# Roadmap & changelog

Forward-looking plans, plus a running log of shipped fixes (the
"Known issues & follow-ups" section). Split out of the README so that
stays a focused entry point — what Nomarchy is, how to install it, and
how to override it. Items marked ✓ are shipped.

> **The live, prioritized queue now lives in [`agent/BACKLOG.md`](../agent/BACKLOG.md)**
> (part of the autonomous-agent loop, `agent/LOOP.md`). This file remains
> the detailed design/decision record and the shipped log — backlog items
> reference it as "ROADMAP § <item>". When a backlog item ships, its
> lasting design notes get a ✓ entry here.

## Roadmap
- **Menu system** (apps launcher + theme switching + system actions), built
  on rofi 2.0 (native Wayland on 26.05) — its `.rasi` theme is baked from
  theme-state.json like every other app, with rich per-element styling:
  - ✓ shipped: `modules/home/rofi.nix` (per-element theme generated from
    the palette, `themes/<slug>/rofi.rasi` whole-swap) and the
    `nomarchy-menu` dispatcher: root picker (no args) · `power`
    (lock/logout/suspend/hibernate/reboot/shutdown, SUPER+X) ·
    `theme` (SUPER+T) · `clipboard` (cliphist, SUPER+CTRL+V) · `calc`
    (rofi-calc, live, SUPER+CTRL+C) · `files` (fd → xdg-open,
    SUPER+CTRL+F) · `emoji` (rofi-emoji, SUPER+CTRL+E) · `web` (Google).
    SUPER+D is `rofi -show drun`.
  - ✓ shipped modules: `network` (nmtui in `$TERMINAL`) · `bluetooth`
    (blueman-manager) · `capture` (grim/slurp submenu: region/full →
    clipboard/file, saved to `~/Pictures/Screenshots`) · `keybinds` (the
    cheatsheet, see below) · `ask` (free-text → claude CLI in a terminal;
    auths via OAuth, no API key; pulled fresh via `npx
    @anthropic-ai/claude-code@latest` rather than the nixpkgs package, which
    lags model releases — `nodejs` is bundled for npx; REPL stays open)
  - ✓ keybindings cheatsheet: `modules/home/keybinds.nix` is the **single
    source** for both the Hyprland binds and the SUPER+? rofi list, so they
    can't drift; `nomarchy-menu keybinds` renders the padded two-column
    sheet (generated/mouse binds carried in its `extra` rows)
  - ✓ shipped binds: `SUPER+Space` → `rofi -show drun` (quick launch) ·
    `SUPER+M` → `nomarchy-menu` (main menu) · `SUPER+?` → the cheatsheet;
    `SUPER+D` stays `-show drun`
  - launcher icons: ✓ `show-icons` on, drawing from the theme's icon set
    (Papirus, via the icon-themes work below)
  - decision record: resolves the old Walker/Lua question — no GTK4
    launcher, no second theming pipeline; the dispatcher owns the menu
    structure, so the renderer stays swappable (we moved fuzzel → rofi 2.0
    once mainline gained native Wayland, for its richer theming)
  - ✓ **Organize the picker into category submenus:** the root picker had grown
    into a long flat list of 16 entries. It's now six: **Apps · Theme · Tools ›
    · System › · Power · Keybindings**. `Tools` (Calculator, Clipboard, Emoji,
    Files, Web, Capture, Ask) and `System` (Network, Bluetooth, DND, and the
    self-gated Snapshots / Power-profile) are submenus the dispatcher routes via
    `nomarchy-menu tools|system`, each ending in a `← Back` entry that re-opens
    the root. The direct `SUPER+CTRL+<mnemonic>` binds still hit the leaves
    straight (bypassing the menu), and the self-gated entries still hide when
    unavailable. Remaining (optional): a **Look & Feel** category once there are
    more appearance toggles to group with Theme (night-light, wallpaper).
    **General pattern (ongoing):** the grouping is a standing convention, not a
    one-off — any new feature that earns a menu entry must be placed in the
    right submenu (don't let the root creep back to a flat list), with its
    direct `SUPER+CTRL+<mnemonic>` bind and self-gating as applicable.
  - ✓ **Back everywhere:** every list menu now ends with a `↩ Back` entry that
    returns one level up (power/theme/power-profile/clipboard/files/capture,
    not just Tools/System), so you never have to Esc out and reopen. A `back`
    helper + a shared `BACK` label keep it uniform; matched exactly so it can't
    collide with clipboard/filename content. Esc still quits instantly.
- ✓ **Menu modules from rofi plugins:** the old `calc` flow committed the
  expression blind (result only in the *next* menu's `-mesg`) and `qalc -t`
  misparsed common phrasings (`15% of 200` → `rem(15, 1 B)`, the natural-
  language "of" tripping the CLI). Resolved by adopting purpose-built rofi
  modi (`programs.rofi.plugins`), all themed through the same `.rasi`:
  - **calc** → **rofi-calc**: live results as you type via libqalculate
    directly (dodging the qalc-CLI "of" bug), Enter copies, menu persists
    to chain calculations.
  - **emoji** → **rofi-emoji** (new module, SUPER+CTRL+E): glyph picker,
    copies via the plugin's Wayland clipboard adapter.
  - **files** stays the hand-rolled `fd` → `rofi -dmenu` → xdg-open fuzzy
    search: rofi-file-browser-extended was tried and dropped — its
    navigate-a-tree model felt worse than flat fuzzy-find for a quick
    launcher, and yazi (SUPER+E) already covers real browsing.
- **More menu modules from rofi tools:** the script-based counterparts
  (run via `rofi -dmenu`, like the hand-rolled modules), each a deliberate
  replacement of an existing flow.
  - ✓ **Network** (`networkmanager_dmenu`): a native rofi wifi/VPN picker
    replacing the old `nmtui`-in-terminal `network` flow. Configured (xdg
    `networkmanager-dmenu/config.ini`) to drive rofi with `rofi_highlight`
    for connected/available rows; editing a connection drops to nmtui in the
    terminal. Inherits the generated theme like every other module.
  - ✓ **Audio** (`rofi-pulse-select`): a PipeWire/pulse sink/source switcher
    under System → Audio (Output/Input), self-gated on the pulse socket.
  - Deferred: **rofi-rbw / rofi-pass** secrets module — no Bitwarden/`pass`
    setup here today (secrets are gpg/ssh + gnome-keyring, see `keys.nix`),
    so it'd mean adopting a new secret manager. Revisit if that changes.
  - Also: menu search is now **case-insensitive fuzzy** (`matching = fuzzy`,
    `sorting-method = fzf`) across every module + the launcher.
- ✓ **Printer setup menu module:** a `nomarchy-menu printers` entry in the
  **System** submenu opens **system-config-printer** (the CUPS admin GUI —
  discovery, drivers/PPDs, options, test page), mirroring the bluetooth/blueman
  pattern: the printing service ships the package (`environment.systemPackages`)
  and the menu execs it, self-gated on the `system-config-printer` binary so
  the entry appears only when `nomarchy.services.printing` is on. No direct
  `SUPER+CTRL` bind — printer setup is a rare one-off, not a frequent utility
  (left out deliberately; easy to add). Chose the GUI over a rofi-native
  `lpadmin` flow (driver/PPD picking is impractical in rofi) and the CUPS web
  UI (an unthemed browser page). Validated: the generated menu script's
  `bash -n` build check passes, and an eval confirms printing-on puts
  system-config-printer in `systemPackages`. Pending an on-machine check.
- ✓ **VPN setup & management menu:** a dedicated **System → VPN** flow
  (`nomarchy-vpn`, `modules/home/rofi.nix`) that goes past the Network module
  (`networkmanager_dmenu` only connects/disconnects *existing* VPNs) to a guided
  setup + management surface across the three common kinds:
  - **WireGuard:** import a `.conf` into NetworkManager (`nmcli connection import
    type wireguard file …` — NM handles wg tunnels natively, no plugin) and
    toggle it up/down.
  - **OpenVPN:** import an `.ovpn` (`nmcli connection import type openvpn file …`);
    the `networkmanager-openvpn` plugin ships system-side
    (`networking.networkmanager.plugins`, mkDefault) so the openvpn type is
    available — import type is chosen by file extension.
  - **Tailscale:** status (read-only) + `up`/`down` + **exit-node** selection. It
    lives outside NetworkManager, so the menu drives the `tailscale` CLI
    directly, **self-gated** on the CLI being present (= `nomarchy.services.tailscale`,
    which makes the login user the **operator** via `extraSetFlags`). So
    up/down/exit-node run **inline without sudo**, falling back to a sudo terminal
    only if the operator grant is absent; the first interactive login uses a
    terminal (the auth URL is visible).
