fix(websocket): harden dispatch and drop provider-level router hook

Address CodeRabbit review on the pub/sub provider:

- Wrap each subscriber call in dispatchMessage with try/catch so one
  throwing handler can't abort the rest of the fan-out, nor get
  misreported as a parse failure by the outer onmessage catch.
- Replace the provider-level useAppRouter() hook with expo-router's
  static router for the Play command, per the repo guideline
  (useRouter at provider level can trigger tab switches). The Play
  navigation hardcodes offline:"false", so the offline-aware wrapper
  added nothing here.

app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings.tsx

@@ -59,19 +59,17 @@ function SettingsMobile() {
 
         <QuickConnect className='mb-4' />
 
-        {Platform.OS !== "ios" && (
+        <View className='mb-4'>
-          <View className='mb-4'>
+          <ListGroup title={t("pairing.pair_with_phone_title")}>
-            <ListGroup title={t("pairing.pair_with_phone_title")}>
+            <ListItem
-              <ListItem
+              onPress={() =>
-                onPress={() =>
+                router.push("/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/companion-login")
-                  router.push("/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/companion-login")
+              }
-                }
+              title={t("pairing.pair_with_phone")}
-                title={t("pairing.pair_with_phone")}
+              textColor='blue'
-                textColor='blue'
+            />
-              />
+          </ListGroup>
-            </ListGroup>
+        </View>
-          </View>
-        )}
 
         <View className='mb-4'>
           <AppLanguageSelector />

app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home)/settings/plugins/streamystats/page.tsx

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export default function StreamystatsPage() {
   };
 
   const handleRefreshFromServer = useCallback(async () => {
-    const newPluginSettings = await refreshStreamyfinPluginSettings();
+    const newPluginSettings = await refreshStreamyfinPluginSettings(true);
     // Update local state with new values
     const newUrl = newPluginSettings?.streamyStatsServerUrl?.value || "";
     setUrl(newUrl);

app/(auth)/(tabs)/(libraries)/_layout.tsx

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export default function IndexLayout() {
                 open={dropdownOpen}
                 onOpenChange={setDropdownOpen}
                 trigger={
-                  <View>
+                  <View className='pl-1.5'>
                     <Ionicons
                       name='ellipsis-horizontal-outline'
                       size={24}

components/home/Home.tsx

@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ const HomeMobile = () => {
           onPress={() => {
             router.push("/(auth)/downloads");
           }}
+          className='ml-1.5'
           style={{ marginRight: Platform.OS === "android" ? 16 : 0 }}
         >
           <Feather

components/login/TVAddServerForm.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import React, { useCallback, useState } from "react";
-import { Platform, ScrollView, View } from "react-native";
+import { ScrollView, View } from "react-native";
 import { Button } from "@/components/Button";
 import { Text } from "@/components/common/Text";
 import { useScaledTVTypography } from "@/constants/TVTypography";
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const TVAddServerForm: React.FC<TVAddServerFormProps> = ({
         </View>
 
         {/* Pair with Phone */}
-        {Platform.OS !== "ios" && onStartPairing && (
+        {onStartPairing && (
           <View>
             <Button
               onPress={onStartPairing}

components/search/TVJellyseerrSearchResults.tsx

@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ export const TVJellyseerrSearchResults: React.FC<
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
+  const hasMovies = movieResults && movieResults.length > 0;
+  const hasTv = tvResults && tvResults.length > 0;
+  const hasPersons = personResults && personResults.length > 0;
+
   if (loading) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -427,26 +431,22 @@ export const TVJellyseerrSearchResults: React.FC<
 
   return (
     <View>
-      {/* No section requests `hasTVPreferredFocus`: the native search field
-          keeps focus while typing, otherwise the first result would re-grab
-          focus on every keystroke as results re-render. The user navigates
-          down to the grid manually. */}
       <TVJellyseerrMovieSection
         title={t("search.request_movies")}
         items={movieResults}
-        isFirstSection={false}
+        isFirstSection={hasMovies}
         onItemPress={onMoviePress}
       />
       <TVJellyseerrTvSection
         title={t("search.request_series")}
         items={tvResults}
-        isFirstSection={false}
+        isFirstSection={!hasMovies && hasTv}
         onItemPress={onTvPress}
       />
       <TVJellyseerrPersonSection
         title={t("search.actors")}
         items={personResults}
-        isFirstSection={false}
+        isFirstSection={!hasMovies && !hasTv && hasPersons}
         onItemPress={onPersonPress}
       />
     </View>

