fix(jira): keep the Tasks Board view selected after you leave the page (#30588)

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Kelvin Amoaba <97001695+AmoabaKelvin@users.noreply.github.com>

src/renderer/src/components/jira-view-mode-storage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export type JiraViewMode = 'list' | 'board'
+
+// Device-local, like the Jira list columns, rather than synced through ui.set.
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'orca.jira.view-mode.v1'
+
+export function loadJiraViewMode(): JiraViewMode {
+  try {
+    return localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) === 'board' ? 'board' : 'list'
+  } catch {
+    return 'list'
+  }
+}
+
+export function saveJiraViewMode(mode: JiraViewMode): void {
+  try {
+    // Storing only the non-default keeps a future default change from being pinned by old devices.
+    if (mode === 'board') {
+      localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, 'board')
+    } else {
+      localStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY)
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // The live view stays usable when browser storage is unavailable or full.
+  }
+}

src/renderer/src/components/task-page-jira-view-controls.tsx

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import { ToggleGroup, ToggleGroupItem } from '@/components/ui/toggle-group'
 import { Switch } from '@/components/ui/switch'
 import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+import type { JiraViewMode } from './jira-view-mode-storage'
 
 type Props = {
-  mode: 'list' | 'board'
-  onModeChange: (mode: 'list' | 'board') => void
+  mode: JiraViewMode
+  onModeChange: (mode: JiraViewMode) => void
   currentSprint: boolean
   onCurrentSprintChange: (checked: boolean) => void
   sprintDisabled?: boolean

src/renderer/src/components/use-task-page-jira-list-state.owner.test.tsx

@@ -165,3 +165,25 @@ describe('Jira priority list source owner', () => {
     }
   )
 })
+
+describe('Jira Tasks view mode', () => {
+  // Leaving Tasks unmounts the hook, so each case reopens it with a fresh render.
+  function openTasks() {
+    return renderHook(() => useTaskPageJiraListState(fixture())).result
+  }
+
+  it('reopens on the board after the view mode was switched', async () => {
+    const first = openTasks()
+    await act(async () => first.current.setJiraViewMode('board'))
+    cleanup()
+    expect(openTasks().current.jiraViewMode).toBe('board')
+  })
+
+  it('reopens on the list once the view mode is switched back', async () => {
+    const first = openTasks()
+    await act(async () => first.current.setJiraViewMode('board'))
+    await act(async () => first.current.setJiraViewMode('list'))
+    cleanup()
+    expect(openTasks().current.jiraViewMode).toBe('list')
+  })
+})

src/renderer/src/components/use-task-page-jira-list-state.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type {
 } from './jira-issue-sorter'
 import { jiraListPrioritiesForTarget } from '@/runtime/runtime-jira-client'
 import { loadJiraLinkedView, saveJiraLinkedView } from './jira-linked-view-storage'
+import { loadJiraViewMode, saveJiraViewMode, type JiraViewMode } from './jira-view-mode-storage'
 import {
   fallbackJiraSortColumn,
   loadJiraListColumnIds,
@@ -103,7 +104,11 @@ export function useTaskPageJiraListState(model: TaskPageLinearViewStateModel) {
     items: JiraStatusCatalogItem[]
   } | null>(null)
   const [activeJiraPreset, setActiveJiraPreset] = useState<JiraPresetId>('assigned')
-  const [jiraViewMode, setJiraViewMode] = useState<'list' | 'board'>('list')
+  const [jiraViewMode, setJiraViewModeState] = useState<JiraViewMode>(loadJiraViewMode)
+  const setJiraViewMode = useCallback((mode: JiraViewMode) => {
+    setJiraViewModeState(mode)
+    saveJiraViewMode(mode)
+  }, [])
   const [jiraCurrentSprint, setJiraCurrentSprint] = useState(false)
   const [jiraRefreshNonce, setJiraRefreshNonce] = useState(0)
   const [jiraProjectStatusOrder, setJiraProjectStatusOrder] = useState<{

src/shared/wsl-move/wsl-move-storage-dispositions.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const LOCAL_STORAGE_MODULE_DISPOSITIONS: Record<string, WslMoveFieldDispo
       'src/renderer/src/components/jira-linked-view-storage.ts',
       'src/renderer/src/components/jira-list-columns.ts',
       'src/renderer/src/components/jira-prompt-templates.ts',
+      'src/renderer/src/components/jira-view-mode-storage.ts',
       'src/renderer/src/components/landing-preflight-dismissal.ts',
       'src/renderer/src/components/linear-issue-view-storage.ts',
       'src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.test-harness.tsx',