  Shape: a `nomarchy-menu vpn` rofi submenu under **System** — NM
  VPN/WireGuard connections shown ● active / ○ inactive and toggled on select
  (networkmanager-group users need no sudo), Import via the Files/`fd` picker
  (`*.conf`/`*.ovpn`), the Tailscale block when present — ending in `↩ Back`. A
  self-gating Waybar **`custom/vpn`** shield (`nomarchy-vpn-status`: shown only
  while a NM tunnel or Tailscale is up; `@good` tone; click opens the submenu),
  wired into the generated bar **and the summer whole-swaps**. Secrets stay in
  the connection manager's own store (NetworkManager / Tailscale) — no new secret
  manager (cf. the deferred rofi-rbw/pass note above). **Decided: import-first**
  — a from-scratch WireGuard keypair/peer editor is too much rofi surface, so
  creation is deferred to `nm-connection-editor`. Eval + build green; **pending
  an on-machine check** (the nmcli import/up-down + Tailscale paths need a live
  session with real configs). Remaining (optional): richer exit-node display
  (country/city).
- **Theme parity with legacy:** summer-day/night now carry their legacy
  bar layouts as `waybar.jsonc` whole-swaps (adapted: dead legacy script
  modules dropped, Nerd-Fonts-v2 codepoints remapped to FontAwesome/v3,
  logo button opens nomarchy-menu); the other four identity themes are
  palette recolors and already match. Remaining: a visual pass over all
  six on the live ISO
- ✓ **Per-theme rofi identity:** the `themes/<slug>/rofi.rasi` whole-swap
  ships, and all six identity themes now carry a designed `.rasi`. summer-day/
  night keep their legacy ports (inverted window, green inputbar, yellow
  bottom-border); the other four were authored from each theme's character
  (no legacy layout to port — their waybar whole-swaps are palette-only):
  **nord** a soft rounded "frost panel" (frost border, brighter-frost
  selection, aurora-purple prompt); **retro-82** a sharp CRT terminal (square
  corners, amber-on-navy, a teal scanline underline, mono); **lumon** a
  clinical cyan "bezel" (thick cyan frame, a *framed*-not-filled readout
  inputbar, mono); **kanagawa** ink-and-paper (warm washi-paper frame, a
  deeper ink-well inputbar, crystal-blue wave reserved for the selection).
  Each is self-contained (it replaces the generated theme) and keeps the
  element structure the theme-grid picker's per-invocation `-theme-str`
  layers onto; all four parse clean under `rofi -dump-theme`. The generated
  palette theme stays the default for the other 15 presets. Remaining: a
  visual pass over the four on hardware (the parse check confirms syntax, not
  aesthetics).
- ✓ **Visual theme picker (preview thumbnails):** `nomarchy-menu theme` is now
  a rofi **icon grid of real desktop previews** instead of a plain-text list —
  each theme a screenshot of its themed desktop (waybar + floating terminal),
  pretty name beneath, **grouped dark-first then light** in one scrollable grid
  (the previews make the mode obvious, so no light/dark submenu split), the
  active theme marked `✓`, ending in `↩ Back`. The grid, the Name→slug map and
  the active mark are all **generated at eval time** from the preset JSONs in
  `rofi.nix` (`builtins.readDir` + `fromJSON`); "active" is just `t.slug`, since
  every switch rebuilds the menu. Grid layout via a per-invocation `-theme-str`
  (`listview { columns: 3; flow: horizontal; }` so Down scrolls row-by-row, +
  vertical `element` cards, name centred below). **Sizing gotcha (learned the
  hard way):** rofi's `element-icon` `size` is a **single value → a square
  cell** (a two-value `WxH` is silently collapsed), and the icon is *contained*
  in that square. So a 16:9 preview letterboxes (theme-coloured bands top/
  bottom), and a cell can't be shorter-than-square without the bands returning.
  The fix: a build-time imagemagick step **centre-crops each preview to a
  square** so it fills the cell edge-to-edge; the window width is derived so a
  column is exactly the icon side (no slack margins). One knob, `themeGridIconW`
  (240px), drives both icon and window. **Workflow:** Bernardo captures previews
  on real hardware and commits them as `themes/<slug>/preview.png`, **already
  downscaled to 480×270** (~2.4 MB total for all 21, vs ~28 MB full-res) — the
  source stays 16:9 and untouched; only the *displayed* thumb is squared at
  build, so the crop is reversible. Graceful fallback when a theme has no
  `preview.png`: a plain-name row, so it degrades cleanly.
  (A headless VM-render route — `runNixOSTest` + software-GL Hyprland
  (`LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE` on virtio-gpu) + `machine.screenshot()` QMP
  framebuffer dump — was prototyped 2026-06-19 and **works** (themed waybar
  rendered + captured); real-hardware capture was chosen for fidelity +
  simplicity, with the VM route as a documented fallback if hand-capturing all
  themes gets tedious.)
- **Faster switches:** move `backgrounds/` out of the flake source. Diagnosis
  (confirmed): `themes/` is 86 MB and `backgrounds/` is **all** of it — the
  palette JSONs + per-theme overrides are only ~208 KB, and the wallpapers are
  **never read at Nix eval** (only the Python `swww` path uses them). But
  `theme-state.json` is git-tracked, so every `apply` rewrites it → the flake
  tree changes → Nix re-copies the whole 86 MB source before `home-manager
  switch` can evaluate. You pay an 86 MB copy to change a 1 KB file.
  **Decided approach (deferred — don't want the extra moving part yet):**
  Option 1, a **separate pinned wallpapers artifact** — a `Nomarchy-wallpapers`
  repo or release tarball, pulled once via a flake input / `fetchurl` (pinned
  by hash → content-addressed, never re-copied on a state write), with
  `nomarchy-theme-sync` reading wallpapers from that stable store path (the
  `NOMARCHY_DEFAULT_THEMES` env hook already anticipates external theme
  assets). Keeps eval **pure**; the live ISO still bakes them in (fetched at
  build). A state write then re-copies only ~208 KB. Rejected alternative:
  moving `theme-state.json` out to `~/.config` + `--impure` eval (one repo, no
  second artifact, but trades away the in-tree-pinned-state reproducibility).
  Follow-on if `home-manager switch` itself is still the bottleneck after the
  copy is gone: **pre-built theme variants** (build each theme's generation
  ahead of time so a switch just activates a cached one).
- Greeter (tuigreet/SDDM) theming from the same JSON (Plymouth ships since
  v1: `nomarchy.system.plymouth.*`, background tinted from the state file)
- Installer round 2: multi-disk BTRFS RAID, impermanence, BIOS/legacy
  boot (v1 `nomarchy-install` is single-disk UEFI — see `pkgs/nomarchy-install`)
- launch-or-focus UX scripts (swayosd volume/brightness OSD ships since v1:
  `nomarchy.osd.*`, media keys drive `swayosd-client`, themed from the JSON)
- **Distro branding, round 2:** `distroName = "Nomarchy"` ships
  (os-release `PRETTY_NAME`, systemd-boot entries, ISO menu label).
  ✓ tuigreet greeting (`Welcome to <distroName>`) and a branded `users.motd`
  (doubling as a helper cheat sheet), both keyed off `distroName`.
  ✓ `isoImage.splashImage` — the vendored vector logo
  (`modules/nixos/branding/logo.svg`, from legacy) recolored to the palette
  accent on the theme base, built at ISO-build time (`hosts/live.nix`).
  ✓ **`isoImage.grubTheme` (UEFI boot matches BIOS):** `hosts/live.nix` now
  builds a `nomarchyGrubTheme` dir whose background is the *same* composed
  splash image as the isolinux splash (accent logo on base), with a
  palette-coloured boot menu in the lower third (clear of the centred logo)
  and an accent timeout bar. Derived from `nixos-grub2-theme` only to reuse
  its bundled DejaVu `.pf2` (grub `loadfont`s every `.pf2` in the dir); the
  stock NixOS `logo.png` is dropped since ours is in the background. Built +
  structure-verified (theme.txt palette colours, 1920×1080 background, font
  present). Remaining: a UEFI ISO-boot render check on hardware (the file
  wiring is confirmed; the visual is not CI-testable, same as the splash).
  ✓ **`distroId = "nomarchy"`:** os-release is now honest — `ID=nomarchy`,
  `ID_LIKE=nixos` (the standard derivative-distro lineage marker, cf.