components/search/TVSearchPage.tsx

@@ -235,13 +235,10 @@ export const TVSearchPage: React.FC<TVSearchPageProps> = ({
             module). It renders the native search bar + grid keyboard and
             forwards typed text into the existing query pipeline via setSearch;
             our own results grid renders below. */}
-        {/* No horizontal margin here: the native tvOS search bar centers itself
-            and renders a trailing "Hold to Dictate in <Language>" hint. Extra
-            margins squeeze the bar's width and clip that trailing hint, so let
-            the native view span the full width and own its own insets. */}
         <View
           style={{
             marginBottom: 24,
+            marginHorizontal: HORIZONTAL_PADDING,
             height: SEARCH_AREA_HEIGHT,
           }}
         >
@@ -283,17 +280,13 @@ export const TVSearchPage: React.FC<TVSearchPageProps> = ({
         {/* Library Search Results */}
         {isLibraryMode && !loading && (
           <View style={{ gap: SECTION_GAP }}>
-            {sections.map((section) => (
+            {sections.map((section, index) => (
               <TVSearchSection
                 key={section.key}
                 title={section.title}
                 items={section.items!}
                 orientation={section.orientation || "vertical"}
-                // Never auto-focus a result. The native search field owns focus
+                isFirstSection={index === 0}
-                // while typing; `hasTVPreferredFocus` here would re-grab focus on
-                // every keystroke as results re-render. User navigates down to the
-                // grid manually.
-                isFirstSection={false}
                 onItemPress={onItemPress}
                 onItemLongPress={onItemLongPress}
                 imageUrlGetter={

components/search/TVSearchSection.tsx

@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ export const TVSearchSection: React.FC<TVSearchSectionProps> = ({
         removeClippedSubviews={false}
         getItemLayout={getItemLayout}
         style={{ overflow: "visible" }}
-        // Edge padding via contentContainerStyle, NOT contentInset+contentOffset.
+        contentInset={{
-        // contentOffset only applies on initial mount; since this FlatList is
+          left: edgePadding,
-        // reused across searches (stable key), a second search left the inset
+          right: edgePadding,
-        // without the offset and the grid snapped flush to the left edge.
+        }}
+        contentOffset={{ x: -edgePadding, y: 0 }}
         contentContainerStyle={{
-          paddingHorizontal: edgePadding,
           paddingVertical: SCALE_PADDING,
         }}
       />

components/settings/OtherSettings.tsx

@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ export const OtherSettings: React.FC = () => {
             }
           />
         </ListItem>
-        <ListItem
+        <ListItem title={t("home.settings.other.max_auto_play_episode_count")}>
-          title={t("home.settings.other.max_auto_play_episode_count")}
-          disabled={pluginSettings?.maxAutoPlayEpisodeCount?.locked}
-        >
           <PlatformDropdown
             groups={autoPlayEpisodeOptions}
             trigger={

components/settings/PlaybackControlsSettings.tsx

@@ -229,10 +229,7 @@ export const PlaybackControlsSettings: React.FC = () => {
 
         <ListItem
           title={t("home.settings.other.max_auto_play_episode_count")}
-          disabled={
+          disabled={!settings.autoPlayNextEpisode}
-            !settings.autoPlayNextEpisode ||
-            pluginSettings?.maxAutoPlayEpisodeCount?.locked
-          }
         >
           <PlatformDropdown
             groups={autoPlayEpisodeOptions}

components/video-player/controls/Controls.tv.tsx

@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ export const Controls: FC<Props> = ({
                 <Text
                   style={[styles.endsAtText, { fontSize: typography.callout }]}
                 >
-                  {t("player.ends_at", { time: getFinishTime() })}
+                  {t("player.ends_at")} {getFinishTime()}
                 </Text>
               </View>
             )}
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ export const Controls: FC<Props> = ({
                 <Text
                   style={[styles.endsAtText, { fontSize: typography.callout }]}
                 >
-                  {t("player.ends_at", { time: getFinishTime() })}
+                  {t("player.ends_at")} {getFinishTime()}
                 </Text>
               </View>
             )}

hooks/usePlaybackManager.ts

@@ -109,35 +109,30 @@ export const usePlaybackManager = ({
     staleTime: 0,
   });
 
