ok lets ship for now

lib/providers/sync_provider.dart

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 
+import '../models/app_cloud_prefs.dart';
 import '../models/home_filter_widget.dart';
 import '../models/overview_favourite.dart';
 import '../services/pb_sync_service.dart';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _meta.onPersisted = _scheduleMetaPush;
     _prefs.onFavouritesPersisted = _scheduleFavouritesPush;
     _prefs.onHomeWidgetsPersisted = _scheduleHomeWidgetsPush;
+    _prefs.onAppPrefsPersisted = _scheduleAppPrefsPush;
     _auth.addListener(_onAuthChanged);
     _bank.onAfterSuccessfulLoad = _onBankDataLoaded;
     if (_auth.isLoggedIn) {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
   bool _pushMetaPending = false;
   bool _pushFavouritesPending = false;
   bool _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
+  bool _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
   Timer? _pushDebounce;
   Timer? _progressHold;
   Timer? _uiNotifyThrottle;
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
       _pushMetaPending = false;
       _pushFavouritesPending = false;
       _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
+      _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
       _lastError = null;
       _statusDetail = '';
       _showProgressRing = false;
@@ -256,6 +260,11 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _armPushDebounce();
   }
 
+  void _scheduleAppPrefsPush() {
+    _pushAppPrefsPending = true;
+    _armPushDebounce();
+  }
+
   void _armPushDebounce() {
     if (!_auth.isLoggedIn) return;
     if (_syncing) {
@@ -332,6 +341,20 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         _prefs.homeFilterWidgets,
         remoteHomeWidgets,
       );
+      AppCloudPrefs? remoteAppPrefs;
+      try {
+        remoteAppPrefs = await service.pullAppPrefs(onStatus: _setStatus);
+      } catch (error) {
+        debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs pull skipped ($error)');
+      }
+      // Prefer local when this device has pending prefs edits; otherwise
+      // take remote so a new install picks up cloud Home section toggles.
+      final preferLocalAppPrefs = _pushAppPrefsPending;
+      final mergedAppPrefs = mergeAppCloudPrefs(
+        local: _prefs.cloudPrefs,
+        remote: remoteAppPrefs,
+        preferLocal: preferLocalAppPrefs,
+      );
       // Apply without notifying — one rebuild after both stores are ready.
       await _meta.replaceStore(mergedMeta, notify: false);
       await _bank.applySyncedTransactions(remoteTxs, notify: false);
@@ -343,6 +366,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         mergedHomeWidgets,
         notify: false,
       );
+      await _prefs.replaceCloudPrefs(mergedAppPrefs, notify: false);
       _meta.notifyListeners();
       _bank.notifyListeners();
       _prefs.notifyListeners();
@@ -375,6 +399,15 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
           'SyncController: home_filter_widgets push skipped ($error)',
         );
       }
+      try {
+        await service.pushAppPrefs(
+          mergedAppPrefs,
+          onStatus: _setStatus,
+        );
+        _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
+      } catch (error) {
+        debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs push skipped ($error)');
+      }
       final bankSummary = await service.pushTransactions(
         _bank.transactions,
         progressStart: 0.82,
@@ -420,20 +453,31 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     final pushMeta = _pushMetaPending;
     final pushFavourites = _pushFavouritesPending;
     final pushHomeWidgets = _pushHomeWidgetsPending;
+    final pushAppPrefs = _pushAppPrefsPending;
     _pushMetaPending = false;
     _pushFavouritesPending = false;
     _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
-    if (!pushMeta && !pushFavourites && !pushHomeWidgets) return;
+    _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
+    if (!pushMeta && !pushFavourites && !pushHomeWidgets && !pushAppPrefs) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     _progressHold?.cancel();
     _syncing = true;
     _progressSuccess = false;
 
-    final label = switch ((pushMeta, pushFavourites, pushHomeWidgets)) {
-      (false, false, true) => 'Home widgets',
-      (false, true, false) => 'Favourites',
-      (false, true, true) => 'Home layout',
-      (true, false, false) => 'Annotations',
+    final label = switch ((
+      pushMeta,
+      pushFavourites,
+      pushHomeWidgets,
+      pushAppPrefs,
+    )) {
+      (false, false, false, true) => 'App prefs',
+      (false, false, true, false) => 'Home widgets',
+      (false, false, true, true) => 'Home layout',
+      (false, true, false, false) => 'Favourites',
+      (false, true, true, _) => 'Home layout',
+      (true, false, false, false) => 'Annotations',
       _ => 'Changes',
     };
     _statusDetail = 'Pushing $label…';
@@ -446,7 +490,8 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
       var done = 0;
       final total = (pushMeta ? 1 : 0) +
           (pushFavourites ? 1 : 0) +
-          (pushHomeWidgets ? 1 : 0);
+          (pushHomeWidgets ? 1 : 0) +
+          (pushAppPrefs ? 1 : 0);
       void bump() {
         done++;
         _setProgress(done / total);
@@ -494,6 +539,22 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         }
         bump();
       }
+      if (pushAppPrefs) {
+        _setStatus('Pushing app prefs…');
+        try {
+          await service.pushAppPrefs(
+            _prefs.cloudPrefs,
+            onStatus: _setStatus,
+          );
+          parts.add('App prefs updated');
+        } catch (error) {
+          debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs push skipped ($error)');
+          // Re-queue so a missing collection doesn't drop the edit forever
+          // until the next manual full sync after migrate.
+          _pushAppPrefsPending = true;
+        }
+        bump();
+      }
 
       _setProgress(1.0);
       _lastSyncedAt = DateTime.now();
@@ -530,6 +591,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _meta.onPersisted = null;
     _prefs.onFavouritesPersisted = null;
     _prefs.onHomeWidgetsPersisted = null;
+    _prefs.onAppPrefsPersisted = null;
     super.dispose();
   }
 }