  Ubuntu→debian), `DEFAULT_HOSTNAME=nomarchy`, lsb `DISTRIB_ID`/`CPE_NAME`
  follow. **Verified safe:** `switch-to-configuration` builds its "is this
  NixOS?" guard from the *configured* distroId (and `/etc/NIXOS` remains as
  the fallback), so rebuilds keep working — a new `checks.distro-id`
  VM-test boots such a system and runs `switch-to-configuration dry-activate`
  green; nixos-* CLI tools are package names, untouched. The one side effect
  (isNixos→false blanks the upstream nixos.org URLs) is handled by
  `extraOSReleaseArgs` restoring `HOME_URL`/`DOCUMENTATION_URL`/`SUPPORT_URL`/
  `BUG_REPORT_URL` to the project. os-release output eval-verified from the
  real downstream config.
- ✓ **fastfetch branding:** `modules/home/fastfetch.nix`
  (`nomarchy.fastfetch.enable`) — the vendored vector logo, recolored to
  the palette accent and rendered to compact block-art via chafa at build
  time (tracks the theme), fronting a curated module list. Replaces the
  oversized legacy ASCII with a themed, sized logo.
- ✓ **Nomarchy logo font in Waybar:** vendored `Nomarchy.ttf`
  (`modules/nixos/branding/`), installed via `fonts.packages`, and the
  summer-day/night menu buttons now use its `U+F000` glyph with
  `font-family: Nomarchy` pinned in their CSS (Nerd Fonts also occupy
  U+F000, so the pin is required). The other themes have no logo button.
- ✓ **Quality-of-life command aliases:** a curated set ships on by default in
  `modules/home/shell.nix` — navigation (`..`/`...`/`....`), a git block
  (`g`, `gst`, `ga`/`gaa`, `gc`/`gcm`, `gco`/`gsw`, `gb`, `gd`/`gds`,
  `gl`/`glg`, `gp`/`gpl`, `gf`), and a nix block (`ns`, `nr`, `nfu`, `nfc`,
  `nsearch`, `ngc`), plus `path` and `reload`. Scope decision: short where it
  helps but **never shadow a real binary** (same rule as rg/fd — the git block
  deliberately avoids `gs`/ghostscript); system/home rebuilds keep their full
  `sys-update`/`home-update` names rather than getting cryptic aliases. The set
  is documented in README §5 (Day-to-day), and `alias` lists them in-shell.
- **Theme-switch feedback:** ✓ the "rebuilding…" notification is now
  persistent (timeout 0) and replaced in place by "applied ✓" / failure
  via a synchronous tag, so a multi-minute switch never reads as a failed
  selection. (An honest indeterminate indicator — HM gives no % — a
  literal progress widget would be cosmetic; revisit only if wanted.)
- **Icon themes:** ✓ ships `papirus-icon-theme`; the resolved name lives on
  `nomarchy.theme.iconTheme` (the JSON's optional `icons` field, else
  Papirus-Dark/Light by `mode`) and feeds both Stylix's `gtk.iconTheme`
  (Thunar/GTK apps) and rofi's `show-icons`. Remaining (optional): per-theme
  `icons` overrides for the presets, or shipping more icon packs.
- **Nicer shell out of the box:** ✓ zsh is the default login shell, with a
  starship prompt themed from the JSON, autosuggestions + syntax
  highlighting, and modern-CLI ergonomics — `cat`→bat (theme "ansi", so it
  tracks the palette), `ls`→eza, `cd`→zoxide, plus `lt`/`tree`.
  `nomarchy.shell.enable`. (Deliberately did NOT alias grep→rg / find→fd:
  their flags differ enough to surprise; `rg`/`fd` ship as themselves.)
- ✓ **Default application suite:** a starter complete-workstation set —
  `libreoffice-fresh`, `vscode`, `gimp`, `inkscape` — ships *active* in the
  downstream `templates/downstream/home.nix` `home.packages`, with the heavier
  opt-ins (`texliveFull` — multi-GB; `texliveMedium` is lighter — plus
  browser/email) commented just below. **Decision: no `nomarchy.apps.*` option
  surface.** Unlike `nomarchy.services.*` (real config behind each toggle —
  systemd units, subuid ranges, the Flathub oneshot), a bare package install
  has nothing behind the toggle: `mkIf x { environment.systemPackages = [p]; }`
  just reinholds what a package list already gives, and the honest opt-out for
  a package is *deleting the line*. So the suite is the user's own curated list
  (extending the existing `# firefox` convention), not a distro-module feature —
  which also keeps the apps out of the live ISO automatically (it never starts
  from the template) and respects that editor/office/graphics are personal-taste
  choices, not defaults to impose. Unfree `vscode` evaluates fine — `mkFlake`
  and the system both set `allowUnfree = true`.
- ✓ **Plymouth logo contrast:** the shipped art was a fixed navy that
  vanished on dark bases. `modules/nixos/plymouth.nix` now recolors every
  element from the palette at build time (flat fill, alpha kept):
  logo/lock/bullet → text, entry/progress-box → surface, progress-bar →
  accent. Reads on light and dark; follows the theme as of the last system
  rebuild (like the background tint).
- ✓ **Hibernate double-unlock:** on resume from hibernate the LUKS
  passphrase already gates the machine, but locking hyprlock before sleep
  meant a second password. Fixed by *not locking* before an encrypted
  hibernate: a `nomarchy-lock-before-sleep` systemd unit
  (`modules/nixos/default.nix`) takes over from hypridle's `before_sleep_cmd`
  and locks on the RAM-resume sleeps (suspend / hybrid-sleep / suspend-then-
  hibernate) always, but skips `hibernate.target` when the disk is LUKS-
  encrypted. (A first attempt that dismissed hyprlock *after* resume was
  wrong — killing a Wayland session-lock client trips its "go to a tty"
  crash failsafe instead of unlocking, which is the error screen it caused.)
- ✓ **Key agents & pinentry:** ships `modules/home/keys.nix`
  (`nomarchy.keys.enable`): one agent — `services.gpg-agent` with
  `enableSshSupport` fronts SSH, so a single `pinentry-qt` (native-Wayland,
  Stylix-themed Qt) handles GPG and SSH passphrases alike. `SSH_AUTH_SOCK`
  comes from the agent's zsh integration; cache TTLs (30 min / 2 h) govern
  re-prompting. gnome-keyring stays the Secret Service (modern versions run
  no SSH agent, so no socket contention); screen lock doesn't flush the
  cache. ✓ **session-level `SSH_AUTH_SOCK`:** besides the zsh integration,
  a `home.sessionVariables` export now covers GUI clients launched outside a
  shell (rofi launcher, autostarted apps) that never inherit the interactive
  shell's copy — resolved with `gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket` at
  session-init (the same lookup the shell integration uses, so the two can't
  drift), reaching GUI apps via the login shell that starts Hyprland the same
  way `NIXOS_OZONE_WL` does. Verified by building the home generation and
  inspecting the rendered `hm-session-vars.sh` — it carries
  `export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$(…/gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)"` with the
  command substitution intact (unescaped, resolved at session-init). Pending
  an on-machine check that a GUI git/ssh client picks up the agent.
- **Sanitize & organize the repo:** a housekeeping pass for consistency
  and clarity.
  - ✓ pruned now-redundant config: the installer no longer writes
    `console.useXkbConfig` / `boot.initrd.systemd.enable` into `system.nix`
    (distro-wide defaults since the LUKS-keymap fix), nor the offline-pin
    test fixture in `flake.nix`.
  - ✓ reconciled the README option tables with the live `nomarchy.*`
    surface (added keys/fastfetch/snapper/greeter.autoLogin).
  - ✓ untracked `.claude/settings.local.json` (machine-local) + gitignored.
  - ✓ **branch/release model:** `main` is the development default; `v1` is
    the release pointer downstreams pin (`?ref=v1`), advanced to main once
    a batch is tested — rolling, no tags. Brought `main` current (it was a
    stale legacy-merge), and deleted the dead `refactor` / `wave/nixos-26.05`
    branches (kept `legacy` for history). See the comment in `flake.nix`.
  - ✓ re-checked that every file earns its place under the
    `modules`/`hosts`/`themes`/`pkgs`/`tools` rule of thumb: no orphaned
    modules (`keybinds.nix` is a *data* module `import`-ed by hyprland/rofi,
    so correctly absent from `default.nix`), no dead-code markers, no
    editor/backup cruft, each `themes/<slug>.json` palette pairs with its
    optional `<slug>/` overrides dir, and `hosts/{default,live}` are the
    documented reference + ISO hosts. Structure is clean as-is.
  - Open decision (deferred): the repo declares **no formatter** (no flake
    `formatter`, no `.editorconfig`); `.nix` files use deliberate aligned
    hand-formatting, so `nixfmt-rfc-style --check` flags ~33 files. Adopting a
    formatter would be a one-time repo-wide reformat that flattens that
    alignment — a maintainer call, not a silent cleanup, so left untouched.
