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Settings writes report whether the file was missing and keep a copy of what they replaced

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Settings

Settings writes now keep a copy of the exact bytes they replaced and note if no file existed.

What

The result of a settings write now records missing when there was no prior file, and on an actual write includes a backup holding the exact bytes it replaced plus a flag saying the write came from a cached copy. These sit alongside the existing did-write, legacy-repair and corrupt fields and the guard that prevents losing stored credentials.

Details
  • Backup bytes are kept as replaced: new Uint8Array(...).
  • The locked re-read path measures byte length from the cached value directly and reports missing: !0 in its no-write result.
Evidence

legacyRepair, repairingFromCache

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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