THE CLASS: the /api JWT middleware's TokenLookup is
"cookie:token,header:Authorization:Bearer" — the token cookie always
rides same-origin fetches, so a signed-in user never needs the
localStorage bearer. But a dozen call sites gated their fetch on
`localStorage.getItem("token")` and early-returned when absent. The
global 401 interceptor CLEARS that localStorage entry on any session
rotation/blip — after which every gated write silently did nothing:
theme changes reverted on reload (the reported "can no longer change
themes", on top of the interpolation bug d5dbaa48 fixed), chain-order
selects, collection deletion, Add-to-collection submits, filter
save/load/delete, conflict actions, linking actions, stats charts,
tag suggestions, device management, admin scanner actions — all dead
for perfectly authenticated cookie users.
Fix: storage.ts exports authHeaders() (bearer when present, cookie
carries otherwise) and every gate/header site now uses it — theme.ts,
collections.ts (htmx auth, doRemoveBook/doBulkRemove, setChainOrder),
bookPicker submit, filter_builder suggestions + match count,
collection-rules apply hook, bookshelf save/load/delete filter,
conflicts x4, linking x3, admin scanner actions + polls (requireToken
removed — its "Session expired" toast fired for cookie users too),
dashboard preferences/sections, custom-section-builder, header
scanner poll, stats x3, tag suggestions, profile delete-account
(which also wrongly redirected cookie users to /login), and
device-management x4. Reads keep their graceful-empty behavior; the
bearers still ride along when present.
Pinned: the knob-matrix theme spec now REMOVES localStorage.token and
asserts the theme PUT still fires (cookie-only) and the class flips —
the exact strand that started this.
Found by noticing the panel browser's Nord click switched the class
but produced no PUT: the persistence half was gated on a token the
401 interceptor had cleared.
Six specs driving the user-reported controls the way a human does,
encoding the sweep rules COVERAGE.md now states: menus/modals assert
VISIBILITY (never DOM text — hidden menus' text is why the 2026-10-30
panel sweep certified dead controls), geometry asserts the z-ladder
via elementFromPoint and viewport containment via boundingBox, every
click must produce an observable outcome (PUT fired, class flipped,
chip text swapped) and zero new console problems — the silent
CSP-throw family (theme buttons, connective chip, invisible op menu)
now fails a test instead of surviving to a user's mouse.
Covers: theme picker (interpolation regression from eb57b720),
pencil-glyph vs card-body contract, builder field menu / op menu
(full non-empty vocabulary) / connective both directions, the
Smart→Episodes create-modal seed, the picker overlay's ladder and
height, and the chain-order select's persistence round-trip.
Fixtures self-create/self-delete under test-prefixed names; localStorage
token + selectedLibrary=__all__ are seeded because the API login
establishes only the cookie; run the folder with --workers=1 (the login
route rate-limits and all suites share testuser — a parallel worker's
login revokes another's mid-run).
John O'Keefe