- ✓ **Full docs review & restructure** (completed 2026-07-04 in four
  slices): the roadmap/backlog split (this file + agent/BACKLOG.md);
  option tables reconciled with the live surface and guarded permanently
  by `checks.option-docs`; drift pass over OVERRIDES/TESTING/template
  README (claims held; two gaps fixed); the install/first-run story now
  hands off README §3 → template README explicitly; and a new
  **docs/RECOVERY.md** runbook (generations → journals → older boot
  generation → snapper → nixos-enter). Still open, deliberately: the
  docs-site-vs-Markdown call (BACKLOG § Decisions).
- **Laptop power / battery management:** a real power story behind a
  `nomarchy.system.power.*` surface (`modules/nixos/power.nix`), replacing the
  old "only `services.upower` for Waybar reporting" baseline:
  - ✓ **profiles:** `power-profiles-daemon` ships by default (the upstream-
    aligned choice — power-saver/balanced/performance via `powerprofilesctl`,
    switched through polkit so no root prompt). A `power-profile` menu module
    (in the SUPER+M picker) and the first Waybar `custom/*` indicator (click to
    cycle) both **self-gate** on a battery being present + PPD running, so they
    hide on desktops and under TLP — no system→home wiring. **TLP** is the
    opt-in (`backend = "tlp"`) for deeper battery tuning; the two are mutually
    exclusive (asserted).
  - ✓ **thermal:** `thermald` behind `power.thermal.enable`; the installer
    turns it on for a `GenuineIntel` CPU.
  - ✓ **longevity:** `power.batteryChargeLimit` (e.g. 80) — a backend-
    independent sysfs oneshot writes `charge_control_end_threshold`. Off by
    default; the installer scaffolds it commented-out on laptops. ✓ the
    threshold is now **re-applied on AC state changes** (a `services.udev`
    rule on `SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{type}=="Mains"` restarts the
    oneshot via `systemctl --no-block`), closing the firmware-resets-on-
    unplug gap — the match is by adapter *type*, not kernel name
    (AC/AC0/ADP1/ACAD vary), and `restart` (not `try-restart`) re-applies
    even if the boot run was inactive. Eval-verified both ways (rule present
    with charge limit on / absent off), and **VM-verified the trigger**
    (`checks.battery-charge-limit`: the `test_power` module fakes a Mains
    adapter, toggling `ac_online` emits a real `power_supply` uevent, and the
    udev rule restarts the oneshot — confirmed by a changed `InvocationID`).
    The sysfs *write* itself needs a real `charge_control_end_threshold`, so
    a final on-hardware check (a `sudo nixos-rebuild` + a physical unplug)
    remains — the dev box has both an `AC` Mains adapter and a `BAT0`
    `charge_control_end_threshold`, so it can exercise it.
  - ✓ **installer:** writes `power.laptop = true` (battery probe) and
    `power.thermal.enable` (Intel) into the generated `system.nix`.
  - ✓ **idle cohesion:** `modules/home/idle.nix` now suspends only on
    battery (and sooner — 15 min vs the old fixed 30), gating the hypridle
    suspend listener on a `nomarchy-on-ac` probe so a plugged-in machine
    stays up mid-idle; lock/screen-off are unchanged on both sources.
    logind's lid handling is left at its defaults (suspend on lid close,
    ignore when docked) — an explicit "I'm done" that coheres with the
    idle behaviour.
  - ✓ **Waybar parity:** the `custom/powerprofile` indicator now shows in the
    summer-day/night whole-swap themes too. `powerProfileStatus`/`Cycle` are
    named `writeShellScriptBin`s on PATH (`waybar.nix` home.packages), so the
    generated config and the static `waybar.jsonc` both exec them by bare
    name (the same parity the DND bell has). General pattern: any new
    generated-config module needs adding to the whole-swap themes too.
- **Full hardware enablement (beyond nixos-hardware):** nixos-hardware
  profiles cover *basic* per-model functionality (quirks, drivers), but the
  *advanced* features of a machine — keyed more on the CPU/GPU generation
  than the model — are left for the user to wire up by hand. Close that gap
  without making it finnicky: extend the installer's existing autodetection
  (DMI → nixos-hardware profile today; add CPU vendor/arch, GPU, NPU,
  fingerprint reader, SSD) to switch on the *safe, broadly-beneficial*
  features automatically, and expose a small `nomarchy.hardware.*` surface
  (per-vendor where it helps, e.g. `nomarchy.hardware.amd.*`) for the heavy
  or experimental bits. Goal: full utilisation out of the box — opt-*out* for
  the safe defaults, opt-*in* for the multi-GB / experimental extras.
  Complements nixos-hardware (model quirks) rather than replacing it; keep
  the detection in the installer's `hardware-db` so an installed machine
  bakes the right defaults, all overridable through `nomarchy.hardware.*`.
  - ✓ **Mechanism + broad seed shipped** (`modules/nixos/hardware.nix`): a
    vendor-keyed `nomarchy.hardware.*` surface (`intel`, `amd`, `fingerprint`,
    `npu`), `hardware-db.sh` extended to detect Intel/AMD, a fingerprint reader
    (libfprint USB vendor IDs) and an NPU (Intel VPU / AMD XDNA PCI IDs), and
    the installer bakes the matching toggles into `system.nix` — safe defaults
    active (GuC/HuC, amd-pstate, AMD VA-API env, fprintd), heavy/experimental
    opt-ins commented (Intel compute-runtime, ROCm, fingerprint PAM, NPU
    driver). Audited against the nixos-hardware commons so it only fills the
    gap above them — microcode / the media-driver VA-API stack / weekly fstrim
    already come from `common-cpu-*` / `common-gpu-*` / `common-pc-ssd`.
    Exercised live on the dev machine's detection (an AMD Ryzen-AI laptop: AMD
    + fingerprint + NPU all detected) and a toggles-on build (`amd_pstate=active`
    + `i915.enable_guc=3` in kernel-params, `fprintd.service` present).
    **Remaining: on-hardware verification of the runtime bits (AMD/NPU/Intel
    GPU-compute) — none are testable in CI or on the Intel Latitudes for the
    AMD paths.** SSD TRIM is intentionally left to `common-pc-ssd`.
  - ✓ **Hardening (driver-gen + kernel awareness):** `intel.guc` emits the
    *i915* param, so the installer turns it off when the GPU is on the newer
    `xe` driver (Lunar Lake / Battlemage / Panther Lake — GuC is default-on
    there); the NPU detector matches the PCI *accelerator class* (not just a
    device-ID list) so new gens are caught without a code change; and a
    `nomarchy.hardware.latestKernel` escape hatch (+ a build-time warning when
    `npu.enable` predates the shipped kernel) covers very-new hardware whose
    drivers only just landed. A config-assertion VM test guards the wiring
    (`checks.hardware-toggles`: kernel cmdline + fprintd + PAM, booted in a VM).
  Worked example — ThinkPad T14s (Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U + Radeon 780M):
  - **GPU compute — ROCm:** the 780M is an RDNA3 iGPU (gfx1103) ROCm doesn't
    officially list, so it needs `HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=11.0.0`. Multi-GB
    closure → opt-in (`nomarchy.hardware.amd.rocm.enable`); unlocks GPU
    PyTorch / Ollama.
  - **Ryzen AI NPU (XDNA):** the `amdxdna` kernel driver (mainline 6.14+) +
    the XRT/xdna userspace runtime + firmware. Niche/experimental → opt-in.
  - **AMD P-State EPP (Zen 4 power):** `amd_pstate=active` for the EPP
    governor, which power-profiles-daemon (already shipped, `power.nix`)
    drives per profile. Broadly beneficial on Zen 2+ → default on when the
    installer sees an AMD CPU.
  - **Hardware video acceleration (VA-API):** mesa's radeonsi exposes VA-API
    on AMD (`LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=radeonsi`, libva + drivers in
    `hardware.graphics.extraPackages`); Intel uses `intel-media-driver`.
    Broadly beneficial → default on, vendor-detected.
  - **LVFS firmware & biometrics:** fwupd already ships (✓, `services.fwupd`).
    Add fingerprint: `services.fprintd` when a reader is detected, with
    opt-in PAM integration for login/sudo (password-only stays the default
    for the cautious).
  - **SSD periodic TRIM:** `services.fstrim.enable` (weekly) — safe and
    beneficial, so default on (trivial enough it may warrant being
    distro-wide regardless).
  Sub-items here can graduate into their own roadmap entries as they're
  scoped; the unifying work is the detection + `nomarchy.hardware.*` surface.
