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fix(desktop): edit the default profile's SOUL.md from a single-profile setup #42871

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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ const stepThroughCells: Modifier = ({ containerNodeRect, draggingNodeRect, trans
// Arc-Spaces-style profile rail at the sidebar foot: a default↔all toggle pinned
// left, the colored named profiles scrolling between, and Manage pinned right.
// The active profile pops in its own color — the "where am I" cue. Single-
// profile users see only the "+" (create their first profile); everything else
// appears once a second profile exists.
// profile users see the "+" (create their first profile) and the Manage
// overflow (edit the default profile's SOUL.md); the colored named squares
// and the default↔all toggle only appear once a second profile exists.
export function ProfileRail() {
const { t } = useI18n()
const p = t.profiles
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</Tip>
</div>

{multiProfile && (
<ProfilePill active={false} glyph="ellipsis" label={p.manageProfiles} onSelect={() => navigate(PROFILES_ROUTE)} />
)}
{/* Always reachable, even with only the default profile: the manage
overlay is the only place to edit a profile's SOUL.md, and a
single-profile user must be able to edit the default's persona
without first creating a throwaway second profile. */}
<ProfilePill active={false} glyph="ellipsis" label={p.manageProfiles} onSelect={() => navigate(PROFILES_ROUTE)} />

{/* Land in the new profile on a fresh chat (selectProfile triggers the
new-session reset), not stuck on the session you were just in. */}
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