-  /**
-   * Derive prev/next from the current item's real position in the adjacent
-   * list rather than from the array length. `getEpisodes({ adjacentTo })` does
-   * not guarantee a fixed [prev, current, next] shape — at the first/last
-   * episode it can still return the current item as the first/last entry — so
-   * length-based indexing wrongly surfaces the current episode as "previous".
-   */
-  const currentIndex = useMemo(
-    () => adjacentItems?.findIndex((e) => e.Id === item?.Id) ?? -1,
-    [adjacentItems, item],
-  );
-
-  /** A neighbour is only navigable if it has an actual media file (not a
-   * "Virtual"/missing episode placeholder, e.g. an absent Special). */
-  const isNavigable = (episode?: BaseItemDto | null): episode is BaseItemDto =>
-    !!episode && episode.Id !== item?.Id && episode.LocationType !== "Virtual";
-
   const previousItem = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!adjacentItems || currentIndex <= 0) return null;
+    if (!adjacentItems || adjacentItems.length <= 1) {
-    const candidate = adjacentItems[currentIndex - 1];
+      return null;
-    return isNavigable(candidate) ? candidate : null;
+    }
-  }, [adjacentItems, currentIndex, item]);
+
+    if (adjacentItems.length === 2) {
+      return adjacentItems[0].Id === item?.Id ? null : adjacentItems[0];
+    }
+
+    return adjacentItems[0];
+  }, [adjacentItems, item]);
 
   /** The next item in the series */
   const nextItem = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!adjacentItems || currentIndex < 0) return null;
+    if (!adjacentItems || adjacentItems.length <= 1) {
-    const candidate = adjacentItems[currentIndex + 1];
+      return null;
-    return isNavigable(candidate) ? candidate : null;
+    }
-  }, [adjacentItems, currentIndex, item]);
+
+    if (adjacentItems.length === 2) {
+      return adjacentItems[1].Id === item?.Id ? null : adjacentItems[1];
+    }
+
+    return adjacentItems[2];
+  }, [adjacentItems, item]);
 
   /**
    * Reports playback progress.

providers/WebSocketProvider.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { getSessionApi } from "@jellyfin/sdk/lib/utils/api";
+import { router } from "expo-router";
 import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import {
   createContext,
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from "react";
 import { AppState, type AppStateStatus } from "react-native";
-import useRouter from "@/hooks/useAppRouter";
 import { useNetworkAwareQueryClient } from "@/hooks/useNetworkAwareQueryClient";
 import { apiAtom, getOrSetDeviceId } from "@/providers/JellyfinProvider";
 import { useNetworkStatus } from "@/providers/NetworkStatusProvider";
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ const LIBRARY_CHANGE_QUERY_KEYS = [
   ["episodes"],
 ] as const;
 