- **Webcam support & tuning:** improve out-of-the-box webcam behaviour.
  Motivating case — on the ThinkPad T14s AMD Gen 4 the camera shows a dark,
  low-quality image. **Diagnosed on hardware (2026-06-26)**, and it's *not* what
  the first cut of this item guessed (UVC default-controls tuning vs a MIPI/
  libcamera gap):
  - The camera is a **USB UVC** module (Chicony `04f2:b7c0`, `uvcvideo`) and is
    **dual-sensor** — `video0` Color (MJPG, up to 2592×1944 / 1080p) + `video2`
    **IR** (8-bit `GREY` only, the face-unlock sensor). The AMD IPU `[1022:1502]`
    is present on PCI but **unused** (the camera enumerates over USB, not the
    MIPI/ISP path), so the libcamera-software-ISP branch is moot on this machine.
  - The **raw color capture is fine**: at factory defaults with auto-exposure,
    `/dev/video0` measures luma ≈130/255 *from the first frame* (no AE ramp, not
    dark); forcing manual exposure made it *worse*. So there is **no v4l2 control
    default to bake** — the speculated `v4l2-ctl`-tuning / udev-oneshot fix is the
    wrong tree.
  - **Real cause is the consumption path.** PipeWire/WirePlumber exposes the
    device through **both** backends at once — two `[v4l2]` sources (node 144 =
    `/dev/video0` Color, node 146 = `/dev/video2` **IR**) **plus** two
    `[libcamera]` nodes (Color + IR) — and the IR sensor is presented as an
    **indistinguishable** "Integrated Camera". So an app's camera picker shows up
    to *four* identical entries, and choosing the IR one yields a black/dark
    monochrome frame; the libcamera path can also negotiate the low-res `YUYV`
    640×480 mode ("bad quality"). The default source is the color node, so apps
    that don't let you choose are fine — the breakage is selecting (or an app
    auto-selecting) the wrong node.
  - **Fix — validated live on hardware (2026-06-26).** Two WirePlumber 0.5
    drop-ins collapse the four entries to one clean color camera, confirmed via
    `wpctl status` (before: 2 v4l2 + 2 libcamera incl. both IR nodes → after:
    **1** v4l2 source = `/dev/video0` color, **0** libcamera):
    1. **Hide the IR node** — `monitor.v4l2.rules` matching the IR sensor →
       `node.disabled = true`. (Tested by card name `~.*Integrated I`; the
       **shipping** match should key on the more robust, vendor-neutral heuristic
       of a **`GREY`-only / no-color-format** node, since other vendors' IR cards
       are named differently.)
    2. **Drop the duplicate backend** — `wireplumber.profiles.main.monitor.libcamera
       = disabled`, since a plain UVC cam is fully covered by v4l2 (also kills the
       libcamera low-res-`YUYV` path).
    **Drawbacks / design constraints for the module:**
    - Rule 2 (libcamera off) is only safe **when a UVC camera exists** — on a
      MIPI/IPU-only machine (no UVC fallback) it would kill the camera entirely,
      so it **must be conditional on detection**, not blanket. Rule 1 (IR-hide)
      is broadly safe. Exactly the `nomarchy.hardware.*`-gated targeting the
      parent item calls for.
    - **Face-unlock is *not* broken:** `node.disabled` only hides the PipeWire
      node; the kernel `/dev/video2` stays openable, so Howdy (which reads the IR
      device directly, bypassing PipeWire) still works.
    A true MIPI/IPU software-ISP camera with no UVC fallback stays a separate
    future item.
  - **Shipped (2026-06-27):** `nomarchy.hardware.camera.hideIrSensor` (+ an
    overridable `irMatch` regex) in `modules/nixos/hardware.nix` emits rule 1 via
    `services.pipewire.wireplumber.extraConfig`; the installer's `hardware-db.sh`
    auto-detects a paired RGB+IR webcam (from `/sys/class/video4linux/*/name`)
    and bakes the toggle into `system.nix`, with a commented example in the
    downstream template. **Decision: v4l2 IR-hide only — libcamera is left
    untouched** so an external camera you plug in is never affected. Surgical
    internal-only libcamera scoping proved impossible: the distinguishing device
    props (`api.libcamera.location`, `device.product.name`) bind *after* the
    monitor rule runs, and the only early-matchable prop (`device.api`) is
    all-or-nothing — so a broad libcamera-off was the only option and was rejected
    as the blunt instrument it is (external USB cams are UVC and keep working via
    v4l2 regardless). Verified: installer detection fires on the T14s; the
    generated drop-in's serialized content is valid WP-0.5 config; and the exact
    shipped `irMatch` was re-confirmed live (1 V4L2 source = the colour
    `/dev/video0`, libcamera untouched, IR node disabled in the WirePlumber log).
    Remaining: an on-Nomarchy end-to-end check; optional `v4l-utils` +
    `cameractrls` for the rare genuine-tuning case; and a follow-up for
    portal/Flatpak apps that consume the libcamera path (where the internal IR is
    still listed, since libcamera stays on).
- ✓ **Memory-pressure protection (earlyoom, default-on):**
  `modules/nixos/oom.nix` — running out of memory kills the offending
  process instead of freezing the desktop. **earlyoom over systemd-oomd,
  deliberately:** oomd kills whole cgroups, and a Hyprland session is ONE
  scope (no per-app systemd scopes here, unlike GNOME) — under pressure it
  would take out the entire desktop; earlyoom kills the single largest
  process before the thrash point. nixpkgs default-enables oomd *inert*
  (no slices monitored) — disabled outright so there's one owner. Session
  plumbing is `--avoid`-listed (Hyprland/hyprlock/greetd/waybar/pipewire/
  wireplumber/Xwayland/nix-daemon/systemd — unanchored, since NixOS
  wrappers rename comm to `.foo-wrapped`); no `--prefer` tuning (largest-
  RSS selection already finds the hog); kills raise a desktop notification
  (systembus-notify). All `mkDefault` — opt out with
  `services.earlyoom.enable = false`. **VM-verified**
  (`checks.oom-protection`): a chunked allocator peaked at ~686 MB in a
  1 GB VM, earlyoom SIGTERM'd it in 0.1 s, a bystander unit survived, and
  oomd is asserted off.
- **Opt-in services & integrations:** the counterpart to the opt-*out*
  application suite above — heavier or more personal integrations shipped
  **off by default**, each a `nomarchy.services.<name>.enable` toggle a
  downstream flips on in one line. Keeps the base lean while making common
  additions trivial. **✓ Seventeen shipped** in `modules/nixos/services.nix`
  (system-side), each with a commented example in the downstream `system.nix`
  template: `tailscale`, `syncthing` (runs as the login user, GUI on
  127.0.0.1:8384), `podman` (rootless, `docker` aliased, user subuid/subgid),
  `flatpak` (+ Flathub remote added by a oneshot), `pika` (Pika Backup GUI),
  `steam` (`programs.steam` — the 32-bit stack, controller udev, Remote-Play
  ports a bare package can't), `libvirt` (libvirtd + virt-manager, user added
  to the `libvirtd` group), `obs` (OBS Studio + a v4l2loopback virtual camera
  usable as a webcam in Zoom/Teams), `docker` (rootful; asserts against the
  podman docker-compat), `kdeconnect`, `gamemode`, `adb` (android-tools;
  systemd handles the udev rules), `wireshark` (Qt GUI + the `wireshark`
  group), `ollama` (local LLM API on 127.0.0.1:11434), `printing` (CUPS +
  Avahi mDNS), `openrgb` (RGB lighting daemon), and `restic` (scheduled
  daily backup — a small option surface: `repository`/`passwordFile`/`paths`,
  7/4/6 retention). More candidates by area:
  - ✓ **cloud/sync:** Syncthing (`services.syncthing`); Nextcloud client is a
    bare tray app (in the app-suite menu, not a service)
  - ✓ **local AI:** Ollama (`nomarchy.services.ollama`, optional GPU accel)
    ships; LM Studio is a (commented) app-suite package (a bare GUI, no
    service) — pairs with the menu's Ask-Claude philosophy
  - ✓ **containers/VMs:** Podman (`virtualisation.podman`); libvirt +
    virt-manager (`nomarchy.services.libvirt`); Docker (`nomarchy.services.docker`)
  - ✓ **networking:** Tailscale (`services.tailscale`); WireGuard needs no
    toggle — NetworkManager (on by default) imports `.conf` tunnels natively;
    the `wireguard-tools` CLI is in the app-suite menu
  - ✓ **gaming/media:** Steam (`nomarchy.services.steam`); OBS Studio
    (`nomarchy.services.obs`, with the v4l2loopback virtual camera); GameMode
    (`nomarchy.services.gamemode`)
  - ✓ **devices:** printing (CUPS + Avahi, `nomarchy.services.printing`); KDE
    Connect (`nomarchy.services.kdeconnect`); OpenRGB
    (`nomarchy.services.openrgb`). Plus dev tooling — Android `adb` and
    `wireshark` toggles
  - ✓ **backup:** Pika Backup (`pika-backup`, GUI over Borg); scheduled
    headless restic (`nomarchy.services.restic`)
  - ✓ **escape hatch:** Flatpak (`services.flatpak`) + Flathub, for apps
    outside nixpkgs

  Surface decided: `nomarchy.services.*`, system-side for system services
  (home-side ones can extend the same prefix later). Remaining: curate the
  rest (Ollama, containers, Steam/OBS, printing, backups, Flatpak …). The
  opt-out application *suite* is deliberately **not** a parallel
  `nomarchy.apps.*` surface — it's a curated `home.packages` list in the
  downstream template (see "Default application suite" above), since a bare
  package install has no config to put behind a toggle. Unfree entries are
  already covered (`allowUnfree = true`).
