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chuckbutkusandopenhands f93cb3c9ee settings: persist app preferences and disabled_skills on the agent-server (#1191)
* settings: persist app preferences and disabled_skills on the agent-server

The local agent-server now exposes app_preferences on the persisted
settings (OpenHands/software-agent-sdk#3539): language, sound
notifications, analytics consent, git identity, and disabled_skills are
returned on GET /api/settings under app_preferences and updated via a
new app_preferences_diff field on PATCH /api/settings.

This brings the local agent-server to parity with the cloud, which has
always accepted the same keys at the top level. Drops the localStorage
workaround that mirrored these fields in two keys
(openhands-agent-server-app-preferences and
openhands-agent-server-disabled-skills), along with the
app-preferences-store.ts module and the DISABLED_SKILLS_STORAGE_KEY
helpers it depended on.

- SettingsService.transformApiResponse reads app_preferences from the
  server response and hoists each field onto the flat Settings shape so
  consumers (settings.language, settings.disabled_skills, …) keep
  working unchanged.
- SettingsService.saveSettings routes the same set of fields through
  the new app_preferences_diff for local backends and through the
  existing app_preferences flat-spread path for cloud backends.
- New legacy-app-preferences-migration.ts runs once on first
  getSettings() after upgrade: when the server reports an
  app_preferences block AND legacy localStorage values are still
  present, it pushes them up via app_preferences_diff and clears the
  legacy keys. Pre-1.27 servers (which omit app_preferences entirely)
  cause the migration to no-op so existing data isn't dropped before
  the server can accept it.
- Updated MSW handlers to round-trip app_preferences and
  app_preferences_diff so the mock backend matches production.
- Test coverage: 5 new tests in __tests__/api/settings-service.test.ts
  for the local round-trip, the mixed diff routing, the legacy
  migration, and the pre-1.27 skip path.

Closes the localStorage workaround called out in the recent audit of
agent-canvas localStorage usage (items 3 and 4: disabled_skills and
app-preferences fields).

Depends on agent-server 1.27 / SDK PR #3539.

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>

* settings: read/write app preferences via misc_settings container

Follow-up to the localStorage cleanup in this PR + SDK refactor in
openhands/software-agent-sdk#3543. The agent-server now exposes
frontend-owned settings under a generic misc_settings container instead
of a top-level app_preferences field.

Wire shape changes:

  Before:                                 After:
  GET /api/settings                       GET /api/settings
    -> { app_preferences: {...} }           -> { misc_settings: { app_preferences: {...} } }

  PATCH /api/settings                     PATCH /api/settings
    body.app_preferences_diff (shallow      body.misc_settings_diff (deep-merged,
    overlay, replaces named fields)         same semantics as agent_settings_diff)

Why the rename to misc_settings: the previous name pinned the API to a
single 'frontend-owned' namespace. Adding a future category like
ui_preferences (sidebar layout / view modes) would have required either
yet another top-level field or shoehorning unrelated UI state into
AppPreferences. With misc_settings as a container, new categories drop
in as nested fields without churning the top-level shape.

Changes:

- settings-service.api.ts
  * SettingsApiResponse.app_preferences -> .misc_settings (typed)
  * SettingsUpdateRequest.app_preferences_diff -> .misc_settings_diff
  * Add MiscSettings interface
  * transformApiResponse reads response.misc_settings?.app_preferences
  * saveSettings emits { misc_settings_diff: { app_preferences } }
  * Local 'has any diffs' check tracks misc_settings_diff
  * Doc comments updated; semantics noted as deep-merge
- legacy-app-preferences-migration.ts
  * Gate on serverResponse.misc_settings, not .app_preferences
  * pushDiff callback now wraps the diff in { app_preferences: ... }
- src/mocks/settings-handlers.ts
  * GET handler returns misc_settings.app_preferences
  * PATCH handler accepts misc_settings_diff; deep-merges nested
    app_preferences into the persisted block
  * Internal mock state stores under misc_settings to match wire shape
- __tests__/api/settings-service.test.ts
  * Four tests updated to assert the new wire shape (local PATCH body,
    GET round-trip, mixed-diff routing, legacy localStorage migration)
  * Pre-1.27 detection test now keys off missing misc_settings
- AGENTS.md
  * App-preferences note rewritten for the misc_settings container,
    explains deep-merge semantics, and documents the in-flight rename
    (flat shape introduced in #3539 never shipped to users)

Cloud path is unchanged: cloud /api/v1/settings still accepts the
fields as flat top-level keys, mirrored by saveCloudSettings.

Verification:

  $ npm run typecheck
  exit 0

  $ npm test -- __tests__/api/settings-service.test.ts \
                __tests__/api/mock-settings-handlers.test.ts
  23 tests passed

  $ npm test
  3009 passed | 12 skipped | 9 todo

  $ npm run lint
  All matched files use Prettier code style!

  $ npm run build
  built in 1.50s

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>

* Bump agent-server default to 1.27.0

Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>

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Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
2026-06-09 18:53:13 +00:00
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