+// Query keys that depend on per-user playback state (resume position, played
+// status, favorites) and should be refreshed when the server reports a
+// `UserDataChanged`. Scoped to the progression-based sections so finishing an
+// episode does not pointlessly refetch "recently added" or suggestions.
+const USER_DATA_CHANGE_QUERY_KEYS = [
+  ["home", "continueAndNextUp"],
+  ["home", "resumeItems"],
+  ["home", "nextUp-all"],
+  ["home", "heroItems"],
+  ["resumeItems"],
+  ["nextUp-all"],
+  ["nextUp"],
+] as const;
+
 interface WebSocketMessage {
   MessageType: string;
   Data: any;
@@ -38,10 +52,30 @@ interface WebSocketProviderProps {
   children: ReactNode;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Handler invoked for every message of a given `MessageType`. Receives the
+ * message `Data` payload and the full message.
+ */
+type WebSocketMessageHandler = (data: any, message: WebSocketMessage) => void;
+
 interface WebSocketContextType {
   ws: WebSocket | null;
   isConnected: boolean;
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Prefer `subscribe`. `lastMessage` only keeps the most recent
+   * message, so bursts arriving in the same tick are coalesced and lost. Kept
+   * for `useWebsockets` (GeneralCommand handling) until it is migrated.
+   */
   lastMessage: WebSocketMessage | null;
+  /**
+   * Subscribe to a given message type. The handler is called synchronously for
+   * every matching message (no coalescing, unlike `lastMessage`). Returns an
+   * unsubscribe function to call on cleanup.
+   */
+  subscribe: (
+    messageType: string,
+    handler: WebSocketMessageHandler,
+  ) => () => void;
   sendMessage: (message: any) => void;
   clearLastMessage: () => void;
 }
@@ -54,7 +88,6 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
   const [ws, setWs] = useState<WebSocket | null>(null);
   const [isConnected, setIsConnected] = useState(false);
   const [lastMessage, setLastMessage] = useState<WebSocketMessage | null>(null);
-  const router = useRouter();
   const queryClient = useNetworkAwareQueryClient();
   const deviceId = useMemo(() => {
     return getOrSetDeviceId();
@@ -63,6 +96,52 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
   const libraryChangeDebounceRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(
     null,
   );
+  const userDataChangeDebounceRef = useRef<ReturnType<
+    typeof setTimeout
+  > | null>(null);
+
+  // Pub/sub registry: messageType -> set of handlers. Stored in a ref so
+  // subscribing/dispatching never triggers a re-render.
+  const listenersRef = useRef<Map<string, Set<WebSocketMessageHandler>>>(
+    new Map(),
+  );
+
+  const subscribe = useCallback(
+    (messageType: string, handler: WebSocketMessageHandler) => {
+      const listeners = listenersRef.current;
+      let handlers = listeners.get(messageType);
+      if (!handlers) {
+        handlers = new Set();
+        listeners.set(messageType, handlers);
+      }
+      handlers.add(handler);
+      return () => {
+        handlers?.delete(handler);
+        if (handlers && handlers.size === 0) {
+          listeners.delete(messageType);
+        }
+      };
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const dispatchMessage = useCallback((message: WebSocketMessage) => {
+    const handlers = listenersRef.current.get(message.MessageType);
+    if (!handlers || handlers.size === 0) return;
+    // Copy to tolerate handlers that unsubscribe during dispatch.
+    for (const handler of [...handlers]) {
+      // Isolate each handler so one throwing subscriber can't abort the rest
+      // (and isn't misreported as a parse failure by the outer onmessage catch).
+      try {
+        handler(message.Data, message);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(
+          `Error handling WebSocket message type "${message.MessageType}":`,
+          error,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }, []);
 
   const connectWebSocket = useCallback(() => {
     if (!deviceId || !api?.accessToken || !isNetworkConnected) {
@@ -113,7 +192,10 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
     newWebSocket.onmessage = (e) => {
       try {
         const message = JSON.parse(e.data);
-        setLastMessage(message); // Store the last message in context
+        // Legacy single-slot state, still consumed by useWebsockets.
+        setLastMessage(message);
+        // Pub/sub: deliver to every subscriber without coalescing.
+        dispatchMessage(message);
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Error parsing WebSocket message:", error);
       }
@@ -126,7 +208,7 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
       }
       newWebSocket.close();
     };
-  }, [api, deviceId, isNetworkConnected]);
+  }, [api, deviceId, isNetworkConnected, dispatchMessage]);
 
   const handleLibraryChanged = useCallback(
     (data: any) => {
@@ -157,47 +239,77 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
     [queryClient],
   );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  const handleUserDataChanged = useCallback(
-    if (!lastMessage) {
+    (data: any) => {
-      return;
+      // Jellyfin sends UserDataChanged when playback position, played status
-    }
+      // or favorites change (e.g. finishing an episode). Only the
-    if (lastMessage.MessageType === "Play") {
+      // progression-based home sections care about it.
-      handlePlayCommand(lastMessage.Data);
+      if (!((data?.UserDataList?.length ?? 0) > 0)) {
-    } else if (lastMessage.MessageType === "LibraryChanged") {
+        return;
-      handleLibraryChanged(lastMessage.Data);
+      }
-    }
+
-  }, [lastMessage, router, handleLibraryChanged]);
+      // Finishing an item can emit several UserDataChanged messages, so
+      // debounce to invalidate the affected sections only once.
+      if (userDataChangeDebounceRef.current) {
+        clearTimeout(userDataChangeDebounceRef.current);
+      }
+      userDataChangeDebounceRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        for (const queryKey of USER_DATA_CHANGE_QUERY_KEYS) {
+          queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [...queryKey] });
+        }
+      }, 800);
+    },
+    [queryClient],
+  );
+
+  // Refresh library-dependent queries when the server reports a change.
+  useEffect(
+    () => subscribe("LibraryChanged", handleLibraryChanged),
+    [subscribe, handleLibraryChanged],
+  );
+
+  // Refresh "Continue Watching" / "Next Up" when playback state changes.
+  useEffect(
+    () => subscribe("UserDataChanged", handleUserDataChanged),
+    [subscribe, handleUserDataChanged],
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     return () => {
       if (libraryChangeDebounceRef.current) {
         clearTimeout(libraryChangeDebounceRef.current);
       }
+      if (userDataChangeDebounceRef.current) {
+        clearTimeout(userDataChangeDebounceRef.current);
+      }
     };
   }, []);
 