- ✓ **Display / monitor management:** declarative `nomarchy.monitors` (a
  per-output schema — name/resolution/position/scale/transform/mirror/
  bitdepth/vrr/disable) generates Hyprland `monitor` rules, keeping the
  `,preferred,auto,1` wildcard as the fallback; Hyprland applies them on
  hotplug, so a declared external/dock output arranges itself on connect
  (no kanshi — it fights Hyprland's own output management). `nwg-displays`
  ships behind `nomarchy.displays.enable` as an interactive arranger (a
  helper to find values; the declarative config stays the source of truth —
  its output file isn't sourced). The System ▸ **Display** menu picks an
  output's resolution from its advertised modes: applied live via `hyprctl
  keyword monitor` (current position + scale kept) and persisted to the
  in-flake state (`settings.monitors.<name>`, no rebuild), overlaid onto
  `nomarchy.monitors` by name so the next rebuild bakes it in — the monitor
  twin of the keyboard-layout graduation. Remaining: true docked/undocked
  **profile switching** of the *same* outputs (Hyprland's per-output rules
  cover the common "external connects → arrange" case, not multi-layout
  toggles), and optionally workspace-to-monitor binding.
- ✓ **Night light / blue-light filter:** `nomarchy.nightlight` (opt-in) —
  a scheduled colour-temperature shift via `hyprsunset` (Hyprland-native),
  warm at night, identity (no shift) by day. `modules/home/nightlight.nix`
  drives the HM `services.hyprsunset` with two time-based profiles
  (`sunrise` → identity, `sunset` → `temperature`), so hyprsunset handles the
  schedule and the on-login state. Active-profile-at-session-start was
  confirmed on hardware (2026-06-18). ✓ **Menu + Waybar toggle (opt-in,
  instant, in-flake state):** two git-tracked keys in the state file, both
  menu-written (exposed via the new `nomarchy.settings` option) —
  `settings.nightlight.installed` (**sticky**: gates the hyprsunset unit;
  `nomarchy.nightlight.enable` `mkDefault`-reads it) and
  `settings.nightlight.on` (runtime on/off). **Off by default.** The *first*
  enable from the menu writes `installed` and rebuilds to create the unit (the
  one accepted rebuild); **every toggle after is instant** —
  `nomarchy-theme-sync set settings.nightlight.on … --no-switch` (atomic +
  `git add -N`, no rebuild) plus a `systemctl` start/stop. Splitting the sticky
  flag from the on/off is what avoids a **decay** bug: an instant-off writes
  only `on`, so an unrelated later rebuild (e.g. `sys-update`) never drops the
  unit and "on" stays instant. Persistence across logout/reboot comes from an
  `ExecCondition` on the unit (`nomarchy-nightlight should-start`) that reads the
  **live** working-tree on/off at start time — *not* the eval-frozen store copy
  — so an off survives a reboot with no rebuild; a later rebuild bakes the same
  value. No more `~/.local/state` marker, no marker `ConditionPathExists`. The
  `nomarchy-menu` System-submenu entry is always shown (current on/off) so the
  feature can be enabled from the menu; the self-gating Waybar
  `custom/nightlight` indicator shows the moon while running and hides otherwise.
  This is the first cut of a broader principle — **any user-settable config
  gets a menu writer that lands it in the downstream flake; no state lives
  outside the checkout** (Phase 1 night-light + Phase 2 the per-device
  keyboard-layout memory below are done — both now in the git-tracked state
  file; next target: opt-in auto-commit of the flake on each mutation, owned
  files only). Remaining (optional): geo (lat/long) auto
  sunset/sunrise (would mean wlsunset, which schedules by location). Pending an
  on-machine check (first enable rebuilds + comes on; later toggles instant; off
  persists across reboot via ExecCondition; stopping hyprsunset restores gamma).
- ✓ **Automatic timezone (location-following clock):** `nomarchy.system.autoTimezone`
  (opt-in, off by default) — geoclue + `services.automatic-timezoned` drive
  `/etc/localtime` from your location, so travelling to another zone updates the
  Waybar clock on its own. **Menu-driven, in-flake state** (the night-light /
  keyboard philosophy): the flag is `settings.autoTimezone` in theme-state.json,
  git-tracked; the System-menu entry (`nomarchy-menu autotimezone` →
  `nomarchy-autotimezone`) writes it and rebuilds. **Not instant like
  night-light** — it's a *system* service (not a user unit you can start/stop),
  so the toggle drives a `sudo nixos-rebuild` (bakes the service + the
  `time.timeZone` override) plus a `home-manager switch` (the Waybar-refresh
  watcher), both off the one flag. **time.timeZone handling:** a runtime zone
  needs `/etc/localtime` writable; automatic-timezoned sets `time.timeZone = null`
  itself, but the installer's static value would collide (a hard eval error), so
  the module forces it null (`mkForce`) over the installer's value when enabled,
  and reverts to it when disabled. **Live clock refresh:** Waybar's clock module
  captures the zone at construction, so `modules/home/timezone.nix` runs a tiny
  user service that watches timedate1's change signal and reloads Waybar
  (SIGUSR2) on a real zone change (also catches a manual `timedatectl
  set-timezone`). Eval-verified both ways (on: geoclue+daemon on, tz forced null
  over a static installer value, watcher present; off: static tz intact, no
  service/watcher). **Pending an on-hardware check** — geoclue detection and the
  SIGUSR2 clock refresh aren't testable in CI (if SIGUSR2 proves insufficient,
  fall back to restarting waybar). Remaining (optional): a Waybar tooltip line
  showing the detected zone.
- **Keyboard layouts (per-device + switching):**
  - ✓ **Per-device declarative layout:** `nomarchy.keyboard.devices`
    (`{ "<hyprctl-device-name>" = { layout; variant; }; }`) generates Hyprland
    `device` blocks that override the session `nomarchy.keyboard.layout` for a
    named keyboard — e.g. an external board that's physically a different
    layout than the laptop's. Hyprland applies it whenever that device
    connects (the "external keyboard remembers its layout" case, done the
    declarative way). A Waybar `hyprland/language` indicator shows the active
    layout, gated on more than one layout being in play (comma in the session
    layout, or any per-device override) so single-layout bars stay clean.
  - ✓ **Interactive new-keyboard prompt (runtime + persist):** set
    `nomarchy.keyboard.layouts` (candidate layouts) and a `nomarchy-keyboard-
    watch` daemon runs (exec-once): it polls `hyprctl devices`, and when a
    keyboard connects *after* login that isn't in `keyboard.devices` and
    hasn't been chosen before, it pops a rofi layout picker, applies the
    choice as a **per-device** `hyprctl keyword device[<name>]:kb_layout` (the
    runtime twin of the declarative `device{}` blocks — so it isolates that
    one keyboard and never touches the built-in board), and remembers it. The
    boot-time set (incl. the built-in keyboard) is never prompted. The
    runtime-remember complement to the declarative `keyboard.devices`.
    **Picker verified on hardware (2026-06-18)**; the first cut applied the
    choice with `switchxkblayout` (a global layout-index flip) and merged the
    candidate pool into `input.kb_layout`, so a selection leaked onto the
    laptop keyboard and stuck after unplug — fixed by the per-device keyword +
    keeping the pool out of the session layout.
  - ✓ **In-flake state + graduation (2026-06-23):** the remembered picks moved
    out of `~/.local/state/nomarchy/keyboard-layouts` into the git-tracked
    state file (`settings.keyboard.devices`, a device-name → layout map) —
    Phase 2 of the in-flake-state principle, the same path night-light took.
