fix(gateway-ui): preserve assistant overrides and bust stale cache

src/gateway/ui/pages/dashboard.js

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ let _dashboardClient = null;
 let _lastPlaybookRollbackPatches = null;
 let _lastBriefingTestAt = null;
 let _assistantSaveState = null;
+let _lastAssistantConfig = null;
+let _assistantManualOverrides = new Set();
 
 function formatUptime(seconds) {
   const d = Math.floor(seconds / 86400);
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ function getAssistantStateSnapshot(configData) {
 
 function buildPlaybookPatches(playbook) {
   if (playbook === 'executive') {
-    return {
+    const patches = {
       'automation.delivery_mode': 'announce',
       'automation.daily_briefing.enabled': true,
       'memory.daily_log.enabled': true,
@@ -87,9 +89,13 @@ function buildPlaybookPatches(playbook) {
       'tts.enabled_channels': [],
       'server.queue.mode': 'interrupt',
     };
+    for (const key of _assistantManualOverrides) {
+      delete patches[key];
+    }
+    return patches;
   }
   if (playbook === 'operator') {
-    return {
+    const patches = {
       'automation.delivery_mode': 'announce',
       'automation.daily_briefing.enabled': true,
       'memory.daily_log.enabled': true,
@@ -98,8 +104,12 @@ function buildPlaybookPatches(playbook) {
       'tts.enabled': false,
       'server.queue.mode': 'steer_backlog',
     };
+    for (const key of _assistantManualOverrides) {
+      delete patches[key];
+    }
+    return patches;
   }
-  return {
+  const patches = {
     'automation.delivery_mode': 'shared_session',
     'automation.daily_briefing.enabled': false,
     'memory.daily_log.enabled': false,
@@ -108,6 +118,10 @@ function buildPlaybookPatches(playbook) {
     'tts.enabled': false,
     'server.queue.mode': 'collect',
   };
+  for (const key of _assistantManualOverrides) {
+    delete patches[key];
+  }
+  return patches;
 }
 
 function buildRollbackPatchesFromSnapshot(snapshot) {
@@ -792,14 +806,19 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
       let patches = null;
       if (action === 'toggle-announce') {
         patches = { 'automation.delivery_mode': announce ? 'shared_session' : 'announce' };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('automation.delivery_mode');
       } else if (action === 'toggle-daily-briefing') {
         patches = { 'automation.daily_briefing.enabled': !dailyBriefing };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('automation.daily_briefing.enabled');
       } else if (action === 'toggle-memory-daily') {
         patches = { 'memory.daily_log.enabled': !memoryDaily };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('memory.daily_log.enabled');
       } else if (action === 'toggle-memory-proactive') {
         patches = { 'memory.proactive_extract.enabled': !memoryProactive };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('memory.proactive_extract.enabled');
       } else if (action === 'toggle-tts') {
         patches = { 'tts.enabled': !ttsEnabled };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('tts.enabled');
       } else if (action === 'test-daily-briefing') {
         await triggerDailyBriefingTest(briefingName, statusEl);
       } else if (action === 'playbook-executive') {
@@ -836,6 +855,7 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
           'automation.daily_briefing.output.peer': peer,
           'automation.daily_briefing.enabled': true,
         };
+        _assistantManualOverrides.add('automation.daily_briefing.enabled');
       }
       if (!patches) {return;}
       await applyAssistantPatch(patches, statusEl);
@@ -845,8 +865,13 @@ function updateAssistantHealth(configData) {
         updateServices(refreshed.services);
         updateSessionAnalytics(refreshed.sessionAnalytics);
         updateContextHealth(refreshed.contextUsage);
-        // Capture status message before re-render destroys the DOM element
+        // Only re-render assistant controls from a confirmed config snapshot.
-        updateAssistantHealth(refreshed.config);
+        if (refreshed.config) {
+          _lastAssistantConfig = refreshed.config;
+          updateAssistantHealth(_lastAssistantConfig);
+        } else if (_lastAssistantConfig) {
+          updateAssistantHealth(_lastAssistantConfig);
+        }
       }
     });
   });
@@ -980,7 +1005,8 @@ async function loadDashboard(el, client) {
     updateContextHealth(slow.contextUsage);
   }
   if (slow?.config) {
-    updateAssistantHealth(slow.config);
+    _lastAssistantConfig = slow.config;
+    updateAssistantHealth(_lastAssistantConfig);
   }
 
   // Fast refresh: 3 seconds for metrics, events, requests
@@ -1012,7 +1038,8 @@ async function loadDashboard(el, client) {
       updateContextHealth(data.contextUsage);
     }
     if (data.config) {
-      updateAssistantHealth(data.config);
+      _lastAssistantConfig = data.config;
+      updateAssistantHealth(_lastAssistantConfig);
     }
   }, 10000);
 }
@@ -1037,5 +1064,7 @@ export const DashboardPage = {
     _lastPlaybookRollbackPatches = null;
     _lastBriefingTestAt = null;
     _assistantSaveState = null;
+    _lastAssistantConfig = null;
+    _assistantManualOverrides = new Set();
   },
 };

src/gateway/ui/style.css

@@ -74,10 +74,8 @@
   color: white;
 }
 
-/* ---------- Hidden utility ---------- */
+/* Tailwind provides .hidden natively — do NOT re-declare here.
-.hidden {
+   An !important rule would conflict with responsive overrides (md:flex). */
-  display: none !important;
-}
 
 /* ---------- Links ---------- */
 a {

src/gateway/ui/sw.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CACHE_NAME = 'flynn-webchat-v3';
+const CACHE_NAME = 'flynn-webchat-v5';
 const token = new URL(self.location.href).searchParams.get('token');
 const withToken = (path) => {
   if (!token) {