From 6210f487a7c3e621b13ea2b755b8f26fa996a8d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VasN <pnvasanth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 16:00:01 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(settings): expose highlightsFirstEnabled in boot
 flags

transformSettingFlags whitelists which Settings.flags fields the boot
endpoint surfaces to the client. highlightsFirstEnabled was stored on
write but stripped on read, so the apps Switch always rendered as
unchecked after refresh.
---
 src/common/flags.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/flags.ts b/src/common/flags.ts
index f385681f24..931e89bb16 100644
--- a/src/common/flags.ts
+++ b/src/common/flags.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const transformSettingFlags = ({ flags }: Pick<Settings, 'flags'>) => {
     sidebarBookmarksExpanded,
     clickbaitShieldEnabled,
     browsingContextEnabled,
+    highlightsFirstEnabled,
     prompt,
     timezoneMismatchIgnore,
     lastPrompt,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export const transformSettingFlags = ({ flags }: Pick<Settings, 'flags'>) => {
     sidebarBookmarksExpanded: sidebarBookmarksExpanded ?? true,
     clickbaitShieldEnabled: clickbaitShieldEnabled ?? true,
     browsingContextEnabled: browsingContextEnabled ?? false,
+    highlightsFirstEnabled: highlightsFirstEnabled ?? false,
     prompt,
     timezoneMismatchIgnore,
     lastPrompt,

From 36961da97cbb824c4dafb413041781674af397ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VasN <pnvasanth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 16:14:48 +0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test(boot): include highlightsFirstEnabled in
 settings.flags assertion

---
 __tests__/boot.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/__tests__/boot.ts b/__tests__/boot.ts
index a5e3a5f428..1fbe3c89ab 100644
--- a/__tests__/boot.ts
+++ b/__tests__/boot.ts
@@ -1403,6 +1403,7 @@ describe('boot misc', () => {
         sidebarBookmarksExpanded: true,
         clickbaitShieldEnabled: true,
         browsingContextEnabled: false,
+        highlightsFirstEnabled: false,
         legacyPostLayoutOptOut: false,
       },
     });