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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: Mobile web shell: terminal settings changed in Settings don't reach a mounted session page","articleBody":"### Operating system\n\nAndroid, iOS (Orca Mobile, web shell session route)\n\n### Orca version\n\nmain @ bd2f46359d1\n\n### Details\n\nOn the web shell path, terminal preferences changed in Settings do not reach a session page that stays mounted underneath it. They apply only the next time the page loads.\n\nAffected page storage keys: `orca:terminalTextScale`, `orca:terminalAutocompleteEnabled`, `orca:terminalLinkOpenMode`, and `orca:terminalFont` once #32141 lands.\n\n**Why**\n\n- `/terminal-settings` is not a page route. The page sends `navigate`, and the shell pushes the native Settings screen over the web shell screen. When it pops, the page's own router has not changed, so the page's `useFocusEffect` (`use-mobile-session-preference-focus.ts`, `use-terminal-font.web.ts`) does not re-run.\n- The page's storage map (`page-async-storage.ts`) is seeded only by `publishPageStorage()` from `init`. `onPageReady` → `refreshStorage()` re-hydrates the native mirror, not the page's map, and there is no shell-to-page frame that carries storage updates.\n\nThe native (non-shell) session path is not affected: it re-reads these keys on focus.\n\n**Possible fix**\n\nA shell-to-page frame that republishes the route's page storage keys when the web shell screen regains focus, plus a page-side signal so the session hooks re-read after it arrives. This changes the bridge protocol, so older pages and shells need to keep working without it.\n\n**Notes**\n\nFound while working on #32141 and from CodeRabbit's review there (https://github.com/stablyai/orca/pull/32141#discussion_r4355299651). This comes from reading the code. I have not reproduced it on a device yet.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/sysilion","@type":"Person","name":"sysilion"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T06:13:34Z","url":"https://github.com/stablyai/orca/issues/33798"}