docs: backfill 05bab55 journal entry; real cause in MIGRATION browser note
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The migration session crashed before journaling. Follow-up diagnosis: extensions vanished because programs.chromium.extensions wasn't carried into the downstream flake — Chromium external-uninstall deletes the extensions AND their Local Extension Settings. Rewrite the browser migration note with the mechanism and the snapshot recovery path. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **Browser profiles:** Nomarchy does not manage Chromium/Firefox state.
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Bookmarks/extensions live under `~/.config/chromium` (or
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`~/.config/google-chrome` / ungoogled paths if that was your previous
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browser). A package name change can look like "extensions vanished"
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while bookmarks remain — point the new browser at the old profile dir
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or re-install extensions; nothing was wiped by the activation.
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browser). **If your old Home Manager config declared
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`programs.chromium.extensions`, carry that block into `home.nix`
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*before* first launch** — HM installs those via
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`External Extensions/*.json`, and when the JSONs vanish Chromium
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treats every extension as externally uninstalled and deletes it
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**together with its stored data** (`Local Extension Settings` —
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wallet vaults, password-manager pairings). Bookmarks survive, which
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makes it look minor; it isn't. Recovery: re-declare the extension
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ids, close the browser, and copy `Default/Local Extension
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Settings/<id>` (plus any `Default/IndexedDB/chrome-extension_<id>_*`)
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back from your Phase-0 `pre-nomarchy-home` snapshot before
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relaunching.
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- **VPN:** NetworkManager connections survive under
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`/etc/NetworkManager` and your home. System › VPN lists NM
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`vpn`/`wireguard` profiles; import any that lived outside NM.
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