-  const handlePlayCommand = useCallback(
+  const handlePlayCommand = useCallback((data: any) => {
-    (data: any) => {
+    if (!data?.ItemIds?.length) {
-      if (!data?.ItemIds?.length) {
+      return;
-        return;
+    }
-      }
 
-      const itemId = data.ItemIds[0];
+    const itemId = data.ItemIds[0];
 
-      router.push({
+    router.push({
-        pathname: "/(auth)/player/direct-player",
+      pathname: "/(auth)/player/direct-player",
-        params: {
+      params: {
-          itemId: itemId,
+        itemId: itemId,
-          playCommand: data.PlayCommand || "PlayNow",
+        playCommand: data.PlayCommand || "PlayNow",
-          audioIndex: data.AudioStreamIndex?.toString(),
+        audioIndex: data.AudioStreamIndex?.toString(),
-          subtitleIndex: data.SubtitleStreamIndex?.toString(),
+        subtitleIndex: data.SubtitleStreamIndex?.toString(),
-          mediaSourceId: data.MediaSourceId || "",
+        mediaSourceId: data.MediaSourceId || "",
-          bitrateValue: "",
+        bitrateValue: "",
-          offline: "false",
+        offline: "false",
-        },
+      },
-      });
+    });
-    },
+  }, []);
-    [router],
+
+  // Server-initiated "Play me this item" remote command.
+  useEffect(
+    () => subscribe("Play", handlePlayCommand),
+    [subscribe, handlePlayCommand],
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -267,7 +379,14 @@ export const WebSocketProvider = ({ children }: WebSocketProviderProps) => {
   }, []);
   return (
     <WebSocketContext.Provider
-      value={{ ws, isConnected, lastMessage, sendMessage, clearLastMessage }}
+      value={{
+        ws,
+        isConnected,
+        lastMessage,
+        subscribe,
+        sendMessage,
+        clearLastMessage,
+      }}
     >
       {children}
     </WebSocketContext.Provider>

utils/atoms/settings.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   type SortOrder,
   SubtitlePlaybackMode,
 } from "@jellyfin/sdk/lib/generated-client";
-import { t } from "i18next";
 import { atom, useAtom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
 import { BITRATES, type Bitrate } from "@/components/BitrateSelector";
@@ -122,46 +121,6 @@ export interface MaxAutoPlayEpisodeCount {
   value: number;
 }
 
-/**
- * The plugin may send object-typed settings as plain primitives.
- * Resolve to the proper option object from the available choices.
- */
-const normalizePluginValue = (
-  settingsKey: keyof Settings,
-  value: unknown,
-): unknown => {
-  if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null) {
-    const defaultVal = defaultValues[settingsKey];
-    if (
-      typeof defaultVal === "object" &&
-      defaultVal !== null &&
-      "key" in defaultVal &&
-      "value" in defaultVal
-    ) {
-      // defaultBitrate needs a lookup because its keys are human-readable
-      // (e.g. "8 Mb/s") that can't be derived from the raw value (e.g. 8000000).
-      // Other { key, value } settings like maxAutoPlayEpisodeCount work with
-      // the fallback because their keys are just String(value) (e.g. "5").
-      if (settingsKey === "defaultBitrate") {
-        const match = BITRATES.find(
-          (b) => b.key === value || b.value === value,
-        );
-        if (match) return match;
-      }
-      // maxAutoPlayEpisodeCount: 0 is invalid (breaks autoplay), clamp to -1
-      // -1 key must match the translated dropdown label so the UI shows "Disabled"
-      if (
-        settingsKey === "maxAutoPlayEpisodeCount" &&
-        (value === 0 || value === -1)
-      ) {
-        return { key: t("home.settings.other.disabled"), value: -1 };
-      }
-      return { key: String(value), value };
-    }
-  }
-  return value;
-};
-
 export type HomeSectionLatestResolver = {
   parentId?: string;
   limit?: number;
@@ -468,37 +427,61 @@ export const useSettings = () => {
     [_setPluginSettings],
   );
 