    The watcher reads the **live** working tree (a pick is honoured at once)
    and writes instantly with `--no-switch` (no rebuild), merging the whole map
    back at the dot-free parent path so a device name containing a dot can't
    corrupt the dotted set-path. Each remembered device **graduates** into
    `nomarchy.keyboard.devices` on the next rebuild (a generated Hyprland
    `device{}` block, `mkDefault` so a hand-written entry still wins), after
    which the watcher sees it as declared and steps back. Eval-verified
    (graduation + precedence) and the writer round-trips; **still needs the
    on-hardware hotplug re-verify** (the picker path isn't testable in CI).
  - ✓ **Multi-layout cycle bind + summer parity (2026-07-04):**
    `SUPER+SHIFT+K` → `hyprctl switchxkblayout current next`, rendered
    only when the session layout has a comma (same gate as the Waybar
    language indicator) — data lives in `keybinds.nix` as a separate
    `multiLayoutBinds` list, so hyprland.nix and the cheatsheet consume
    one source and gate identically (verified both ways: absent on a
    single layout; bind + cheatsheet row render under `us,de` via
    extendModules). `current` targets the focused keyboard, so a
    per-device-overridden board (one layout) is a no-op, never a leak.
    `hyprland/language` (`󰌌 {short}`) added to both summer
    `waybar.jsonc` whole-swaps + `#language` in their CSS — static JSON
    can't eval-gate, so on summer themes the module shows even with one
    layout (a deliberate parity-over-minimalism call; it's small).
    Noticed en route: summer-night carries an `idle_inhibitor` the
    generated bar lacks — folded into the idle-inhibit backlog item.
  - Remaining: keep the system (console/initrd) and session layouts in
    sync (the LUKS-keymap work).
- ✓ **Do-Not-Disturb:** swaync DND toggle wired into the menu
  (`nomarchy-menu dnd`, in the picker, SUPER+CTRL+D) and a Waybar bell
  indicator (`custom/notification` via `swaync-client -swb`: shows the
  notification count + DND state, left-click toggles the panel,
  right-click toggles DND). Turning DND off confirms with a toast; turning
  it on is silent (notifications are suppressed — the bell-off glyph is the
  cue).
- ✓ **Snapshot browse/restore UX:** `nomarchy-menu snapshot` (in the SUPER+M
  picker, self-gated on snapper) launches **btrfs-assistant** — the
  desktop browse/diff/restore/rollback UI, elevating via polkit (the safe
  choice for a destructive, root-only op vs a fat-fingerable rofi rollback).
  Shipped system-side gated on `nomarchy.system.snapper`. Also extended
  snapper to snapshot **/home** by default (hourly 5 / daily 7 / weekly 4)
  when it's its own BTRFS subvolume; a boot oneshot creates the required
  `/home/.snapshots` subvolume if missing (covers existing installs, no disko
  change). **The backend is VM-verified** (a full BTRFS+LUKS install: both
  `root`+`home` configs, a `/home` timeline snapshot taken, `/home/.snapshots`
  a real subvolume, the oneshot `Result=success`).
  - ✓ **Resolved — the "btrfs-assistant 2.2 segfault" was unprivileged-only**
    (re-diagnosed 2026-07-04): gdb puts the crash in `btrfs_util_subvolume_
    iterator_next()` — libbtrfsutil's *unprivileged* subvolume-iteration path
    in btrfs-progs 6.17.1 (upstream-fixed after 6.17.1, kdave/btrfs-progs
    `886571653` "re-enable tree search v2 ioctl"; symbol versions were checked
    and match, so not an ABI/link issue). **As root it runs fine** — VM-proven
    (root `--version` exits 0, unprivileged exits 139) — and the pkexec
    launcher runs it as root, so the GUI was never actually broken *when
    launched right*. What WAS missing distro-wide: **no polkit authentication
    agent**, so every pkexec prompt in the session failed silently — that's
    the root cause of "the GUI doesn't open". Fixes: `hyprpolkitagent`
    (Hyprland's Qt agent, Stylix-themed) now ships via exec-once in
    `hyprland.nix`; the menu prefers `btrfs-assistant-launcher` again with
    `nomarchy-snapshots` as fallback; `checks.snapshot-gui` guards the root
    path on a real btrfs volume (and the GUI event loop offscreen) against
    lock-bump regressions. No btrfs-progs patch: our flows are all root-side,
    so the unprivileged fix rides in with a future lock bump. Original
    diagnosis kept below for the record. ✓ **Fallback shipped:**
    the menu now launches `nomarchy-snapshots` (system-side, gated on
    `nomarchy.system.snapper`) instead — a keyboard-driven snapper
    browser/restore with no btrfs-assistant dependency. snapper is root-only
    here (no `ALLOW_USERS`) and rofi can't run as root under Wayland, so it
    runs in a terminal via `sudo` (one password prompt) and uses `fzf` to pick:
    browse/diff (read-only), restore files (`undochange`), or roll back (root
    config only) — each behind a typed-`yes` confirmation, which is *safer*
    than the fat-fingerable one-click rofi rollback this entry originally
    avoided. btrfs-assistant stays installed for when nixpkgs fixes it.
    **Pending an on-machine check of the restore/rollback paths.**
  - Remaining (optional): boot-from-snapshot needs a systemd-boot equivalent
    of grub-btrfs.
- ✓ **Update awareness:** `nomarchy.updates.enable` (opt-in, `modules/home/
  updates.nix`) — a `nomarchy-updates` checker on a systemd user timer
  (`.interval`, default daily) compares each **direct** branch-tracking flake
  input (nixpkgs, the Nomarchy input, home-manager, stylix … via `git
  ls-remote` vs the locked rev; offline → skipped, no false alarm) and, when
  the `flatpak` CLI is present (`.flatpak`), counts Flatpak updates. A
  self-gating Waybar `custom/updates` indicator (hidden until something's
  available; accent `󰚰 N`, signal-refreshed) + a notification that fires only
  when the count *grows* (so a daily timer never nags). Click → the upgrade
  flow in a terminal (`sys-update` / `flatpak update`, each confirmed). Purely
  passive — it never changes anything, augmenting the explicit rebuild flow.
  Indicator is in the generated bar and both summer whole-swaps. **Pending an
  on-machine check** (the ls-remote/notify/timer path needs a live session).
- **Automated upstream lock bumps (maintainer CI):** the upstream twin of the
  user-side checker above — automate advancing Nomarchy's *own* `flake.lock`,
  which is the entire delivery channel (a downstream takes a single input,
  `?ref=v1`, so nixpkgs/home-manager/stylix/nixos-hardware reach it
  *transitively pinned* through that lock; users can't bump them independently).
  **Tiered by what CI can't do:** the hardware-QA gate (the Latitude 5410 + the
  AMD dev box — AMD/NPU/Intel-GPU-compute runtime bits aren't testable in CI or
  on the Intel Latitudes for the AMD paths) can't be automated, so a bot drives
  `main` and a human still promotes `main → v1`. A scheduled job (Forgejo
  Actions, or Renovate's Nix manager opening a reviewable lock-diff PR) runs
  `nix flake update` → `nix flake check` + the existing `runNixOSTest` suite +
  builds `system.build.toplevel`, and on green lands on `main` — which nobody
  tracks, so a bad bump costs a debug session, not a user outage; `v1` stays
  the manual on-hardware gate (it only ever fast-forwards, never force-pushed,
  or a user's locked rev can vanish from history). **Cadence weekly**
  (release-26.05 doesn't move fast; nightly is just churn), and `nix flake
  update` stays *within* the pinned release branches — no surprise major bump
  (a 26.11 jump is a deliberate `v2`, hand-edited in flake.nix). Side benefit:
  shrinks the security-patch latency the single-input model otherwise imposes
  (users are gated on the maintainer for nixpkgs CVEs), since a fix is usually
  already eval/build/VM-tested and one hardware promotion away from `v1` —
  worth fast-laning lock-only/security bumps ahead of feature batches. The repo
  has **no CI today** (manual `nix flake update` only). Explicitly *not* a
  binary cache: compile-from-source is a deliberate values call (Gentoo-style),
  so this automates the *config/lock* channel, not artifact distribution.
