ok lets ship for now

lib/services/pb_sync_service.dart

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:pocketbase/pocketbase.dart';
 
+import '../models/app_cloud_prefs.dart';
 import '../models/bank.dart';
+import '../models/home_built_in_sections.dart';
 import '../models/home_filter_widget.dart';
 import '../models/overview_favourite.dart';
 import '../models/transaction_meta.dart';
@@ -558,6 +560,43 @@ class PbSyncService {
     await _syncHomeFilterWidgets(userId, filter, widgets);
   }
 
+  /// Pull per-user app prefs (Home sections + Look ahead). Soft-fail if missing.
+  Future<AppCloudPrefs?> pullAppPrefs({
+    void Function(String message)? onStatus,
+  }) async {
+    final userId = _userId;
+    final filter = 'user="$userId"';
+    onStatus?.call('Pulling app prefs…');
+    final records = await _fullList('app_prefs', filter);
+    if (records.isEmpty) {
+      debugPrint('PbSyncService pull: app_prefs=0');
+      return null;
+    }
+    final r = records.first;
+    final prefs = AppCloudPrefs(
+      homeBuiltInSections: HomeBuiltInSections(
+        showTransactions: r.getBoolValue('home_show_transactions', true),
+        showCategorized: r.getBoolValue('home_show_categorized', true),
+        showRecent: r.getBoolValue('home_show_recent', true),
+      ),
+      lookAheadMaxYears:
+          r.getIntValue('look_ahead_max_years', 5).clamp(1, 30),
+    );
+    debugPrint('PbSyncService pull: app_prefs=1');
+    return prefs;
+  }
+
+  /// Upsert the single app_prefs row for this user.
+  Future<void> pushAppPrefs(
+    AppCloudPrefs prefs, {
+    void Function(String message)? onStatus,
+  }) async {
+    final userId = _userId;
+    final filter = 'user="$userId"';
+    onStatus?.call('Syncing app prefs…');
+    await _syncAppPrefs(userId, filter, prefs);
+  }
+
   /// Upserts local bank txs to PocketBase. Does **not** delete remote rows
   /// (partial local caches must not wipe another device).
   Future<String> pushTransactions(
@@ -832,6 +871,10 @@ class PbSyncService {
           filter =
               'user="$userId" && client_id="${key.replaceAll('"', '\\"')}"';
         }
+      case 'app_prefs':
+        if (userId != null) {
+          filter = 'user="$userId"';
+        }
       case 'transactions':
         final key = body['tx_id'];
         if (userId != null && key is String) {
@@ -1249,6 +1292,36 @@ class PbSyncService {
     await _runWriteOps('home_filter_widgets', ops);
   }
 
+  Future<void> _syncAppPrefs(
+    String userId,
+    String filter,
+    AppCloudPrefs prefs,
+  ) async {
+    final existing = await _fullList('app_prefs', filter);
+    final body = <String, dynamic>{
+      'user': userId,
+      'home_show_transactions': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showTransactions,
+      'home_show_categorized': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showCategorized,
+      'home_show_recent': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showRecent,
+      'look_ahead_max_years': prefs.lookAheadMaxYears.clamp(1, 30),
+    };
+    final ops = <_BatchOp>[];
+    if (existing.isEmpty) {
+      ops.add(_BatchOp.create(body));
+    } else {
+      final remote = existing.first;
+      if (!_appPrefsUnchanged(remote, prefs)) {
+        ops.add(_BatchOp.update(remote.id, body));
+      }
+      // Enforce singleton: drop extras if any.
+      for (var i = 1; i < existing.length; i++) {
+        ops.add(_BatchOp.delete(existing[i].id));
+      }
+    }
+    debugPrint('PbSyncService app_prefs: remote=${existing.length} ops=${ops.length}');
+    await _runWriteOps('app_prefs', ops);
+  }
+
   bool _labelUnchanged(RecordModel remote, Map<String, dynamic> body) {
     return remote.getStringValue('name') == body['name'] &&
         remote.getIntValue('color') == body['color'] &&
@@ -1339,6 +1412,17 @@ class PbSyncService {
         remote.getBoolValue('show_amount_out', true) == w.showAmountOut &&
         remote.getBoolValue('show_count', true) == w.showCount;
   }
+
+  bool _appPrefsUnchanged(RecordModel remote, AppCloudPrefs prefs) {
+    final s = prefs.homeBuiltInSections;
+    return remote.getBoolValue('home_show_transactions', true) ==
+            s.showTransactions &&
+        remote.getBoolValue('home_show_categorized', true) ==
+            s.showCategorized &&
+        remote.getBoolValue('home_show_recent', true) == s.showRecent &&
+        remote.getIntValue('look_ahead_max_years', 5) ==
+            prefs.lookAheadMaxYears.clamp(1, 30);
+  }
 }
 
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