-  const refreshStreamyfinPluginSettings = useCallback(async () => {
+  const refreshStreamyfinPluginSettings = useCallback(
-    if (!api) {
+    async (forceOverride = false) => {
-      return;
+      if (!api) {
-    }
+        return;
-    const newPluginSettings = await api.getStreamyfinPluginConfig().then(
-      ({ data }) => {
-        writeInfoLog("Got plugin settings", data?.settings);
-        return data?.settings;
-      },
-      (_err) => undefined,
-    );
-    setPluginSettings(newPluginSettings);
-
-    // Locked/unlocked values are handled by the settings memo, which
-    // applies locked values at runtime without overwriting user storage.
-    // We only handle auto-enabling Streamystats here.
-    if (newPluginSettings && _settings) {
-      const streamyStatsUrl = newPluginSettings.streamyStatsServerUrl;
-      if (streamyStatsUrl?.value && _settings.searchEngine !== "Streamystats") {
-        const newSettings = {
-          ...defaultValues,
-          ..._settings,
-          searchEngine: "Streamystats",
-        } as Settings;
-        setSettings(newSettings);
-        saveSettings(newSettings);
       }
-    }
+      const newPluginSettings = await api.getStreamyfinPluginConfig().then(
+        ({ data }) => {
+          writeInfoLog("Got plugin settings", data?.settings);
+          return data?.settings;
+        },
+        (_err) => undefined,
+      );
+      setPluginSettings(newPluginSettings);
 
-    return newPluginSettings;
+      // Apply plugin values to settings
-  }, [api, _settings]);
+      if (newPluginSettings && _settings) {
+        const updates: Partial<Settings> = {};
+        for (const [key, setting] of Object.entries(newPluginSettings)) {
+          if (setting && !setting.locked && setting.value !== undefined) {
+            const settingsKey = key as keyof Settings;
+            const effectiveValue = getEffectiveSettingValue(
+              _settings,
+              settingsKey,
+            );
+            // Apply if forceOverride is true, or if neither persisted settings
+            // nor app defaults provide a meaningful value.
+            if (forceOverride || !hasMeaningfulSettingValue(effectiveValue)) {
+              (updates as any)[settingsKey] = setting.value;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Auto-enable Streamystats if server URL is provided
+        const streamyStatsUrl = newPluginSettings.streamyStatsServerUrl;
+        if (
+          streamyStatsUrl?.value &&
+          _settings.searchEngine !== "Streamystats"
+        ) {
+          updates.searchEngine = "Streamystats";
+        }
+        if (Object.keys(updates).length > 0) {
+          const newSettings = {
+            ...defaultValues,
+            ..._settings,
+            ...updates,
+          } as Settings;
+          setSettings(newSettings);
+          saveSettings(newSettings);
+        }
+      }
+
+      return newPluginSettings;
+    },
+    [api, _settings],
+  );
 
   const updateSettings = (update: Partial<Settings>) => {
     if (!_settings) {
@@ -529,13 +512,8 @@ export const useSettings = () => {
       Partial<Settings>
     >((acc, [key, setting]) => {
       if (setting) {
-        let { value } = setting;
+        const { value, locked } = setting;
-        const { locked } = setting;
         const settingsKey = key as keyof Settings;
-
-        // Normalize object-typed settings from plugin (plain primitive → { key, value })
-        value = normalizePluginValue(settingsKey, value);
-
         const effectiveValue = getEffectiveSettingValue(_settings, settingsKey);
 
         (acc as any)[settingsKey] = locked

utils/pairingService.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export function startPairingListener(
   });
 
   socket.on("error", (err) => {
-    if (!active) return;
     if (__DEV__) console.error("[PairingService] Socket error:", err);
     onError?.(err.message);
     cleanup();