From 154a088d6ee007a35db70dcb2c4331f3e8c2d05b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Boudra <boudra.moha@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 23:04:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(app): default sidebar workspace slots to last activity
 (#6087)

---
 packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-relative-time.spec.ts | 4 ----
 packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts | 2 ++
 packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/storage.ts       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-relative-time.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-relative-time.spec.ts
index 17dae013ec..4fe1efe887 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-relative-time.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/agent-relative-time.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { getServerId } from "../support/helpers/server-id";
 import { seedMockAgentWorkspace } from "../support/helpers/mock-agent";
 import { openAgentRoute } from "../support/helpers/mock-agent";
 import { resetSeededPageState, openSessions } from "../support/helpers/archive-tab";
-import { closeSidebarDisplayPreferences, openSidebarDisplayPage } from "../support/helpers/sidebar";
 
 test("agent list age advances and command center says just now for a fresh agent", async ({
   page,
@@ -41,9 +40,6 @@ test("agent list age advances and command center says just now for a fresh agent
       "3m ago",
     );
 
-    await openSidebarDisplayPage(page, "sidebar-display-show");
-    await page.getByRole("menuitem", { name: "Last activity", exact: true }).click();
-    await closeSidebarDisplayPreferences(page);
     await expect(page.getByTestId("sidebar-workspace-timestamp").first()).toHaveText("3m");
   } finally {
     await session.cleanup();
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts
index 80f96dc68b..77b5a99eb5 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/sidebar-title-width.spec.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ async function openTouchWorkspaceList(page: Page, testInfo: TestInfo) {
   await gotoAppShell(page);
   await openMobileAgentSidebar(page);
   await expect(workspaceRow(page)).toBeVisible();
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Diff stats", true);
   await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
   await page.screenshot({ path: testInfo.outputPath("sidebar.png") });
 }
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ async function openDesktopWorkspaceList(page: Page) {
   await gotoAppShell(page);
   const row = workspaceRow(page);
   await expect(row).toBeVisible();
+  await toggleTrailing(page, "Diff stats");
   await page.mouse.move(0, 0);
   await expect(row.getByText("+12.3k", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
   return titleWidth(row);
diff --git a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/storage.ts b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/storage.ts
index a954074e8b..6c44546668 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/hooks/use-settings/storage.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CLIENT_SETTINGS: AppSettings = {
   contentMaxWidth: null,
   syntaxTheme: "one",
   workspaceTitleSource: "title",
-  sidebarWorkspaceTrailing: "diff",
+  sidebarWorkspaceTrailing: "timestamp",
   sidebarRowItems: DEFAULT_SIDEBAR_ROW_ITEMS,
   sidebarChecksDisplay: DEFAULT_SIDEBAR_CHECKS_DISPLAY,
   sidebarNavItems: [],
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ const StoredAppSettingsSchema = z
       .catch(null),
     syntaxTheme: z.string().refine(isSyntaxThemeId).catch("one"),
     workspaceTitleSource: z.enum(["title", "branch"]).catch("title"),
-    sidebarWorkspaceTrailing: z.enum(["diff", "timestamp", "none"]).catch("diff"),
+    sidebarWorkspaceTrailing: z.enum(["diff", "timestamp", "none"]).catch("timestamp"),
     sidebarRowItems: SidebarRowItemsSchema,
     sidebarChecksDisplay: z
       .enum(["iconAndText", "icon", "none"])