memory state before persisting and the submit path
had no rejection handler, so a failed write produced an unhandled rejection and
no user-visible feedback. SettingsStore now records which half of the round trip
failed, and the settings page surfaces it through a dismissible error snackbar;
the dialog stays open on failure so the save can be retried.

Two follow-ups from review, both wider than the report:

- a second launch now re-creates the main window when the lock owner has none
  left, so closing the last window on macOS no longer leaves a second launch
  quitting silently with nothing on screen
- App.onMainWindowCreated() re-runs window-owned bindings for every rebuilt
  window, so the downloads broadcaster stops holding a destroyed window. This
  also fixes the same bug on the pre-existing dock `activate` path.

Closes #1156
Closes #102
2026-07-27 23:14:30 +02:00

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Launching IPTVnator a second time now brings the running window to the front instead of starting a rival copy that could not save anything — a common reason settings appeared to reset on restart. If saving or loading settings does fail, the app now says so instead of silently showing defaults.