fix(desktop): refresh profile rail after deletion (#49289)

apps/desktop/src/app/profiles/index.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { Textarea } from '@/components/ui/textarea'
 import {
   createProfile,
   deleteProfile,
-  getProfiles,
   getProfileSoul,
   type ProfileInfo,
   renameProfile,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ import { profileColorSoft, resolveProfileColor } from '@/lib/profile-color'
 import { slug } from '@/lib/sanitize'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { notify, notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
-import { $profileColors } from '@/store/profile'
+import { $profileColors, refreshProfiles } from '@/store/profile'
 
 import { useRefreshHotkey } from '../hooks/use-refresh-hotkey'
 import {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ export function ProfilesView({ onClose }: ProfilesViewProps) {
 
   const refresh = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
-      const { profiles: list } = await getProfiles()
+      const list = await refreshProfiles()
       setProfiles(list)
       setSelectedName(current => {
         if (current && list.some(p => p.name === current)) {

apps/desktop/src/store/profile.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { atom } from 'nanostores'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import type { HermesConnection } from '@/global'
+import type { ProfileInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
 
 // Keep profile.ts's side-effecting imports inert: the gateway socket layer and
 // the REST query client must not run for real in a unit test.
@@ -17,9 +18,20 @@ vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
 vi.mock('@/lib/query-client', () => ({ queryClient: { invalidateQueries: vi.fn() } }))
 vi.mock('@/store/starmap', () => ({ resetStarmapGraph }))
 
-const { $activeGatewayProfile, ensureGatewayProfile } = await import('./profile')
+const { $activeGatewayProfile, $profiles, ensureGatewayProfile, refreshProfiles } = await import('./profile')
 const { $connection } = await import('./session')
 const { queryClient } = await import('@/lib/query-client')
+const { getProfiles } = await import('@/hermes')
+
+const profile = (name: string, isDefault = false): ProfileInfo => ({
+  has_env: false,
+  is_default: isDefault,
+  model: null,
+  name,
+  path: `/tmp/hermes/${name}`,
+  provider: null,
+  skill_count: 0
+})
 
 const remoteConn = (over: Partial<HermesConnection> = {}): HermesConnection =>
   ({ baseUrl: 'https://hermes-roy.tail.ts.net', mode: 'remote', profile: 'vps-remote', ...over }) as HermesConnection
@@ -35,6 +47,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   $gateway.set({ id: 'live-socket' })
   $activeGatewayProfile.set('default')
   $connection.set(localConn())
+  $profiles.set([])
   vi.stubGlobal('window', { hermesDesktop: { getConnection } })
   vi.mocked(queryClient.invalidateQueries).mockClear()
   resetStarmapGraph.mockClear()
@@ -101,3 +114,23 @@ describe('profile-scoped cache invalidation', () => {
     expect(resetStarmapGraph).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 })
+
+describe('refreshProfiles shared rail list (#49289)', () => {
+  it('removes a deleted profile from the shared $profiles cache after Manage Profiles refreshes', async () => {
+    $profiles.set([profile('default', true), profile('test1')])
+    vi.mocked(getProfiles).mockResolvedValueOnce({ profiles: [profile('default', true)] })
+
+    await refreshProfiles()
+
+    expect($profiles.get().map(profile => profile.name)).toEqual(['default'])
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the shared $profiles cache intact when the refresh fails', async () => {
+    $profiles.set([profile('default', true), profile('test1')])
+    vi.mocked(getProfiles).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('backend unavailable'))
+
+    await expect(refreshProfiles()).rejects.toThrow('backend unavailable')
+
+    expect($profiles.get().map(profile => profile.name)).toEqual(['default', 'test1'])
+  })
+})

apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ export function setActiveProfile(name: string): void {
   $activeProfile.set(name || 'default')
 }
 
+export async function refreshProfiles(): Promise<ProfileInfo[]> {
+  const { profiles } = await getProfiles()
+  $profiles.set(profiles)
+
+  return profiles
+}
+
 // ── Rail order ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // User-defined order for the named (non-default) profile squares in the rail.
 // Names absent from the list fall back to alphabetical, appended at the tail —
@@ -111,8 +118,7 @@ export async function refreshActiveProfile(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   try {
-    const { profiles } = await getProfiles()
-    $profiles.set(profiles)
+    await refreshProfiles()
   } catch {
     // Leave the cached list in place.
   }