- ✓ **Opt-in auto-commit of state mutations (in-flake state, Phase 4):**
  `settings.autoCommit` (menu: **System › Auto-commit**, self-gated on the
  flake being a git repo) makes every `apply`/`set` also `git commit`
  theme-state.json in the downstream flake. Design decisions: the flag is
  **live-read by the tool** on each write — nothing in Nix consumes it, so
  the toggle is instant, no rebuild, no option-surface addition; the commit
  is **pathspec-limited** (`git commit -- theme-state.json`) so unrelated
  dirty files are never swept up; it fires when the flag is on before *or*
  after the write, so the disable-toggle itself lands in history instead of
  staying forever-dirty; a same-value `set` no-ops (diff against HEAD); a
  missing git identity falls back to `Nomarchy <nomarchy@localhost>`;
  `bg next` is deliberately excluded (runtime wallpaper churn — the path
  rides along with the next real commit). Verified: V1 (HM generation
  builds, generated menu `bash -n` green) + a 7-assertion sandbox-repo
  round-trip incl. the apply path; on-machine check queued. Rider fix:
  `get` now prints booleans JSON-style (`true`, not Python's `True`) —
  which also un-sticks the System menu's "Auto timezone (on/off)" label,
  whose `= true` comparison could never match before.
- **"nomarchy" control center:** a single TUI/GUI front-end over the common
  toggles — theme, power profile, opt-in services, display, DND — built on
  the same `nomarchy-theme-sync` / `nomarchy.*` surface the menu already
  uses. Plus a first-boot welcome that lands new installs in a guided "pick
  your theme / essentials" flow (ties into the branding work).

## Known issues & follow-ups
- ✓ **README option tables drift from the live surface** (docs review
  slice (a), 2026-07-04): a fresh reconcile found 9 undocumented options
  (autoTimezone, camera.hideIrSensor/irMatch, intel.guc, amd.pstate/
  vaapi, package, system.stateFile, restic.paths) — rows/mentions added,
  and the diff is now permanent: `checks.option-docs` walks the option
  names out of the four option-declaring modules at eval time (their
  lazy `config` halves never evaluate, so dummy args suffice) and
  requires each a table row — or a backticked `.leaf` mention for
  non-enable sub-knobs — plus flags table rows whose option no longer
  exists (tools/check-option-docs.py).
- ✓ **swaync text invisible on summer-day** (Latitude QA, 2026-07-04):
  the themed CSS paired @subtext on @base, but palette roles are not
  uniform across themes — summer-day/flexoki-light use subtext as
  text-*on*-surface (== base) and surface as a dark chip (== text), so
  body text and widget buttons self-colored. Fix: swaync uses only
  pairings safe in every palette — @text on @base for text (survey:
  worst ratio 5.18 across 21 themes) and alpha(@text, 0.1) tints for
  chips/hovers — guarded permanently by `checks.theme-contrast`
  (tools/check-theme-contrast.py, WCAG ratios over themes/*.json).
  The same audit found generated waybar/rofi CSS shared the bug class,
  exposed on flexoki-light (no whole-swap) — fixed in the follow-on:
  waybar dim/secondary shades are alpha(@text) tints, rofi @dim/@surface
  are fg-derived #RRGGBBAA tints, and the contrast check's pairings now
  cover all three generated surfaces. Status glyph accents
  (good/warn/bad on base, 2.0–2.7 in some palettes) were left as-is —
  raising them is palette design, a human call.
- ✓ **Waybar crash on theme switch left the session bar-less** (Latitude
  hardware QA, 2026-07-04): exec-once has no supervisor, so any crash
  orphaned the session until relogin — and the switch path itself was
  crash-prone: `reload_style_on_change` (inotify on style.css) and
  theme-sync's SIGUSR2 both fired while the HM symlinks flipped, a
  double-reload race in waybar's in-place reload. Fix: (1) the bar runs
  under a `nomarchy-waybar` supervisor (waybar.nix) — ANY exit respawns
  it, with a crash-loop guard (5 fast exits → critical notification,
  stop); (2) theme-sync now prefers a clean `pkill -x waybar` when it
  sees the supervisor (a restart with fresh config+style — no reload
  code path at all), keeping SIGUSR2 only as the fallback for
  unsupervised/custom bars; `reload_style_on_change` stays for manual
  `home-update` restyles. VM-verified on the headless software-GL
  desktop: SIGKILL → new pid; clean kill → respawn; SIGUSR2 → alive.
- ✓ **`sys-rebuild`** (Latitude QA request): the no-update twin of
  `sys-update` — snapshot-first system rebuild against the *current*
  lock, for config-only changes; `home-update` was already lock-free.
  README §3/§5 + the motd list all three.
- ✓ **Yazi TOML parse error on startup:** yazi 26.x made fetchers'
  `group` field required, so `[[plugin.prepend_fetchers]]` failed to parse
  and yazi fell back to presets. Fixed by adding `group = "git"` to both
  git fetcher entries in `modules/home/yazi.nix` (the git plugin's
  `setup()` only renders the linemode; the fetcher still needs registering).
- ✓ **Starship prompt styling:** dropped the powerline look (the `[]`
  separator glyph + `bg:` fills) for a flat prompt — bold-accent directory,
  warn git branch, subtext status/duration, `❯` character, all plain
  colored text (`modules/home/shell.nix`). Also wired in `cmd_duration`,
  which was configured but never referenced in `format`.
- ✓ **xfce deprecation warnings:** moved `xfce.exo` → `pkgs.xfce4-exo` and
  the three Thunar plugins to their new top-level names in
  `modules/nixos/file-manager.nix`; the eval warnings are gone.
- ✓ **Rofi function keybindings:** direct `SUPER+CTRL+<mnemonic>` binds jump
  straight to each `nomarchy-menu` module — V clipboard · C calc · W web ·
  F files · N network · B bluetooth · S capture · A ask — added to
  `modules/home/keybinds.nix`, so they also show in the SUPER+? cheatsheet.
- ✓ **Enable nix-ld by default:** `programs.nix-ld.enable` is on distro-wide
  (`modules/nixos/default.nix`), so prebuilt/foreign dynamically-linked
  binaries run out of the box.
- ✓ **Hyprland border colors off for some themes:** the cause was v1
  forcing an `accent→accentAlt` gradient on every theme; legacy used a
  *solid* border (accent for nord/retro-82/lumon, the text tone for
  kanagawa/summer-day/summer-night). Added a palette-resolved `border`
  field (`{active, inactive}`) to the theme schema (`theme.nix`), consumed
  solid in `hyprland.nix`, and declared it in every preset so a switch
  always replaces it. All six identity themes now match legacy exactly.
- ✓ **Waybar shows non-existent workspaces:** the v1 summer port "fixed"
  legacy's deprecated `persistent_workspaces` (underscore — silently
  ignored by current Waybar, so legacy only ever showed existing
  workspaces) into the modern `persistent-workspaces` (hyphen), which
  Waybar honours → all 10 rendered as phantoms. Dropped the block from
  `themes/summer-{day,night}/waybar.jsonc`; the other themes use the
  generated `waybar.nix`, which never had it, so they already match.
- ✓ **GTK/Qt ignore the theme's light/dark mode:** Stylix set `polarity`
  but not the `org.freedesktop.appearance color-scheme` that GTK4/libadwaita
  and Qt6 read via the portal, so a light theme could still render apps
  dark. `stylix.nix` now sets `dconf` `org/gnome/desktop/interface
  color-scheme` = `prefer-light`/`prefer-dark` from `t.mode`
  (xdg-desktop-portal-gtk already ships, and `programs.dconf` is on
  system-side), so libadwaita/Qt follow the palette. Confirmed in a live
  session (headless QEMU): the portal's `org.freedesktop.appearance`
  `color-scheme` reads `1` on a dark theme and flips to `2` after switching
  to a light one (catppuccin-latte) — so xdg-desktop-portal-gtk does relay
  the dconf value GTK4/Qt apps read.
- ✓ **Laptop docking & Multi-monitor UX**: 
  - Rewrote the display watcher (`nomarchy-display-profile-watch`) to listen immediately to Hyprland's IPC socket via `socat`, removing the 3-second polling delay. 
  - Added a fallback to the `base` layout when unplugging an external monitor to guarantee the laptop lid turns back on.
  - Added explicit `SUPER+ALT+arrow` keybindings for moving active workspaces across physical monitors.
- ✓ **Workstation Polish Pack (Security & Stability)**: 
  - Enabled `security.apparmor.enable` system-wide for defense-in-depth confinement.
  - Added `boot.kernelParams = [ "panic=10" "oops=panic" ]` to auto-reboot upon catastrophic kernel/driver failures.
  - Integrated `hyprpicker` (`SUPER+SHIFT+C`) for instant Wayland-native color picking.
- ✓ **Theme UI Review completed**: 
  - Preserved the full-color Papirus icon set for Rofi menus to provide a colorful layer independent of the Waybar's monochrome style.
  - Enforced correct typography scales across `swaync` (notifications) and Rofi menus, natively binding to the active theme's `t.fonts.size` and `t.fonts.ui` rather than hardcoding sizes.
