docs: backfill 05bab55 journal entry; real cause in MIGRATION browser note

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>

agent/JOURNAL.md

@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ Template:
 
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+## 2026-07-11 — post-migration fix batch (05bab55; entry backfilled)
+- **Task:** Escalation — first real-hardware migration (TuringMachine →
+  Nomarchy) surfaced a batch of annoyances; session crashed before
+  journaling, entry written by the follow-up session.
+- **Did:** Force fprintAuth off unless `fingerprint.pam`; first-boot toast
+  waits for swaync + retries; night-light handles masked units; VPN menu
+  `rofi_menu` no-op fixed; ← = Back in list menus; GTK menu contrast;
+  mic-mute LED udev rule + sync; EasyEffects after tray; MIGRATION.md notes.
+- **Verified:** V0 flake check; checks.first-boot; checks.hardware-toggles.
+- **Pending:** V3 on the migrated machine. Follow-up found the downstream
+  `~/.nomarchy` lock still pinned the *previous* commit — the user's rebuild
+  excluded this batch (mic LED "regression" was just that). Also: HM
+  `programs.chromium.extensions` from the old config wasn't carried over, so
+  Chromium externally-uninstalled all extensions **and their data** (wallets
+  included); recovered from the `pre-nomarchy-home` btrfs snapshot.
+  MIGRATION.md browser note rewritten with the real mechanism.
+- **Next suggestion:** V3 sweep of the 05bab55 items after a locked rebuild.
+
 ## 2026-07-11 — #88 neon-glass polish / finish
 - **Task:** NEXT #88 — finish neon-glass (`VISION § D`), not quarantine.
 - **Did:** Rewrote `themes/neon-glass/rofi.rasi` (was invalid `var()` CSS;

docs/MIGRATION.md

@@ -267,9 +267,18 @@ default yet.
 - **Browser profiles:** Nomarchy does not manage Chromium/Firefox state.
   Bookmarks/extensions live under `~/.config/chromium` (or
   `~/.config/google-chrome` / ungoogled paths if that was your previous
-  browser). A package name change can look like "extensions vanished"
+  browser). **If your old Home Manager config declared
-  while bookmarks remain — point the new browser at the old profile dir
+  `programs.chromium.extensions`, carry that block into `home.nix`
-  or re-install extensions; nothing was wiped by the activation.
+  *before* first launch** — HM installs those via
+  `External Extensions/*.json`, and when the JSONs vanish Chromium
+  treats every extension as externally uninstalled and deletes it
+  **together with its stored data** (`Local Extension Settings` —
+  wallet vaults, password-manager pairings). Bookmarks survive, which
+  makes it look minor; it isn't. Recovery: re-declare the extension
+  ids, close the browser, and copy `Default/Local Extension
+  Settings/<id>` (plus any `Default/IndexedDB/chrome-extension_<id>_*`)
+  back from your Phase-0 `pre-nomarchy-home` snapshot before
+  relaunching.
 - **VPN:** NetworkManager connections survive under
   `/etc/NetworkManager` and your home. System › VPN lists NM
   `vpn`/`wireguard` profiles; import any that lived outside NM.